1. What's funny is where
the files were located—Copy !req
2. right there
in Ops protocols.Copy !req
3. The encryption system
was extremely easy to break.Copy !req
4. So, they wanted us
to find these?Copy !req
5. Or they didn't care.Copy !req
6. Well, there's nothing
of strategic value here—Copy !req
7. just some personal logsCopy !req
8. and some files on
Bajoran terroristsCopy !req
9. but it is a glimpse
into the Cardassian mind.Copy !req
10. You might want to warn Kira
before she sees her file.Copy !req
11. Warn me?
About what?Copy !req
12. Oh, uh...Copy !req
13. Dax and Mr. O'BrienCopy !req
14. discovered some of the last
Prefect's personal files.Copy !req
15. There's a file on youCopy !req
16. but you may find it
disappointing.Copy !req
17. I'm a big girl, Commander.Copy !req
18. Bashir to Sisko.Copy !req
19. Sisko here.Copy !req
20. I'm at Airlock 14, Commander.Copy !req
21. I think you better
get down here.Copy !req
22. What's the problem, Doctor?Copy !req
23. Well, I was about to begin
off-loadingCopy !req
24. some medical specimens
from the Bajoran transportCopy !req
25. and, well...Copy !req
26. the Kai is here.Copy !req
27. Kai... Opaka.Copy !req
28. Why would she be here?Copy !req
29. She said you once offered her
a tour of the station.Copy !req
30. "A minor operativeCopy !req
31. "whose activities are limited
to running errandsCopy !req
32. for the terrorist leaders"?Copy !req
33. Major, when you're through
feeling underappreciatedCopy !req
34. perhaps you'd join me in
welcoming the Kai aboard.Copy !req
35. You say she's
never been here before?Copy !req
36. She's never even left
Bajor before.Copy !req
37. Well, excuse me
for saying so, CommanderCopy !req
38. but she looks...
preoccupied.Copy !req
39. Is something
wrong, Opaka?Copy !req
40. Contemplating prophecy.Copy !req
41. It's interesting you
chose this viewport.Copy !req
42. The wormhole is
just out there.Copy !req
43. It's a spectacular
sight to see.Copy !req
44. Unfortunately,
it can only be seenCopy !req
45. when a ship enters it
or exitsCopy !req
46. but there's nothing
scheduled for today.Copy !req
47. A shame.Copy !req
48. Sisko to O'Brien.Copy !req
49. Go ahead, Commander.Copy !req
50. Prepare the Yangtzee Kiang
for launch, Chief.Copy !req
51. Kira and I are takingCopy !req
52. the Kai through
the wormhole.Copy !req
53. Right away, sir.Copy !req
54. Thank you.Copy !req
55. I didn't want
to keep youCopy !req
56. from your duties,
Doctor.Copy !req
57. Oh, it's a slow day.Copy !req
58. All right.Copy !req
59. This way.Copy !req
60. Is the ship ready, Chief?Copy !req
61. All prepped and
ready for departureCopy !req
62. Commander.Copy !req
63. Ma'am.Copy !req
64. After you.Copy !req
65. You have a child,
don't you?Copy !req
66. I do.Copy !req
67. I have a little
girl, ma'am.Copy !req
68. Yes.Copy !req
69. Would you give this
to her for me?Copy !req
70. Captioning sponsored by
PARAMOUNT PICTURESCopy !req
71. We'll be entering
the wormholeCopy !req
72. in about a minute.Copy !req
73. Thank you again
for indulging me.Copy !req
74. Not at all,
Opaka.Copy !req
75. You honor us with
your presence.Copy !req
76. Yangtzee Kiang to DS9.Copy !req
77. Estimated time of
return, 1400 hours.Copy !req
78. - Logged in.
