How's it going, Jake?
Fine. I've deleted
half the Cardassian files from the computer.
I can't believe how many subroutines it took
just to run this ore processor.
Well, it used to be a pretty large operation.
When the Cardassians were in charge
I understand they processed 20,000 tons a day.
That's a lot of ore.
It must've been hell in here.
I heard stories
the temperature reached 55 degrees Celsius.
How could the Bajoran workers survive that?
Oh, a lot of them didn't.
When you've deleted all those files
I'll show you how to download the new operating system.
You really think we can convert this place
into a deuterium refinery?
Absolutely.
It'll take us three...
maybe four weeks at most.
I hope you're planning on eating
during the next three or four weeks.
Commander, I guess I lost track
of the time.
JAKE: We're almost finished, Dad.
Chief, I'm having a problem deleting one of these files.
Have you tried reformatting the data cluster?
Yeah, but the file's still here.
Here, let me see.
Well, that's odd.
What's that, Chief?
Well, the file has no name, no indication what it is.
I better set it aside for now.
I can transfer it to the central database in Ops
and analyze it in the morning.
( console beeping )
Wait a minute.
COMPUTER: Unauthorized computer entry
detected in Ore Processing Unit 5.
Enter access code.
( keyboard beeping )
Incorrect code.
You have five seconds to enter correct access code.
Or what?
I don't know, but I better stop it.
( alarm sounding )
COMPUTER: Warning.
Worker revolt in progress in Ore Processing Unit 5.
Security countermeasures initiated.
What the hell?
Bajoran workers, your attention, please.
Your attempt to seize control of this facility
is going to fail.
You are valuable workers, and we wish you no harm.
However, if you do not return control of this unit
to your Cardassian supervisors
we will be forced to take action.
You have eight minutes to make your decision.
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The computer's engaged the magnetic seal.
I can't override it.
KIRA: Ops to Sisko.
Go ahead.
Commander, what is going on down there?
We just got a recorded message from Gul Dukat
regarding some worker revolt in the ore processing facility?
We saw the same message.
It seems we've tripped
some kind of automated security program the Cardassians left.
We're locked in.
Oh, we'll beam you out of there.
COMPUTER: Enter access code.
What?
If this security program thinks there's been
some kind of worker's revolt, then it must think
this station is still under Cardassian rule.
So it's probably waiting for us to enter an emergency code.
One that the Cardassians never bothered to give us
when they left.
Odo to Ops.
Kira here.
My Cardassian access codes are still valid.
I'm attempting to override the security program
but it's going to take some time.
I'm not sure my clearance level is high enough.
KIRA: Well, keep at it.
We'll try to do the same thing from up here.
Acknowledged.
Odo, do you mind telling me
what this is all about?
That message from Dukat
is making my customers nervous.
And when they're nervous, they're not...
Not now, Quark.
I'm busy.
Well, is there anything I can do to help?
Not unless you have
a level 9 Cardassian security clearance.
Let's see.
I think I have everything from levels 1 through 7.
I only have levels 1 through 6.
Well. If you'd like a level 7
I'm sure we can make some kind of arrangement.
Leave me alone, Quark.
Oh, no.
There's something very wrong going on
and this is the safest place in the whole station.
I think I'll stay right here.
Any luck?
Nothing.
It's probably magnetically sealed, like the door.
We'd need a phaser to blast it open.
Well, there's no way
I can disable the program from here.
DUKAT: Bajoran workers
your time is running out, but it's not too late.
You can still surrender and save your lives.
Computer, this is the leader of the Bajoran workers.
We surrender.
DUKAT: I'm glad to see
you've come to your senses.
Stay where you are.
When Cardassian Security arrives
they will place you into custody
but you will not be harmed.
You have my word.
For whatever that's worth.
Now what?
SISKO: Well, it sounds like
the program is going to wait for Cardassian security
to enter the all-clear protocol.
That'll give us a few minutes anyway.
What's in here?
Nothing at the moment.
Processed uridium used to pour down that pipe
to a secondary refining facility
in Level 33 and be purified.
It's not locked.
Since that pipe was filled
with molten uridium
there wasn't any need for security measures.
