{1}{1}23.976
{72}{164}Captain's Log, Stardate 50485.2.
{165}{244}I've come to Marva IV,|a planet near the Badlands
{245}{278}to rendezvous with an informer
{278}{333}who claims to have information|on the whereabouts
{334}{402}of the Maquis leader|and former Starfleet officer
{403}{450}Michael Eddington.
{815}{866}Looking for a friend of mine.
{955}{998}His name is Cing'ta.
{1685}{1734}Cing'ta?
{1814}{1856}Throw it on the ground.
{2094}{2135}Turn around.
{2291}{2322}Hello, Captain.
{2323}{2358}Eddington.
{2359}{2428}Mr. Cing'ta|won't be joining us.
{2429}{2512}His shuttle had an accident|on the way to this rendezvous.
{2513}{2546}Is he dead?
{2546}{2613}You just don't understand|the Maquis, do you, Captain?
{2615}{2664}We're not killers.
{2665}{2724}Mr. Cing'ta's accident|has marooned him
{2725}{2795}on a particularly nasty planet|in the Badlands
{2796}{2864}but I assure you|he's very much alive.
{2865}{2900}How merciful.
{2901}{2962}You condemned him|to a slow death.
{2963}{2996}It's more than he deserved.
{2998}{3057}He was going|to sell us out to you.
{3058}{3100}He betrayed us.
{3101}{3167}Now there's a subject|you know a lot about.
{3191}{3235}You've been on my tail|for eight months
{3236}{3272}and now that we're face to face
{3273}{3310}that's all you have|to say to me?
{3311}{3352}I will say the rest|at your court-martial.
{3377}{3420}Tell me, Captain.
{3421}{3464}What is it|that bothers you more...
{3465}{3541}the fact that I left Starfleet|to fight for a higher cause
{3542}{3609}or the fact that it happened|on your watch?
{3610}{3663}You didn't "leave" Starfleet.
{3664}{3722}If you had, I wouldn't be here.
{3723}{3770}You betrayed Starfleet.
{3770}{3814}You used your position|as Security Chief
{3815}{3878}to feed the Maquis|information about us
{3879}{3927}and at the same time,|you misled us
{3928}{3977}with false information|about them.
{3978}{4022}There is a word for that...
{4023}{4058}treason.
{4108}{4149}Look out there.
{4421}{4509}Those people... they were|colonists on Salva II.
{4510}{4614}They had farms and shops|and homes and schools.
{4615}{4684}And then one day,|the Federation signed a treaty
{4685}{4746}and handed their world|over to the Cardassians...
{4748}{4822}just like that.
{4823}{4889}They made these people|refugees overnight.
{4890}{4938}It's not that simple|and you know it.
{4941}{5004}These people don't have|to live here like this.
{5005}{5056}We've offered them resettlement.
{5057}{5101}They don't want to be resettled.
{5102}{5212}They want to go home|to the lives they built.
{5213}{5242}How would you feel
{5243}{5310}if the Federation gave|your father's home
{5311}{5344}to the Cardassians?
{5345}{5406}I'm not here to debate|Federation policy with...
{5407}{5473}I didn't tell you|to turn around.
{5530}{5562}Look at them, Captain.
{5703}{5801}They're humans,|just like you and me
{5802}{5866}and Starfleet took|everything away from them.
{5867}{5950}Remember that the next time|you put on that uniform.
{5950}{6016}There's a war out there|and you're on the wrong side.
{6017}{6105}You know what I see out there,|Mr. Eddington?
{6106}{6141}I see victims
{6142}{6245}but not of Cardassia|or the Federation.
{6246}{6290}Victims of you...
{6291}{6338}the Maquis.
{6338}{6393}You sold these people|on the dream
{6394}{6449}that one day they could go back
{6450}{6517}to those farms and schools|and homes
{6518}{6568}but you know they never can
{6569}{6628}and the longer you keep|that hope alive
{6629}{6681}the longer these people|will suffer.
{6682}{6735}Go ahead, shoot me.
{6770}{6841}Someday, I may|take you up on that.
{6911}{7012}For now, let me leave you|with one piece of advice.
{7049}{7101}Don't come after me.
{7102}{7149}You'll regret it.
{7253}{7298}Sisko to Defiant.
{7298}{7343}Eddington just beamed out.
{7344}{7400}Trace his transporter signal.
{7401}{7428}We've got it, Captain.
{7429}{7461}He's on a Maquis raider.
{7462}{7513}They're breaking orbit|and heading out of the system.
{7514}{7574}Beam me aboard|and lay in a pursuit course.
{7575}{7611}All hands to battle stations.
{7612}{7637}Aye, sir.
{10694}{10749}He's headed for the Badlands,|all right.
{10750}{10794}Course is zero mark 213.
{10795}{10825}Commander?
{10826}{10915}Changing course now|to zero mark 213.
{10916}{10947}We're on his tail, Captain.
{10948}{10976}Maximum warp.
{10977}{11021}How long until we're|in firing range?
{11022}{11052}22 minutes.
{11054}{11096}- Major?|- Not good enough.
{11097}{11130}He'll reach the plasma fields
{11131}{11171}two minutes|before we're in range.
{11172}{11203}We need some help.
{11204}{11257}What's the position|of the Starship Malinche?
{11258}{11329}They're on patrol in the DMZ,|near the Gamma 7 outpost.
{11330}{11358}Hmm. Perfect.
{11359}{11420}Is the new|holocommunicator ready?
{11421}{11469}Oh, the Chief's had it on line|for six hours now.
{11470}{11520}I think he's eager for someone|to give it a try.
{11521}{11571}Always like to please the Chief.
{11572}{11655}Open a channel to Captain|Sanders on the Malinche.
{11742}{11785}Are you receiving my image,|Captain?
{11786}{11835}Yes, and you?
{11836}{11886}You appear to be sitting|on my Bridge.
{11887}{11943}It may take me a while|to get used to this.
{11944}{11986}I'm not fond|of uninvited guests.
{11989}{12034}I'll try not|to overstay my welcome
{12036}{12082}but at the moment|I need your help.
