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* GodzillaThreshold: Going to warp inside a solar system is portrayed as a dangerous maneuver, but Kira points out that if they don't, there won't be a solar system ''left''.
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* GodzillaThreshold: Going to warp inside a solar system is portrayed as a dangerous maneuver, but Kira points out that if they don't, there won't be a solar system ''left''. It's worth noting that they're warping directly toward ''a star'', so a slight miscalculation would equal one crispy ''Defiant''.
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* MutualKill: The Breen prisoner and a Jem'Hadar guard shoot each other fatally.
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* RedHerring: It was established in the previous episode that Bashir couldn't test the Breen prisoner via blood screenings, because [[BizarreAlienBiology the Breen had no blood to test]]. This set up suspicion that the Breen might have been a Founder spy. Nope; the Breen actually ''was'' a prisoner...and proved it by sneak-attacking a Jem'Hadar guard, [[MutualKill before the Breen and a second guard killed each other]].
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** Garak does his best to press on with his work in the cramped space in spite of his claustrophobia, until he suffers a crippling panic attack when his jury-rigged light goes out. Once he's recovered enough, [[FaceYourFears he goes right back to work]].
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** Garak does his best to press on with his work in the cramped space in spite of his claustrophobia, {{claustrophobia}}, until he suffers a crippling panic attack when his jury-rigged light goes out. Once he's recovered enough, [[FaceYourFears he goes right back to work]].
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* FamedInStory: Martok promises that Worf will have a song written about his fight against the Jem'Hadar. He also offers to include Bashir, "the healer who bound the warrior's wounds so he could fight again!" Garak then points out that the Cardassian who panicked in the face of danger would ruin Martok's heroic epic, and resolves to finish the job he started [[FaceYourFears in spite of his claustrophobia]].
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* FamedInStory: Martok promises that Worf will have a song written about his fight against the Jem'Hadar. He also offers to include Bashir, "the healer who bound the warrior's wounds so he could fight again!" Garak then [[DeadpanSnarker points out out]] that the Cardassian who panicked in the face of danger would ruin Martok's heroic epic, and resolves to finish the job he started [[FaceYourFears in spite of his claustrophobia]].
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* TakingYouWithMe: The Breen prisoner and a Jem'Hadar kill each other.
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* TakingYouWithMe: The Breen prisoner and kills a Jem'Hadar guard in a sneak attack, then the prisoner and a second guard kill each other.
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* WhamEpisode: Ron Moore described this two-parter as "throwing up everything into the air, and only what they caught would stay the same. Everything else, not so much"
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* WhamEpisode: Ron Moore described this two-parter as "throwing up everything into the air, and only what they caught would stay the same. Everything else, not so much"much."
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* TheWorfEffect: Initially {{Subverted}} as [[TropeNamer Worf]] defeats several Jem'Hadar in a row (while suffering more and more injuries), but DoubleSubverted when Ikat'ika [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown wipes the floor with him]]. Worf's {{Determinator}} spirit, however, remains unbroken, and in the end it's ''Ikat'ika'' who yields.
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* TheWorfEffect: Initially {{Subverted}} as Played with. [[TropeNamer Worf]] defeats several Jem'Hadar in a row (while suffering more and more injuries), but DoubleSubverted when Ikat'ika eventually he ends up facing Ikat'ika, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown wipes the floor with him]]. Worf's {{Determinator}} spirit, however, remains unbroken, and in the end it's ''Ikat'ika'' who yields.
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* {{Determinator}}: Worf absolutely ''refuses'' to give up the fight against the Jem'Hadar First, even though he can barely stand up. This earns the First's respect.
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* {{Determinator}}: {{Determinator}}:
** Worf absolutely ''refuses'' to give up the fight against the Jem'Hadar First, even though he can barely stand up. This earns the First'srespect.respect.
** Garak does his best to press on with his work in the cramped space in spite of his claustrophobia, until he suffers a crippling panic attack when his jury-rigged light goes out. Once he's recovered enough, [[FaceYourFears he goes right back to work]].
** Worf absolutely ''refuses'' to give up the fight against the Jem'Hadar First, even though he can barely stand up. This earns the First's
** Garak does his best to press on with his work in the cramped space in spite of his claustrophobia, until he suffers a crippling panic attack when his jury-rigged light goes out. Once he's recovered enough, [[FaceYourFears he goes right back to work]].
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* EnemyMine: The Klingons ''and'' Romulans put their problems with the Federation aside to join against the Cardassian-Dominion threat.
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* EnemyMine: The Klingons ''and'' Romulans put their problems with the Federation aside to join against the Cardassian-Dominion threat. The Klingons even re-sign the old Khitomer accords.
