1. Resistance is futile.Copy !req
2. You will disarm your weapons
and escort us to Sector 001.Copy !req
3. If you attempt to intervene,
we will destroy you.Copy !req
4. Red Alert.Copy !req
5. Load all torpedo bays,
ready phasers.Copy !req
6. Move us to position alpha,
Ensign.Copy !req
7. They've locked on.Copy !req
8. Reroute auxiliary power.Copy !req
9. Our shields are being drained!Copy !req
10. 64 percent...Copy !req
11. 42...Copy !req
12. Recalibrate shield nutation.Copy !req
13. Modulation is having no effect.Copy !req
14. Shields have failed!Copy !req
15. Full reverse.Copy !req
16. Maintain all...!Copy !req
17. Damage report.Copy !req
18. Damage report!Copy !req
19. Warning. Damage to warp core.Copy !req
20. Containment failure
in five minutes.Copy !req
21. Direct hit...Copy !req
22. decks one through four...Copy !req
23. Let's get the civilians
to the escape pods, Lieutenant.Copy !req
24. Aye, sir.Copy !req
25. Leave everything.Copy !req
26. Get to your assigned
evacuation area now!Copy !req
27. Warning. Damage to warp core.Copy !req
28. Containment failure
in four minutes.Copy !req
29. Dora!Copy !req
30. I'll take care of her.
You go on.Copy !req
31. Have you seen Jennifer?Copy !req
32. Jennifer?Copy !req
33. Jake!Copy !req
34. Warning. Damage to warp core.Copy !req
35. Containment failure
in three minutes.Copy !req
36. I'm going to get
your mom.Copy !req
37. You're going
to be okay.Copy !req
38. Jennifer!Copy !req
39. Okay, Jake.Copy !req
40. We'll get your mom out,
and we'll get out of here.Copy !req
41. Commander!Copy !req
42. Help me!Copy !req
43. Jennifer... hold on.Copy !req
44. Sir...Copy !req
45. Just help me to get her free!Copy !req
46. She's gone.Copy !req
47. There's nothing we can do.Copy !req
48. We have to leave!Copy !req
49. Warning. Damage to warp core.Copy !req
50. Containment failure
in two minutes.Copy !req
51. Ensign, take the boy.Copy !req
52. Aye, sir.Copy !req
53. We've got
to go now, sir.Copy !req
54. Damn it!Copy !req
55. We just can't leave her here!Copy !req
56. Oh! Oh, no!Copy !req
57. Jake, Jake, you're okay.Copy !req
58. Stand by to launch.Copy !req
59. Ready.Copy !req
60. Jake.Copy !req
61. There you are.Copy !req
62. How are they biting?Copy !req
63. Small-fries.
Threw them back.Copy !req
64. Want to go for a swim?Copy !req
65. Don't have time.
We have to get ready.Copy !req
66. It won't be so bad.Copy !req
67. I've heard that Bajor
is a beautiful world.Copy !req
68. So why can't we
live on the planetCopy !req
69. instead of some
old space station?Copy !req
70. The station is
in orbit of Bajor.Copy !req
71. It will be just
like shore duty.Copy !req
72. Will there be kids there?Copy !req
73. Absolutely!Copy !req
74. Lots of kids.Copy !req
75. Bridge to Sisko.Copy !req
76. Yes, Captain?Copy !req
77. We're approaching
Deep Space 9, Commander.Copy !req
78. We'll be docking
in seven minutes.Copy !req
79. Acknowledged.Copy !req
80. Come on.Copy !req
81. What do you say?Copy !req
82. We'll take the
pond with us.Copy !req
83. Computer, end program.Copy !req
84. Is that it?Copy !req
85. Captioning sponsored by
PARAMOUNT PICTURESCopy !req
86. Commence Station Log,
Deep Space 9Copy !req
87. Commander Benjamin Sisko,
Stardate 46388.2.Copy !req
88. At the request of the Bajoran
provisional governmentCopy !req
89. Starfleet has agreed
to establishCopy !req
90. a Federation presence
in this systemCopy !req
91. following the withdrawalCopy !req
92. of the Cardassian
occupational forces.Copy !req
93. The first contingent
of officersCopy !req
94. including my Chief
of Operations, Miles O'BrienCopy !req
95. arrived two days ago
on the Enterprise.Copy !req
96. I'm told the Cardassians
decided to have some funCopy !req
97. the day they left.Copy !req
98. Four Bajorans
were killedCopy !req
99. trying to protect
their shops.Copy !req
100. Why hasn't anybody
cleaned this up?Copy !req
101. We've got
all available personnelCopy !req
102. assigned to repairing
primary systems, sir.Copy !req
103. The Cardassians took
every component of value.Copy !req
104. We're virtually defenseless.Copy !req
105. I discussed this
with Major KiraCopy !req
106. the attaché assigned here by
the Bajoran government and...Copy !req
107. Understood.Copy !req
108. What about the civilians
who operated these shops?Copy !req
109. A lot of them lost
everything they had.Copy !req
110. A few are trying
to rebuildCopy !req
111. but most are
packing up to leave.Copy !req
112. Welcome,
Commander.Copy !req
113. Please enter.Copy !req
114. The Prophets await you.Copy !req
115. Another time, perhaps.Copy !req
116. Another time.Copy !req
117. When my wife Keiko
saw our quartersCopy !req
118. she started talking
about visiting her motherCopy !req
119. in Kumomoto.Copy !req
120. Sir, I wouldn't allow
the boy to go roaming.Copy !req
121. We're still having
some security problems.Copy !req
122. Dad, there is nothing
to sleep on in thereCopy !req
123. except for a cushion
on the floor.Copy !req
124. Well, we can get
you a real bunkCopy !req
125. off the Enterprise.Copy !req
126. I almost forgot.Copy !req
127. Captain Picard
wants to see youCopy !req
128. as soon as possible.Copy !req
129. He does?Copy !req
130. Any word on our science
and medical officers yet?Copy !req
131. They're expected
tomorrow.Copy !req
132. Jake, I want you
to stay hereCopy !req
133. till I come back.Copy !req
134. Is this the food replicator?Copy !req
135. I'm afraid
they're all off-line.Copy !req
136. There's plenty
of emergency rations.Copy !req
137. I could send some down.Copy !req
138. Dad...Copy !req
139. We're going to have
to rough itCopy !req
140. until we get things
up and running, Jake, okay?Copy !req
141. Okay.Copy !req
142. "Okay."Copy !req
143. I'd like to ask
the designerCopy !req
144. what he was thinking about
when they built this place.Copy !req
145. I still haven't been able
to find an ODN access.Copy !req
146. That's the Prefect's
office up there.Copy !req
147. So all others have
to look up with respect.Copy !req
148. Cardassian architecture.Copy !req
149. Yes, sir.Copy !req
150. Major Kira's
been using it.Copy !req
151. Is it my imagination
or is it unusually warm?Copy !req
152. The environmental controls
in Ops are stuck at 32 C.Copy !req
153. We're working on it.Copy !req
154. I guess it's time
to meet Major Kira.Copy !req
155. Sir, have you ever served
with any Bajoran women?Copy !req
156. No. Why?Copy !req
157. I was just wondering, sir.Copy !req
158. They've become meaningless.Copy !req
159. I just don't agree, Kira.Copy !req
160. You are throwing
it all away.Copy !req
161. All of you!Copy !req
162. You're being a fool!Copy !req
163. Well, then don't ask
my opinion next time.Copy !req
164. Yes?Copy !req