{12083}{12130}We're in pursuit|of a Maquis raider
{12130}{12162}headed for the Badlands.
{12163}{12188}Can you intercept?
{12189}{12233}You seem pretty eager, Captain.
{12234}{12277}What did this Maquis raider do?
{12278}{12312}It's not what they did.
{12313}{12344}It's who's in command...
{12345}{12376}Michael Eddington.
{12377}{12452}Ah.|Everyone's favorite traitor.
{12453}{12493}Captain, if you don't mind...
{12494}{12528}You want him in your brig.
{12529}{12556}We'll cut him off.
{12557}{12592}You can grab him.
{12593}{12633}Sanders out.
{12634}{12688}The Malinche is|moving to intercept.
{12689}{12736}Prepare to target|the Maquis ship.
{12738}{12802}I want to disable them,|but I want them alive.
{12805}{12826}Understood.
{12829}{12893}Send a security detachment|to the transporter room.
{12894}{12922}Have them prepare to...
{12925}{12978}Captain, Eddington's|dropped out of warp.
{13018}{13072}Go to impulse.|Raise shields.
{13073}{13124}What is he doing?
{13125}{13172}He's changed course.
{13174}{13213}Now he's headed directly for us.
{13214}{13249}He has locked|his weapons on us.
{13250}{13286}He's no match for the Defiant.
{13287}{13328}Is this some kind|of suicide run?
{13329}{13352}Not Eddington.
{13353}{13383}He's up to something.
{13384}{13441}Let's not give him a chance|to make his move.
{13442}{13514}Mr. Worf, fire phasers.
{13573}{13616}Report.
{13617}{13685}We've got a massive|computer failure.
{13686}{13750}Every computer system is down...
{13751}{13794}and all the backups.
{13795}{13854}We're losing control over...
{13854}{13881}everything.
{13882}{13970}Weapons, navigation,|helm, propulsion...
{13971}{14009}Bridge to Engine Room.
{14034}{14065}Commander, get down there.
{14066}{14105}Find out what's going on.
{14106}{14178}Try to route the auxiliary|controls through the...
{14210}{14244}Before you waste a lot of time
{14245}{14313}running around trying|to restore computer control
{14314}{14370}let me save you some trouble.
{14371}{14406}You can't.
{14407}{14459}You'll find that your memory|cores are completely wiped
{14460}{14539}and will have to be|reprogrammed from scratch.
{14540}{14600}These work remarkably well.
{14601}{14675}Glad we were able|to procure one.
{14676}{14753}You left a cascade virus|in the Defiant's computers.
{14754}{14798}Sounds simple, doesn't it?
{14799}{14870}But I assure you|it took a great deal of time
{14871}{14934}to devise one|that wouldn't be detected
{14935}{14974}by Odo or Chief O'Brien.
{14975}{15024}I'm really quite proud of it.
{15025}{15088}I'll add it to the list|of charges against you.
{15089}{15146}Well, as long|as you're making a list
{15147}{15201}why don't you add this?
{15399}{15439}You know what your problem is,|Captain?
{15440}{15479}You've made this personal.
{15480}{15516}It didn't have to be.
{15518}{15548}It wasn't with me.
{15549}{15635}I have no animosity,|no harsh feelings toward you.
{15636}{15680}I wish I could say the same.
{15681}{15714}Does it really pay
{15715}{15783}to risk yourself,|your ship, your crew
{15784}{15825}on a personal vendetta?
{15826}{15880}And would Starfleet approve?
{15881}{15952}I don't need any lectures|about Starfleet from you.
{15954}{16005}And no matter what happens|here today
{16006}{16039}it's not over between us.
{16042}{16109}I'm the one in control here,|Captain.
{16110}{16155}Your ship is defenseless.
{16156}{16207}I could destroy you right now
{16209}{16249}but I won't.
{16250}{16325}Like I said,|the Maquis aren't killers.
{16326}{16414}Our quarrel is|with the Cardassians, not you.
{16415}{16496}Leave us alone|and we'll leave you alone.
{16544}{16576}Cease fire.
{16644}{16696}Am I supposed to thank you?
{16697}{16732}No.
{16734}{16820}I'm not going to make you|grovel for your life.
{16821}{16933}Unlike you, Captain,|I know when to walk away.
{16934}{16999}Maybe you should|think about that...
{17000}{17072}on your long trip home.
{17398}{17485}Captain's Log, Stardate 50488.2.
{17486}{17541}The Defiant has returned|to the station
{17542}{17600}but not under its own power.
{17601}{17667}The Starship Malinche|had to tow us home.
{17668}{17706}We've got our work|cut out for us.
{17707}{17757}Eddington's cascade|virus disabled
{17758}{17803}every memory circuit|on the Defiant.
{17804}{17834}We'll have to reload
{17835}{17873}and reprogram|the entire database.
{17874}{17898}How long?
{17898}{17975}Well, if we were at a shipyard|with a space dock and a crew...
{17976}{18022}We're not.|How long?
{18023}{18053}Two weeks.
{18054}{18083}And that's working|with three shifts
{18084}{18107}'round the clock.
{18108}{18144}Get started.
{18145}{18204}If there's any way|you can speed things up...
{18205}{18249}I'll do what I can.
{18287}{18362}I've removed two similar|cascade viruses
{18363}{18410}hidden on the station's|main computer.
{18411}{18451}By transmitting a signal
{18452}{18522}Eddington could have disabled|our entire defense system.
{18522}{18610}How long until you've eliminated|all of Eddington's handiwork?
{18611}{18639}It's a good question.
{18640}{18683}I can't guarantee|we found all of them.
{18684}{18731}Eddington was DS9's
{18732}{18788}Chief of Starfleet Security|for 18 months.
{18789}{18854}He had the opportunity|to infiltrate and compromise
{18855}{18888}every system on the station.
{18889}{18936}Then check every system|on the station.
{18937}{18972}I intend to.
{18998}{19094}Sir, have you ever reminded|Starfleet Command
{19095}{19129}that they stationed|Eddington here
{19130}{19185}because they didn't trust me?
{19186}{19207}No.
{19208}{19241}Please do.
