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How's it going, Jake?

Fine. I've deleted half the Cardassian files from the computer.

I can't believe how many subroutines it took just to run this ore processor.

Well, it used to be a pretty large operation.

When the Cardassians were in charge

I understand they processed 20,000 tons a day.

That's a lot of ore.

It must've been hell in here.

I heard stories the temperature reached 55 degrees Celsius.

How could the Bajoran workers survive that?

Oh, a lot of them didn't.

When you've deleted all those files,

I'll show you how to download the new operating system.

You really think we can convert this place into a deuterium refinery?

Absolutely. It'll take us three... maybe four weeks at most.

I hope you're planning on eating during the next three or four weeks.

Commander, I guess I lost track of the time.

JAKE: We're almost finished, Dad.

Chief, I'm having a problem deleting one of these files.

Have you tried reformatting the data cluster?

Yeah, but the file's still here.

Here, let me see.

Well, that's odd.

What's that, Chief?

Well, the file has no name, no indication what it is.

I better set it aside for now.

I can transfer it to the central database in Ops, and analyze it in the morning.

( console beeping ) Wait a minute.

COMPUTER: Unauthorized computer entry detected in Ore Processing Unit 5.

Enter access code.

( keyboard beeping ) Incorrect code.

You have five seconds to enter correct access code.

Or what?

I don't know, but I better stop it.

( alarm sounding )

COMPUTER: Warning.

Worker revolt in progress in Ore Processing Unit 5.

Security countermeasures initiated.

What the hell?

Bajoran workers, your attention, please.

Your attempt to seize control of this facility is going to fail.

You are valuable workers, and we wish you no harm.

However, if you do not return control of this unit to your Cardassian supervisors, we will be forced to take action.

You have eight minutes to make your decision.

The computer's engaged the magnetic seal.

I can't override it.

KIRA: Ops to Sisko.

Go ahead.

Commander, what is going on down there?

We just got a recorded message from Gul Dukat regarding some worker revolt in the ore processing facility?

We saw the same message.

It seems we've tripped some kind of automated security program the Cardassians left.

We're locked in.

Oh, we'll beam you out of there.

COMPUTER: Enter access code.

What?

If this security program thinks there's been some kind of worker's revolt, then it must think this station is still under Cardassian rule.

So it's probably waiting for us to enter an emergency code.

One that the Cardassians never bothered to give us when they left.

Odo to Ops. Kira here.

My Cardassian access codes are still valid.

I'm attempting to override the security program, but it's going to take some time.

I'm not sure my clearance level is high enough.

KIRA: Well, keep at it.

We'll try to do the same thing from up here.

Acknowledged.

Odo, do you mind telling me what this is all about?

That message from Dukat is making my customers nervous.

And when they're nervous, they're not...

Not now, Quark.

I'm busy.

Well, is there anything I can do to help?

Not unless you have a level 9 Cardassian security clearance.

Let's see.

I think I have everything from levels 1 through 7.

I only have levels 1 through 6.

Well. If you'd like a level 7

I'm sure we can make some kind of arrangement.

Leave me alone, Quark.

Oh, no.

There's something very wrong going on, and this is the safest place in the whole station.

I think I'll stay right here.

Any luck?

Nothing.

It's probably magnetically sealed, like the door.

We'd need a phaser to blast it open.

Well, there's no way

I can disable the program from here.

DUKAT: Bajoran workers, your time is running out, but it's not too late.

You can still surrender and save your lives.

Computer, this is the leader of the Bajoran workers.

We surrender.

DUKAT: I'm glad to see you've come to your senses.

Stay where you are.

When Cardassian Security arrives, they will place you into custody, but you will not be harmed.

You have my word.

For whatever that's worth.

Now what?

SISKO: Well, it sounds like the program is going to wait for Cardassian security to enter the all-clear protocol.

That'll give us a few minutes anyway.

What's in here?

Nothing at the moment.

Processed uridium used to pour down that pipe to a secondary refining facility in Level 33 and be purified.

It's not locked.

Since that pipe was filled with molten uridium, there wasn't any need for security measures.

