Last time on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine...
The Dominion won't attack Earth.
How can you be sure?
Because Earth isn't the key to the Alpha Quadrant—
the wormhole is.
And whoever controls Deep Space 9
controls the wormhole.
Target locked.
Fire!
Execute Rom?
He committed an act of terrorism against the Dominion.
You've got to finish what I started.
The fate of the entire Alpha Quadrant
rests in your hands.
What happens if I get caught?
If those Dominion reinforcements
come through the wormhole
we'll have lost everything.
Then we take the ships we have
fight our way to Deep Space 9
and destroy the anti-graviton emitter.
It's our only hope.
Dukat is bringing down the minefield
the Federation is about to be overrun
by the Dominion reinforcements
and Weyoun has ordered Rom's execution.
I'm sorry.
We are way, way past "sorry."
O'BRIEN: It's a large Dominion fleet.
1,254 ships.
They outnumber us two to one.
There's an old saying—
"Fortune favors the bold."
Well...
I guess we're about to find out.
And now the conclusion.
Sisko to all ships.
Cruiser and galaxy wings, drop to half impulse.
You, too, Commander.
Half impulse.
GARAK: I feel sorry for the Klingons.
They're going to miss a very interesting fight.
I have a feeling we're going to miss them.
Forget the Klingons.
Our job is to get to Deep Space 9
and prevent the Dominion reinforcements
from coming through the wormhole.
And that's what we're going to do.
Attack-fighters, tactical pattern theta.
Concentrate your fire on the Cardassian ships
and then split off into squadrons
and run like hell.
Why is he only targeting the Cardassian ships?
He's hoping to get them to break formation
so they'll go after the Federation fighters.
He knows the Jem'Hadar
will stand their ground, but the Cardassians
might just get angry enough to take the bait.
Which would open a hole we can punch through.
You're getting quite an education.
Attack-fighters in theta formation.
Cruiser and galaxy wings at half impulse.
Sisko to attack-fighters.
Prepare to engage
on my command.
Aye, sir.
"Cannon to the right of them
"Cannon to the left of them
"Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd..."
"Storm'd at with shot and shell
"Boldly they rode and well
"Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred."
Whatever it is you two are reciting
I wish you'd stop.
Steady, Ensign. It's just a poem.
It's not the poem that's bothering me.
Stop worrying about those ships.
Focus on your work.
That's what I do.
You should listen to him, Ensign.
He's a professional.
( laughs )
SISKO: Attack-fighters
full impulse.
Fire at will.
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They're not taking the bait.
Ensign, send in the second wave.
Tell them to keep targeting the Cardassians.
Aye, sir.
Second wave on its way.
Third and fourth wave on hot standby.
Mr. O'Brien, have destroyer units 2 and 6
move in closer.
They need more cover fire.
And tell Captains Diego and Reynolds
to stay alert.
They may try to outflank us.
( Dukat chuckling )
It's a very clever strategy.
But then I'd expect nothing less
from Captain Sisko.
The Captain is a very clever man.
You do see it, don't you?
Of course I do.
Well, then, perhaps you'd like
to explain Captain Sisko's strategy
to the Founder yourself.
I could never hope to match your eloquence.
True.
Sisko is trying to provoke us
into opening a hole in our lines.
He's determined to get here
and stop us from taking down this minefield.
Now, I plan...
to give Sisko his opening...
and then...
close it on him.
What about the minefield? Are we still on schedule?
We should be able to detonate the mines
in eight hours.
Good.
Eight hours.
I'll hold you to that, Dukat.
I'd like to toss that smug little Vorta
out the nearest airlock.
( laughs )
And his Founder with him.
Now, now, Damar
that's no way to talk about our valued allies...
not until this war is over anyway.
Sir, there is one other thing.
I'm concerned
about further attempts to sabotage this station.
The enemy knows if they don't act soon
it'll be too late.
By "enemy," I assume you're referring
to Rom's associates.
I doubt whether he was working alone
when he tried to sabotage this station.
He must've had help.
His wife Leeta...
Jake Sisko...
Major Kira.
What are you proposing?
That we arrest them and keep them in custody
at least until the wormhole is reopened.
It's a wise precaution.
But our Bajoran allies
might object to an arrest without cause.
If anyone asks
we are merely holding them for questioning, hmm?
And, Damar
make sure they're not harmed in any way.
Major Kira is important to my daughter.
And to me.
Sir, about your daughter...
perhaps it would be better, for her own sake
if Ziyal were confined to quarters.