- We'll expect you then.Copy !req
79. Flight stabilization at maximum.Copy !req
80. Here we go.Copy !req
81. Spectacular,
isn't it?Copy !req
82. More than I imagined.Copy !req
83. My smoothest ride yet, Major.Copy !req
84. There's Idran,
the closest system.Copy !req
85. It's a ternary star.Copy !req
86. A doorway into the unknown.Copy !req
87. The other sideCopy !req
88. of the galaxy, to be precise.Copy !req
89. The Gamma Quadrant is 70,000
light years from Bajor.Copy !req
90. It would take our
fastest starshipCopy !req
91. over 67 years
to get here.Copy !req
92. I'm glad I got the chance
to see it.Copy !req
93. You'll be seeing
what this wormholeCopy !req
94. is worth to Bajor
in a few years.Copy !req
95. If that is to be
my fate, Commander.Copy !req
96. Should I reverse course?Copy !req
97. So soon?Copy !req
98. There's not much else
to show you yet.Copy !req
99. Prophecy can often be vague,
Commander.Copy !req
100. That's why we must test it.Copy !req
101. I don't understand, Opaka.Copy !req
102. You may return.Copy !req
103. Take us back
to the wormhole, Major.Copy !req
104. Coming about.Copy !req
105. Sensors are picking up
a narrow band subspace signal.Copy !req
106. What do you make of it?Copy !req
107. Just a long stream
of statistical dataCopy !req
108. followed by a request
for a reply.Copy !req
109. Uh, I'm not reading
any response.Copy !req
110. Launch a class-2 probe.
We'll follow it up later.Copy !req
111. You're not going to
investigate it now?Copy !req
112. I'm not sure
that's a good idea.Copy !req
113. Because of my presence?Copy !req
114. Well, there's no telling
what it may be.Copy !req
115. Please, Commander.Copy !req
116. I don't get out often.Copy !req
117. Can you get a fix
on the source, Major?Copy !req
118. .35 light years,
bearing 229, mark 41.Copy !req
119. I guess we'd better
take a look.Copy !req
120. Well, this is definitely
the origin of the signal.Copy !req
121. I'm having trouble
pinpointing the source.Copy !req
122. It's not coming
from the surface.Copy !req
123. There's your answer.Copy !req
124. A network
of artificial satellites.Copy !req
125. One of them looks like
it's malfunctioning.Copy !req
126. Its orbit is unstable.Copy !req
127. I'd bet the signals we picked upCopy !req
128. were from the system
trying to repair it.Copy !req
129. Commander,
sensors indicate life-formsCopy !req
130. localized
in 12 square kilometersCopy !req
131. on the moon's surface.Copy !req
132. They may be humanoid, sir.Copy !req
133. Humanoid?
Can you verify that?Copy !req
134. I can't resolve
the bio-patterns.Copy !req
135. There's too much interference.Copy !req
136. Take us in a little closer.Copy !req
137. We're being scanned
by one of the satellites.Copy !req
138. I don't like this.Copy !req
139. It's heading toward us.Copy !req
140. Shields up.Copy !req
141. Reading a massive energy buildup
in the satellite.Copy !req
142. 600 megawatts... 900.Copy !req
143. It's firing.Copy !req
144. Shields are down.Copy !req
145. Forward thrusters are gone.
We're losing power.Copy !req
146. Attempting to compensate
with secondary boosters.Copy !req
147. Impulse generator's failing.Copy !req
148. Hold on, we're going down.Copy !req
149. Check contingencyCopy !req
150. fuel cell output.Copy !req
151. Holding at 65%.Copy !req
152. Doctor...Copy !req
153. watch the hull
temperature.
