Stardate 48959.1: The party
surrounding Sisko's
promotion to Captain is cut short when a Federation
ambassador brings disturbing news regarding the
Tzenkethi, former enemies of the Federation.
According to the ambassador, a change of government
within the Tzenkethi could spell trouble for
Federation outposts along their border, and the
Defiant is ordered to patrol that area to show the
Federation flag. But en route, O'Brien finds that the Defiant has been sabotaged, and someone else
has pointed the ship toward an attack on the
Tzenkethi. The crew learn that their saboteur is a
changeling on a mission to spark a war between the
Federation and the Tzenkethi, thus keeping those two
powers too busy fighting each other to defend against
a Dominion invasion. Naturally, the task of tracking
down and fighting the intruder falls to Odo, who will become the first changeling
to break with a sacred tradition and harm one of his
own kind.