For what reason?
To be perfectly honest, sir
I don't completely trust her.
And neither should you.
Are you accusing my daughter of being a saboteur?
I'm not accusing her of anything.
But she is... quite friendly with Major Kira.
That will be all, Damar.
She doesn't appreciate what it means to be Cardassian
or to be your daughter.
But she is my daughter.
That may mean nothing to you
but it means everything to me.
I heard the Federation fleet has been ambushed.
I heard two Cardassian soldiers
saying the fleet was completely destroyed.
Don't believe everything you hear.
Jake's right.
Sisko will get here.
The question is:
Will he get here soon enough?
He's only got seven hours
before they detonate the minefield
and start bringing the reinforcements
through the wormhole.
We've got to stop them.
How?
What if we cut off the power supply
to the main computer?
Shut down the whole station.
Oh, great.
That would put me out of business altogether.
Well, it would also keep them
from detonating the mines.
Okay...
so we shut down the main computer.
How?
A bomb.
A bomb?
( softly ): What kind of bomb?
Leave that to me.
It'll be crude, but effective.
The main computer is in the Central Core.
It's too heavily guarded.
You'll never be able
to smuggle a bomb into there.
I'll plant the bomb.
All we need to do is distract the guards.
DAMAR: In here. Secure the door.
( footsteps approach )
Ah, Major, there you are.
How nice of you
to gather your friends for us.
I'm off duty, Damar. What do you want?
I want you to come with us, all three of you.
Where?
To the Security Office.
We have to ask you a few questions.
What kind of questions?
You'll find out when we get there.
DAMAR: Go ahead, Major, try something.
Nothing would make me happier.
Don't worry. It'll be all right.
Of course it will.
You've nothing to hide, do you?
You certainly don't.
I'll say this for Captain Sisko, he is persistent.
That's the ninth wave of Federation fighters
he's sent against us.
Well, his persistence is about to pay off.
Let's give him his reward, shall we?
Have a half dozen squadrons break formation
and go after those fighters.
Yes, sir.
O'BRIEN: Two squadrons of Cardassian attack ships
are breaking formation.
They're going after our fighters.
GARAK: They're taking the bait.
We've opened a hole in their lines.
Have we?
Sir, do you see those Galore-class destroyers?
SISKO: I see them.
It's a trap.
It is also an opportunity
and we may not get another one.
Ensign, have Galaxy Wings 9-1 and 9-3 engage those destroyers.
All other ships, head for that opening.
Anyone who gets through doesn't stop
until they reach Deep Space 9.
Congratulations, Captain!
You wanted them angry, they're angry.
The Magellan and the Venture
are supposed to be protecting our starboard flanks.
They're in too tight.
Ensign, tell fighter squadrons 6, 7 and 8 to—
Sir, I can't get through to anybody.
Communications are down.
They're jamming our signal
by generating a rotating EM pulse.
Can you clear it?
I'm trying.
War is such... thirsty work.
Don't you agree?
Perhaps if you didn't talk so much
your throat wouldn't get so dry.
( both laughing )
Cardassians do like to talk.
I suppose it can be a failing at times.
No.
To the conquerors of the Federation.
( clinks )
Aren't you being a bit premature?
I don't think so.
Not with 2800 Dominion ships
waiting to come through that wormhole.
Well, those ships aren't going to be here
for another five hours, and need I remind you
a lot can happen in that amount of time.
Oh...!
Tell me, Weyoun...
have you ever been diagnosed as anhedonic?
You think I'm incapable of experiencing joy
just because I'm cautious?
We didn't defeat the Federation
by being cautious.
We haven't defeated it yet
Holding onto a prize as vast as the Federation
isn't going to be easy.
It's going to require an enormous number of ships
a massive occupation army...
and constant vigilance.
I look forward to it.
I'm sure you also looked forward to occupying Bajor
and we all know what a disappointment that was.
Ah, ah, ah, ah...
On Bajor, I merely implemented policy.
I didn't make it.
If I had, things would have turned out quite differently.
If you ask me
the key to holding the Federation...
is Earth.
If there's going to be
an organized resistance against us
its birthplace will be there.
You could be right.
Then our first step
is to eradicate its population.
It's the only way.
You can't do that.
Why not?
Because!
A true victory
is to make your enemy see
they were wrong to oppose you in the first place.
To force them... to acknowledge your greatness.
Then you kill them?
Only if it's necessary.
I had no idea.