Aye, sir.Copy !req
154. Stabilizing attitude
control response.Copy !req
155. Pitching up to 20 degrees.Copy !req
156. Hull temperature 900 C.Copy !req
157. 950, 1,100.Copy !req
158. We're holding profile.Copy !req
159. 1,200 C, 13...Copy !req
160. Ejecting antimatter pod.Copy !req
161. Pitching up
to 60 degrees.Copy !req
162. Prepare for final
braking maneuvers.Copy !req
163. Brace for impact.Copy !req
164. Commander...Copy !req
165. Pulmonary collapse.Copy !req
166. Her upper thoracic vertebrae
have been crushed.Copy !req
167. Stay with us, Opaka.
Stay with us.Copy !req
168. I'm sorry.Copy !req
169. Ahn-kay ya...Copy !req
170. ay-ya vasu.Copy !req
171. Coh-ma-ra...Copy !req
172. di-nay-ya.Copy !req
173. Ahn-kay ya...Copy !req
174. ay-ya vasu.Copy !req
175. We've got company.Copy !req
176. Still no contact with Sisko?Copy !req
177. Not yet.Copy !req
178. They're nearly
three hours overdue.Copy !req
179. Three and a half.Copy !req
180. Opaka's people are
on subspace to me
every five minutes.Copy !req
181. Tell them
one of our runaboutsCopy !req
182. found a trace
of a warp eddy current.Copy !req
183. It's got to be
from their ship.Copy !req
184. With any luck, we should
be able to determineCopy !req
185. which direction
they were headed.Copy !req
186. That's not going
to satisfy them on Bajor.Copy !req
187. You have no idea
what the Kai
means to them.Copy !req
188. When they heard Sisko had
taken her into the wormhole...Copy !req
189. Constable, tell them we're
doing the best we can, okay?Copy !req
190. Runabout Pad C.Copy !req
191. Have the Bajorans station
a ship on the Gamma side.Copy !req
192. We'll stay in close touch
by subspace.Copy !req
193. Move.Copy !req
194. Our first visitors.Copy !req
195. You're not all the same race.Copy !req
196. I'm a Bajoran.Copy !req
197. I'm Commander Benjamin Sisko.Copy !req
198. Major Kira Nerys
and Doctor Julian Bashir.Copy !req
199. A doctor?Copy !req
200. How ironic.Copy !req
201. I'm Golin Shel-la,
leader of the Ennis.Copy !req
202. Why are you here?Copy !req
203. We were attacked by
one of your satellitesCopy !req
204. Our ship was damaged,
and we crashed.Copy !req
205. Of course, Commander,
but why did you come here?Copy !req
206. We were exploring.Copy !req
207. We recently discovered
a permanent wormholeCopy !req
208. linking our quadrant
of the galaxy with yours.Copy !req
209. I command a space station at
the mouth of that wormhole.Copy !req
210. You know nothing
of our home planet?Copy !req
211. You know nothing
of the punishment?Copy !req
212. We're just beginning
to explore this sector.Copy !req
213. As I said, our home is on
the other side of the gal...Copy !req
214. Major.Copy !req
215. I'm all right.Copy !req
216. The hell you are.Copy !req
217. She needs treatment.Copy !req
218. I'd like my
medical caseCopy !req
219. if you don't mind.Copy !req
220. For God's sake!Copy !req
221. I apologize
for our cautious nature.Copy !req
222. If you haven't realized,
we're at war.Copy !req
223. Who are you fighting?Copy !req
224. A brutal enemy
that attacks at whim.Copy !req
225. We maintain
a constant vigil.Copy !req
226. This is an energy weapon.Copy !req
227. Yes.Copy !req
228. The Ennis stopped using
directed-energy weaponsCopy !req
229. centuries ago—Copy !req
230. not damaging enough.Copy !req
231. Your arrival
complicates matters.Copy !req
232. We don't plan
to be here long.Copy !req
233. Oh, you expect to
repair your ship?Copy !req
234. No, but a rescue team is
probably on its way right now.Copy !req
235. Well, like youCopy !req
236. they'll have to deal
with the defense-netCopy !req
237. and that is beyond
my influence.Copy !req
238. You don't control