165. I'm Benjamin Sisko.Copy !req
166. I suppose you want the office.Copy !req
167. Well, I thought
I'd say hello firstCopy !req
168. and then take the officeCopy !req
169. but we could do it
in any order you'd like.Copy !req
170. Hello.Copy !req
171. Is something bothering you,
Major?Copy !req
172. You don't want to ask me that,
Commander.Copy !req
173. Why not?Copy !req
174. Because I have the bad habit
of telling the truthCopy !req
175. even when people
don't want to hear it.Copy !req
176. Perhaps I wantCopy !req
177. to hear it.Copy !req
178. I don't believe the Federation
has any business being here.Copy !req
179. The provisional government
disagrees with you.Copy !req
180. The provisional government and I
don't agree on a lot of thingsCopy !req
181. which is probably
why they sent meCopy !req
182. to this godforsaken place.Copy !req
183. I have been fighting
for Bajoran independenceCopy !req
184. since I was old enough
to pick up a phaser.Copy !req
185. We finally drive
the Cardassians outCopy !req
186. and what do our
new leaders do?Copy !req
187. They call up the Federation
and invite them right in!Copy !req
188. The Federation
is only here to help...Copy !req
189. Help us.
Yes, I know.Copy !req
190. The Cardassians said
the same thing 60 years ago.Copy !req
191. Major, when I was ordered hereCopy !req
192. I requested a Bajoran national
as my First Officer.Copy !req
193. It made sense.Copy !req
194. It still does, at least to me.Copy !req
195. Now, you and I are going to haveCopy !req
196. to find some way to...Copy !req
197. Yes, Major?Copy !req
198. Odo, are you reading something
at A-14?Copy !req
199. My security array
has been down for two hours.Copy !req
200. I'll meet you there.Copy !req
201. We've been having
a lot of break-ins lately.Copy !req
202. No need for you
to come along, Commander.Copy !req
203. Hurry up!Copy !req
204. Now!Copy !req
205. Now!Copy !req
206. - All right!
- Just stand where you are!Copy !req
207. Hold it!Copy !req
208. That's enough!Copy !req
209. Who the hell are you?Copy !req
210. OdoCopy !req
211. this is our new
Starfleet Commander.Copy !req
212. I don't allow weapons
on the Promenade.Copy !req
213. That includes phasers.Copy !req
214. Nog?Copy !req
215. What's going on?Copy !req
216. The boy's
in a lot of trouble.Copy !req
217. Commander, my name is Quark.Copy !req
218. I used to run the local
gambling establishment.Copy !req
219. This is my brother's boy.Copy !req
220. Surely, you can see
he has only...Copy !req
221. a peripheral involvement
in all this.Copy !req
222. We're scheduled
to depart tomorrow.Copy !req
223. If we could be permitted
to take himCopy !req
224. I promise you,
he will be severely...Copy !req
225. That won't
be possible.Copy !req
226. Take him to the brig.Copy !req
227. Quark probably
sent the two of them hereCopy !req
228. to steal the ore samples
in the first place.Copy !req
229. Major, there's a
Ferengi legal tradition.Copy !req
230. It's called
plea bargaining.Copy !req
231. I might let the boy goCopy !req
232. but I want something
in exchange from Mr. Quark—Copy !req
233. something very important.Copy !req
234. O'Brien to Commander Sisko.Copy !req
235. Go ahead.Copy !req
236. Sir, the Enterprise
hailed us again.Copy !req
237. Captain Picard
is waiting to see you.Copy !req
238. Acknowledged.Copy !req
239. This won't take long.Copy !req
240. Come.Copy !req
241. Commander, yes,
please come in.Copy !req
242. Welcome to Bajor.Copy !req
243. It's been a long time,
Captain.Copy !req
244. Have we met before?Copy !req
245. Yes, sir.
We met in battle.Copy !req
246. I was on the Saratoga
at Wolf 359.Copy !req
247. I assume
that you have been briefedCopy !req
248. on the events leading
to the Cardassian withdrawal.Copy !req
249. Yes, sir.Copy !req
250. I understand they spent
the last half centuryCopy !req
251. robbing the planet
of every valuable resourceCopy !req
252. before abandoning it.Copy !req
253. They've left the BajoransCopy !req
254. without a means
of being self-sustaining.Copy !req
255. The relief efforts
we've been coordinatingCopy !req
256. are barely adequate.Copy !req
257. I...Copy !req
258. I've come to know
the Bajorans.Copy !req
259. I'm... a strong proponentCopy !req
260. for their entry
into the Federation.Copy !req
261. Is it going to happen?Copy !req
262. Not easily.Copy !req
263. The ruling parties are
at each other's throats.Copy !req
264. Factions that were united
against the CardassiansCopy !req
265. have resumed old conflicts.Copy !req
266. Sounds like they're not ready.Copy !req
267. Your job is to do everythingCopy !req
268. short of violating
the Prime DirectiveCopy !req
269. to make sure that they are.Copy !req
270. I have been...Copy !req
271. made aware by StarfleetCopy !req
272. of your objections
to this assignment.Copy !req
273. I... I would have thoughtCopy !req
274. that after three years spent
at the Utopia Planitia YardsCopy !req
275. that you would be
ready for a change.Copy !req
276. I have a sonCopy !req
277. that I'm raising alone,
Captain.Copy !req
278. This is not
the ideal environment.Copy !req
279. Unfortunately,
as Starfleet officersCopy !req
280. we do not always have the luxuryCopy !req
281. to serve
in an ideal environment.Copy !req
282. I realize that, sirCopy !req
283. and I'm investigating
the possibilityCopy !req
284. of returning to Earth
for civilian service.Copy !req
285. Then perhaps Starfleet CommandCopy !req
286. should be considering
a replacement for you.Copy !req
287. That's probably a good idea.Copy !req
288. I'll look into it.Copy !req
289. In the meantime, however...Copy !req
290. In the meantime,
I will do the jobCopy !req
291. I've been ordered to do
to the best of my ability, sir.Copy !req
292. Dismissed.Copy !req
293. It's really quite
simple, Quark.Copy !req
294. You're not
going to leave.Copy !req
295. Not going to leave?Copy !req
296. But we're packed
and ready to go.Copy !req
297. Unpack.Copy !req
298. I don't understand,
Commander.Copy !req
299. Why would you want me to stay?Copy !req
300. I'm curious myself.Copy !req
301. The man is a
gambler and a thief.Copy !req
302. I'm not a thief.Copy !req
303. You are a thief.Copy !req
304. If I am, you haven't
been able to prove itCopy !req
305. for four years.Copy !req
306. Please.Copy !req
307. My officers,
the Bajoran engineersCopy !req
308. all their familiesCopy !req
309. depend on the shops
and services of this Promenade.Copy !req
310. If people like
you abandon itCopy !req
311. this is going to
become a ghost town.Copy !req
312. We need someone to
step forward and sayCopy !req
313. "I'm staying.
I'm rebuilding."Copy !req
314. We need a community leaderCopy !req
315. and it's going to be...
