Stardate not given: Sisko decides to take Jake and Nog to the Gamma Quadrant so they
can survey an unexplored planet for a school science
project, but is not so happy when Quark tags along to try to curry favor with
the station commander. But even Quark becomes a minor
inconvenience when a female of an unknown species
stumbles across Sisko's camp while the boys are off
collecting firewood. Alien warriors known as the
Jem'Hadar appear out of nowhere using personal
cloaking devices and take Sisko, Quark and the
fugitive Eris prisoner. Eris reveals that the
Jem'Hadar are the most feared and ruthless soldiers
in the Dominion, a Gamma Quadrant government which
has oft been spoken of by those from the other side
of the wormhole, but has yet to make a personal
appearance. One of the Jem'Hadar visits the station
and delivers an ultimatum to Kira - the Dominion will no longer tolerate
unwanted guests from the Alpha Quadrant in their
territory. Starfleet sends the Galaxy
class starship Odyssey to retrieve Sisko and the others, but
even the tallest ship of the fleet cannot withstand
the brute force of the Jem'Hadar.