the satellites?Copy !req
239. We're all prisoners
on this moon.Copy !req
240. Then, this is
a penal colony.Copy !req
241. My immediate concern
is your partisanship.Copy !req
242. By your very presence hereCopy !req
243. you'll be considered
our allies.Copy !req
244. All your lives
are in danger.Copy !req
245. The latest victims
of our enemy—Copy !req
246. the Nol-Ennis.Copy !req
247. Where are your doctors?Copy !req
248. We have none.Copy !req
249. You have no
medical personnel?Copy !req
250. How do you survive
without...?Copy !req
251. We were thrust
into this situationCopy !req
252. with few resources.Copy !req
253. Since you're here
under similar circumstancesCopy !req
254. I was hoping we'd be
of some help to each other.Copy !req
255. This should make
you feel better.Copy !req
256. Major...Copy !req
257. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
258. I would have
done anything.Copy !req
259. It's all so senseless.Copy !req
260. Opaka's always been
a symbol of hope to me.Copy !req
261. Her words gave
our struggle meaning.Copy !req
262. And now she's dead.Copy !req
263. Her life ends
on some unknown moon...Copy !req
264. and for what?Copy !req
265. Dr. Bashir will give you
any medical assistance he canCopy !req
266. but understand, we can't
take sides in your battle.Copy !req
267. It doesn't matter
what I understandCopy !req
268. if the Nol capture you.Copy !req
269. We're in the middle
of a pretty ugly war.Copy !req
270. I gathered that.Copy !req
271. Shel-la says his people
will protect us from the enemyCopy !req
272. in exchange
for your services.Copy !req
273. Well, perhaps I can
train some of themCopy !req
274. in the basics
of field triage.Copy !req
275. Do whatever
you can.Copy !req
276. How's the shoulder,
Major?Copy !req
277. I'll live.Copy !req
278. I still have to run
a neuromuscular scanCopy !req
279. on her when we get back.Copy !req
280. Don't count
on a quick rescue.Copy !req
281. This moon is some kind
of high-security prison colony.Copy !req
282. Over here!
Over here!Copy !req
283. Major!Copy !req
284. Let's go!Copy !req
285. Leave him!Copy !req
286. Run!Copy !req
287. Commander!Copy !req
288. Put your phaser down, Kira.Copy !req
289. Her vital signs
appear to be normalCopy !req
290. but I could
have sworn she was...Copy !req
291. I... I was
there, Doctor.Copy !req
292. Opaka...Copy !req
293. are you aware of what happened?Copy !req
294. The surface was approaching
so quickly.Copy !req
295. I must admit, I...Copy !req
296. I closed my eyes, Commander.Copy !req
297. There was a deafening whine.Copy !req
298. I felt the impact.Copy !req
299. A wall of heat seemed to...Copy !req
300. pass through me.Copy !req
301. And... and then...Copy !req
302. nothing.Copy !req
303. After we crashed,
we pulled you from the wreckageCopy !req
304. but you were...Copy !req
305. Dead.Copy !req
306. How do you explain
this, Doctor?Copy !req
307. Although she appears
to be normalCopy !req
308. her physiology
has been radically altered.Copy !req
309. How?Copy !req
310. I'm not sure.Copy !req
311. The tricorder indicates
some kindCopy !req
312. of biomechanical presence
at a cellular level.Copy !req
313. Biomechanical? You mean
something artificial?Copy !req
314. I wish I could tell you.Copy !req
315. Whatever it is,
it seems to beCopy !req
316. directly controlling
her metabolic processes.Copy !req
317. Is she in any danger?Copy !req
318. I'm sorry to keep saying it,
CommanderCopy !req
319. but I really don't know.Copy !req
320. If the runabout's computer
were functionalCopy !req
321. I might be able to run
a full analysis.Copy !req
322. Commander.Copy !req
323. Over here.Copy !req
324. - It's okay.