( sighing )
Perhaps the biggest disappointment in my life
is that the Bajoran people still refuse to appreciate
how lucky they were to have me as their liberator.
I protected them in so many ways...
cared for them as if they were my own children
but to this day
is there a single... statue of me on Bajor?
I would guess not.
And you'd be right.
( both chuckling )
Take Captain Sisko—
an otherwise intelligent, perceptive man, hmm?
Even he refuses to grant me the respect I deserve.
( chuckling )
You find that amusing?
Not at all.
I find it...
( chuckles )
fascinating.
Laugh all you want.
History will prove me right.
I have news, Odo.
Our battle with the Federation fleet is going well.
There are people out there fighting...
dying...
people who used to be my friends.
They're solids, Odo.
You must remember that.
I know, but they still mean something to me.
The Link means more.
( sighs )
That's what I keep telling myself
but somehow I can't quite believe it.
You asked me for clarity, Odo.
I gave it to you.
Now you must accept it.
It's Major Kira, isn't it?
You still have strong feelings for her.
She doesn't deserve your loyalty, Odo.
You cannot allow a solid to deny you
your rightful place in the Great Link.
I couldn't permit it.
What are you saying?
The Major has been arrested.
On what charge?
That hardly matters.
What matters is she will be found guilty
and sentenced to death.
No.
Her death is your salvation.
Link with me, Odo.
Embrace the clarity.
It is the only thing that will give you peace.
No.
You cannot help her, Odo.
You cannot help any of the solids
no matter how much you may want to.
It's too late for them.
Sir, we've just lost the Sitak and the Majestic.
We're on our own.
Com's back on line!
Four enemy ships directly ahead!
Evasive maneuvers... pattern omega.
We're going through!
That's one down.
Can we shake the other three?
I'm trying.
We've lost aft shields.
Forward shields are down to 15 percent.
Wouldn't this be a good time to cloak?
The cloaking system's fried.
Auxiliary power to weapons.
We're going to fight our way out of this.
It's the Klingons, sir.
They're here.
We're being hailed by Commander Worf.
On screen.
WORF: Captain
I'm sorry we were late.
It was not easy to convince Chancellor Gowron
to spare us any ships.
I'm just glad you could join us, Commander.
Captain, the Klingons have broken a hole
in the Dominion lines.
Dax, can you get us through?
I'd love to try.
No, sir.
We only have three hours
before the minefields are detonated.
Set a course for Deep Space 9.
Maximum warp.
The Defiant has broken through all our lines.
It's on its way here.
Shall I order a pursuit?
At once.
The Defiant is no match for this station.
If Sisko wants to commit suicide
I say we let him.
Don't scream.
I won't hurt you.
I just have one question.
What's that?
Do you know how to make hasperat soufflé?
( door opening )
Lunch for Major Kira.
Major Kira has already been fed.
And I can only imagine the slop you served her.
What I have here is hasperat soufflé
just the way
the Major likes it.
This is a jail, not a hotel.
The Major will eat
what the other prisoners eat.
Do you know who I am?
Gul Dukat's daughter.
That's right.
Now, I suggest you allow us to deliver this food.
I can't do that.
However...
I will take the tray to her.
After I examine it.
Um... is that really necessary?
Lift the lid.
If you insist.
You see?
Hasperat soufflé.
Just as I said.
Stop poking it.
It's very delicate.
Now you've ruined it.
How much longer before they detonate the minefield?
I wish you'd stop asking that.
Sorry.
I'd say about 90 minutes.
My time grows short.
Don't say that.
The only reason they haven't killed me yet
is that I'm part of their victory celebration.
7:00: Dukat makes a speech.
8:30: Cake and raktajino.
8:45: Execute the Ferengi.
QUARK: All right—
no one move!
Brother!
I knew you would come.
It's a surprise to me.
Now, just keep calm and stay
where you are.
Understand? Don't move.
You...
open the holding cells.
I said
open the holding cells.
You just told them not to move.
Right.
Nobody moves... except you.
Now...
open the cells.
( yelling )
Quark?
Yes?
Take down the force fields.
Force fields...
KIRA: I'd kiss you, Quark, but there isn't time.
We have to find a way to shut down
the power to the main computer.
I can do that.
Oh, Rom.
That is, if we can make it
to the Central Computer Core without being killed.
Right. Rom, you're with me.
The rest of you
find someplace to stay out of sight.
Will do.
I know you're confused, Odo
but you don't have to be.
All the answers you seek are in the Link.
( door chimes )
Come in.