you, Quark.Copy !req
316. Community leader.Copy !req
317. Seems
reasonable.Copy !req
318. You have all the character
references of a politician.Copy !req
319. How could I possibly
operate my establishmentCopy !req
320. under Starfleet
rules of conduct?Copy !req
321. This is still a Bajoran station.Copy !req
322. We're just here to administrate.Copy !req
323. You run honest gamesCopy !req
324. you won't have any problems
from me.Copy !req
325. Commander, I've made a career
out of knowing when to leaveCopy !req
326. and this Bajoran
provisional governmentCopy !req
327. is far too provisional
for my tasteCopy !req
328. and when governments fallCopy !req
329. people like me
are lined up and shot.Copy !req
330. There is that risk...Copy !req
331. but, then,
you are a gambler, Quark.Copy !req
332. And a thief.Copy !req
333. You know, Quark,
that poor boyCopy !req
334. is about to spend
the best years of his lifeCopy !req
335. in a Bajoran prison.Copy !req
336. I'm a father myself.Copy !req
337. I know what your brother
must be going through.Copy !req
338. The boy should be
with his familyCopy !req
339. not in some
cold jail cell.Copy !req
340. Think about it.Copy !req
341. It's up to you.Copy !req
342. You know, at firstCopy !req
343. I didn't think
I was going to like him.Copy !req
344. Major?Copy !req
345. Everyone else is busy
repairing the primary systems.Copy !req
346. I suppose Starfleet officersCopy !req
347. aren't used to getting
their hands dirty.Copy !req
348. In the refugee campsCopy !req
349. we learned to do
whatever needed to be done.Copy !req
350. Didn't matter who you were.Copy !req
351. I was just talkingCopy !req
352. with our good
neighbor, Quark.Copy !req
353. He's laying oddsCopy !req
354. that the government's
going to fall.Copy !req
355. Quark knows a good bet
when he hears one.Copy !req
356. This government
will be gone in a weekCopy !req
357. and so will you.Copy !req
358. What happens
to Bajor then?Copy !req
359. Civil war.Copy !req
360. You think
it's inevitable?Copy !req
361. The only one who can
prevent it is Opaka.Copy !req
362. Opaka?Copy !req
363. Our spiritual leader.Copy !req
364. She's known as the Kai.Copy !req
365. Our religionCopy !req
366. is the only thing that
holds my people together.Copy !req
367. If she would call for
unity, they'd listen.Copy !req
368. Leaders of all the factions
have tried to get to herCopy !req
369. but she lives
in seclusionCopy !req
370. rarely sees anyone.Copy !req
371. Commander...Copy !req
372. it is time.Copy !req
373. I apologize for the condition
in which we greet you.Copy !req
374. The Cardassians?Copy !req
375. Your arrival has been
greatly anticipated.Copy !req
376. Have you ever explored
your pagh, Commander?Copy !req
377. Pagh?Copy !req
378. A Bajoran draws courage
from his spiritual life.Copy !req
379. Our life-force...Copy !req
380. our pagh...Copy !req
381. is replenished by the Prophets.Copy !req
382. Breathe.Copy !req
383. Kai Opaka,
if we could discuss...Copy !req
384. Breathe!Copy !req
385. Ironic.Copy !req
386. One who does not wish to be
among us is to be the Emissary.Copy !req
387. Please, come with me.Copy !req
388. You are correct that Bajor
is in great jeopardyCopy !req
389. but it is the threat
to our spiritual lifeCopy !req
390. that far outweighs
any other.Copy !req
391. Perhaps, but I am
powerless until...Copy !req
392. Commander.Copy !req
393. I cannot give you
what you deny yourself.Copy !req
394. I'm sorry?Copy !req
395. Look for solutions
from within, Commander.Copy !req
396. Come with me.Copy !req
397. What is it?Copy !req
398. The Tear of the Prophet.Copy !req
399. What the hell?Copy !req
400. Opaka?Copy !req
401. Ah... ow!Copy !req
402. Ah... ow!Copy !req
403. Hey!Copy !req
404. I'm sorry.
It's just that this...Copy !req
405. Jen?Copy !req
406. Yes?Copy !req
407. Jennifer?Copy !req
408. I'm sorry.Copy !req
409. Did we meet last night
at George's party?Copy !req
410. George?Copy !req
411. Jennifer...Copy !req
412. Wait a minute.Copy !req
413. This is impossible.Copy !req
414. Are you okay?Copy !req
415. I know this place.Copy !req
416. This is Gilgo Beach,
where we met.Copy !req
417. We met here before?Copy !req
418. I was carrying
three lemonades...Copy !req
419. The sand was burning my feetCopy !req
420. and I stopped here... to...Copy !req
421. Ow!Copy !req
422. Do you realize
how incredible this is?Copy !req
423. No, of course you don't.Copy !req
424. Jennifer...Copy !req
425. have a lemonade.Copy !req
426. I'm afraid I don't accept drinks
from strange men on the beach.Copy !req
427. So tell me the truth.Copy !req
428. Have we really met before?Copy !req
429. No.Copy !req
430. Then how do you
know my name?Copy !req
431. I... uh...Copy !req
432. George told meCopy !req
433. at the party.Copy !req
434. Are you going
to tell me your name?Copy !req
435. Oh, Ben Sisko.Copy !req
436. I just graduated
from Starfleet Academy.Copy !req
437. I'm waiting for
my first posting.Copy !req
438. Oh, a junior officer.Copy !req
439. Yeah.Copy !req
440. My mother warned meCopy !req
441. to watch out
for junior officers.Copy !req
442. Your mother is
going to adore me.Copy !req
443. You're awfully sure
of yourself.Copy !req
444. It's not every dayCopy !req
445. you meet the girl
you're going to marry.Copy !req
446. Do you use this routine
a lot with women?Copy !req
447. No, never before,
and never again.Copy !req
448. Sure.Copy !req
449. How about letting meCopy !req
450. cook dinner for you tonight?Copy !req
451. My fatherCopy !req
452. was a gourmet chef.Copy !req
453. I will make for you
his famous aubergine stew.Copy !req
454. I don't know.Copy !req
455. You're supposed to say, "Yes!"Copy !req
456. I'll probably be sorry.Copy !req
457. Jennifer...!Copy !req
458. Nine Orbs, like this one,
have appeared in the skiesCopy !req
459. over the past 10,000 years.Copy !req
460. The Cardassians
took the others.Copy !req
461. You must find
the Celestial TempleCopy !req
462. before they do.Copy !req
463. The Celestial Temple?Copy !req
464. Tradition says the Orbs
were sent by the ProphetsCopy !req
465. to teach us.Copy !req
466. What we have learned
has shaped our theology.Copy !req
467. The Cardassians will do anything
to decipher their powers.Copy !req
468. If they discover
the Celestial TempleCopy !req
469. they could destroy it.Copy !req
470. What makes you think
I can find your temple?Copy !req
471. This will help you.Copy !req
472. Kai Opaka...Copy !req
473. I can't unite my peopleCopy !req
474. till I know the Prophets
have been warned.Copy !req
475. You will find the Temple—Copy !req
476. not for Bajor,
not for the FederationCopy !req
477. but for your own pagh.Copy !req
478. It is quite simply, CommanderCopy !req
479. the journey you have
always been destined to take.Copy !req
480. What?Copy !req
481. I was just thinking...Copy !req
482. how much you look like your mom.Copy !req
483. Kira to Sisko.Copy !req
484. Go ahead.Copy !req
485. Sorry to disturb you,
CommanderCopy !req
486. but there's something on the
Promenade you might want to see.Copy !req
487. On my way.Copy !req
488. Step up, step up.Copy !req
489. Fortune's fates
are with you today, friends.Copy !req
490. Dabo!Copy !req
491. Yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes!Copy !req
492. That's fine.Copy !req
493. I'll be right back.Copy !req
494. What will you
have, Commander?Copy !req
495. How's the local synthale?Copy !req
496. You won't like it.Copy !req
497. I love the Bajorans.Copy !req
498. Such a deeply
spiritual cultureCopy !req
499. but they make a dreadful ale.Copy !req
500. Never trust ale
from a god-fearing peopleCopy !req
501. or a Starfleet CommanderCopy !req
502. that has one
of your relatives in jail.Copy !req
503. Dabo!Copy !req
504. Station Log, Stardate 46390.1.Copy !req
505. The Enterprise has been ordered
to the Lapolis system.Copy !req
506. They're scheduled to depart
at 0500 hoursCopy !req
507. after off-loading
three runabout-class vessels.Copy !req
508. Meanwhile, our medical
and science officersCopy !req
509. are arriving,
and I'm looking forwardCopy !req
510. to a reunion
with a very old friend.Copy !req
511. Commander, if you'd like meCopy !req
512. to give them a tour
of the station...Copy !req
513. You and Dr. Bashir
go ahead.Copy !req
514. I'm afraid I have to putCopy !req
515. Lieutenant Dax
to work right away.Copy !req
516. Jadzia...Copy !req
517. uh...Copy !req
518. maybe we could...Copy !req
519. get together later
for dinner...Copy !req
520. or... or... or...