- It's all right.Copy !req
325. There's still no sign
of themCopy !req
326. on any of
the long-range scanners.Copy !req
327. Not even a
transponder signal.Copy !req
328. If they went down,
we should at leastCopy !req
329. be getting something
from their transponder.Copy !req
330. The warp eddy has
traces of meson
particle emissions.Copy !req
331. That makes it
a Starfleet power reactor.Copy !req
332. The current shows
that their headingCopy !req
333. was approximately 230 mark 4.Copy !req
334. Anything interesting
in that direction?Copy !req
335. An uncharted binary star system.Copy !req
336. Well,
I guess it's time to chart it.Copy !req
337. Setting a new course.Copy !req
338. His readings are
the same as Opaka's.Copy !req
339. Virtually every cell
in his bodyCopy !req
340. shows signs of this
biomechanical presence.Copy !req
341. Now, somehow, it has literally
brought him back to life.Copy !req
342. You died before?Copy !req
343. Many times,
too many to count.Copy !req
344. Sir, I'd like to return
to the runaboutCopy !req
345. and try and get the computer
up and running.Copy !req
346. Doctor, we're in the middle
of a war.Copy !req
347. Sir, this could be
a breakthroughCopy !req
348. of unprecedented magnitude.Copy !req
349. It's too dangerous.Copy !req
350. I'll see to
his protection.Copy !req
351. I would like to know more about
this "breakthrough" myself.Copy !req
352. Your doctor acts as though
he's seen a miracle.Copy !req
353. He's not alone.Copy !req
354. Well, if you'd lived
with it as we haveCopy !req
355. you'd see it
as a curse.Copy !req
356. How long have you
been here?Copy !req
357. It feels like
an eternity.Copy !req
358. It's all part
of the punishment.Copy !req
359. What is this punishment,
Shel-la?Copy !req
360. Everything here is designed
to prolong our suffering.Copy !req
361. What was your crime?Copy !req
362. The Ennis and the Nol-Ennis
are ancient enemies.Copy !req
363. Generation after generation,
we fought the same war.Copy !req
364. The leaders of our planet
were unable to mediate a peace.Copy !req
365. Finally, they sent us all hereCopy !req
366. and told us that we would serve
as an exampleCopy !req
367. for the rest of civilization.Copy !req
368. How did your fight begin?Copy !req
369. Some say it was water.Copy !req
370. Some say it was land.Copy !req
371. It's not really
very relevant now.Copy !req
372. Then what do you hope to gain
by continuing?Copy !req
373. Vengeance.Copy !req
374. All of us have seen
our families suffer incrediblyCopy !req
375. at the hands of the Nol.Copy !req
376. The Nol can say
the very same thing.Copy !req
377. And probably do.Copy !req
378. If you must
fight your warCopy !req
379. the least
you can doCopy !req
380. is learn to fight it
more effectively.Copy !req
381. Major, this
is not our...Copy !req
382. What do you mean?Copy !req
383. There were no guardsCopy !req
384. at the entrance
when we arrived.Copy !req
385. You have no systemCopy !req
386. to alert your forces
of an attack.Copy !req
387. Your people are obviously
unpreparedCopy !req
388. for fighting close-quartered.Copy !req
389. That's enough, Major.Copy !req
390. We're trapped
on this moonCopy !req
391. with only his forces
between us and damnation.Copy !req
392. We have to defend
ourselves to stay alive.Copy !req
393. Now, when the Nol
attack again, we...Copy !req
394. I said that's enough!Copy !req
395. We have to be ready!Copy !req
396. This is not
your war, Kira.Copy !req
397. We used to defend
ourselves better, Major.Copy !req
398. Safety perimeters,
counterattacksCopy !req
399. preemptive strikes.Copy !req
400. And then we realized...Copy !req
401. that it was all pointless.Copy !req
402. When you cease to fear deathCopy !req
403. the rules of
war change.Copy !req
404. You'll understand as the years
begin to pass, Major.Copy !req
405. Listen to me, Shel-la.Copy !req
406. Our rescue is not going
to take years.Copy !req
407. Days, weeks, maybe,
but they will find usCopy !req
408. and then they'll penetrate
the defense-netCopy !req
409. and transport us out of here.Copy !req
410. Then you will be luckier
than we have been.Copy !req
411. We'd be willing to transport
all of you away from hereCopy !req
412. if that's what you want.Copy !req
413. Away from here?Copy !req
414. To live one lifeCopy !req
415. to die in peace...Copy !req
416. to us, this is
an ancient prayerCopy !req
417. that has never been
answered, Commander.Copy !req
418. You would do this for us?Copy !req
419. For both sides—Copy !req
420. the Ennis
and the Nol-Ennis.Copy !req
421. After you leaveCopy !req
422. you can go wherever you want,
but end this nightmare.Copy !req
423. Stop fighting long enoughCopy !req
424. for all of us
to get off this moon.Copy !req
425. Zlangco, the leader of the NolCopy !req
426. would never agree
to a cease-fire.Copy !req
427. Ask him.Copy !req
428. You don't know them!Copy !req
429. All they care about is...Copy !req
430. What do you care about?Copy !req
431. If you want to end
the suffering of your peopleCopy !req
432. then at least try.Copy !req
433. Set a meeting with this Zlangco.Copy !req
434. Talk about this.Copy !req
435. This is hopeless.Copy !req
436. But I will talk...Copy !req