{19266}{19333}What word do you have|from Starfleet Intelligence?
{19334}{19361}Two Bolian freighters
{19362}{19408}have disappeared|near the Badlands.
{19409}{19459}They believe the Maquis|are responsible.
{19460}{19496}What were|the freighters carrying?
{19498}{19580}Several thousand tons|of selenium and rhodium nitrite.
{19582}{19625}That's not very valuable cargo.
{19626}{19669}What would they want with it?
{19670}{19720}Commander Dax|is analyzing the possibilities.
{19721}{19744}Good.
{19745}{19779}In the meantime,|help Chief O'Brien
{19780}{19810}get the Defiant back on line.
{19811}{19852}I want to get out there|as soon as possible.
{19853}{19876}Aye, sir.
{19913}{19945}What can I do for you, Captain?
{19946}{20009}I don't know quite|how to tell you this
{20010}{20043}so I'll just say it.
{20044}{20123}Starfleet Command has given me|a new assignment.
{20124}{20174}They want me|to bring in Eddington.
{20175}{20208}Oh, you mean|you've been ordered
{20209}{20246}to help me bring him in,|don't you?
{20247}{20312}No. Your mission orders|have changed.
{20313}{20378}Eddington is no longer|your responsibility.
{20379}{20441}Did they give you a reason?
{20442}{20478}Well...
{20479}{20582}you've been after him|for, uh, eight months.
{20617}{20694}Not to put too fine|a point on it, but...
{20695}{20742}you haven't gotten the job done.
{20790}{20882}Look, Captain,|I understand how you feel.
{20884}{20930}If one of my officers|had fooled me
{20932}{20992}the way Eddington fooled you,|I...
{20994}{21038}I'd take it personally, too.
{21039}{21071}Bad choice of words.
{21072}{21106}I didn't mean "fooled."
{21107}{21143}No, you're exactly right.
{21144}{21175}I was fooled.
{21176}{21216}But it won't happen again.
{21217}{21255}That's not the issue.
{21256}{21295}Starfleet also believes
{21296}{21395}that where Eddington is|concerned, you're vulnerable.
{21396}{21461}He just knows you too well,|Captain.
{21462}{21514}So maybe it's time|for someone he doesn't know
{21515}{21539}to go after him.
{21702}{21749}Good hunting.
{21774}{21809}Thank you, Captain.
{22274}{22302}The good news is
{22303}{22354}Starfleet Intelligence|is making progress
{22355}{22408}breaking the Maquis|communication codes.
{22409}{22485}The bad news is,|it won't do us any good.
{22486}{22521}We're out of the game.
{22522}{22549}But what the hell, right?
{22550}{22595}You win some, you lose some.
{22619}{22642}You always had problems
{22643}{22678}with the "lose some"|part of that.
{22678}{22728}What can I say, old man?
{22729}{22752}In 25 years of duty
{22753}{22796}I have never been|taken off an assignment
{22797}{22820}until now!
{22846}{22870}Right.
{22871}{22929}This is about being|taken off the assignment.
{22930}{22976}It has nothing to do|with a certain
{22977}{23020}ex-security officer|we both know.
{23021}{23078}He worked under me|for a year and a half.
{23079}{23117}I saw him almost every day
{23118}{23169}read his reports,|had him to dinner.
{23170}{23207}I even took him|to a baseball game
{23208}{23231}in the holosuite once
{23233}{23259}and I never saw it!
{23260}{23324}It's my job to be|a good judge of character
{23325}{23353}and what did I do?
{23354}{23418}Not only did I not see it,|I put him up for a promotion.
{23461}{23507}He played his hand well.
{23508}{23545}He played me, all right.
{23546}{23585}And what is my excuse?
{23586}{23628}Is he a changeling?|No.
{23629}{23716}Is he a being with seven|lifetimes of experience? No.
{23717}{23759}Is he a wormhole alien?|No.
{23761}{23812}He's just a man, like me...
{23845}{23885}and he beat me!
{23960}{23986}It's good.
{23987}{24011}"Good"?
{24044}{24119}It's good you're working it out|on the bag, Benjamin.
{24122}{24222}Because... you're going|to have to let go of this one.
{24223}{24281}Eddington is someone|else's problem now
{24282}{24339}and you're going|to have to live with that.
{24340}{24373}Ops to Captain Sisko.
{24374}{24407}What is it, Major?
{24408}{24444}Sir, you'd better get up here.
{24446}{24493}There's news|and it's about Eddington.
{24586}{24628}Report.
{24629}{24654}Eddington just upped the ante.
{24655}{24705}He attacked the Cardassian|colony on Veloz Prime
{24706}{24732}with a biogenic weapon.
{24733}{24772}What?!
{24773}{24834}He launched three stratospheric|torpedoes at the planet
{24835}{24908}and spread cobalt diselenide|throughout the biosphere.
{24910}{24972}A nerve agent that is|harmless to most humanoids
{24973}{25019}but it is deadly to Cardassians.
{25020}{25058}The Cardassians are|already evacuating.
{25059}{25130}And Eddington has announced|that the Maquis intend
{25130}{25184}to reclaim the planet|once they are gone.
{25185}{25228}What I don't understand|is where the Maquis
{25229}{25293}got the materials|to make a biogenic weapon.
{25294}{25321}I do.
{25322}{25385}I should have seen it earlier.
{25386}{25447}The selenium|and the rhodium nitrites
{25448}{25532}they hijacked,|can be reformulated
{25533}{25634}and with some work, synthesized|to produce...
{25635}{25683}cobalt diselenide.
{25684}{25709}Where's the Malinche?
{25710}{25762}On the other side|of the Badlands.
{25763}{25789}They're headed|for Veloz Prime now
{25790}{25816}but by the time|they get there...
{25817}{25864}Eddington will be long gone.
{25865}{25908}Given the amount
{25909}{25960}of chemical compounds|Eddington stole
{25961}{26023}how many of these weapons|will he be able to make?
{26024}{26142}Enough to poison every|Cardassian colony in the DMZ.
{26143}{26194}There must something we can do.