or a... or a drink?Copy !req
521. I'd be delighted.Copy !req
522. He's a little young
for you, isn't he?Copy !req
523. He's 27. I'm 28.Copy !req
524. 328, maybe.Copy !req
525. Did you tell him about
that slug inside of you?Copy !req
526. Yes, Benjamin.Copy !req
527. He knows I'm a Trill.Copy !req
528. He finds it fascinating.Copy !req
529. He's never met
a joined species before.Copy !req
530. I wonder if he'd
been as fascinatedCopy !req
531. if you still looked
the way you didCopy !req
532. the last time I saw you.Copy !req
533. Perhaps not.Copy !req
534. Whew.Copy !req
535. This is going to take
some getting used to.Copy !req
536. Don't be ridiculous.Copy !req
537. I'm still the same old Dax...Copy !req
538. more or less.Copy !req
539. I'm afraid we've had
some security problems.Copy !req
540. Looks like looters
got in here.Copy !req
541. Oh, this will be perfect.Copy !req
542. Real...Copy !req
543. frontier medicine.Copy !req
544. Frontier medicine?Copy !req
545. Major, I had my choice
of any job in the fleet.Copy !req
546. Did you?Copy !req
547. I didn't want
some cushy jobCopy !req
548. or a research grant.Copy !req
549. I wanted this—Copy !req
550. the farthest reaches
of the galaxy.Copy !req
551. One of the most remote
outposts available.Copy !req
552. This is where the adventure is.Copy !req
553. This is where heroes are made.Copy !req
554. Right here,
in the wilderness.Copy !req
555. This "wilderness"
is my home.Copy !req
556. Well, I-I-I didn't mean...Copy !req
557. The Cardassians
left behindCopy !req
558. a lot of injured people,
Doctor.Copy !req
559. You can make yourself usefulCopy !req
560. by bringing your
Federation medicineCopy !req
561. to the natives.Copy !req
562. Oh, you'll find them a
friendly, simple folk.Copy !req
563. We do have one advantage.Copy !req
564. The monks have been studying
these things for 10,000 years.Copy !req
565. I've had
our computers set upCopy !req
566. to interface with their
historical data banks.Copy !req
567. That should give
us something.Copy !req
568. Soon as possible, Dax.Copy !req
569. The eight other OrbsCopy !req
570. are probably in some
Cardassian laboratoryCopy !req
571. being turned upside down
and inside out.Copy !req
572. Benjamin...Copy !req
573. I was happy
when I heardCopy !req
574. you accepted this assignment.Copy !req
575. I'd been worried about you.Copy !req
576. It's good to see you, too...
old man.Copy !req
577. Computer, create a data baseCopy !req
578. for all historical references
to the OrbsCopy !req
579. including all reportsCopy !req
580. of any unexplained phenomena
in Bajoran space.Copy !req
581. Time parameters?Copy !req
582. Ten millennia.Copy !req
583. Initializing data base.Copy !req
584. Requested function will require
two hours to complete.Copy !req
585. Curzon.Copy !req
586. The Captain's
in the ready room, Chief.Copy !req
587. Should I tell him
you're here?Copy !req
588. Oh, that's okay.Copy !req
589. Thanks.Copy !req
590. Transport me to the
Ops pad, Maggie.Copy !req
591. Yes, sir.Copy !req
592. Mr. O'Brien?Copy !req
593. I understand that I just
missed you on the Bridge.Copy !req
594. Yes, sir.Copy !req
595. I... I didn't want
to disturb you, sir.Copy !req
596. Ensign.Copy !req
597. This is your favorite
transporter room, isn't it?Copy !req
598. Number three, yes, sir.Copy !req
599. You know, yesterday
I called down hereCopy !req
600. and I asked for you
without thinking.Copy !req
601. It won't be quite the same.Copy !req
602. It's just
a transporter room, sir.Copy !req
603. Permission to
disembark, Captain.Copy !req
604. Permission granted.Copy !req
605. Energize.Copy !req
606. Message coming in
from their CommanderCopy !req
607. Gul Dukat.Copy !req
608. Dukat.Copy !req
609. He used to be the Cardassian
Prefect of Bajor.Copy !req
610. He's requesting permission
to come aboard to greet us.Copy !req
611. Surely a coincidence
that the Enterprise just left.Copy !req
612. Mr. O'BrienCopy !req
613. tell Gul Dukat
I look forward to meeting him.Copy !req
614. Good day, Commander.Copy !req
615. Gul Dukat.Copy !req
616. Excuse my presumptionCopy !req
617. but... this was my office
only two weeks ago.Copy !req
618. I'm not used
to beingCopy !req
619. on this side of the desk.Copy !req
620. I'll be honest with you,
Commander.Copy !req
621. I miss this office.Copy !req
622. I was not happy to leave it.Copy !req
623. Drop by any timeCopy !req
624. you're feeling homesick.Copy !req
625. You are very gracious.Copy !req
626. And allow me to assure
you that we only wantCopy !req
627. to be helpful
in this difficult transition.Copy !req
628. You're far
from the Federation fleetCopy !req
629. alone in this remote outpostCopy !req
630. with poor
defense systems.Copy !req
631. Your Cardassian neighbors
will be quick to respondCopy !req
632. to any problems you might have.Copy !req
633. We'll try to keep the dog
off your lawn.Copy !req
634. So... tell me,
what did you think of Kai Opaka?Copy !req
635. I know you wentCopy !req
636. to the surface to see her.Copy !req
637. I understand
you brought back an Orb.Copy !req
638. We thought we had
all of them.Copy !req
639. Perhaps we could have
an exchange of information—Copy !req
640. pool our resources.Copy !req
641. I don't know anything
about an Orb.Copy !req
642. We will be in close proximityCopy !req
643. should you wish
to reconsider my suggestion.Copy !req
644. In the meantimeCopy !req
645. I assume you have no objection
to my menCopy !req
646. enjoying the hospitality
of the Promenade.Copy !req
647. Commander.Copy !req
648. What do you know
about the Denorios Belt?Copy !req
649. Your basic charged
plasma field—Copy !req
650. no one gets anywhere near it
unless they have to.Copy !req
651. In the 22nd centuryCopy !req
652. a ship carrying
Kai TalunoCopy !req
653. was disabled for several
days in the Denorios BeltCopy !req
654. where he claims
he had a vision.Copy !req
655. Let me guess.Copy !req
656. He saw the Celestial Temple
of the Prophets.Copy !req
657. Not quite.Copy !req
658. But he did say
that the heavens opened upCopy !req
659. and nearly swallowed his ship.Copy !req
660. Are we reduced to chasing
metaphors to solve this?Copy !req
661. That's not all.Copy !req
662. At least five of the Orbs
were found in the Denorios Belt.Copy !req
663. There were also 23 navigational
reports over the yearsCopy !req
664. of unusually severe
neutrino disturbancesCopy !req
665. in the same area.Copy !req
666. I've correlated
all these reportsCopy !req
667. into one analysis grid.Copy !req
668. Our Celestial Temple?Copy !req
669. Worth a look...Copy !req
670. but we've got Cardassians
on our back doorstep.Copy !req
671. We need to get by them
undetected.Copy !req
672. May we have
your attention please.Copy !req
673. This establishment
is being closed.Copy !req
674. What do you mean?Copy !req
675. You can't do this.Copy !req
676. If you have a problem, sirCopy !req
677. you'll have to take it up
with Commander Sisko.Copy !req
678. I intend to.Copy !req
679. This is outrageous.Copy !req
680. Friends, my apologies.Copy !req
681. A minor misunderstanding
that will be rectified shortly.Copy !req
682. Give them something
to put their winnings into.Copy !req
683. Because we were winning
too much, of course.Copy !req
684. Leave it to Starfleet
to ruin a fine day.Copy !req
685. Rio Grande to Ops.Copy !req
686. Initializing prelaunch systems.Copy !req
687. Confirmed, Rio Grande.Copy !req
688. Scanners are picking up
fluctuationsCopy !req
689. in the Cardassian's
energy distribution net.Copy !req
690. Their computers are crashing.Copy !req
691. Shields and sensors are down.Copy !req
692. Odo's done it.Copy !req
693. Ops to Rio Grande.Copy !req
694. You're in business.Copy !req
695. Beginning launch sequence.Copy !req
696. Odo's reached