437. if he will.Copy !req
438. I'm not reading a single
M-Class planet in the system.Copy !req
439. If they went down
anywhere around hereCopy !req
440. they couldn't have survived.Copy !req
441. I'm not sure we can believe
the scans, Chief.Copy !req
442. The star is putting out abnormal
levels of delta radiation.Copy !req
443. That would foul up
our long-range scanners.Copy !req
444. We'll have to survey each planet
one at a time.Copy !req
445. Not to mention...
two dozen or so moonsCopy !req
446. and an asteroid belt.Copy !req
447. Bloody needle in a haystack.Copy !req
448. A needle in a haystack.Copy !req
449. What we need is a magnet.Copy !req
450. A magnet?Copy !req
451. Yeah. You want to pick
your piece of metalCopy !req
452. out of straw,
you use a magnet.Copy !req
453. I don't think
I'm following you, Chief.Copy !req
454. Runabout hulls are made
of metallic compositesCopy !req
455. that interact
with magnetic fields.Copy !req
456. We could send out a few probes
to scan the systemCopy !req
457. for those specific
magnetic resonance patterns.Copy !req
458. If Sisko's runabout
is in the systemCopy !req
459. we might pick up a fluctuation
in the hysteresis curve.Copy !req
460. The magnetic deflectionCopy !req
461. of a runabout's hull
is extremely weak.Copy !req
462. The probes will never be
able to detect it.Copy !req
463. They will if I can outfit them
with a differential magnetomer.Copy !req
464. A differential magnetomer?Copy !req
465. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
466. I've never heard of
a differential magnetomer.Copy !req
467. How does it work?Copy !req
468. I'll let you knowCopy !req
469. as soon as I
finish making one.Copy !req
470. Nice work, Julian.Copy !req
471. I'm surprised.Copy !req
472. Zlangco has agreed
to listen to your proposals.Copy !req
473. Good. When?Copy !req
474. Right away.Copy !req
475. We'll meet at a neutral site
near your vessel.Copy !req
476. We've both agreed
to carry no firearms.Copy !req
477. What if they use
the opportunity
to set a trap?Copy !req
478. We've taken the appropriate
precautions, MajorCopy !req
479. but if you personally
would careCopy !req
480. to check the security,
I'm sure your CommanderCopy !req
481. would allow you
to accompany us...Copy !req
482. Major Kira will
be staying here
with the Kai.Copy !req
483. What a shame.Copy !req
484. You can't bury it, Kira.Copy !req
485. What?Copy !req
486. Do you recognize yourself
in these people?Copy !req
487. Me?Copy !req
488. Oh, not...Copy !req
489. not at all, I...Copy !req
490. They're content to die.Copy !req
491. I've always fought
to stay alive.Copy !req
492. Oh...Copy !req
493. I don't want you to haveCopy !req
494. the wrong impression
of me, Opaka.Copy !req
495. Just what impression
do you think I have?Copy !req
496. That, that...Copy !req
497. that I enjoy
any of this. I...Copy !req
498. I don't enjoy fighting.Copy !req
499. Yes, I've...Copy !req
500. I've fought my entire life,
but for a good cause.Copy !req
501. For our freedom,
our independence.Copy !req
502. And it was... it was brutal
and ugly, and...Copy !req
503. but that's over for me now.Copy !req
504. That's... that's not who I am.Copy !req
505. I-I don't want you to think
that I am this...Copy !req
506. violent person without a soul,
without a conscience.Copy !req
507. That is not who I am.Copy !req
508. Oh!Copy !req
509. Don't deny the violence
inside of you, Kira.Copy !req
510. Only when you accept it
can you move beyond it.Copy !req
511. I've known nothing but violence
since I was a child.Copy !req
512. In the eyes
of the ProphetsCopy !req
513. we're all children.Copy !req
514. Bajor has much
to learn from peace.Copy !req
515. I'm afraid the Prophets
won't forgive me.Copy !req
516. They're just waiting for
you to forgive yourself.Copy !req
517. 22 minutes into launch.Copy !req
518. All readings
within normal parameters.Copy !req
519. Probe "B" approaching
planet six.Copy !req
520. Three moons.Copy !req
521. No change
in the hysteresis curve.Copy !req
522. Probe "C" approaching
planet seven.Copy !req
523. No change.Copy !req
524. What the hell would they
be doing here anyway?Copy !req
525. It's a waste of time.Copy !req
526. They could be
20 light-years from hereCopy !req
527. and we wouldn't have
the first clue.Copy !req
528. Probe "A" approaching
planet three. One moon.Copy !req
529. Chief...Copy !req
530. Probe "A" measuring
a.0012 fluctuationCopy !req
531. in the hysteresis curve.Copy !req
532. It's the third planet.Copy !req
533. No, look, it isn't.Copy !req
534. We're picking up something
from its moon.Copy !req
535. Laying in a new
course, full impulse.Copy !req
536. Any progress, Doctor?Copy !req
537. Yes, sir.Copy !req
538. I've got the computer
up... more or less.Copy !req
539. It's processing the data now.Copy !req
540. I can already confirm that
these microbes are artificial.Copy !req
541. Rather like
nanites, in a way.Copy !req
542. I should have a
complete analysisCopy !req
543. from the computer
in a few minutes.Copy !req
544. What's going on?Copy !req
545. Talks about a cease-fire.Copy !req
546. No kidding?Copy !req
547. How did you
arrange that?Copy !req
548. I told them we'd transport them
off this moon.Copy !req