{26195}{26250}Worf, are there any other|starships near Veloz Prime?
{26251}{26337}The Malinche is our only|ship in the sector.
{26338}{26399}So unless they stop Eddington...
{26430}{26474}the Maquis have turned the tide.
{26475}{26542}There is another ship|in the area.
{26586}{26638}It's moored at Docking Bay 3.
{26800}{26837}Defiant.
{26950}{26993}It's going to be tricky,|Captain.
{26994}{27036}Only half the systems|are back on line.
{27037}{27102}And most of those are not|operating at full capacity.
{27103}{27133}What about the warp drive?
{27134}{27166}We can go to warp six
{27167}{27222}but the inertial dampers|haven't been fully repaired
{27223}{27262}so don't expect a smooth ride.
{27263}{27304}The weapons are also on line
{27305}{27379}but the targeting scanners|have to be manually calibrated.
{27380}{27432}We can shoot, but God knows|what we'll hit.
{27433}{27465}What about communications?
{27466}{27495}The Defiant's com system
{27496}{27546}is fried...|and I do mean fried.
{27548}{27585}Well, we still have|our com badges.
{27586}{27608}I'm afraid not.
{27609}{27650}They won't work either
{27651}{27685}not with all the interference
{27686}{27748}from the unshielded|EPS conduits.
{27749}{27792}Well, what do we use?
{27793}{27840}Cups and a long string?
{27841}{27876}We'll have to improvise.
{27878}{27933}Let me introduce you|to your new com system.
{27934}{27957}Cadet?
{28011}{28072}Cadet Nog,|reporting as ordered, sir.
{28073}{28093}Stand easy.
{28094}{28181}With most of the Bridge control|functions off line
{28182}{28261}all orders to Engineering|will have to be relayed.
{28262}{28313}In the interest of clarity,|I thought it best
{28314}{28369}that those messages be|relayed with one voice.
{28370}{28421}Mister Academy here.
{28422}{28487}I figured you'd want somebody|who could hear you
{28488}{28528}while the Bridge|is exploding all around you.
{28529}{28559}Exploding?
{28560}{28620}We may be going|into a combat situation.
{28621}{28656}Do you think you're ready|for that, Cadet?
{28658}{28705}Sir. Yes, sir.
{28706}{28736}Absolutely, sir.
{28737}{28773}I'm glad to hear it.
{28774}{28805}Report to the Bridge.
{28806}{28845}Aye, sir.
{28846}{28897}"Exploding"?
{28933}{28992}Let me give you|all the bad news at once, sir.
{28994}{29073}We have no cloak,|no transporters
{29074}{29125}no replicators,|and the stabilizing gyros
{29126}{29181}are at only 50 percent.
{29182}{29223}So don't ask for any sharp turns
{29224}{29269}unless you want to end up|doing barrel rolls.
{29270}{29327}That could be fun.
{29328}{29368}Do you have any good news,|Chief?
{29369}{29473}The new holocommunicator|I installed works perfectly.
{29474}{29530}Well, let's be thankful|for small favors.
{29531}{29564}Prepare for departure.
{29664}{29690}All right, say it.
{29691}{29714}What?
{29715}{29749}That I have lost all perspective
{29750}{29789}that I'm turning this|into a vendetta
{29790}{29823}between me and Eddington
{29824}{29873}and that I am putting|the ship, the crew
{29874}{29910}and my entire career at risk
{29910}{29951}and if I had any brains at all
{29952}{30000}I'd go back to my office,|sit down
{30001}{30053}and read Odo's crime reports.
{30054}{30102}I wasn't going to say that.
{30102}{30145}But that's what you|were thinking, right?
{30146}{30189}No.
{30190}{30273}Actually,|what I was thinking is...
{30274}{30365}you're becoming more like Curzon|all the time.
{30366}{30427}I don't know how to take that.
{30428}{30468}Consider it a compliment.
{30469}{30508}And the next time I go off
{30509}{30561}half-cocked|on some wild-eyed adventure
{30562}{30613}think back to this moment
{30614}{30659}and be a little more|understanding.
{30990}{31049}Recalibrate phaser banks|one and two.
{31051}{31132}Initialize starboard|and port thrusters.
{31133}{31186}Captain, Ops has cleared us|for departure.
{31187}{31210}Very well.
{31211}{31252}Engine Room,|stand by impulse power.
{31253}{31284}Engine Room, Bridge.
{31285}{31360}- Stand by impulse power.|- Stand by impulse power.
{31361}{31408}Stand by to increase|deuterium injection rate.
{31410}{31433}Standing by...
{31434}{31492}Configure driver coils|for impulse speed.
{31493}{31527}Processing configuration.
{31528}{31581}Set EPS taps at level three.
{31582}{31605}Ops.
{31606}{31661}Seal the airlock|and release docking clamps.
{31662}{31693}Close exterior hatches.
{31694}{31741}Depressurize the airlock.
{31742}{31814}Detach umbilicals,|clear all moorings.
{31815}{31852}Thrusters at station keeping.
{31854}{31901}Initialize deflector field.
{31902}{31947}Docking clamps released.
{31948}{31996}Helm, ease us out.
{31997}{32058}Port and starboard thrusters|at one-quarter.
{32059}{32099}Bearing 180 mark zero.
{32209}{32285}Distance from docking ring:|50 meters.
{32286}{32312}Sixty.
{32313}{32336}Seventy.
{32337}{32360}Eighty.
{32361}{32385}Bring us about, old man.
{32386}{32410}Hard to port.
{32410}{32438}Ten degrees pitch.
{32439}{32487}Minimal power to aft thrusters.
{32489}{32547}Let the momentum|bring us around.
{32746}{32781}Hold at five degrees pitch.
{32782}{32810}We're coming around too fast.
{32811}{32845}I see it.
{32846}{32885}Ease off on the port thrusters.
{32886}{32930}Pitch back to zero degrees.
{33065}{33128}Pulse starboard thrusters,|point-five-second bursts.
{33129}{33189}Engine Room,|helm control is sluggish.
{33190}{33238}Realign the navigational gyros.
{33239}{33284}...Realign navigational gyros.
