Stardate 49263.5: The Defiant is on a mission into the Gamma Quadrant
to meet with a representative from the Karemma, who
have been trading with the Federation, using the
Ferengi as intermediaries, and who protest the
exorbitant fees and taxes, which are actually the
result of a misunderstanding perpetuated by Quark. But then two Jem'Hadar
ships arrive to punish
the Karemma for meeting with the Federation. When the
Defiant goes after the Jem'Hadar, who pursue the
Karemma ship into the atmosphere of a gas giant, it
is attacked and heavily damaged. Bashir and Dax are sealed into a turbolift shaft, Kira cares for a gravely injured Sisko, Worf learns a thing or two about command,
and Quark and the Karemma representative must defuse
an unexploded torpedo that has struck the ship.