549. Isn't that a bit like
assisting a jailbreak?Copy !req
550. I don't need you to interpretCopy !req
551. the Prime Directive
for me, Doctor.Copy !req
552. Yes, sir, of course.
I only meant...Copy !req
553. Whatever crimes
they've committedCopy !req
554. they've paid for
a hundred times over.Copy !req
555. They've been altered somehowCopy !req
556. and been abandoned
by their world.Copy !req
557. I believe the Federation
would recognize themCopy !req
558. as separate and unique.Copy !req
559. Yes, sir.Copy !req
560. Well, I should be checking
on that analysis.Copy !req
561. So...Copy !req
562. you are the leader
of the aliens.Copy !req
563. Benjamin Sisko, Commander
of a Federation space station.Copy !req
564. Federation?Copy !req
565. What does it matter
to us, Zlangco?Copy !req
566. It matters to me.Copy !req
567. The Federation
is made upCopy !req
568. of over a hundred planets
who have allied themselvesCopy !req
569. for mutual scientific, cultural
and defensive benefits.Copy !req
570. The mission my people and I
are on is to explore the galaxy.Copy !req
571. Such a noble purpose.Copy !req
572. There'll be no reward for
our release, you know.Copy !req
573. You are being a fool,
as usual.Copy !req
574. A fool who always manages
to outwit you, Shel-laCopy !req
575. as I have provenCopy !req
576. over and over again.Copy !req
577. You care to die once again,
all you need to do is ask.Copy !req
578. If you've had enough
of thisCopy !req
579. then make your leaders
stop and listen.Copy !req
580. Your only reason
to live is to make
each other suffer.Copy !req
581. If you've had enough
of sufferingCopy !req
582. then make them stop.Copy !req
583. I'm not here
to be a mediatorCopy !req
584. but if you ask
for an alternativeCopy !req
585. I'll give you one.Copy !req
586. We're listening.Copy !req
587. In a matter of days,
when our rescue party arrivesCopy !req
588. I can arrange
to transport you and your peopleCopy !req
589. off this moon,
if both sides can only cooperateCopy !req
590. until then.Copy !req
591. Zlangco, they will resettle us
on different planets.Copy !req
592. If that's what you wish.Copy !req
593. The two of you seem to have
discussed this plan in detail.Copy !req
594. Of course.Copy !req
595. His crew has been with us
for two days.Copy !req
596. Explain why you chose to
ally yourself with the Ennis.Copy !req
597. We have allied ourselves
with no one.Copy !req
598. One of your people
fired a weapon at us.Copy !req
599. We were defending ourselves.Copy !req
600. I think you're lying.Copy !req
601. I don't know
the alienCopy !req
602. but I know Shel-la.Copy !req
603. I know how his mind works.Copy !req
604. I promise you, this
is an Ennis trickCopy !req
605. to lure our entire
population out of hidingCopy !req
606. so they can be slaughtered.Copy !req
607. That's not true...!Copy !req
608. Then the Ennis
are surely willingCopy !req
609. to make the first
gesture of peace.Copy !req
610. Let them bring all of their
people out of hiding firstCopy !req
611. to prove their
honorable intentions.Copy !req
612. Do you think
that I would allowCopy !req
613. a single Nol to escape
this planet alive?Copy !req
614. No more than I would
let an Ennis go free.Copy !req
615. Ah!Copy !req
616. I'm sorry, CommanderCopy !req
617. but I've discovered
we can't afford to die here—Copy !req
618. not even once.Copy !req
619. It's some kind
of artificial satellite system.Copy !req
620. That's what our probe
must have picked up.Copy !req
621. Our sensors are readingCopy !req
622. life-forms
on the surface, Chief.Copy !req
623. I think some of them
are human.Copy !req
624. If the ship's down thereCopy !req
625. why wouldn't the transponder
be sending out a...?Copy !req
626. We're being scanned.Copy !req
627. Increasing orbital altitude.Copy !req
628. What are
you thinking?Copy !req
629. Well, the only thing that could
block out a transponder signalCopy !req
630. is a broadband damping field.Copy !req
631. That requires a low-level
satellite system, like this one.Copy !req
632. Suddenly, we're being scanned
by those satellites, so...Copy !req
633. Maybe they had
something to doCopy !req
634. with our missing runabout.Copy !req
635. Exactly. See?Copy !req
636. They're putting out
a mutual induction fieldCopy !req
637. that would block out 99%
of all transmissionsCopy !req
638. to and from the surface.Copy !req
639. Is there any way for us to get
a com line through the field?Copy !req
640. Well, I've got one percent
to work with, don't I?Copy !req
641. The analysis is very clear.Copy !req
642. Once the microbes
have restored a body after deathCopy !req
643. that body then becomes
permanently dependent on themCopy !req
644. for all cellular functions.Copy !req
645. Permanently?Copy !req
646. It gets worse.Copy !req
647. The designers made them
environment specific.Copy !req
648. If the microbes are removed
from this ecosystemCopy !req
649. they'll stop functioning.Copy !req
650. So, if we transport
anyone off this planetCopy !req
651. we kill them.Copy !req
652. I'm afraid so.Copy !req
653. The Kai?Copy !req
654. Rio Grande to Sisko.Copy !req
655. Do you read me?Copy !req
656. This is O'Brien.
Come in.Copy !req
657. Go ahead, Chief.