the transport site.Copy !req
697. Trying to lock on.Copy !req
698. I've never done this
with a Cardassian transporter.Copy !req
699. Damn it, what's the problem?Copy !req
700. Nice work, Constable.Copy !req
701. Approaching
grid perimeter.Copy !req
702. Slowing
to one-quarter impulse.Copy !req
703. Computer, give me visual,
bearing 23 mark 217.Copy !req
704. Range— 3,100 kilometers.Copy !req
705. Sensors are picking up
unusually high proton counts.Copy !req
706. Setting a new course
to those coordinates.Copy !req
707. All external wave intensities
are increasing rapidlyCopy !req
708. but checking...Copy !req
709. Confirmed. There is no
corresponding increaseCopy !req
710. inside the cabin.Copy !req
711. How is that possible?Copy !req
712. Sensors are not functioning.Copy !req
713. We've lost all contact
with the space station.Copy !req
714. Scanners are reading
major subspace disruptionCopy !req
715. at their last known coordinates.Copy !req
716. What the hell is happening
out there?Copy !req
717. I don't know.Copy !req
718. They're just gone.Copy !req
719. Are your navigational readings
going crazy?Copy !req
720. I'll recalibrate
when I have a moment.Copy !req
721. Take your time.Copy !req
722. Can you get a fix
on our coordinates?Copy !req
723. There is a starCopy !req
724. just under
five light years away.Copy !req
725. No M-Class planets.Copy !req
726. Computer, identify
closest star system.Copy !req
727. Idran— a ternary systemCopy !req
728. consisting
of twin O-type companions.Copy !req
729. Idran?
That can't be right.Copy !req
730. Computer,
basis of identification?Copy !req
731. Idran is based
on the analysis conductedCopy !req
732. in the 22nd centuryCopy !req
733. by the Quadros-1 probe
of the Gamma Quadrant.Copy !req
734. The Gamma Quadrant?
70,000 light years from Bajor?Copy !req
735. I'd say we just found our way
into a wormhole.Copy !req
736. It's not like any wormhole
I've ever seen.Copy !req
737. There were none
of the usual resonance waves.Copy !req
738. Could this be how the OrbsCopy !req
739. found their way
into the Bajoran system?Copy !req
740. Not an unreasonable hypothesis.Copy !req
741. If it's trueCopy !req
742. that would mean that this
has been here for 10,000 years.Copy !req
743. Dax, we might
have just discoveredCopy !req
744. the first stable wormholeCopy !req
745. known to exist.Copy !req
746. Bring us about, Lieutenant.Copy !req
747. I'm modifying the flight
program to compensateCopy !req
748. for the spatial
discontinuities.Copy !req
749. We should have
a smoother ride this time.Copy !req
750. Did you reduce impulse power?Copy !req
751. No. Why?Copy !req
752. We're losing velocity.Copy !req
753. Forward velocity
down to 80 kph.Copy !req
754. Warning.
Impulse system overload.Copy !req
755. Auto shutdown in 12 seconds.Copy !req
756. Disengaging engines.Copy !req
757. Velocity at 20 kph.Copy !req
758. I'm picking up
atmosphere.Copy !req
759. Inside a wormhole?Copy !req
760. Capable of
supporting life.Copy !req
761. We've just landed.Copy !req
762. On what?Copy !req
763. It's beautiful.Copy !req
764. You have a strange
eye for beauty, Dax.Copy !req
765. You don't think
this is oneCopy !req
766. of the most idyllic settings
you've ever seen?Copy !req
767. We are standing on a rock face.Copy !req
768. Do you see the storms?Copy !req
769. It's as clear
as a summer's day.Copy !req
770. You see it, too?Copy !req
771. Yes.Copy !req
772. Low-level ionic pattern.Copy !req
773. It's probing us.Copy !req
774. Someone's idea
of shaking hands maybe.Copy !req
775. I am Commander Benjamin SiskoCopy !req
776. of the United Federation
of Planets.Copy !req
777. Dax!Copy !req
778. Another neutrino disruption.Copy !req
779. Scanners are
picking up an objectCopy !req
780. near their last
known coordinates.Copy !req
781. It isn't a ship.Copy !req
782. Major, there's something
inside it—Copy !req
783. some kind of life-form.Copy !req
784. Are the Cardassian
sensors picking it up?Copy !req
785. They should be
back on line by now.Copy !req
786. We have to assume they
know everything we know.Copy !req
787. Yellow Alert.
Secure Ops.Copy !req
788. Beam it aboard, Mr. O'BrienCopy !req
789. but put it in a level-1
security field.Copy !req
790. Aye, sir.
Locking on.Copy !req
791. Who are you?Copy !req
792. Who are you?Copy !req
793. It is corporeal!Copy !req
794. A physical entity.Copy !req
795. What?Copy !req
796. What did you say?Copy !req
797. It is responding
to visual and auditory stimuli.Copy !req
798. Linguistic
communication.Copy !req
799. Yes, linguistic communication.Copy !req
800. Are you capable
of communicating with me?Copy !req
801. What... are you?Copy !req
802. My species is known as human.Copy !req
803. I come from a planet
called Earth.Copy !req
804. Earth?Copy !req
805. This is what my
planet looks like.Copy !req
806. You and ICopy !req
807. are very different
species.Copy !req
808. It will take... timeCopy !req
809. for us to understand
one another.Copy !req
810. What is this... time?Copy !req
811. First Officer's Log,
Stardate 46392.7.Copy !req
812. We're preparing to launch
a rescue missionCopy !req
813. to find Commander Sisko.Copy !req
814. But first, our navigational
sensors must be recalibratedCopy !req
815. to work under the conditions
reported by Lieutenant Dax.Copy !req
816. It is no ordinary wormhole.Copy !req
817. My analysis suggestsCopy !req
818. that it isn't
even a natural phenomenon.Copy !req
819. Not natural?Copy !req
820. You mean it was
constructed?Copy !req
821. It's very possible
whoever made the OrbsCopy !req
822. also created this wormhole.Copy !req
823. The Cardassians
are leaving their positionCopy !req
824. on a course toward
the Denorios Belt.Copy !req
825. Mr. O'BrienCopy !req
826. what would it take
to move this stationCopy !req
827. to the mouth
of the wormhole?Copy !req
828. This isn't
a starship, Major.Copy !req
829. We've got six working thrusters
to power us and that's it.Copy !req
830. 160 million-kilometer
trip would takeCopy !req
831. two months.Copy !req
832. It has to be there tomorrow.Copy !req
833. That's not possible, sir.Copy !req
834. That wormhole
might just reshapeCopy !req
835. the future of
this entire quadrant.Copy !req
836. The Bajorans have
to stake a claim to itCopy !req
837. and I have to admitCopy !req
838. that claim would be
a lot strongerCopy !req
839. if there's a Federation presence
to back it up.Copy !req
840. Couldn't you modify
the subspace field outputCopy !req
841. of the deflector generators
just enoughCopy !req
842. to create a low-level field
around the station?Copy !req
843. So we could lower
the inertial mass.Copy !req
844. If you can makeCopy !req
845. the station lighterCopy !req
846. those six thrusters
will be all the power we need.Copy !req
847. This whole stationCopy !req
848. could break apart like
an egg if it doesn't work.Copy !req
849. Even if it does work,
we're still goingCopy !req
850. to need help from Starfleet
once we get there.Copy !req
851. The Enterprise is still
the nearest starship.Copy !req
852. They could reach
us in two days.Copy !req
853. We should advise
StarfleetCopy !req
854. that we will require
their assistance.Copy !req
855. You have Ops, Mr. O'Brien.Copy !req
856. Lieutenant, you're with me.Copy !req
857. Aye, sir.Copy !req
858. You too, Doc.Copy !req
859. Time to be a hero.Copy !req
860. Yes, sir!Copy !req
861. Constable...Copy !req
862. This is
a security matter.Copy !req
863. I'm in charge
of security.Copy !req
864. Security here,
on the station.Copy !req
865. I cannot justify taking
you into this wormhole.Copy !req
866. We have no idea what we're
dealing with in there.Copy !req
867. It could be hostile...Copy !req
868. Major, I was found
in the Denorios Belt.Copy !req
869. I don't know where I came from—Copy !req