O'BRIEN: Well, it's too narrow
for anyone to escape through.
I can get in there.
Chief, if he can crawl up this pipe into the machine
can he get to the ore shoot
and open that hatch from inside?
DUKAT: Bajoran workers, you have not surrendered
to Cardassian security.
If you do not do so in the next three minutes
I will be forced to release neurocine gas
into the ore processing facility.
I can do it.
DUKAT: Bajoran workers
you have two minutes left to give yourselves up
to your Cardassian overseers and save your lives.
Can you hear me, Jake?
JAKE: Loud and clear, but I can't see a thing.
There should be a large circular opening to your right.
JAKE: Okay, let me see if I can find it.
DUKAT: Even if you were
to escape this station...
( metallic thud )
JAKE: Ow!
SISKO: Jake-o, you all right?
JAKE: Yeah, I just banged my head on something.
DUKAT: back to Bajor?
JAKE: Wait a second.
There's a junction here.
It feels like it goes off in two directions.
Which way do I go?
Follow this sound, Jake.
( banging )
JAKE: Do it again, Dad.
( banging )
JAKE: Got it.
I'm in the chute.
There should be a small access port
on one of the walls.
JAKE: Found it.
Open the hatch and feel around inside
for a handle.
It should be shaped like a stirrup.
( Dukat continues speaking )
You know, I never knew
how much this man's voice annoyed me.
JAKE: I can reach it
but I can't get ahold of it.
You have to pull the handle down, Jake.
It's the release for the hatch.
JAKE: I'm trying! I can't...
SISKO: Don't, don't tense up.
Relax.
Now just take a deep breath and try again.
I'm sorry, but your time has run out.
I was hoping you would be reasonable.
Rest assured that your deaths will serve as an example
to prevent similar incidents in the future.
I got it!
Dax!
Maybe if we bypass the primary command pathway
and cross-connect the backup with the ODN.
COMPUTER: Warning. Workers have escaped from Ore Processing Unit 5.
Initiating station-wide counterinsurgency program.
( alarm blares )
Now what?
DUKAT: Attention, Bajoran workers.
I will not allow this rebellion to succeed.
If you do not surrender immediately
I will be forced to kill every Bajoran on this station.
( grunting and scuffling )
Wait a second. I found something.
SISKO: What is it?
I don't know. Some kind of room.
It sure is dirty.
Doesn't smell too good either.
SISKO: Looks like some kind of loading bay.
You're right.
This is where the uridium ore
was separated from the rock.
Then it would be dumped down that chute
to the processing facility.
( banging )
Locked.
Chief, is there another way out of here?
Just back down that chute.
You know where that leads to.
Sisko to Ops.
Sisko to Security.
Try yours.
O'Brien to Ops.
Jake Sisko to anyone who can hear me.
Something must be interfering
with the signal.
What do we do now?
It's no good.
We're completely cut off from the rest of the station.
BASHIR: There must be some kind
of general dampening field in place.
It must be disrupting communications.
All right.
It's time for a less subtle approach.
Doctor.
Ah, the Cardassians don't miss a trick, do they?
DAX: The ironic thing is
that field is probably there to protect Ops
from the hordes of rebelling Bajorans.
KIRA: Well, we've got to find a way
of disabling the security program
or a lot of people are going to get killed.
If we can regain control of the main computer
we may be able to wipe the security program
from its memory.
Now, if I can reroute the APT relay
through the secondary buffer
I might get an independent terminal working.
You know, I've been here nearly three years
and I was just finally starting to think
of this place as home.
Your "home" was built by Cardassians, Doctor.
Don't ever forget that.
Well, there's not much chance of that, is there?
What do you mean, we're trapped?
I mean, we're trapped.
I wouldn't be surprised
if the entire station is locked down.
QUARK: But you're a shape-shifter.
Excuse me, a changeling.
So change into something and get us out of here.
This force field isn't just protecting the door.
It goes through the bulkheads, the ceiling, the deck.
There's nowhere for me to go.
You're telling me I'm stuck here...
with you?
No...
I'm stuck here with you.
Believe me, a far worse fate.
