A plan to use a captured Jem'Hadar ship to sabotage a ketracel-white storage facility leaves Sisko and crew without warp drive and 17 years away from the nearest starbase.
As the war with the Dominion nears conclusion, the Federation Alliance receives help from an unlikely source.
Sisko undertakes a daring mission to reclaim Deep Space Nine before the minefield is destroyed, and Kira asks Ziyal to convince her father to release Rom.
Starfleet Headquarters on Earth is attacked by the Breen and the Defiant is sent to maintain their foothold in the Chin'toka System.