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* FamedInStory: Martok promises that Worf will have a song written about his fight against the Jem'Hadar. He also offers to include Bashir, "the healer who bound the warrior's wounds so he could fight again!"
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* FamedInStory: Martok promises that Worf will have a song written about his fight against the Jem'Hadar. He also offers to include Bashir, "the healer who bound the warrior's wounds so he could fight again!"again!" Garak then points out that the Cardassian who panicked in the face of danger would ruin Martok's heroic epic, and resolves to finish the job he started [[FaceYourFears in spite of his claustrophobia]].
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* TheWorfEffect: Initially {{Subverted}} as [[TropeNamer Worf]] defeats several Jem'Hadar in a row (while suffering more and more injuries), but DoubleSubverted when Ikat'ika [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown wipes the floor with him]]. His {{Determinator}} spirit, however, remains unbroken.
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* TheWorfEffect: Initially {{Subverted}} as [[TropeNamer Worf]] defeats several Jem'Hadar in a row (while suffering more and more injuries), but DoubleSubverted when Ikat'ika [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown wipes the floor with him]]. His Worf's {{Determinator}} spirit, however, remains unbroken.unbroken, and in the end it's ''Ikat'ika'' who yields.
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* BrickJoke: Jadzia kept Worf's opera collection intact...more or less.
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: The Jem'Hadar kill one of Bashir's cellmates each time he lies to them.
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* TalkingToTheDead: Garak tells the recently-deceased Tain that he could use his help.
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* VoiceChangeling: Changeling!Bashir is able to imitate a female voice.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Dukat demands that Sisko show him more respect as the head of the Cardassian government. Sisko tells him to stuff it.
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* DayOfTheJackboot: After a year of democratic rule, Cardassia is once again ruled by the fascists.
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* DayOfTheJackboot: After a year and a half of democratic rule, Cardassia is once again ruled by the fascists.fascists, in this case Dukat and the Dominion.
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--> '''Martok:''' Worf, honor has been satisfied. Stay down.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Dukat freely admits that Sisko saved his life at least once, and returns the favor by giving him a chance to surrender peacefully.
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* NeckSnap: How Worf kills one of his Jem'Hadar opponents.
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* ThinkingOutLoud: Garak trying to stave off his claustrophobic breakdown. It doesn't work.
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* SeeTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: Used and averted. Used in that the Defiant has to get very close to the Yukon in order to use the tractor beam on it. Averted in that they were shooting the Yukon from far enough away that they had to make a brief jump to warp to get close enough to tractor beam it.
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* SeeTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: Used and averted. Used in that the Defiant has to get very close to the Yukon in order to use the tractor beam on it. Averted in that they were shooting the Yukon from far enough away that they had to make a brief jump to warp to get close enough to tractor beam it.
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* GondorCallsForAid: Sisko convinces Gowron to rejoin the Khitomer Accords, allowing the Klingons to join Starfleet for the defense of the wormhole. Surprisingly, an entire Romulan fleet also joins in to help their foremost enemies.
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* SeeTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: Used and averted. Used in that the Defiant has to get very close to the Yukon in order to use the tractor beam on it. Averted in that they were shooting the Yukon from far enough away that they had to make a brief jump to warp to get close enough to tractor beam it.
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** It also uses [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock protomatter]], which probably makes it even more explosive.
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* WhamLime: Courtesy of Dukat before the teaser is finished.
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* WhamLime: WhamLine: Courtesy of Dukat before the teaser is finished.
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* NewEraSpeech: Dukat delivers one after he removes the Cardassian civilian government from power.
-->"You might ask, should we fear joining the Dominion? And I answer you, not in the least. We should embrace the opportunity. The Dominion recognises us for what we are: the true leaders of the Alpha Quadrant. And now that we are joined together, equal partners in all endeavours, the only people with anything to fear will be our enemies. My oldest son's birthday is in five days. To him and to Cardassians everywhere, I make the following pledge. By the time his birthday dawns, there will not be [[CurbStompBattle a single Klingon alive inside Cardassian territory]] or [[FinalSolution a single Maquis colony left within our borders]]. Cardassia will be made whole. All that we have lost will be ours again, and anyone who stands in our way will be destroyed. This I vow with my life's blood. For my son, for all our sons."
-->"You might ask, should we fear joining the Dominion? And I answer you, not in the least. We should embrace the opportunity. The Dominion recognises us for what we are: the true leaders of the Alpha Quadrant. And now that we are joined together, equal partners in all endeavours, the only people with anything to fear will be our enemies. My oldest son's birthday is in five days. To him and to Cardassians everywhere, I make the following pledge. By the time his birthday dawns, there will not be [[CurbStompBattle a single Klingon alive inside Cardassian territory]] or [[FinalSolution a single Maquis colony left within our borders]]. Cardassia will be made whole. All that we have lost will be ours again, and anyone who stands in our way will be destroyed. This I vow with my life's blood. For my son, for all our sons."