( keyboard beeping )
And stay away from my computer!
( grunting )
Again!
Oh, okay. Hold on.
JAKE: Anything?
Not even a dent.
There has to be something else we can do.
What about all this ore?
As I understand it, uridium is very unstable.
That's true.
But in its raw form
you need a strong electrical charge to detonate it.
Can we use that?
Well, if I had some tools, I might be able to get in there
and yank out some electrical cable.
Tools.
How's it coming?
DAX: Almost done.
( electrical hissing, Dax yells )
Jadzia!
Get me a medkit.
Easy, Jadzia.
I have to take a look.
I was reaching toward the ODN conduit
and a small force field went off
and it caught my hands.
Well, they're second degree burns
but I don't think there's any neural damage.
This should relieve the pain.
COMPUTER: Warning. Security in the Operations Center
has been compromised.
Initiating counterinsurgency program level two.
DUKAT: Attention, Bajoran workers.
Your failure to surrender
is forcing me to take stronger measures.
In five minutes, we will begin pumping neurocine gas
into the Habitat Ring.
Think of your families
as you consider your course of action.
All Cardassian personnel should evacuate the area immediately.
Habitat Ring. There have to be hundreds of people
trapped in their quarters out there.
GARAK: I believe that's the point, Major.
Computer, access code: Garak 1359.
Ironic, isn't it?
The only place
in the galaxy that still recognizes my access code
is a Bajoran space station.
If you can get past the force fields
you've got to get out to the Habitat Ring
and start evacuating those people before...
I'd like nothing better than to help my loyal customers
but it's not that simple.
My access code enables me to move about the station
but, unfortunately, as you've just seen
the force fields reappear
the moment I pass through a doorway.
Have you tried using your code
to shut down the security program?
Several times
but for some reason I can't begin to fathom
Gul Dukat chose not to trust me
with his top-level security codes during the occupation.
Garak, do you know a way we can stop this neurocine gas?
GARAK: The only way to do that
is to destroy the life support system.
What are you trying to do, Garak?
Get us all killed?
BASHIR: No, wait a minute. He's right.
The neurocine gas is released
through the life support systems.
Destroy it and we save everybody in the Habitat Ring.
For 12 hours
and then everyone on the station
will suffocate when we run out of oxygen.
Well, that gives us 12 hours
to regain control of this station.
Believe me, Major
it's the only way to save those people.
I believe life support is controlled from over there.
Get down.
COMPUTER: Warning. Counterinsurgency program level two
has been interrupted.
Initiating counterinsurgency program level three.
DUKAT: My fellow Cardassians
I regret to inform you that Bajoran workers
have gained control of this station.
In all likelihood, I am dead or otherwise incapacitated.
But rest assured
this station will not be allowed to remain in Bajoran hands.
However, it is my duty to inform you
that if you do not regain control within two hours
the station will be destroyed.
COMPUTER: Self-destruct sequence initiated.
Come on.
Come on!
Give me that before you hurt yourself.
( sighs )
I've checked the entire security complex.
There's no way out.
I should've listened to my father.
He always warned me this was going to happen.
What? That you'd spend your final hours in jail?
I could've told you that.
No.
He warned me never to leave home.
He said there were plenty of business opportunities
right outside my door.
But, no, I had to follow the 75th Rule of Acquisition:
"Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum."
A lifetime of scheming and plotting
wheeling and dealing
and what has it got me?
One measly little bar.
My Uncle Frin owns 30.
And my Cousin Gaila...
I know— he owns a moon.
I told you that?
Many times.
It's a small moon, but it's enough to live on.
Oh, come on, Quark.
You've done all right for yourself.
Oh, what do you know?
Quark, I've met a lot of Ferengis in my time
and the truth is
though some of them may have been more wealthy
I've never met one more devious.
Really?
Would I lie?
I guess not.
Thank you, Odo.
That means a lot to me.
Now...
can I have the phaser back?
No.
( angry yell )
( frustrated sigh )
How do your hands feel?
A little better.
Good. I wish I could have done more
but I won't be able to repair the damaged tissue
until we can get you to the Infirmary.
Any luck?