870. no idea if there are
any others like me.Copy !req
871. All my life,
I've been forcedCopy !req
872. to pass myself off
as one of youCopy !req
873. always wondering
who I really am.Copy !req
874. Well, the answers
to a lot of my questionsCopy !req
875. may be somewhere on
the other side of that wormhole.Copy !req
876. You coming?Copy !req
877. The creature must be destroyed
before it destroys us.Copy !req
878. It is malevolent.Copy !req
879. Aggressive.Copy !req
880. Adversarial.Copy !req
881. It must be destroyed.Copy !req
882. I am not your enemy.Copy !req
883. I was sent here by the people
you contacted.Copy !req
884. Contacted?Copy !req
885. With your devices—
your Orbs.Copy !req
886. We seek contact
with other life-formsCopy !req
887. not corporeal creatures
who annihilate us.Copy !req
888. I have not come
to annihilate anyone.Copy !req
889. Destroy it now.Copy !req
890. My species respects life
above all else.Copy !req
891. Can you say the same?Copy !req
892. I do not understand the threat
that I bring to youCopy !req
893. but I am not
your enemy.Copy !req
894. Allow me to prove it.Copy !req
895. Prove it?Copy !req
896. It can be arguedCopy !req
897. that a human is ultimately
the sum of his experiences.Copy !req
898. Experiences...Copy !req
899. what is this?Copy !req
900. Memories.Copy !req
901. Events from my pastCopy !req
902. like this one.Copy !req
903. Past?Copy !req
904. Things that happened before now.Copy !req
905. You have absolutely no idea
what I'm talking about.Copy !req
906. What comes before now
is no differentCopy !req
907. than what is now,
or what is to come.Copy !req
908. It is one's existence.Copy !req
909. Then, for you,
there is no linear time.Copy !req
910. Linear time— what is this?Copy !req
911. My species lives
in one point in timeCopy !req
912. and once we move
beyond that pointCopy !req
913. it becomes the past.Copy !req
914. The future, all that
is still to comeCopy !req
915. does not exist yet for us.Copy !req
916. Does not exist yet?Copy !req
917. That is the nature
of linear existenceCopy !req
918. and if you examine
it more closelyCopy !req
919. you will see that you
do not need to fear me.Copy !req
920. Partial field established.Copy !req
921. Instability at 12%.Copy !req
922. Partial field?Copy !req
923. Is station's inertial mass
low enough to break orbit?Copy !req
924. Procedure is not recommended.Copy !req
925. Damn it, I didn't ask
for an opinion.Copy !req
926. Just tell me whether or not
we can get enough thrustCopy !req
927. with only a partial field
established.Copy !req
928. Affirmative.Copy !req
929. All right. Thank you.Copy !req
930. Initiate transit mode,
three-axis stabilization.Copy !req
931. Aye, sir.Copy !req
932. Engage thrusters.Copy !req
933. Warning.
Field integrity declining.Copy !req
934. Instability at 21%.Copy !req
935. We've got to close that gap
in the fieldCopy !req
936. or we'll tear ourselves
into a million pieces.Copy !req
937. Warning. Subspace field
collapse in 60 seconds.Copy !req
938. ComputerCopy !req
939. transfer energy
from the inertial dampersCopy !req
940. to reinforce the subspace field.Copy !req
941. Procedure is not recommended.Copy !req
942. Damn it, transfer the energy.Copy !req
943. Unable to comply.Copy !req
944. Level-1 safety protocols
have canceled request.Copy !req
945. Canceled it?Copy !req
946. Warning. Subspace field
collapse in 30 seconds.Copy !req
947. I'm going to transfer it
manually.Copy !req
948. On my mark, redirect the flow
to the deflectorsCopy !req
949. and keep the power balanced.Copy !req
950. Aye, sir.Copy !req
951. Field collapse in 15 seconds.Copy !req
952. Now.Copy !req
953. Field energy
now within flight tolerances.Copy !req
954. Good work, sir.Copy !req
955. Computer, you and I need
to have a little talk.Copy !req
956. The Cardassian warship
is in visual range.Copy !req
957. On screen.Copy !req
958. They're headed right to it.Copy !req
959. Well, they've got to listen
to reason, haven't they?Copy !req
960. When we warn them what could
happen if they go in there.Copy !req
961. Doctor, most people,
in my experienceCopy !req
962. wouldn't know reason if it
walked up and shook their hand.Copy !req
963. You can count Gul Dukat
among them.Copy !req
964. This is the Federation
Ship Yangtzee Kiang.Copy !req
965. Major Kira Nerys in command.Copy !req
966. Yes, Major.Copy !req
967. Gul Dukat, we know you're headed
for the wormhole.Copy !req
968. Wormhole?Copy !req
969. What wormhole is that?Copy !req
970. I strongly suggest
you do not proceed.Copy !req
971. We encountered
a hostile life-form inside.Copy !req
972. Perhaps they will be
less hostile to CardassiansCopy !req
973. than to humans.Copy !req
974. DukatCopy !req
975. these people are tryingCopy !req
976. to save you
from a lot of trouble.Copy !req
977. Really?Copy !req
978. And I suppose
you're going to tell meCopy !req
979. that these are not
the life-formsCopy !req
980. that have sent the OrbsCopy !req
981. or that your Commander Sisko
is not negotiatingCopy !req
982. for their technology.Copy !req
983. I thank you for your concernCopy !req
984. but I think we will see
for ourselves.Copy !req
985. So much for reason.Copy !req
986. Jennifer.Copy !req
987. Yes, that was her name.Copy !req
988. She is part
of your existence.Copy !req
989. She is part of my past.Copy !req
990. She's no longer alive.Copy !req
991. But she is part
of your existence.Copy !req
992. She was a most important
part of my existenceCopy !req
993. but I lost her
some time ago.Copy !req
994. Lost?Copy !req
995. What is this?Copy !req
996. In a linear existence, we
can't go back to the pastCopy !req
997. to get something
we left behindCopy !req
998. so... it's lost.Copy !req
999. It is inconceivable
that any speciesCopy !req
1000. could exist
in such a manner.Copy !req
1001. You are deceiving us.Copy !req
1002. No.Copy !req
1003. This is the truth.Copy !req
1004. This day, this...
this park...Copy !req
1005. it was almost 15 years
ago, far in the past.Copy !req
1006. It was a day that was
very important to me—Copy !req
1007. a day that shaped
every day that followed.Copy !req
1008. That is the essence
of a linear existence.Copy !req
1009. Each day affects the next.Copy !req
1010. Listen to it.Copy !req
1011. To what?Copy !req
1012. The sound of
children playing.Copy !req
1013. What could be
more beautiful?Copy !req
1014. So you like children.Copy !req
1015. That almost sounds
like a domestic inquiry.Copy !req
1016. I've heard Starfleet officers
don't want familiesCopy !req
1017. because they complicate
their lives.Copy !req
1018. Starfleet officers
don't often find matesCopy !req
1019. who want to raise families
on a starship.Copy !req
1020. That almost sounds
like a domestic inquiry.Copy !req
1021. I think it was.Copy !req
1022. As corporeal entitiesCopy !req
1023. humans find physical
touch to cause pleasure.Copy !req
1024. Pleasure...Copy !req
1025. what is this?Copy !req
1026. Good feelings.Copy !req
1027. Happiness.Copy !req
1028. But this is
your existence.Copy !req
1029. It's difficult
to be here—Copy !req
1030. more difficult
than any other memory.Copy !req
1031. Why?Copy !req
1032. Because...Copy !req
1033. because this was the day...Copy !req
1034. that I lost Jennifer.Copy !req
1035. I don't want to be here.Copy !req
1036. Then why do you exist here?Copy !req
1037. I don't understand.Copy !req
1038. You exist here.Copy !req
1039. What's wrong?Copy !req
1040. What's happening?Copy !req
1041. We should be reachingCopy !req
1042. the wormhole coordinates
in two minutes.Copy !req
1043. Slowing to one-third imp...Copy !req
1044. Are you still there?Copy !req
1045. What just happened?Copy !req
1046. More of your kind.Copy !req
1047. Another ship...Copy !req
1048. in the wormhole?Copy !req
1049. Wormhole?Copy !req