{33285}{33314}Port thruster,|two second burst.
{33315}{33338}Double pulse port thruster.
{33339}{33406}Helm, I hope you see that pylon.
{33407}{33460}Bow thrusters,|pitch up 16 degrees.
{33461}{33496}Full power to port thrusters.
{33498}{33540}Half roll... now.
{33738}{33764}Engine Room.
{33765}{33798}One-quarter impulse power.
{33799}{33828}Engine Room, Bridge.
{33829}{33860}One-quarter impulse power.
{33861}{33913}Helm, lay in a course|for the Badlands.
{33914}{33962}Engine Room,|stand by for warp speed.
{33962}{34000}Set intermix to point zero-one.
{34002}{34055}Initialize warp|chamber on my mark.
{34056}{34109}Three, two, one.
{34110}{34133}Mark.
{34196}{34220}Warp one, sir.
{34222}{34277}Engine Room,|increase speed to warp six
{34278}{34303}as soon as possible.
{34304}{34342}...to warp six|as soon as possible.
{34381}{34432}Sir, Engine Room reports
{34433}{34463}we could go to warp seven.
{34508}{34564}Well done, people.
{34565}{34637}Mr. Worf, I think|we should start running
{34638}{34686}battle drills.
{34686}{34721}Aye, sir.
{34722}{34779}Captain's Log, supplemental.
{34780}{34828}After completing a series|of readiness drills
{34829}{34884}we've entered the plasma fields|of the Badlands
{34886}{34937}and begun our search|for Eddington.
{34962}{34988}Steady as she goes.
{34989}{35015}Watch those gyros.
{35016}{35062}Check the status of torpedoes|three and four.
{35063}{35144}We have an energy variance|on the plasma warheads.
{35145}{35185}Transfer power from the...
{35186}{35231}Forward scanners are|still not functioning.
{35232}{35277}Engine Room, where are|those field stabilizers?
{35278}{35305}Engine Room, Bridge.
{35306}{35351}Where are those|field stabilizers?
{35352}{35432}Major, Engine Room|reports field stabilizers
{35433}{35490}should be on line|in 15 minutes.
{35491}{35542}Oh, I've got something.
{35543}{35625}It's a small neutrino signature,|bearing...
{35626}{35685}218 mark 135.
{35686}{35762}Distance...|approximately 900 kilometers.
{35763}{35808}It's moving.
{35809}{35849}It's a Maquis raider.
{35850}{35916}Helm, set intercept course.
{35918}{35956}Engine Room,|three-quarter impulse.
{35957}{36000}Engine Room,|three-quarter impulse.
{36001}{36056}Incoming transmission|from the Maquis raider.
{36057}{36104}It's Eddington.
{36105}{36139}Put him through.
{36186}{36242}Well, well, Mr. Eddington.
{36270}{36310}You just couldn't resist|the temptation
{36311}{36349}to come after me,|could you, Captain?
{36350}{36393}I like to finish what I start.
{36394}{36449}Well, I'm afraid you're going|to be disappointed...
{36450}{36474}again.
{36474}{36506}You won't get me, Captain.
{36507}{36585}But I do have|a consolation prize for you.
{36586}{36641}Actually, it's more of a gift.
{36642}{36691}Incoming transmission.
{36692}{36752}Sending over a document.
{36753}{36781}It's a book.
{36782}{36825}One of my favorites.
{36826}{36859}Les Miserables.
{36860}{36901}Thank you, but I've read it.
{36902}{36929}Recently?
{36930}{36981}If not, you should|read it again.
{36982}{37021}Pay close attention
{37022}{37078}to the character|of Inspector Javert...
{37079}{37159}the French policeman who spends|20 years chasing a man
{37160}{37217}for stealing a loaf of bread.
{37218}{37282}Sound like anyone you know?
{37285}{37372}Why don't you beam over|and we'll discuss it?
{37373}{37418}Captain, closing|on the Maquis ship.
{37419}{37456}700 kilometers.
{37458}{37493}Ready weapons.
{37494}{37532}Phaser banks charged.
{37533}{37568}Lock target.
{37570}{37599}Locked.
{37600}{37625}It's over, Eddington.
{37626}{37683}Why don't you surrender|your vessel
{37684}{37728}and prepare to be boarded?
{37729}{37797}It's a tempting offer,|but I have other plans.
{37821}{37863}Enjoy the book.
{37936}{38023}Sir, the neutrino readings|are dissipating.
{38024}{38065}It's not a ship.
{38066}{38095}It's an unmanned probe
{38096}{38156}set to transmit|a false warp signature.
{38157}{38212}He wanted to lure us here.
{38213}{38257}Why?
{38258}{38313}He's up to something...|outside the plasma fields.
{38386}{38447}Helm, bring us about.|Get us out of here.
{38448}{38475}Engines at full impulse.
{38476}{38505}Engine Room, Bridge...
{38506}{38544}Hard to port.|Full thrusters.
{38545}{38596}Course 180 mark zero.
{38750}{38795}Sir, Chief O'Brien|doesn't recommend
{38796}{38854}increasing velocity|through the plasma fields.
{38855}{38878}Objection noted.
{38879}{38911}Now get me more speed.
{38914}{38956}Engine Room, Bridge.|More speed.
{39029}{39094}Sir, picking up|a distress signal.
{39098}{39145}It's the Starship Malinche.
{39172}{39232}They've been ambushed|by the Maquis.
{39272}{39309}It's dead in space.
{39797}{39841}How can we help you, Captain?
{39842}{39912}Our warp core matrix|compositor is fused.
{39913}{39976}Our navigational systems|are disabled.
{39977}{40058}If you could spare|some micro-power relays
{40059}{40111}we should have the engines|back on line in a day or two.
{40113}{40140}Engine Room.
{40141}{40205}Beam a damage control team|to the Malinche.
{40206}{40293}Tell them to take along|a dozen micro-power relays.
{40294}{40320}Engine Room...
{40321}{40384}We got a distress signal|from a Cardassian freighter.
{40385}{40420}They'd just been attacked|by the Maquis.
{40422}{40481}Suffered some casualties.
