Kenneth Marshall

Deep Space Nine is granted a new tactical asset, the powerful warship Defiant; to avert invasion, Sisko searches Gamma Quadrant for the Founders, the unseen leaders of the Dominion.

Tensions escalate when it appears the Federation has handed over DS9 and the entire Bajoran sector to the Dominion.

Garak finds his loyalties torn when Enabran Tain, his former mentor, orders him to interrogate Odo; the Tal Shiar and Obsidian Order join forces to attack the Dominion.

Transporter and holosuite malfunctions trap Sisko, Kira, Dax and Worf in Bashir's '60s secret-agent fantasy.

After being humiliated in his quest to capture his traitorous former security chief, Michael Eddington, Sisko realizes he himself must think like a rogue.

The Dominion tricks Sisko into a confrontation with the Tzenkethi that could lead to full-scale warfare.