Plenty, Major.
Unfortunately, all of it bad.
My personal code can activate any terminal
on this station.
However, that's the extent of my access.
All I can do is just look around.
I can tell you
exactly what's going on
but I can't do anything about it.
As far as I can see, the only person
who can disable the security program is Gul Dukat.
Maybe there's a way to fool the computer
into thinking that you are Gul Dukat.
You could try rewriting your code to match his.
Even if I could
it wouldn't do any good.
If I were to input his code
the computer would scan my DNA pattern
to determine if I really were Dukat.
DAX: But what if we disable
the sensors in Ops
so that the computer couldn't scan you?
What a creative idea.
It certainly is
worth a try.
BASHIR: The question is
can we disconnect the sensors
without anyone else getting hurt?
We're just going to have to take that chance.
DAX: We could switch
the sensor input from the primary scanners
to the backup scanners.
The computer
shouldn't see that as a threat
but it'll blind the system for a few seconds
while we make the changeover.
If it works, a few seconds are all I'll need.
Major, I'm going to need a hand.
Well, tell me, Doctor, what is it exactly
about this situation that's making you smile?
You, Garak.
Hmm?
Just wondering how many other tailors
can rewrite Cardassian security protocols.
I wouldn't even venture a guess.
Which reminds me.
Those pants you wanted altered
are ready to be picked up.
Oh, this is a problem.
What's wrong?
I always suspected that Dukat was a little paranoid.
He's left a rather large number of interrogative subroutines
imbedded in his access code.
Meaning what?
Meaning the computer is constantly challenging me
to prove that I am who I say I am.
Lieutenant
how much longer before you can disable those sensors?
Oh, at least another ten minutes.
I'm not sure we have that much time.
In fact, I'm sure we don't.
COMPUTER: Warning. Unauthorized use
of command code.
Initiating counterinsurgency program level four.
( groaning )
On three.
One, two
three.
You did it.
Okay, we have the power cable.
Now, we need to pack the uridium
around the door.
My phaser's on the Ops table!
Can anyone get to it?
The answer, Major, is no.
Well, we can't stay here and do nothing.
I respectfully disagree, Major.
Nothing is about all we can do.
Let me guess.
Someone tried to duplicate
my access code, hmm?
Dukat!
What the hell are you doing here?
A short time ago, I had a very strange experience.
There I was, patrolling the Demilitarized Zone
when I received a distress signal... from me
or at least a recording of me.
It seems the Bajoran workers were rioting on Terok Nor.
( laughs )
I must admit, it piqued my curiosity.
I see.
The autodestruct program has begun.
Well, well, well...
you are in trouble.
Where's Commander Sisko?
I trust he wasn't vaporized
while asking for one of those raktajinos he's so fond of.
No, last we heard
he was trapped in the ore processing unit.
Hmm.
I wish him well.
Well, can you help us or not?
Oh, most certainly.
All I have to do is enter my command code
and shut down the program.
Well, then do it!
All in good time, Major Kira.
All in good time.
But, first, there are a few things we should discuss.
Red leaf tea, please.
Doctor.
What do you want, Dukat?
You'll find I don't react well to that tone of voice, Major.
( laughs )
Garak, groveling in a corner.
That alone makes my trip worthwhile.
Garak!
Easy, Doctor.
It would appear
that the computer is only targeting non-Cardassians.
If you had been on the station when I designed this program
I would have made an exception in your case.
Well, you've always been shortsighted.
It's held you back over the years.
As I recall, your father had the same flaw.
My father's only flaw was trusting you.
Funny, at his trial
your father said that his biggest flaw was
that his ambition outweighed his patriotism.
Maybe you two could settle this at another time!
You're right, Major.
But believe me, Garak, that time
is coming.
Major!
Why don't you join me in the Commander's office
where we can talk in private?
Oh! I forgot. The replicator.
Well, it's the least I can do.
You can all rise now.
You're safe.
For the moment.
Major.
( sighs )
I know time is of the essence, Major...
so I'll be brief.
I think it is time
to reestablish a permanent Cardassian presence
aboard this station.
Nothing too elaborate
mind you.