Well, it's too narrow for anyone to escape through.

I can get in there.

Chief, if he can crawl up this pipe into the machine, can he get to the ore chute and open that hatch from inside?

DUKAT: Bajoran workers, you have not surrendered to Cardassian security.

If you do not do so in the next three minutes,

I will be forced to release neurocine gas into the ore processing facility.

I can do it.

DUKAT: Bajoran workers, you have two minutes left to give yourselves up to your Cardassian overseers and save your lives.

Can you hear me, Jake?

JAKE: Loud and clear, but I can't see a thing.

There should be a large circular opening to your right.

JAKE: Okay, let me see if I can find it.

DUKAT: Even if you were to escape this station...

( metallic thud )

JAKE: Ow!

SISKO: Jake-o, you all right?

JAKE: Yeah, I just banged my head on something.

DUKAT: ...back to Bajor?

JAKE: Wait a second.

There's a junction here.

It feels like it goes off in two directions.

Which way do I go?

Follow this sound, Jake.

( banging )

JAKE: Do it again, Dad.

( banging )

JAKE: Got it.

I'm in the chute.

There should be a small access port on one of the walls.

JAKE: Found it.

Open the hatch and feel around inside for a handle.

It should be shaped like a stirrup.

( Dukat continues speaking )

You know, I never knew how much this man's voice annoyed me.

JAKE: I can reach it, but I can't get a hold of it.

You have to pull the handle down, Jake.

It's the release for the hatch.

JAKE: I'm trying! I can't...

SISKO: Don't tense up.

Relax.

Now just take a deep breath and try again.

I'm sorry, but your time has run out.

I was hoping you would be reasonable.

Rest assured that your deaths will serve as an example to prevent similar incidents in the future.

I got it!

Dax!

Maybe if we bypass the primary command pathway and cross-connect the backup with the ODN.

COMPUTER: Warning. Workers have escaped from Ore Processing Unit 5.

Initiating station-wide counterinsurgency program.

( alarm blares )

Now what?

DUKAT: Attention, Bajoran workers.

I will not allow this rebellion to succeed.

If you do not surrender immediately,

I will be forced to kill every Bajoran on this station.

( grunting and scuffling )

Wait a second. I found something.

SISKO: What is it?

I don't know. Some kind of room.

It sure is dirty.

Doesn't smell too good either.

SISKO: Looks like some kind of loading bay.

You're right.

This is where the uridium ore was separated from the rock.

Then it would be dumped down that chute to the processing facility.

( banging )

Locked.

Chief, is there another way out of here?

Just back down that chute.

You know where that leads to.

Sisko to Ops.

Sisko to Security.

Try yours.

O'Brien to Ops.

Jake Sisko to anyone who can hear me.

Something must be interfering with the signal.

What do we do now?

It's no good.

We're completely cut off from the rest of the station.

BASHIR: There must be some kind of general dampening field in place.

It must be disrupting communications.

All right.

It's time for a less subtle approach.

Doctor.

Ah, the Cardassians don't miss a trick, do they?

DAX: The ironic thing is that field is probably there to protect Ops from the hordes of rebelling Bajorans.

KIRA: Well, we've got to find a way of disabling the security program or a lot of people are going to get killed.

If we can regain control of the main computer, we may be able to wipe the security program from its memory.

Now, if I can reroute the APT relay through the secondary buffer,

I might get an independent terminal working.

You know, I've been here nearly three years, and I was just finally starting to think of this place as home.

Your "home" was built by Cardassians, Doctor.

Don't ever forget that.

Well, there's not much chance of that, is there?

What do you mean, we're trapped?

I mean, we're trapped.

I wouldn't be surprised if the entire station is locked down.

QUARK: But you're a shape-shifter.

Excuse me, a changeling.

So change into something and get us out of here.

This force field isn't just protecting the door.

It goes through the bulkheads, the ceiling, the deck.

There's nowhere for me to go.

You're telling me I'm stuck here... with you?

No...

I'm stuck here with you.

Believe me, a far worse fate.