Forgive the intrusion
but Major Kira, the Ferengi saboteur
and the rest of their terrorist group have escaped
from the holding cells.
For your own protection
I must ask you to come with me.
I want them caught.
They will be.
But in the meantime, you'll both be safer in Ops.
Very well.
Odo?
I'll be fine here.
You're sure?
Yes.
Get out of here!
Do you hear that?
That's Bajoran phaser fire.
Why would Dominion troops be using Bajoran weapons?
( body thuds to ground )
( phaser fire stops )
Never underestimate the element of surprise.
You have less than 40 minutes
to shut down the main computer.
I hope that's enough time.
It'll have to be.
Can you keep the Dominion patrols off our backs?
I'll head down to Security.
Create enough false alarms to keep them occupied.
Any questions?
I could ask why?
I don't think there's time to explain it.
Besides, I think you know the answer.
What about the Link?
But it appears I'm not ready for paradise.
Good luck.
You, too.
( sighs )
Dax, what's our ETA?
11 minutes.
That's cutting it close.
How's it going, Rom?
I wish you'd stop asking that.
Sorry, sorry.
I'm not going to make it.
All right, then concentrate on cutting off the power
to the station's weapons array.
Without weapons
they won't be able to detonate the minefield.
Not for a while anyway.
DAMAR: Sir, the Klingons have outflanked us.
Our lines are beginning to crumble.
There's nothing to worry about.
In exactly four minutes
thousands of Dominion ships
will come pouring through that wormhole.
I just hope the Defiant gets here in time
for Sisko to see it.
Ben, if I were you
I'd start coming up with a Plan "B."
Almost there.
I just need to decouple the ODN relays.
The last mines have been neutralized.
We're ready to detonate the minefield, sir.
Fire!
Done.
Uh-oh.
What is it?
We were too late.
What do we do now, Captain?
Take us into the wormhole.
O'BRIEN: What the hell.
We're only going to meet
a couple of thousand Dominion ships.
DAX: One ship
against an entire fleet?
That's a hell of a Plan "B."
GARAK: Chief
how does that poem end?
You don't want to know.
Send a message
to our listening posts in the Gamma Quadrant.
Tell the reinforcements
that the Alpha Quadrant awaits them.
DAMAR: Sir...
the Defiant— it's heading for the wormhole.
Destroy it.
( console beeping )
What's wrong, Damar?
Our weapons...
they're off-line.
They've been sabotaged.
How can that be?
Major Kira.
Full stop.
Chief, divert all power to forward shields and weapons.
Captain, I'm reading multiple warp signatures ahead.
On screen.
Maximum magnification.
Lock phasers.
Prepare to launch
quantum torpedoes.
Why have you brought me here?
Show yourselves.
What do you want?
The Sisko has returned to us.
He arrives with questions.
There are always questions.
I didn't ask to come here.
You desire to end the game.
What game?
I don't understand.
You seek to shed your corporeal existence.
That cannot be allowed.
The game must not end.
The game.
You mean my life.
Is that what this is about?
You don't want me to die?
The game must continue.
You are the Sisko.
Believe me, I don't want to die, but I have to do
everything I can to prevent the Dominion
from conquering the Alpha Quadrant.
If that means sacrificing my life and the life of my crew
so be it.
We do not agree.
We find your reasoning flawed.
Insufficient.
I'm flattered you feel that way, but it doesn't change anything.
Now, send me back to my ship.
This isn't what I meant.
I want to return to my reality.
You are the Sisko.
I am also a Starfleet Captain.
I have a job to do and I intend
to do it.
The Sisko is belligerent.
Aggressive.
Adversarial.
You're damn right I'm adversarial.
You have no right to interfere with my life.
We have every right.
Fine.
You want to interfere?
Then interfere.
Do something about those Dominion reinforcements.
That is a corporeal matter.
Corporeal matters do not concern us.
The hell they don't.
What about Bajor?
You can't tell me Bajor doesn't concern you.
You've sent the Bajorans Orbs and Emissaries.
You've even encouraged them
to create an entire religion around you.
You even told me once that you were of Bajor.
So don't you tell me
you're not concerned with corporeal matters.
I don't want to see Bajor destroyed.
Neither do you, but we all know
that's exactly what's going to happen
if the Dominion takes over the Alpha Quadrant.
You say you don't want me to sacrifice my life.
Well, fine.
Neither do I.
You want to be Gods.
Then be Gods.
I need a miracle.
Bajor needs a miracle.
Stop those ships!
We are of Bajor.
But what of the Sisko?