A garrison would suffice.
I can deploy troops from my ship immediately.
And in return, I'll solve your current dilemma.
Well, you know I'm never going to agree to that.
I'm not sure you have much of a choice here.
Dukat, you and I both know
neither Bajor nor the Federation will ever honor an agreement
negotiated under a death threat.
( laughs )
I don't expect them to be happy about it.
But once my troops are in place
I think you'll find it very difficult to get them to leave.
Well, let me put this another way.
I will destroy this station
before I ever give it back to the Cardassians.
Yes... I'm sure you would.
But... would you allow 2,000 people aboard this station
to die simply because you don't like... us?
Hmm.
Well...
there's no need to decide just yet.
We still have a little time left.
30 minutes, in fact.
Why don't I return to my ship
so that you'll have time to think about it?
Hmm?
I'll be back...
in, say, 25 minutes.
Dukat. One to transport.
Energize.
CARDASSIAN: Dukat, if you are seeing this recording
it means you tried to abandon your post
while the station's self- destruct sequence was engaged.
That will not be permitted.
This is outrageous!
You have lost control of Terok Nor, disgracing yourself
and Cardassia.
Your attempt
to escape is no doubt a final act of cowardice.
All fail-safes have been eliminated.
Your personal access codes have been rescinded.
The destruct sequence can no longer be halted.
All you can do now is contemplate
the depth of your disgrace
and try to die like a Cardassian.
DUKAT: Computer, abort the self-destruct sequence.
This is a priority one override, clearance level 9.
Authorization: Dukat 5116
green.
COMPUTER: Request denied.
All authorization codes are void.
Time to self-destruct: 25 minutes.
( laughs )
Even your own computer program turns against you.
I always knew your shortsightedness
would be your downfall.
I don't see you coming up with any ideas, tailor.
Look, if you two are finished with the insults
we could use some help here.
Now, what can you tell us about the self-destruct sequence?
It's very simple.
When the countdown is completed
the computer will order the main fusion reactor
to disengage the reaction stabilizers
causing it to overload
destroying the station.
What about the reactor?
Is there any way to shut it down?
DUKAT: It may be possible
to manually disengage
the laser fusion initiator, but in order to do that
we have to be in the reactor room.
DAX: Not necessarily.
We can disengage the initiator
from one of the control junctions on level 34.
But now the computer's wiped out the access codes
not even a Cardassian can get out of this room.
Well, then maybe we should concentrate
on trying to eliminate the force field protecting the door.
We don't have time to eliminate
every force field between here and level 34.
What we need to do is find a way to deactivate
all the force fields on the station at the same time.
Okay, that should do it.
If we use much more, we run the risk
of bringing the whole room down around our ears.
SISKO: All right, we'd better take cover.
Would you... like to do the honors, sir?
Keep your heads down.
JAKE: It worked!
I set up this program, and I assure you, Major
I will find a way to defeat it.
There is no dilemma that cannot be solved
by a disciplined
Cardassian mind.
It's not going to work, you know.
What are you babbling on about now?
I'm talking about Major Kira.
What about her?
She's much too busy
trying to save this station
to be impressed with your incessant posturing.
Garak!
And even if she weren't
she has much better taste than to be attracted to you.
You, a married man.
I should have executed you years ago.
Oh, you tried, remember?
BASHIR: Garak.
This isn't helping.
Wait a minute.
What about the power supply grid?
If we could overload the grid, we might be able
to cause a power surge and short out
all the force fields on the station.
KIRA: It might even be enough
to eliminate the dampening field
that's been keeping us from using our communicators.
Tell me something, Major
the Cardassian neutralization emitters
that were under here—
I assume you deactivated them
when you took control of this station?
That's right.
We prefer our containment fields
to be nonlethal.
But are the emitters still in place?
As far as I know.
Excellent!
That means that they have not been affected
by the counterinsurgency program.
That means, we still have control of them.
DAX: Then, if we can get the emitters
back on line, we can use them
to overload the power grid.
Exactly.
Do you think it'll be enough
to eliminate the force fields?
Unfortunately, we'll lose
the turbolifts and the transporters
but they aren't much use to us right now anyway.