1050. What is this?Copy !req
1051. It is how we describeCopy !req
1052. the passage that
brought me here.Copy !req
1053. It is terminated.Copy !req
1054. Terminated?Copy !req
1055. Our existence is disruptedCopy !req
1056. whenever one of you
enters the passage.Copy !req
1057. Your linear nature
is inherently destructive.Copy !req
1058. You have no regardCopy !req
1059. for the consequences
of your acts.Copy !req
1060. That's not true.Copy !req
1061. We're aware that every choice
we make has a consequence.Copy !req
1062. But you claim you do not know
what it will be.Copy !req
1063. We don't.Copy !req
1064. Then how can you takeCopy !req
1065. responsibility
for your actions?Copy !req
1066. We use past experience
to help guide us.Copy !req
1067. For Jennifer and meCopy !req
1068. all the experiences
in our livesCopy !req
1069. prepared us for the day
we met on the beach—Copy !req
1070. helped us recognize
that we had a future together.Copy !req
1071. When we married,
we acceptedCopy !req
1072. all the consequences
of that actCopy !req
1073. whatever they might beCopy !req
1074. including the consequences
of you.Copy !req
1075. Me?Copy !req
1076. My son Jake...Copy !req
1077. The child with Jennifer.Copy !req
1078. Yes.Copy !req
1079. Linear... procreation?Copy !req
1080. Yes.Copy !req
1081. Jake is the continuation
of our family.Copy !req
1082. The sound of children playing.Copy !req
1083. Aggressive.Copy !req
1084. Adversarial.Copy !req
1085. Competition.Copy !req
1086. For fun.Copy !req
1087. It's a game that Jake
and I play on the holodeck.Copy !req
1088. It's called baseball.Copy !req
1089. Baseball?Copy !req
1090. What is this?Copy !req
1091. I was afraid you'd ask that.Copy !req
1092. I throw this ball to youCopy !req
1093. and this other player
stands between us with a bat—Copy !req
1094. a stick— and he...Copy !req
1095. and he tries to hit the ballCopy !req
1096. in between these
two white lines.Copy !req
1097. Oh.Copy !req
1098. The rules aren't important.Copy !req
1099. What's important is...Copy !req
1100. it's linear.Copy !req
1101. Every time I throw this ballCopy !req
1102. a hundred different things
can happen in a game.Copy !req
1103. He might swing and miss,
he might hit it.Copy !req
1104. The point is you never know.Copy !req
1105. You try to anticipateCopy !req
1106. set a strategy
for all the possibilitiesCopy !req
1107. as best you can, but in the endCopy !req
1108. it comes down to throwing
one pitch after anotherCopy !req
1109. and seeing what happens.Copy !req
1110. With each new consequence,
the game begins to take shape.Copy !req
1111. And you have no idea
what that shape isCopy !req
1112. until it is completed.Copy !req
1113. That's right.Copy !req
1114. In fact, the game
wouldn't be worth playingCopy !req
1115. if we knew
what was going to happen.Copy !req
1116. You value your ignorance
of what is to come?Copy !req
1117. That may be
the most important thingCopy !req
1118. to understand about humans.Copy !req
1119. It is the unknown
that defines our existence.Copy !req
1120. We are constantly searchingCopy !req
1121. not just for answers
to our questionsCopy !req
1122. but for new questions.Copy !req
1123. We are explorers.Copy !req
1124. We explore our lives day by dayCopy !req
1125. and we explore the galaxyCopy !req
1126. trying to expand
the boundaries of our knowledgeCopy !req
1127. and that is why I am here—Copy !req
1128. not to conquer you
with weaponsCopy !req
1129. or with ideasCopy !req
1130. but to coexist...Copy !req
1131. and learn.Copy !req
1132. If all you say is trueCopy !req
1133. why do you exist here?Copy !req
1134. First Officer's Log,
supplemental.Copy !req
1135. We've rendezvoused
with the space stationCopy !req
1136. at the former coordinates
of the wormhole.Copy !req
1137. Unfortunately,
our scans have revealedCopy !req
1138. no trace of either the wormhole
or Dukat's ship.Copy !req
1139. A few minutes agoCopy !req
1140. three Cardassian warships
crossed the borderCopy !req
1141. no doubt on their way
to search for Dukat.Copy !req
1142. Mr. O'Brien, can you establish
a high-energy thoron fieldCopy !req
1143. before they get
into sensor range?Copy !req
1144. I don't want them
to be able to scanCopy !req
1145. our defense systems.
Aye, sir.Copy !req
1146. They're hailing us.Copy !req
1147. On screen.Copy !req
1148. I am Gul JasadCopy !req
1149. of the Cardassian guard,
Seventh Order.Copy !req
1150. Where is our warship?Copy !req
1151. With any luck,
they're in the Gamma QuadrantCopy !req
1152. on the other side
of the wormhole.Copy !req
1153. What wormhole?Copy !req
1154. Our sensors show no indicationCopy !req
1155. of a wormhole in this sector.Copy !req
1156. That's because
it just collapsed.Copy !req
1157. What?Copy !req
1158. We believe it was
artificially created.Copy !req
1159. That may be why our
sensors never picked upCopy !req
1160. any of the usual quantum
fluctuation patterns.Copy !req
1161. You expect me to believe
that someone created a wormholeCopy !req
1162. and now conveniently
has disassembled it?Copy !req
1163. That's exactly what I
expect you to believe.Copy !req
1164. They're flooding subspace
with antilepton interference.Copy !req
1165. It'll cut off
our communications
with Starfleet.Copy !req
1166. They're powering up
their forward phasers.Copy !req
1167. Red Alert.Copy !req
1168. Shields up.Copy !req
1169. What shields?Copy !req
1170. They're hailing us again.Copy !req
1171. Open the channel.Copy !req
1172. We do not accept
your explanation.Copy !req
1173. Somehow you have destroyed
our warship.Copy !req
1174. Gul Jasad,
I assure you...Copy !req
1175. We demand the unconditional
surrender of this space stationCopy !req
1176. or we will open fire.Copy !req
1177. I need at least a dayCopy !req
1178. to make the necessary
preparations.Copy !req
1179. You have one hour.Copy !req
1180. I can transfer
all available powerCopy !req
1181. to establish partial shields
around critical areasCopy !req
1182. but if they hit
the docking ringCopy !req
1183. we'll sustain heavy damage.Copy !req
1184. Constable, if you
would coordinateCopy !req
1185. moving all personnel
to safer locations.Copy !req
1186. What was the last reported
position of the Enterprise?Copy !req
1187. At least 20 hours away.Copy !req
1188. We've got to hold outCopy !req
1189. till they get here.Copy !req
1190. I can't believe
the CardassiansCopy !req
1191. would ever attack
a Federation outpost.Copy !req
1192. Doctor, you ever studiedCopy !req
1193. your military history
of the border wars?Copy !req
1194. Yes.Copy !req
1195. Ever heard
of the Setlik III massacre?Copy !req
1196. I assume, Mr. O'Brien,
you would agreeCopy !req
1197. surrender is not
a preferable option.Copy !req
1198. You know what they do
to their prisoners, sir.Copy !req
1199. What is the point of bringing me
back again to this?Copy !req
1200. We do not bring you here.Copy !req
1201. You bring us here.Copy !req
1202. You exist here.Copy !req
1203. Then give me the powerCopy !req
1204. to lead you somewhere
else— anywhere else.Copy !req
1205. We cannot give youCopy !req
1206. what you deny yourself.Copy !req
1207. Look for solutions from within,
Commander.Copy !req
1208. I was ready to die with her.Copy !req
1209. Die... what is this?Copy !req
1210. The terminationCopy !req
1211. of their linear existence.Copy !req
1212. We've got to go now, sir.Copy !req
1213. Damn it!Copy !req
1214. We just can't leave her here.Copy !req
1215. Oh! Oh, no!Copy !req
1216. I never left this ship.Copy !req
1217. You exist here.Copy !req
1218. I...Copy !req
1219. exist here.Copy !req
1220. I don't know
if you can understand.Copy !req
1221. I see her like thisCopy !req
1222. every time I close my eyes.Copy !req
1223. In the darkness...Copy !req
