Stardate not given: Bashir, Dax, and Kira are on a routine biosurvey mission in
the Gamma Quadrant when they receive a 200-year-old
distress signal. They follow it to a planet where the
population, once a spacegoing culture, is suffering
from an incurable fatal disease inflicted on them by
the Jem'Hadar for defying the Dominion. Bashir
becomes obsessed with finding a cure for the Blight,
despite the opposition from natives who feel he is
giving them nothing but false hope.