Let's give it a try.
SISKO: Anything?
I only got a couple a hundred meters
and I was stopped by a force field.
How about you?
JAKE: We didn't even get that far.
There's got to be some way up to Ops.
The turbolift shaft!
We can climb it all the way to Ops.
Let's see if we can get these doors open.
Dukat, we're running out of time.
I am almost done.
I've got the emitters wired
into the control panel.
Now, all I have to do is reattach them...
to the power grid, like so.
All right
I'm ready.
Brace yourselves.
( prolonged explosions, electrical hissing )
( machinery powering down )
Kira to Sisko.
Go ahead, Major.
Oh, Commander, am I glad to hear you.
What's your location?
Level 29, Section D.
What's your status in Ops?
We've got about ten minutes before the main reactor core
overloads and destroys the station.
The only way to stop it is to disengage
the laser fusion initiator
at one of the control junctions on level 34
but the turbolifts and transporters are off-line.
They'll never get there in time.
But we might.
Major, Mr. O'Brien and I will handle the reactor.
You begin evacuating the station.
Get as many people as you can
to the Defiant and the runabouts.
KIRA: Understood. Good luck.
Jake, I want you to head for Runabout Pad C.
It's too far. I'll never make it.
Listen to me, Jake!
I'm going with you.
All right.
Let's go.
COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in seven minutes.
Tell me something I don't already know.
KIRA: Kira to Odo.
Go ahead, Major.
We're beginning evacuation procedures.
The force fields have been deactivated
and all the doors on the station should be operable.
All except one.
It seems the force field around my office
is still in operation.
I'll send a work team down immediately.
COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in six minutes.
Are you telling me
we're the only ones still locked in?
This force field must be
on a separate system from the others
But why go to so much trouble
to keep people out of the security office?
It's not to keep people out.
It's to keep me in.
I suppose, during the occupation
the Cardassians considered
their Security Chief a security risk.
And I know why.
Oh, do you?
It's because they knew you were an honorable man—
the kind of person who would do the right thing
regardless of the circumstances.
And now, your integrity...
is going to get us both killed.
I hope you're happy.
COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors
will overload in five minutes.
Chief, did you ever finish
those upgrades on the deflector shields?
Yeah. Why?
We may not have time
to disengage the fusion initiator.
What if we directed the explosion
into the shields?
That's not a bad idea.
The shields are the only thing on the station
that can absorb that much energy.
That power surge we felt must have blown out
one of the plasma conduits.
The corridor's completely blocked for the next 50 meters.
Can't we get around it?
We don't have time.
There might be a way.
There's a maintenance conduit adjacent to this corridor.
If it's not blocked
we might be able to get around the debris
and get to the reactor control junction.
Give me a hand.
I can feel heat through the door.
What's wrong?
See for yourself.
COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in three minutes.
I want you to wait here.
Ah, but...
I mean it this time.
I'll go first.
Follow five meters behind me.
If one of us runs into trouble in here...
I know, I know.
The other one keeps on going.
( cries out )
( yells )
( groaning )
O'Brien!
( groaning )
COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in 90 seconds.
Sisko to O'Brien.
Chief, can you hear me?
Chief, answer me!
COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in 60 seconds.
( groaning )
Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in 30 seconds.
( coughing )
Jake... I thought your father told you
to stay out of there.
If you don't tell him, I won't.
COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactor overload.
( panting )
( sighs )
O'Brien to Sisko.
Chief, you're all right?
Yeah, looks like we all are.
Ah. It's about time.
All right, Quark, you can leave now.
"A self-important con artist
"who's nowhere near as clever
as he thinks he is."
That's your official security evaluation of me.
Quark, I told you
to stay away from the computer.
Two hours ago, you told me
I was the most devious Ferengi you ever met.
I thought we were going to die.
I was trying to be nice.
Name one Ferengi
who's more devious than I am.
Grand Nagus.
All right. Name another.
DaiMon Tye.
One you personally know.
Your brother Rom.
My brother?
Your Uncle Frin.
Frin?
Your cousin, Gaila.
Gaila! The one with the moon?
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