( keyboard beeping )

And stay away from my computer!

( grunting )

Again!

Oh, okay. Hold on.

JAKE: Anything?

Not even a dent.

There has to be something else we can do.

What about all this ore?

As I understand it, uridium is very unstable.

That's true, but in its raw form, you need a strong electrical charge to detonate it.

Can we use that?

Well, if I had some tools, I might be able to get in there and yank out some electrical cable.

Tools.

How's it coming? DAX: Almost done.

( electrical hissing, Dax yells )

Jadzia!

Get me a medkit.

Easy, Jadzia.

I have to take a look.

I was reaching toward the ODN conduit, and a small force field went off, and it caught my hands.

Well, they're second-degree burns, but I don't think there's any neural damage.

This should relieve the pain.

COMPUTER: Warning. Security in the Operations Center has been compromised.

Initiating counterinsurgency program level two.

DUKAT: Attention, Bajoran workers.

Your failure to surrender is forcing me to take stronger measures.

In five minutes, we will begin pumping neurocine gas into the Habitat Ring.

Think of your families as you consider your course of action.

All Cardassian personnel should evacuate the area immediately.

Habitat Ring. There have to be hundreds of people trapped in their quarters out there.

GARAK: I believe that's the point, Major.

Computer, access code: Garak 1359.

Ironic, isn't it? The only place in the galaxy that still recognizes my access code is a Bajoran space station.

If you can get past the force fields, you've got to get out to the Habitat Ring and start evacuating those people before...

I'd like nothing better than to help my loyal customers, but it's not that simple.

My access code enables me to move about the station, but unfortunately, as you've just seen, the force fields reappear the moment I pass through a doorway.

Have you tried using your code to shut down the security program?

Several times, but for some reason I can't begin to fathom,

Gul Dukat chose not to trust me with his top-level security codes during the occupation.

Garak, do you know a way we can stop this neurocine gas?

The only way to do that is to destroy the life support system.

What are you trying to do, Garak, get us all killed?

No, wait a minute. He's right.

The neurocine gas is released through the life support systems.

Destroy it and we save everybody in the Habitat Ring.

For 12 hours, and then everyone on the station will suffocate when we run out of oxygen.

Well, that gives us 12 hours to regain control of this station.

Believe me, Major, it's the only way to save those people.

I believe life support is controlled from over there.

Get down.

COMPUTER: Warning. Counterinsurgency program level two has been interrupted.

Initiating counterinsurgency program level three.

DUKAT: My fellow Cardassians,

I regret to inform you that Bajoran workers have gained control of this station.

In all likelihood, I am dead or otherwise incapacitated.

But rest assured, this station will not be allowed to remain in Bajoran hands.

However, it is my duty to inform you that if you do not regain control within two hours, the station will be destroyed.

COMPUTER: Self-destruct sequence initiated.

Come on.

Come on!

Give me that before you hurt yourself.

( sighs )

I've checked the entire security complex.

There's no way out.

I should've listened to my father.

He always warned me this was going to happen.

What? That you'd spend your final hours in jail?

I could've told you that.

No.

He warned me never to leave home.

He said there were plenty of business opportunities right outside my door.

But, no, I had to follow the 75th Rule of Acquisition:

"Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum."

A lifetime of scheming and plotting, wheeling and dealing, and what has it got me?

One measly little bar.

My Uncle Frin owns 30.

And my Cousin Gaila...

I know-- he owns a moon.

I told you that?

Many times.

It's a small moon, but it's enough to live on.

Oh, come on, Quark.

You've done all right for yourself.

Oh, what do you know?

Quark, I've met a lot of Ferengis in my time, and the truth is, though some of them may have been more wealthy,

I've never met one more devious.

Really?

Would I lie?

I guess not.

Thank you, Odo.

That means a lot to me.

Now... can I have the phaser back?

No.

( angry yell )

( frustrated sigh )

How do your hands feel?

A little better.

Good. I wish I could have done more, but I won't be able to repair the damaged tissue until we can get you to the Infirmary.

Any luck?