He is intrusive.
He tries to control the game.
A penance must be exacted.
It is agreed.
The Sisko is of Bajor, but he will find
no rest there.
His pagh will follow another path.
What path is that?
O'BRIEN: Phaser banks fully charged.
NOG: Forward shields at 100 percent.
Targets locked.
Here they come.
Fire on my command.
NOG: There must be thousands of them.
GARAK: And half of them have locked targets on us.
Steady, people.
Make every shot count.
Benjamin.
They've cloaked.
I'm not picking up any neutrino emissions.
Then... where did they go?
Wherever they went...
I don't think they're coming back.
Sir, the wormhole is opening.
The Defiant.
Our reinforcements must be right behind.
No, sir.
There's no sign of them.
That's impossible.
Check our listening posts
in the Gamma Quadrant.
They're not there, either.
But they entered the wormhole.
Where are they?
I don't know.
The Defiant has opened fire on us!
Obviously.
Can you get our weapons back on line?
Not for a while.
Sir, 200 enemy ships
have broken through our lines.
They're headed this way.
Time to start packing.
FOUNDER: Contact our forces
in the Alpha Quadrant.
Tell them to fall back to the Cardassian territory.
It appears this war
is going to take longer than expected.
We'll meet you at Airlock Five.
DAMAR: Sir?
Victory was within our grasp.
We have to evacuate
the station, sir!
Bajor...
the Federation...
the Alpha Quadrant...
all lost.
We have to go now, sir.
Go?
The Federation ships...
they'll be here soon.
We have to get back to Cardassia.
I have to find my daughter.
I'll send someone for her!
That won't be necessary.
You're wasting your time!
Promenade!
She won't go with you!
Sir, the Dominion forces are leaving the station.
Let them go.
We're in no shape to stop them.
BASHIR: Captain, we're getting a message from the Cortéz.
The Dominion fleet have broken off the fight.
They're in retreat.
Tell the Cortéz and the rest of the fleet
to rendezvous at Deep Space 9.
COMPUTER: All Dominion personnel
proceed to Airlocks 4, 7 and 12 for evacuation.
This is a first priority order.
Repeat, all Dominion personnel
proceed to Airlocks 4, 7 and 12 for evacuation.
WEYOUN: Out of the way, out of the way.
Step aside.
Make way for the Founder.
What about Odo? Is he coming with us?
No.
But he will join us one day.
It's only a matter of time.
Father!
Ah, Ziyal.
( laughing )
I've been looking for you.
I heard about the evacuation.
You're all I have...
all I care about.
No matter how much I try to hate you
I can't.
I couldn't live with myself if you hated me.
Come.
We'll talk on the way home.
Home?
Cardassia.
We have to leave here, Ziyal
before the Federation arrives.
I'm not leaving.
These people are our enemies.
They're not my enemies.
I'm one of them.
That's not true.
Father...
I helped Major Kira
and the others escape from the holding cells.
Do you know what you're saying?
Yes, I do.
I belong here.
Good-bye, Father.
( crying )
I love you.
( gasps )
No!
You heard her.
She's a traitor.
Ziyal, it's all right.
It's, it's all right.
It's all right.
Ziyal, I forgive you.
It's all right.
DAMAR: We're out of time, sir.
The last ship is waiting for us!
( yells angrily )
Ziyal, please hear me.
I love you.
I love you, Ziyal.
No. No!
( whispers ): Ziyal...
( crew cheering and clapping )
Ah, Jake.
Welcome back, Captain.
Good to see you, Constable.
It's good to see you all.
Captain...
it would appear
I owe you a barrel of bloodwine.
We'll drink it together.
Worf.
Jadzia.
I guess the wedding's still on.
O'BRIEN: Quark...
are the holosuites still working?
Ready and waiting, Chief.
Julian, did you hear that?
The Battle of Britain—
I'll meet you there in an hour.
You've been promoted?
I'm an engineer.
We'll be working together.
Actually, you'll be working for me.
JAKE: Really missed you.
It's good to have you back, Dad.
SISKO: So...
where's Major Kira?
She's in the Infirmary... with Ziyal.
She loved you.
I could never figure out why.
I guess I never will.
We'll go back to Cardassia, Ziyal.
We'll be safe there.
You'll live with me...
Maybe Dr. Bashir can do something for him.
DUKAT: We'll both be very happy together.
I know you forgive me.
After all, I am your father.
And I forgive you...
my precious girl.
Easy.
Easy now.
I forgive you, too.
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