In an attempt to head off a Jem'Hadar invasion of the Alpha Quadrant, Commander Sisko leads a diplomatic mission into hostile territory in an attempt to contact The Founders.
Commander Sisko must deal with an impending alliance between the Federation and the Dominion, while Odo makes a startling discovery about his own people.
After Sisko is promoted to Captain, he and the Defiant crew are manipulated by a Changeling posing as an ambassador.
Garak must decide whether or not to kill Odo to please his mentor, Enabran Tain, on the eve of a joint Romulan-Cardassian attack on the Dominion.
Sisko encounters Eddington, his former security chief turned Maquis traitor, and he is more desperate to capture him than ever.