I can barely read you.Copy !req
658. Is everyone all right?Copy !req
659. We're alive, but the Yangtzee
Kiang was destroyed.Copy !req
660. Will you be able
to beam us up?Copy !req
661. Not quite yet, Commander.Copy !req
662. We've got to find
a way to penetrateCopy !req
663. this network
of satellites.Copy !req
664. They're making it impossible
for usCopy !req
665. to lock on to anything
down there.Copy !req
666. Understood.Copy !req
667. But those satellites
will come after youCopy !req
668. if you get too close.Copy !req
669. They're armed.Copy !req
670. One of them cut us down
without any trouble at all.Copy !req
671. Yeah, we figured as much.Copy !req
672. Let me know before you're
ready to make an attempt.Copy !req
673. Acknowledged.
Rio Grande out.Copy !req
674. We have to talk to the Kai.Copy !req
675. Is there a cease-fire?Copy !req
676. Neither side
took it seriously.Copy !req
677. I'm not at
all surprised.Copy !req
678. You were right, Kira.Copy !req
679. They don't know how to do
anything else but die.Copy !req
680. They've forgotten how to live.Copy !req
681. The Rio Grande
has made contact.Copy !req
682. Dax and O'Brien
are in orbit.Copy !req
683. They're working on a way
to penetrate the defense system.Copy !req
684. I'll be staying,
Commander.Copy !req
685. What?Copy !req
686. This is the answer
to all the propheciesCopy !req
687. of my life.Copy !req
688. It's the wrong answer,
Opaka.Copy !req
689. You can't stay here.Copy !req
690. I didn't know how or
why, but when we cameCopy !req
691. through the wormhole,
I knew I wouldn't be returning.Copy !req
692. You must tell our people, KiraCopy !req
693. that I have answered the call
of the Prophets.Copy !req
694. I was brought here
because it is timeCopy !req
695. for these people
to begin their healing processCopy !req
696. just as you were brought hereCopy !req
697. to begin yours.Copy !req
698. You know, all we really
need to do is find a wayCopy !req
699. to create a gap in the net.Copy !req
700. Maybe a photon would destroy
one of the satellites.Copy !req
701. Maybe, but you think they'd
build a defense networkCopy !req
702. with that in mind.Copy !req
703. You shoot one,
the rest might swarm upCopy !req
704. like Vayan horn flies.Copy !req
705. We need to go
for something simpler.Copy !req
706. All I need is about
a 15% increaseCopy !req
707. in the opening in the net.Copy !req
708. Rio Grande to Sisko.Copy !req
709. Go ahead, Chief.Copy !req
710. We're going to try to
poke a hole up here, sir.Copy !req
711. if you're about ready
to end your stay.Copy !req
712. Only three of us
are coming back.Copy !req
713. Kai Opaka is remaining.Copy !req
714. Benjamin, please confirm.Copy !req
715. Did you say we're not
transporting the Kai?Copy !req
716. That's correct.
I'll explain later.Copy !req
717. We need a few minutes,
Commander.Copy !req
718. Rio Grande out.Copy !req
719. Leaving without us?Copy !req
720. My analysis of these microbes
that keep you aliveCopy !req
721. showed that if you were
to leave this moonCopy !req
722. you would die.Copy !req
723. Then there is no end.Copy !req
724. Commander...Copy !req
725. I find myself caught
in a moral dilemma.Copy !req
726. As much as I am dedicated
to the preservation of lifeCopy !req
727. I wonder if we shouldn't
help these peopleCopy !req
728. put an end to this torture.Copy !req
729. How could you do that?Copy !req
730. Anything that can be
programmedCopy !req
731. can be reprogrammed.Copy !req
732. If I could disableCopy !req
733. the mechanism in
these microbesCopy !req
734. they should no longer function
when someone is killedCopy !req
735. and these people would
finally be able to die.Copy !req
736. You've seen our life here.Copy !req
737. Please, it's
the only solution left.Copy !req
738. You give us a way
to reprogram these microbesCopy !req
739. and we'll put an end
to this war.Copy !req
740. You really think
the fear of death
will end the fighting?Copy !req
741. Never has in any other war.Copy !req
742. No.Copy !req
743. But it will allow us
to finally winCopy !req
744. to wipe out the Nol for good.Copy !req
745. On this world, DoctorCopy !req
746. your disabled microbes
would be the ultimate weapon.Copy !req
747. We could finally
and truly destroy our enemies!Copy !req
748. Rio Grande to Sisko.Copy !req
749. Stand by for transport.Copy !req
750. Ready.Copy !req
751. Coordinates set.Copy !req
752. Launching probe.Copy !req
753. 12 seconds to intercept.Copy !req
754. Go on, go on, go for it.Copy !req
755. One of the satellites
is breaking orbitCopy !req
756. moving toward the probe.Copy !req
757. That's it.Copy !req
758. The satellite is showing
a power buildup—Copy !req
759. about 800 megawatts.Copy !req
760. Probe destroyed.Copy !req
761. Rio Grande to Sisko.Copy !req
762. Trying to lock on, Commander.Copy !req
763. Establishing pattern lock.Copy !req
764. You can't leave
without giving us...Copy !req
765. Energize when
ready, Chief.Copy !req
766. Opaka, if we can
ever find a way...Copy !req
767. My work is here now, Commander.Copy !req
768. But your power and mine...Copy !req
769. will cross again.Copy !req
770. Energizing.Copy !req
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