Vice Admiral Toddman explains that both the Romulan and Cardassian governments have denied any prior knowledge of the operation, and while they claim to be working on plans to stop Tain it is believed they are happy to just sit back and wait since the plan has a very real chance of succeeding.

They both tell each other that they should take the time to think about what's been said, with neither apparently backing down.īack at DS9, the senior staff (along with Security Chief Michael Eddington) is shown an intercepted transmission in the wardroom in which Tain lays out his plans to destroy the Dominion. Odo refuses, and, instead, tells him that Tain remains both Odo's and Garak's enemy, even if it seems like Tain has been taken him back. Garak has certainly taken to his new position quickly, as he asks Odo for information on the Founders.

There, Garak uses his usual fake politeness on Odo, who is angered by the captivity he's suddenly found himself in. Tain tells Garak that his first assignment is to extract all information that is possible from Odo, who is being held in quarters surrounded by a force field and a guard is posted outside the door. Lovok informs them that the fleet has recloaked and are setting course to the Founders' homeworld at warp 6 (any faster could make them detectable through their cloak by the Jem'Hadar). Romulan Colonel Lovok enters and is introduced to Garak, of whom he is immediately suspicious. Garak casually suggests sparing her, but Tain knows that Garak is fond of the old housekeeper mentioning that Mila always believed Garak was innocent of the crime that got him exiled. Garak however feels uneasy when Tain insinuates that he's planning to have Mila eliminated, since he believes she knows too much about him. Tain feels that Garak will be able to 'eliminate' anyone after the current mission is completed. Garak says that he intends to 'look up' a number of people once he returns to Cardassia Prime, including Gul Dukat. On the lead ship of the Cardassian-Romulan fleet, Enabran Tain and Garak reflect upon their times together in the Obsidian Order. Sisko orders the station be put on red alert immediately and tells Dax to contact Starfleet Command. The fleet ignores the station's hails and proceeds through the wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant. O'Brien is called to Ops where tetryon emissions precede the decloaking of the Cardassian- Romulan fleet. The Cardassian-Romulan fleet decloaks and heads for the wormhole Bashir misses his friend and O'Brien is confident their runabout, the USS Mekong has not been destroyed because debris from it hasn't been found. Bashir quickly finds, however, that O'Brien prefers to spend his lunch eating rather than talking leaving the discussion very one-sided. Bashir is eating lunch with Chief O'Brien in the Replimat while trying to begin the same kind of engaging and lively conversation that he typically would with Garak, who is still missing with Odo as they are investigating the bombing of Garak's tailor shop.

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