{40482}{40541}Our sensors confirmed|what we were being told
{40542}{40568}but when we lowered the shields
{40570}{40613}to transport|some of the wounded...
{40614}{40674}The sensor readings|had been faked.
{40675}{40717}There were no Cardassians|on that freighter.
{40718}{40790}The Maquis had rigged it|with a focused particle beam
{40791}{40828}that punched|through our gyro shielding
{40830}{40853}and we lost helm control.
{40855}{40892}And by the time we got|back on our feet again
{40894}{40956}three Maquis raiders|came out of the plasma field.
{41021}{41066}Well...
{41067}{41164}it seems I couldn't get the job|done either, Captain.
{41165}{41206}It's not over.
{41207}{41272}I figured you'd|be going after him.
{41273}{41348}We have something|that might be useful to you.
{41349}{41448}We intercepted a coded message|from one of Eddington's raiders.
{41449}{41489}Maybe you can decode it.
{41490}{41525}Our, uh, computers|are still down.
{41527}{41554}I appreciate it.
{41555}{41614}Do me a favor?
{41615}{41634}Of course.
{41635}{41666}Save me a seat
{41667}{41720}at his court-martial.
{41758}{41797}Count on it.
{41798}{41845}Good hunting, Captain.
{42009}{42072}Captain's Log, supplemental.
{42073}{42145}With the Defiant's computers|still not fully operational
{42146}{42205}we're relying on Odo,|back at Deep Space 9
{42206}{42249}to decipher the Maquis message.
{42250}{42325}In the meantime,|we're combing the DMZ
{42326}{42387}in the hopes of a chance|encounter with Eddington
{42388}{42469}but with each passing hour,|our hopes are fading.
{42470}{42501}Sir, incoming transmission.
{42502}{42526}It's Odo.
{42551}{42598}Captain.
{42599}{42676}Odo, we need|some good news around here.
{42678}{42717}Tell me that you have some.
{42718}{42748}Possibly.
{42750}{42805}I've analyzed|the Maquis message.
{42806}{42849}And?
{42850}{42916}It appears to be a simple|Breen nursery rhyme.
{42918}{42964}A heterophonic,|five-line verse.
{42966}{43013}Quite a catchy one, too.
{43078}{43111}What does it mean?
{43112}{43145}Well, metrical analysis
{43146}{43224}shows an alternating tetrameter|and pentameter structure
{43225}{43298}but the computer could find no|meaningful pattern in the words.
{43299}{43340}They appear to be|just what they are...
{43341}{43436}nonsensical phrases strung|together because they rhyme...
{43437}{43477}at least to the Breen.
{43478}{43506}And the music?
{43507}{43560}It's written on a Lyxian scale.
{43561}{43606}I ran it|through the computer, too.
{43607}{43638}No meaningful pattern.
{43639}{43680}So we're nowhere.
{43681}{43708}Now, I wouldn't say that.
{43710}{43789}You see, I remembered something|that Eddington once said to me.
{43790}{43884}"The best place to hide|something is in plain sight."
{43885}{43984}And since this is|a Breen nursery rhyme...
{43985}{44068}So you think that Eddington|is using the music as a signal
{44070}{44115}for a rendezvous|in the Breen system?
{44116}{44145}Or a Breen settlement
{44146}{44242}like the one on Portas V,|which isn't far from the DMZ.
{44243}{44318}The biogenic components of the|weapons Eddington's been using
{44319}{44368}are very bulky|and very unstable.
{44369}{44401}They need to be kept
{44402}{44469}in a large, sophisticated|cold-storage unit.
{44470}{44553}And if anyone knows how to keep|things cold, it's the Breen.
{44586}{44616}Thank you, Odo.
{44617}{44649}Captain.
{44761}{44897}Mr. Worf, do we have a series|of sensor relays near Portas V?
{44898}{44929}Yes, sir.
{44930}{44977}Two class-5 intelligence drones.
{44978}{45029}Pull their sensor logs.
{45030}{45103}I want to see who's been|visiting the Breen system.
{45134}{45193}Captain's Log, supplemental.
{45194}{45241}Odo's hunch has proven accurate.
{45242}{45301}Our intelligence drones|detected a Maquis freighter
{45302}{45352}entering Portas V|three hours ago.
{45354}{45386}The freighter was last seen
{45389}{45460}headed into the Dorvan sector|of the DMZ.
{45462}{45533}Considering the freighter's|range, velocity and heading
{45534}{45609}Eddington's next target is one|of four Cardassian colonies.
{45610}{45642}But...
{45643}{45721}these targets are unlikely.
{45722}{45777}Their defense systems|were recently upgraded
{45778}{45809}by the Cardassians.
{45810}{45837}Hmm.
{45838}{45899}Eddington isn't looking|for a fight.
{45900}{45978}That leaves only Quatal|and Panora.
{45979}{46009}Quatal has a lucrative
{46010}{46077}mining operation,|and their weapon systems
{46078}{46118}are in the process|of being upgraded
{46119}{46177}but they're not|fully operational.
{46179}{46218}A tempting target.
{46219}{46245}Not as tempting as Panora.
{46246}{46297}The Maquis attacked|them two months ago.
{46298}{46363}And most of their defense|systems were severely damaged.
{46364}{46391}They're almost helpless.
{46392}{46453}And there are constant|ion storms in that system...
{46454}{46485}good places to hide
{46486}{46530}if you want to mount|a surprise attack.
{46531}{46573}A tactic Eddington knows well.
{46574}{46646}Panora is a more logical|target than Quatal.
{46647}{46701}Then Eddington will attack|Quatal.
{46702}{46726}Sir?
{46726}{46774}He likes being unpredictable.
{46905}{46936}Approaching Quatal Prime.
{46937}{46966}Slow to impulse power.
{46967}{46990}Full scan.
{46991}{47036}Activate parabolic|sensor arrays.
{47037}{47096}Initiate lateral scanners.
{47097}{47141}We're too late, Captain.
{47142}{47201}Eddington's detonated|his weapon.
{47202}{47238}The nerve agent|is already spreading
{47239}{47276}through the planet's atmosphere.