1224. in the blink of an eyeCopy !req
1225. I see her like this.Copy !req
1226. None of your past experiences
helped prepare youCopy !req
1227. for this consequence.Copy !req
1228. And I have never figured out
how to live without her.Copy !req
1229. So you choose to exist here.Copy !req
1230. It is not linear.Copy !req
1231. No.Copy !req
1232. It's not linear.Copy !req
1233. Oh...Copy !req
1234. Their lead ship is hailing us.Copy !req
1235. Gul Jasad wants an answer.Copy !req
1236. Are you ready, Mr. O'Brien?Copy !req
1237. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1238. When they penetrate
our thoron fieldCopy !req
1239. it should raise a few
eyebrows over there.Copy !req
1240. All right, then,
let's give them our answer.Copy !req
1241. Fire six photon torpedoes
across Jasad's bow.Copy !req
1242. We only have six photons, Major.Copy !req
1243. We're not going to win this
battle with torpedoes, Chief.Copy !req
1244. Aye, sir.Copy !req
1245. An urgent hail
from Jasad.Copy !req
1246. Looks like we got his attention.Copy !req
1247. On screen.Copy !req
1248. This is your answer?Copy !req
1249. You don't thinkCopy !req
1250. Starfleet took command
of this space stationCopy !req
1251. without the ability
to defend it, do you?Copy !req
1252. Defend it?Copy !req
1253. Your space station
could not defend itselfCopy !req
1254. against one Cardassian warship.Copy !req
1255. You're probably right, Jasad...Copy !req
1256. and if you were dealing
with a Starfleet officerCopy !req
1257. they'd probably admitCopy !req
1258. we have a hopeless cause hereCopy !req
1259. but I am just a BajoranCopy !req
1260. who's been fightingCopy !req
1261. a hopeless cause
against the CardassiansCopy !req
1262. all her life.Copy !req
1263. So if you want a war...Copy !req
1264. I'll give you one.Copy !req
1265. Major.Copy !req
1266. Remind me never
to get into a gameCopy !req
1267. of Roladan Wild Draw
with you.Copy !req
1268. They were using a thoron field
to block our sensorsCopy !req
1269. but we were able
to penetrate it.Copy !req
1270. What are their defenses?Copy !req
1271. According to our scans,
an estimated 5,000 photonsCopy !req
1272. integrated phaser banks
on all levels.Copy !req
1273. When did they receive
these armaments?Copy !req
1274. And how did they install
them without our knowledge?Copy !req
1275. Somehow they have created
a massive illusionCopy !req
1276. of duranium shadows.Copy !req
1277. What if it is not an illusion?Copy !req
1278. It is.Copy !req
1279. Why risk the confrontation?Copy !req
1280. The Fourth OrderCopy !req
1281. can be here
in a day.Copy !req
1282. So can Starfleet.Copy !req
1283. Their lead ship is sending out
a subspace messageCopy !req
1284. asking for reinforcements.Copy !req
1285. Yes!Copy !req
1286. Too soon for
a victory celebration, Doctor.Copy !req
1287. Mr. O'Brien?Copy !req
1288. The ships are
being deployedCopy !req
1289. in a standard
attack formation, sir.Copy !req
1290. Battle stations.Copy !req
1291. - Quickly, now.
- Quickly, now.Copy !req
1292. Calmly, calmly.Copy !req
1293. Come along.Copy !req
1294. They may just be testing us.Copy !req
1295. I could run a pulse
compression waveCopy !req
1296. through the phaser banks—Copy !req
1297. put out a blast that will
make them think twice.Copy !req
1298. Do it.Copy !req
1299. Damage report.Copy !req
1300. Direct hit, level 14.Copy !req
1301. Empty storage bays.Copy !req
1302. No casualties.Copy !req
1303. Shields down to 27%.Copy !req
1304. A fuel conduit
has ruptured on the Promenade.Copy !req
1305. Can you divert
the main power flow?Copy !req
1306. The controls are locked.Copy !req
1307. Odo to Ops.Copy !req
1308. Go ahead.Copy !req
1309. I've got wounded people
down here!Copy !req
1310. Have you seen that Doctor
of yours anywhere?Copy !req
1311. I'm on my way.Copy !req
1312. I'm going to have to shut down
the primary power flowCopy !req
1313. or the whole Promenade
will go up.Copy !req
1314. Bloody Cardassians!Copy !req
1315. I just got the damn thing fixed.Copy !req
1316. Press there, hard.Copy !req
1317. Look, Doctor, maybe I should
find you someone...Copy !req
1318. Hold it there.Copy !req
1319. That should do it for a while.Copy !req
1320. Shields are at 18%
and falling.Copy !req
1321. I might still be able
to give youCopy !req
1322. one more phaser blast, Major.Copy !req
1323. No.Copy !req
1324. Signal the lead Cardassian ship
that we will proceed with...Copy !req
1325. Major...Copy !req
1326. I'm picking up
a huge neutrino disturbanceCopy !req
1327. 15 kilometers
off the forward docking ring.Copy !req
1328. It's the wormhole.Copy !req
1329. On screen.Copy !req
1330. Hail the lead ship.Copy !req
1331. What did I tell
you, Jasad?Copy !req
1332. There's your wormhole!Copy !req
1333. Rio Grande to DS9.Copy !req
1334. On screen.Copy !req
1335. Go ahead, Commander.Copy !req
1336. Sorry to be late, Major.Copy !req
1337. Our friend Gul Dukat
had some problemsCopy !req
1338. on the other side
of the wormhole.Copy !req
1339. I see you've had
a few of your own.Copy !req
1340. A few, Commander.Copy !req
1341. Gul Dukat is signaling
his ships to disarm.Copy !req
1342. Clear me for docking,
Mr. O'Brien.Copy !req
1343. Aye, sir.Copy !req
1344. Cleared for Pad C.Copy !req
1345. Casualties?Copy !req
1346. 13 injured, Commander,
and no fatalities.Copy !req
1347. Jake!Copy !req
1348. Dad!Copy !req
1349. Station Log,
Commander Benjamin Sisko.Copy !req
1350. Stardate 46393.1.Copy !req
1351. The life-forms
who created the wormholeCopy !req
1352. have agreed
to allow safe passageCopy !req
1353. for all ships traveling
to the Gamma Quadrant.Copy !req
1354. With the arrival
of the EnterpriseCopy !req
1355. the Cardassians
have left the area.Copy !req
1356. I suspect that the sight
of their warshipCopy !req
1357. being towed by a
Federation runaboutCopy !req
1358. took the heart
out of their fight.Copy !req
1359. We're not done
with the Cardassians yet—Copy !req
1360. not with the strategic
importance of that wormhole.Copy !req
1361. Well, you've put Bajor
on the map, Commander.Copy !req
1362. This will shortly become
a leading centerCopy !req
1363. of commerceCopy !req
1364. and of scientific
explorationCopy !req
1365. and for Starfleet,
one of our most important posts.Copy !req
1366. Captain,
regarding our conversationCopy !req
1367. about someone to replace me...Copy !req
1368. Yes, I'm sorry I
haven't had time yetCopy !req
1369. to communicate that to Command.Copy !req
1370. I would prefer
you ignore it, sir.Copy !req
1371. I'm not sure that I can.Copy !req
1372. Are you certain
that's what you want?Copy !req
1373. Because we cannot afford to haveCopy !req
1374. a commanding
officer who is...Copy !req
1375. I'm certain, sir.Copy !req
1376. Good luck, Mr. Sisko.Copy !req
1377. So, where can
someone practiceCopy !req
1378. with his phaser
around here?Copy !req
1379. New rules?Copy !req
1380. You can't cheat
every customerCopy !req
1381. who walks through the door
anymore, Quark.Copy !req
1382. You are a community
leader now.Copy !req
1383. Very well, very well.Copy !req
1384. Perhaps we could discuss
these new rules over a drink.Copy !req
1385. If you don't take
that hand off my hipCopy !req
1386. you'll never be ableCopy !req
1387. to raise a glass
with it again.Copy !req
1388. Oh, I love a woman in uniform.Copy !req
1389. and three Frunalian
Science VesselsCopy !req
1390. are requesting
permission to dock.Copy !req
1391. Problem is we've been
retrofitting the air locks, sir.Copy !req
1392. Half of them were damaged
during the moveCopy !req
1393. and most of the othersCopy !req
1394. when the Cardassians
blew out the fuel conduits.Copy !req
1395. I guess they'll just have
to transport aboard...Copy !req
1396. Captioning sponsored by
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