Stardate not given: When a
Runabout's warp field doesn't completely shut off as
it enters the wormhole, Kira and Bashir are detoured into an alternate universe
generated by the consequences of previous travelers'
interference. The station, still operating under its
Cardassian name Terok Nor, and Intendant Kira Nerys
lords over the station and its inhabitants with the
help of first officer Garak and her Klingon cronies.
Bashir is immediately forced to labor in the ore
processing facility, while Kira meets her tyrannical,
avaricious counterpart. Sisko and O'Brien are also to be found in this universe,
as downtrodden humans living lives of virtual slavery
under Kira's whip. Treachery abounds aboard the
station, and Kira and Bashir can only try to play all
sides against each other in order to find a way back
to their own universe.