{47277}{47320}Which means the|Cardassians don't have
{47321}{47359}much time to get away.
{47360}{47410}Eddington's always|one step ahead of us.
{47411}{47453}Maybe not this time.
{47454}{47493}I'm reading residual|neutrino levels.
{47494}{47547}Looks like one,|maybe two Maquis raiders
{47548}{47581}behind the fourth moon.
{47582}{47608}They're on the run.
{47609}{47635}Go after them.|Full impulse.
{47636}{47678}Engine Room, Bridge.|Full impulse.
{47679}{47706}On screen.|Shields up.
{47707}{47734}Charge phaser banks.
{47735}{47769}Aye, sir.
{47770}{47806}How long to intercept?
{47807}{47830}15 seconds.
{47831}{47864}Prepare to lock targets.
{47865}{47907}Targeting sequence on...
{47908}{47937}Hard to port.
{47938}{47984}Stick with this one, old man.
{47985}{48013}They've locked phasers on us.
{48014}{48062}Power to forward shields.
{48063}{48112}Forward shields, on line.
{48114}{48137}Restabilize port and...
{48138}{48160}Lock target.
{48161}{48215}Targeting scanners...|synchronized.
{48217}{48240}Fire!
{48269}{48324}Helm, bring us about.
{48325}{48362}One more to go.
{48475}{48541}Sir, this one's making|another run for the planet.
{48541}{48592}I don't get it... they've|already poisoned the atmosphere.
{48629}{48655}More speed.
{48656}{48688}Engine Room, Bridge.|More speed.
{48689}{48749}They've locked phasers|on one of the transport ships
{48750}{48784}evacuating the Cardassians.
{48965}{49005}They've disabled the transport.
{49007}{49044}It's losing power.
{49045}{49080}It's going down.
{49081}{49109}Can we beam the crew off?
{49110}{49136}We're out of transporter range.
{49137}{49176}Incoming transmission.
{49266}{49316}Well, Javert...
{49317}{49381}let's see how deep|your obsession with me is.
{49382}{49412}You've got me.
{49413}{49493}I can't outrun or outfight|the Defiant, but...
{49494}{49571}if you come after me,|you'll have to pay a price...
{49572}{49656}you'll have to let|all those helpless Cardassians
{49658}{49717}spiral down to their deaths.
{49717}{49762}The choice is yours.
{49815}{49845}How long do they have?
{49847}{49876}Two minutes to impact.
{49877}{49904}Not much time.
{49905}{49961}Probably take you|at least a minute
{49962}{50003}to get back to the planet.
{50004}{50045}They're just Cardassians.
{50101}{50147}Helm, bring us about.
{50148}{50189}Prepare to engage tractor beam.
{50190}{50226}Initializing tractor beam.
{50227}{50257}Aligning induction field.
{50258}{50294}Alignment complete.
{51121}{51181}We've towed the transport ship
{51182}{51241}out of the planet's|gravitational pull.
{51242}{51296}Once our repair team|is back on board
{51297}{51342}release the tractor beam.
{51343}{51395}The Cardassians can|limp their way home
{51396}{51427}in a day or two.
{51521}{51553}Les Miserables?
{51554}{51586}You know it?
{51587}{51648}I can't stand Victor Hugo.
{51650}{51732}I tried reading|The Hunchback of Notre Dame
{51733}{51796}but I couldn't get through it.
{51797}{51852}It was so melodramatic
{51853}{51939}and his heroines are|so two-dimensional.
{51940}{52026}Eddington compares me|to one of the characters...
{52027}{52071}Inspector Javert...
{52072}{52170}a policeman who|relentlessly pursues
{52173}{52232}a man named Valjean.
{52233}{52287}Guilty of a trivial offense.
{52288}{52345}And in the end
{52346}{52431}Javert's own inflexibility|destroys him.
{52432}{52469}He commits suicide.
{52470}{52561}You can't believe|that description fits you.
{52562}{52665}Eddington is just trying|to... get under your skin.
{52666}{52720}He did that eight months ago.
{52763}{52847}What strikes me about this book
{52848}{52920}is that Eddington said that|it's one of his favorites.
{52921}{52978}There's no accounting for taste.
{52979}{53047}Oh, let's think about it.
{53048}{53139}A Starfleet security officer|is fascinated
{53140}{53234}by a nineteenth-century|French melodrama, and now
{53235}{53292}he's a leader of the Maquis...|a resistance group
{53293}{53393}fighting the noble battle|against the "evil" Cardassians.
{53395}{53463}It sounds like he's living out|his own fantasy.
{53464}{53488}Mm-hmm.
{53489}{53532}Exactly.
{53560}{53608}And you know what?
{53611}{53701}Les Miserables isn't|about the policeman.
{53702}{53876}It's about Valjean... the victim|of a monstrous injustice
{53877}{53945}who spends his entire|life helping people.
{53947}{54046}Making noble sacrifices|for others.
{54117}{54188}That's how Eddington|sees himself.
{54189}{54236}He's Valjean.
{54238}{54291}He's Robin Hood.
{54292}{54381}He's a romantic, dashing figure
{54382}{54475}fighting the good fight|against insurmountable odds.
{54476}{54541}The secret life|of Michael Eddington.
{54578}{54617}How does it help us?
{54619}{54710}Well, Eddington is the hero|of his own story.
{54711}{54775}That makes me the villain.
{54776}{54840}And what is it|that every hero wants to do?
{54841}{54894}Kill the bad guy.
{54895}{54934}Ah, that's part of it.
{54935}{54994}Heroes only kill|when they have to.
{54995}{55057}Eddington could have killed me|back at the refugee camp
{55058}{55114}or when he disabled the Defiant
{55115}{55231}but, in the best melodramas,|the villain creates a situation
{55232}{55307}where the hero is forced|to sacrifice himself
{55308}{55404}for the people, for the cause...|one final, grand gesture.
{55405}{55448}What are you getting at,|Benjamin?
{55449}{55553}I think it's time|for me to become the villain.
{55596}{55657}Commander.
{55658}{55714}Prepare two quantum torpedoes.