Plenty, Major.

Unfortunately, all of it bad.

My personal code can activate any terminal on this station.

However, that's the extent of my access.

All I can do is just look around.

I can tell you exactly what's going on, but I can't do anything about it.

As far as I can see, the only person who can disable the security program is Gul Dukat.

Maybe there's a way to fool the computer into thinking that you are Gul Dukat.

You could try rewriting your code to match his.

Even if I could, it wouldn't do any good.

If I were to input his code, the computer would scan my DNA pattern to determine if I really were Dukat.

DAX: But what if we disable the sensors in Ops so that the computer couldn't scan you?

What a creative idea.

It certainly is worth a try.

The question is, can we disconnect the sensors without anyone else getting hurt?

We're just going to have to take that chance.

DAX: We could switch the sensor input from the primary scanners to the backup scanners.

The computer shouldn't see that as a threat but it'll blind the system for a few seconds while we make the changeover.

If it works, a few seconds are all I'll need.

Major, I'm going to need a hand.

Well, tell me, Doctor, what is it exactly about this situation that's making you smile?

You, Garak.

Hmm?

Just wondering how many other tailors can rewrite Cardassian security protocols.

I wouldn't even venture a guess.

Which reminds me, those pants you wanted altered are ready to be picked up.

Oh, this is a problem.

What's wrong?

I always suspected that Dukat was a little paranoid.

He's left a rather large number of interrogative subroutines imbedded in his access code.

Meaning what?

Meaning the computer is constantly challenging me to prove that I am who I say I am. Lieutenant, how much longer before you can disable those sensors?

Oh, at least another ten minutes.

I'm not sure we have that much time.

In fact, I'm sure we don't.

COMPUTER: Warning. Unauthorized use of command code.

Initiating counterinsurgency program level four.

( groaning )

On three.

One, two, three.

You did it.

Okay, we have the power cable.

Now, we need to pack the uridium around the door.

My phaser's on the Ops table! Can anyone get to it?

The answer, Major, is no.

Well, we can't stay here and do nothing.

I respectfully disagree, Major. Nothing is about all we can do.

Let me guess.

Someone tried to duplicate my access code, hmm?

Dukat!

What the hell are you doing here?!

A short time ago, I had a very strange experience.

There I was, patrolling the Demilitarized Zone when I received a distress signal... from me, or at least a recording of me.

It seems the Bajoran workers were rioting on Terok Nor.

( laughs )

I must admit, it piqued my curiosity.

I see.

The autodestruct program has begun.

Well, well, well... you are in trouble.

Where's Commander Sisko?

I trust he wasn't vaporized while asking for one of those raktajinos he's so fond of.

No, last we heard, he was trapped in the ore processing unit.

Hmm.

I wish him well.

Well, can you help us or not?

Oh, most certainly.

All I have to do is enter my command code and shut down the program.

Well, then do it!

All in good time, Major Kira.

All in good time.

But, first, there are a few things we should discuss.

Red leaf tea, please.

Doctor.

What do you want, Dukat?

You'll find I don't react well to that tone of voice, Major.

( laughs )

Garak, groveling in a corner.

That alone makes my trip worthwhile.

Garak! Easy, Doctor.

It would appear that the computer is only targeting non-Cardassians.

If you had been on the station when I designed this program,

I would have made an exception in your case.

Well, you've always been shortsighted.

It's held you back over the years.

As I recall, your father had the same flaw.

My father's only flaw was trusting you.

Funny, at his trial, your father said that his biggest flaw was that his ambition outweighed his patriotism.

Maybe you two could settle this at another time!

You're right, Major.

But believe me, Garak, that time is coming.

Major!

Why don't you join me in the Commander's office where we can talk in private?

Oh! I forgot. The replicator.

Well, it's the least I can do.

You can all rise now.

You're safe.

For the moment.

Major.

( sighs )

I know time is of the essence, Major... so I'll be brief.

I think it is time to reestablish a permanent Cardassian presence aboard this station.

Nothing too elaborate, mind you.

A garrison would suffice.