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* WhamLime: Courtesy of Dukat before the teaser is finished.
-->"I'm not ''attacking'' the Dominion fleet, Major. I'm ''joining'' it."
-->"I'm not ''attacking'' the Dominion fleet, Major. I'm ''joining'' it."
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* ActorAllusion: A possible one: actor Alexander Siddig, who plays Dr. Bashir (and his changeling doppelganger), is the real-life nephew of actor Malcolm Mcdowell, who had played the villain Tolian Soren in the 1994 movie ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. Here, the changeling Bashir tries to blow up a star using a Trilithium explosive, just like Soren did in the movie.
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* BecauseImJonesy: When the station receives a message from the Gamma Quadrant sent by Dr. Bashir, and then the crew learns that the Bashir on ''their'' station is no longer aboard, Sisko realizes that their Bashir is almost certainly a changeling.
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* BadassBoast: Back-to-back:
-->'''Ikat'ika:''' Victory is life.\\
'''Worf:''' Today is a good day to die.
* BatmanGambit: The Dominion anticipated that the Federation and Klingons would make a stand at the station, which is why they plotted to destroy Bajor's star. The resulting shockwave would cripple both fleets, as well as destroy the station and leave the wormhole up for grabs.
-->'''Ikat'ika:''' Victory is life.\\
'''Worf:''' Today is a good day to die.
* BatmanGambit: The Dominion anticipated that the Federation and Klingons would make a stand at the station, which is why they plotted to destroy Bajor's star. The resulting shockwave would cripple both fleets, as well as destroy the station and leave the wormhole up for grabs.
* DidntSeeThatComing: A fleet of Romulan ships de-cloak around the station and requests permission to join the fleet.
-->'''Sisko:''' I'll be damned. Permission granted.
-->'''Sisko:''' I'll be damned. Permission granted.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Why Worf continues to fight a losing battle, even after his opponent and another Klingon tell him to give up.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Why Worf continues to fight a losing battle, even after his opponent Ikat'ika (his opponent) and another Klingon Martok (another Klingon) tell him to give up.up.
** Also discussed before the fight begins:
--->'''Deyos:''' You fight because that is what you were designed to do. All that motivates him is some barbaric sense of honor.\\
'''Ikat'ika:''' And that is something you will never understand.
** Also discussed before the fight begins:
--->'''Deyos:''' You fight because that is what you were designed to do. All that motivates him is some barbaric sense of honor.\\
'''Ikat'ika:''' And that is something you will never understand.
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* PlotHole: There is no reason for the Runabout to be in orbit other than so the protagonists can make their escape. This was later cited in [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E18Inquisition "Inquisition"]] as implausible and "proof" of Bashir being a Dominion spy.
* SadisticChoice: Dukat tells Sisko to either surrender the station or that he'll retake it. Sisko basically tells him to BringIt.
* SadisticChoice: Dukat tells Sisko to either surrender the station or that he'll retake it. Sisko basically tells him to BringIt.
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* SpotTheImposter: Discussed at the end of the episode, where O'Brien is stunned to learn he spent over a month associating with a Changeling.
-->'''O'Brien:''' And the worst part is, the clues were right in front of me.\\
'''Bashir:''' What clues?\\
'''O'Brien:''' Well, for one thing, he was a lot easier to get along with.
-->'''O'Brien:''' And the worst part is, the clues were right in front of me.\\
'''Bashir:''' What clues?\\
'''O'Brien:''' Well, for one thing, he was a lot easier to get along with.
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-->'''Female Romulan:''' My people have a saying: "Never turn your back on a Breen."
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** Not to mention all the prisoners in the compound to escape.
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* FamedInStory: Martok promises that Worf will have a song written about his fight against the Jem'Hadar. He also offers to include Bashir, "the healer who bound the warrior's wounds so he could fight again!"
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* TakingYouWithMe: The Breen prisoner and a Jem'Hadar kill each other.
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* ContinuityNod: the changeling's attempt to blow up a star with a Trilithium explosive is a nod back to ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''.
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* ActorAllusion: A possible one: actor Alexander Siddig, who plays Dr. Bashir (and his changeling doppelganger), is the real-life nephew of actor Malcolm Mcdowell, who had played the villain Tolian Soren in the 1994 movie ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. Here, the changeling Bashir tries to blow up a star using a Trilithium explosive, just like Soren did in the movie.