{55715}{55769}Have Engineering|attach a cargo pod
{55770}{55855}with 200 kilograms of trilithium|to each torpedo.
{55856}{55896}Yes, sir, but...
{55897}{55922}But what?
{55923}{55961}The extra mass of a cargo pod
{55962}{56018}will make the torpedo|less effective.
{56019}{56096}Maquis raiders are small|and maneuverable.
{56097}{56163}I'm not planning to fire|at any ships, Mr. Worf.
{56164}{56187}Major.
{56188}{56242}What is the nearest|Maquis colony?
{56282}{56336}Solosos III.|Less than an hour away.
{56337}{56373}Helm, set a course|for Solosos III.
{56374}{56397}Aye, sir.
{56398}{56433}Major, I want you to send
{56433}{56503}the following message|on all Maquis frequencies.
{56504}{56585}"To all the members|of the Maquis resistance.
{56586}{56665}"This is Captain Sisko|of the USS Defiant.
{56666}{56752}"In response to the Maquis' use|of biogenic weapons
{56753}{56781}"in their recent attacks
{56782}{56849}"I am about to take|the following action.
{56850}{56877}"In exactly one hour
{56878}{56929}I will detonate|two quantum torpedoes
{56930}{56989}"that will scatter trilithium|resin into the atmosphere
{56992}{57041}"of Solosos III.
{57042}{57098}"I thereby will make|the planet uninhabitable
{57099}{57185}"to all human life|for the next 50 years.
{57186}{57274}I suggest evacuation plans|begin immediately."
{57494}{57535}What are you|waiting for, people?
{57536}{57583}Carry out your orders.
{57969}{58013}Set torpedo targets|to 50 kilometers
{58014}{58037}above ground level.
{58038}{58061}Aye, sir.
{58062}{58115}Lock.|Ready, Captain.
{58116}{58139}Time?
{58140}{58165}One minute left.
{58166}{58203}And still no transport ship|activity
{58204}{58254}or any other sign|they're beginning to evacuate.
{58255}{58345}Commander Worf, prepare|to fire torpedoes on my mark.
{58346}{58401}Detach safeties|on torpedoes one and two.
{58402}{58438}Incoming transmission.
{58439}{58467}It's Eddington.
{58542}{58608}What are you really|up to, Javert?
{58609}{58651}Do you expect me to believe
{58652}{58711}that a decorated|Starfleet officer...
{58712}{58741}the pride of the service...
{58743}{58785}is going to poison|an entire planet?
{58786}{58845}That's exactly|what I'm going to do.
{58869}{58904}You're bluffing.
{58905}{58960}Am I?
{58961}{59036}Commander, launch torpedoes.
{59175}{59265}Commander, I said|launch torpedoes.
{59266}{59314}Aye, sir.
{59593}{59641}The trilithium resin
{59642}{59691}is dissipating|throughout the biosphere.
{59692}{59739}The Maquis are scrambling|their transport ships.
{59740}{59767}They're starting|to evacuate.
{59768}{59799}Do you realize what you've done?
{59800}{59826}I've only just begun.
{59827}{59909}I'm going to eliminate|every Maquis colony
{59910}{59943}in the DMZ.
{59944}{60004}You're talking about turning|hundreds of thousands of people
{60006}{60029}into homeless refugees.
{60030}{60062}That's right.
{60063}{60132}When you attacked the Malinche,|you proved one thing...
{60133}{60201}that the Maquis have become|an intolerable threat
{60201}{60246}to the security|of the Federation
{60247}{60303}and I am going|to eliminate that threat.
{60304}{60350}But think about those people|you saw in the caves
{60351}{60374}huddled and starving.
{60375}{60410}They didn't attack the Malinche.
{60411}{60444}You should have thought|about that
{60446}{60490}before you attacked|a Federation starship.
{60517}{60585}Helm, lay in a course|for Tracken II, warp six.
{60585}{60641}Commander, prepare|two more torpedoes.
{60641}{60668}Engine Room, Bridge.
{60669}{60697}Set course 050 mark 179.
{60697}{60749}Unlock safeties|on torpedoes three and four.
{60778}{60821}Can't you see|what's happening to you?
{60822}{60897}You're going against everything|you claim to believe in.
{60898}{60935}And for what?
{60936}{60985}To satisfy a personal vendetta?
{60986}{61023}You betrayed your uniform!
{61024}{61082}And you're betraying yours,|right now.
{61083}{61155}The sad part is,|you don't even realize it.
{61202}{61252}I feel sorry for you, Captain.
{61254}{61342}This obsession with me...|look what it's cost you.
{61343}{61382}Major!|Shut that thing off.
{61383}{61446}Commander Worf,|prepare to launch torpedoes.
{61447}{61464}Wait!
{61581}{61628}Lf...
{61629}{61697}you call off your attack
{61697}{61770}I'll turn over|all our biogenic weapons.
{61771}{61802}Not enough.
{61961}{62022}All right, Javert.
{62023}{62100}I'll give you what you want...
{62146}{62193}me.
{62512}{62582}Captain's Log, supplemental.
{62583}{62660}Resettlement efforts|in the DMZ are underway.
{62661}{62703}The Cardassian|and Maquis colonists
{62704}{62741}who were forced|to abandon their homes
{62742}{62785}will make new lives|for themselves
{62786}{62843}on the planets|their counterparts evacuated.
{62844}{62901}The balance in the region|will be restored
{62901}{62969}though the situation|remains far from stable.
{62969}{63020}Captain. Commander.
{63021}{63047}Welcome home.
{63048}{63079}It's good to be back.
{63080}{63147}I gather your trip|was productive.
{63344}{63398}Constable.
{63399}{63428}This way.
{63592}{63646}Benjamin, I'm curious.
{63647}{63730}Your plan to poison|the Maquis planets...
{63731}{63792}you didn't clear it|with Starfleet first, did you?
{63793}{63850}I knew I'd forgotten|to do something.
{63851}{63901}Ah. Big gamble.
{63902}{63964}That's what it takes|to be a good villain.
{63965}{64056}You know, sometimes I like it|when the bad guy wins.