I can deploy troops from my ship immediately.

And in return, I'll solve your current dilemma.

Well, you know I'm never going to agree to that.

I'm not sure you have much of a choice here.

Dukat, you and I both know neither Bajor nor the Federation will ever honor an agreement negotiated under a death threat.

( laughs )

I don't expect them to be happy about it.

But once my troops are in place,

I think you'll find it very difficult to get them to leave.

Well, let me put this another way.

I will destroy this station before I ever give it back to the Cardassians.

Yes... I'm sure you would.

But... would you allow 2,000 people aboard this station to die simply because you don't like... us?

Hmm.

Well... there's no need to decide just yet.

We still have a little time left.

30 minutes, in fact.

Why don't I return to my ship so that you'll have time to think about it?

Hmm?

I'll be back... in, say, 25 minutes.

Dukat. One to transport.

Energize.

Energize.

CARDASSIAN: Dukat, if you are seeing this recording, it means you tried to abandon your post while the station's self- destruct sequence was engaged.

That will not be permitted.

This is outrageous!

You have lost control of Terok Nor, disgracing yourself and Cardassia. Your attempt to escape is no doubt a final act of cowardice.

All fail-safes have been eliminated.

Your personal access codes have been rescinded.

The destruct sequence can no longer be halted.

All you can do now is contemplate the depth of your disgrace, and try to die like a Cardassian.

DUKAT: Computer, abort the self-destruct sequence.

This is a priority one override, clearance level 9.

Authorization: Dukat 5116 green.

COMPUTER: Request denied.

All authorization codes are void.

Time to self-destruct: 25 minutes.

( laughs )

Even your own computer program turns against you.

I always knew your shortsightedness would be your downfall.

I don't see you coming up with any ideas, tailor.

Look, if you two are finished with the insults, we could use some help here.

Now, what can you tell us about the self-destruct sequence?

It's very simple.

When the countdown is completed, the computer will order the main fusion reactor to disengage the reaction stabilizers, causing it to overload, destroying the station.

What about the reactor?

Is there any way to shut it down?

It may be possible to manually disengage the laser fusion initiator, but in order to do that, we have to be in the reactor room.

DAX: Not necessarily.

We can disengage the initiator from one of the control junctions on level 34.

But now the computer's wiped out the access codes, not even a Cardassian can get out of this room.

Well, then maybe we should concentrate on trying to eliminate the force field protecting the door.

We don't have time to eliminate every force field between here and level 34.

What we need to do is find a way to deactivate all the force fields on the station at the same time.

Okay, that should do it.

If we use much more, we run the risk of bringing the whole room down around our ears.

SISKO: All right, we'd better take cover.

Would you... like to do the honors, sir?

Keep your heads down.

JAKE: It worked!

I set up this program, and I assure you, Major,

I will find a way to defeat it.

There is no dilemma that cannot be solved by a disciplined Cardassian mind.

It's not going to work, you know.

What are you babbling on about now?

I'm talking about Major Kira.

What about her?

She's much too busy trying to save this station to be impressed with your incessant posturing.

Garak!

And even if she weren't, she has much better taste than to be attracted to you.

You, a married man.

I should have executed you years ago.

Oh, you tried, remember?

BASHIR: Garak.

This isn't helping.

Wait a minute.

What about the power supply grid?

If we could overload the grid, we might be able to cause a power surge and short out all the force fields on the station.

KIRA: It might even be enough to eliminate the dampening field that's been keeping us from using our communicators.

Tell me something, Major.

The Cardassian neutralization emitters that were under here--

I assume you deactivated them when you took control of this station? That's right.

We prefer our containment fields to be nonlethal.

But are the emitters still in place?

As far as I know. Excellent!

That means that they have not been affected by the counterinsurgency program.

That means, we still have control of them.

DAX: Then, if we can get the emitters back on line, we can use them to overload the power grid. Exactly.

Do you think it'll be enough to eliminate the force fields?

Unfortunately, we'll lose the turbolifts and the transporters but they aren't much use to us right now anyway.

Let's give it a try.

