Stardate not given: DS9 is being abandoned, and everyone from
the Starfleet contingent to civilians are evacuating
to various places of safety. In the meantime, Sisko and some others decide to stay and
fight it out with the Bajoran assault squadrons. Kira is determined to get proof of the
Cardassians' interference in Bajoran affairs to the
Chamber of Ministers, even if it means walking into
the assembly and showing the evidence to them
herself. Li tells her where to find hidden fighter
craft left over from the Cardassian occupation, and
with Dax's
help, Kira sets out on her mission. Bajorans General
Krim and Colonel Day, along with several shiploads of
soldiers, take over the station, cautious because
there is no resistance. Sisko, Li, Odo, and many other crew members begin to
wage guerilla warfare upon DS9's new occupants. Kira
and Dax, after a quick dogfight with Bajoran assault
ships, crash-land on Bajor and are rescued by Vedek
Bareil, who gets them into the Chamber of Ministers
with the damning evidence intact. As the Circle's
popularity dissolves before the eyes of its
high-ranking supporters, the Bajoran troops on DS9
are ordered to stand down - but some of them insist
on bearing a deadly hatred that will cost the Bajora
one of their greatest legends.