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* BecauseImJonesy: When the station receives a message from the Gamma Quadrant sent by Dr. Bashir, and then the crew learns that the Bashir on ''their'' station is no longer aboard, Sisko realizes that their Bashir is almost certainly a changeling.
* {{Determinator}}: Worf absolutely ''refuses'' to give up the fight against the Jem'Hadar First, even though he can barely stand up. This earns the First's respect.
* GodzillaThreshold: Going to warp inside a solar system is portrayed as a dangerous maneuver, but Kira points out that if they don't, there won't be a solar system ''left''.
* OhCrap: The Bashir changeling has this look when his runabout gets tractor-beamed short of his target.
* StarKilling: The Dominion tries to destroy Bajor's sun with a protomatter device.
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-->'''Ikat'ika''': I yield. I cannot defeat this Klingon. All I can do is kill him. And that no longer holds my interest.
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-->'''Ikat'ika''': I yield. I cannot defeat this Klingon. All I can do is kill him. And that no longer holds my interest.interest.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The Vorta Deyos has Ikat'ika killed for yielding to an opponent he was winning the fight against. He also tries to have Worf killed at the same time, but Worf gets beamed out at that moment.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The Vorta Deyos has Ikat'ika killed for yielding to an opponent he was winning the fight against. He also tries to have Worf killed at the same time, but Worf gets beamed out at that moment.
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* TheWorfEffect: Initially {{Subverted}} as [[TropeNamer Worf]] defeats several Jem'Hadar in a row (while suffering more and more injuries), but DoubleSubverted when Ika'tika [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown wipes the floor with him]]. His {{Determinator}} spirit, however, remains unbroken.
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* TheWorfEffect: Initially {{Subverted}} as [[TropeNamer Worf]] defeats several Jem'Hadar in a row (while suffering more and more injuries), but DoubleSubverted when Ika'tika Ikat'ika [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown wipes the floor with him]]. His {{Determinator}} spirit, however, remains unbroken.unbroken.
** WorfHadTheFlu: By the time Worf fights the First of the Jem'Hadar on the station, Worf has already experienced progressive injuries from his previous 7+ opponents, which Bashir can only do so much about under the circumstances.
** WorfHadTheFlu: By the time Worf fights the First of the Jem'Hadar on the station, Worf has already experienced progressive injuries from his previous 7+ opponents, which Bashir can only do so much about under the circumstances.
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* ApocalypseHow: Attempted by the changelings on a stellar scope; {{Defied}} by Major Kira.
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* SensorSuspense: With what looks like a fleet of Dominion ships. Turns out to be a distraction while the changelings carry out their real plan.
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* FaceYourFears: Garak faces his severe claustrophobia to finish his work on the transmitter. Even Worf and Martok are impressed.
* HonorBeforeReason: Why Worf continues to fight a losing battle, even after his opponent and another Klingon tell him to give up.
* HonorBeforeReason: Why Worf continues to fight a losing battle, even after his opponent and another Klingon tell him to give up.
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A disturbing new alliance forces the Federation and Klingon empire to put their differences aside and stave off the new threat of a Dominion-Cardassian alliance.
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* EnemyMine: The Klingons ''and'' Romulans put their problems with the Federation aside to join against the Cardassian-Dominion threat.
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* WorthyOpponent: Worf kicks several different kinds of ass during his forced fights on the prison asteroid. His sheer determination earns him the respect of the Jem'Hadar in charge.
-->'''Ikat'ika''': I yield. I cannot defeat this Klingon. All I can do is kill him. And that no longer holds my interest.
* WorthyOpponent: Worf kicks several different kinds of ass during his forced fights on the prison asteroid. His sheer determination earns him the respect of the Jem'Hadar in charge.
-->'''Ikat'ika''': I yield. I cannot defeat this Klingon. All I can do is kill him. And that no longer holds my interest.
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* DayOfTheJackboot: After a year of democratic rule, Cardassia is once again ruled by the fascists.
* WhamEpisode: Ron Moore described this two-parter as "throwing up everything into the air, andwhatever only what they caught would stay the same."same. Everything else, not so much"
* WhamEpisode: Ron Moore described this two-parter as "throwing up everything into the air, and
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*WhamEpisode: Ron Moore described this two-parter as "throwing up everything into the air, and whatever they caught would stay the same."
** Dukat joins the Dominion, installing himself as the leader of Cardassia.
** Gowron rejoins the Khitomer Accords, making the Federation and Klingons allies again.
** Bashir is revealed to have been replaced with a changeling for the last half-dozen episodes.
** Dukat joins the Dominion, installing himself as the leader of Cardassia.
** Gowron rejoins the Khitomer Accords, making the Federation and Klingons allies again.
** Bashir is revealed to have been replaced with a changeling for the last half-dozen episodes.