SISKO: Anything?

I only got a couple a hundred meters and I was stopped by a force field. How about you?

JAKE: We didn't even get that far.

There's got to be some way up to Ops.

The turbolift shaft!

We can climb it all the way to Ops.

Let's see if we can get these doors open.

Dukat, we're running out of time.

I am almost done.

I've got the emitters wired into the control panel.

Now, all I have to do is reattach them... to the power grid, like so.

All right.

I'm ready.

Brace yourselves.

( prolonged explosions, electrical hissing )

( machinery powering down )

Kira to Sisko. Go ahead, Major.

Oh, Commander, am I glad to hear you. What's your location?

Level 29, Section D.

What's your status in Ops?

We've got about ten minutes before the main reactor core overloads and destroys the station.

The only way to stop it is to disengage the laser fusion initiator at one of the control junctions on level 34, but the turbolifts and transporters are off-line.

They'll never get there in time.

But we might.

Major, Mr. O'Brien and I will handle the reactor.

You begin evacuating the station.

Get as many people as you can to the Defiant and the runabouts.

KIRA: Understood. Good luck.

Jake, I want you to head for Runabout Pad C.

It's too far. I'll never make it.

Listen to me, Jake! I'm going with you.

All right.

Let's go.

COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in seven minutes.

Tell me something I don't already know.

KIRA: Kira to Odo.

Go ahead, Major.

We're beginning evacuation procedures.

The force fields have been deactivated and all the doors on the station should be operable.

All except one.

It seems the force field around my office is still in operation.

I'll send a work team down immediately.

COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in six minutes.

Are you telling me we're the only ones still locked in?

This force field must be on a separate system from the others.

But why go to so much trouble to keep people out of the security office?

It's not to keep people out. It's to keep me in.

I suppose, during the occupation, the Cardassians considered their Security Chief a security risk.

And I know why. Oh, do you?

It's because they knew you were an honorable man-- the kind of person who would do the right thing regardless of the circumstances.

And now, your integrity... is going to get us both killed.

I hope you're happy.

COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in five minutes.

Chief, did you ever finish those upgrades on the deflector shields?

Yeah. Why?

We may not have time to disengage the fusion initiator.

What if we directed the explosion

into the shields? That's not a bad idea.

The shields are the only thing on the station that can absorb that much energy.

That power surge we felt must have blown out one of the plasma conduits.

The corridor's completely blocked for the next 50 meters.

Can't we get around it?

We don't have time.

There might be a way.

There's a maintenance conduit adjacent to this corridor.

If it's not blocked, we might be able to get around the debris and get to the reactor control junction.

Give me a hand.

I can feel heat through the door.

What's wrong?

See for yourself.

COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in three minutes.

I want you to wait here.

Ah, but...

I mean it this time.

I'll go first.

Follow five meters behind me.

If one of us runs into trouble in here...

I know, I know.

The other one keeps on going.

( cries out )

( yells )

( groaning )

O'Brien!

( groaning )

COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in 90 seconds.

Sisko to O'Brien.

Chief, can you hear me?

Chief, answer me!

COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in 60 seconds.

( groaning )

Warning. Main fusion reactors will overload in 30 seconds.

( coughing )

Jake... I thought your father told you to stay out of there.

If you don't tell him, I won't.

COMPUTER: Warning. Main fusion reactor overload.

( panting )

( sighs )

O'Brien to Sisko.

Chief, you're all right?

Yeah, looks like we all are.

Ah. It's about time.

All right, Quark, you can leave now.

"A self-important con artist

"who's nowhere near as clever as he thinks he is."

That's your official security evaluation of me.

Quark, I told you to stay away from the computer.

Two hours ago, you told me

I was the most devious Ferengi you ever met.

I thought we were going to die. I was trying to be nice.

Name one Ferengi who's more devious than I am.

Grand Nagus.

All right. Name another.

DaiMon Tye.

One you personally know.

Your brother Rom.

My brother?

Your Uncle Frin.

Frin?

Your cousin, Gaila.

Gaila! The one with the moon?