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00:00:04It's all right, Chief. You're going to be just fine.
00:00:08What happened?
00:00:09You were rerouting a phase inducer when one of the plasma conduits blew out.
00:00:13Oh.
00:00:15Easy there, Chief. You've got a mild case of radiation poisoning.
00:00:19I'll give you some hyronalin which should counteract the effects, but I do think he should be restricted to light duty for the next few days.
00:00:25Agreed.
00:00:26Commander, the transport's arrived and they're requesting permission to dock.
00:00:31Route them to Docking Bay 12.
00:00:33Inform the Romulan Delegation we'll meet them there.
00:00:36( groans )
00:00:40And, Chief, "light duty" means light.
00:00:43I don't want to see you crawling around the Jefferies tube tonight looking for power surges.
00:00:47You won't get any arguments today, Commander.
00:00:52Ready, Major?
00:01:05Promenade.
00:01:15KLINGON: Du'cha KovaH! EstaH! EstaH!
00:01:19Constable, I wasn't aware there were any Klingons on the station.
00:01:22They just arrived a few hours ago.
00:01:25It seems the main computer on their freighter was damaged and they need a complete overhaul before they can continue back to the Klingon Empire.
00:01:34How long is this overhaul going to take?
00:01:36( belches )
00:01:38Two days, at least.
00:01:42The Romulan delegation has just arrived and they're going to be here at least two days while they study our intelligence reports on the Dominion.
00:01:50I want you to keep a close eye on the Klingons.
00:01:52We don't need any trouble right now.
00:01:54Understood.
00:01:56Let's go.
00:01:57Come on.
00:02:22Welcome to Deep Space 9. I'm Commander Sisko, and this is my first Officer, Major Kira.
00:02:29I am Ruwon. This is Karina.
00:02:32We are ready for your report on the Dominion.
00:02:34We have arranged quarters for you.
00:02:36I know it's been a long trip, so perhaps you'd like...
00:02:38We are not interested in your accommodations, Commander.
00:02:40We are here for your intelligence briefing-- nothing else.
00:02:47Very well.
00:02:48If you'll come this way.
00:02:59This will be the foul line.
00:03:01We need to put a marker here on the floor.
00:03:03I still don't see how this is going to help my business, Chief.
00:03:06No, that's not right. The number 20 needs to be at the top.
00:03:12Trust me, Quark. Darts and bars go together like bacon and eggs.
00:03:16At least people order bacon and eggs.
00:03:19In all the years I've been here, no one has ever come and asked to see the dart board.
00:03:23Trust me, they will.
00:03:25I just don't see the appeal of this game.
00:03:28No lasers, no holograms.
00:03:31Just steel tips and feathers.
00:03:34It's a game of skill, Quark. And it's not easy.
00:03:37Go ahead.
00:03:39Try and get one in the bull's-eye.
00:03:42( sighs )
00:03:44No!
00:03:49Now what if one of those darts had gotten into his eye?
00:03:52Do you realize I'd be liable for that?
00:03:54Do you know how much money an eye costs?
00:03:56You're not supposed to throw them like that.
00:03:59You throw them gently.
00:04:02One at a time.
00:04:04Like this.
00:04:09QUARK: Chief O'Brien. O'BRIEN: What is it, Quark?
00:04:12The Klingons just destroyed two of my holosuites.
00:04:14I need a maintenance crew immediately.
00:04:16Quark, this happens every time the Klingons come aboard the station.
00:04:19O'BRIEN: Why don't you just keep them out of the holosuites?
00:04:21Did you ever say no to a Klingon? Besides, they pay me double.
00:04:36Chief?
00:04:37Chief!
00:06:36Well, the pain you experienced appears to be a muscle spasm caused by a sudden decrease in your serum calcium levels.
00:06:43It's a common side effect of radiation poisoning.
00:06:46I'm giving you some asinolyathin for the pain.
00:06:49What about the vision I had?
00:06:52Well, mild hallucinations are also a fairly common side effect of radiation poisoning.
00:06:57It was anything but mild.
00:06:59I really felt I was standing on the Promenade watching myself talking to Quark.
00:07:05What was the conversation about?
00:07:08He was complaining about some Klingons.
00:07:10He said they'd damaged two of his holosuites.
00:07:13Well, you do have one problem.
00:07:16If all you can hallucinate about is Quark's maintenance problems, you have a sadly deficient fantasy life.
00:07:21( chuckles )
00:07:22Well, thank you for your professional opinion.
00:07:25Oh, any time. My doors are always open to you, Chief.
00:07:30RUWON: The Dominion represents the greatest threat to the Alpha Quadrant in the last century.
00:07:35We need more information on its military capabilities.
00:07:38How many ships do they have?
00:07:39Where are they deployed?
00:07:41What are their plans for the future?
00:07:43Are they planning an attack?
00:07:44We don't know any of that yet.
00:07:46You have one of Founders of the Dominion on this very station.
00:07:49He should be able to tell us everything we need to know about their intentions.
00:07:53Odo is not one of the Founders.
00:07:55Your own reports indicate that a group of changelings are the real source of power behind the Dominion.
00:08:00KIRA: Yes. And Odo is a changeling.
00:08:02But he's not one of the Founders.
00:08:04I fail to see the distinction.
00:08:06Odo made a conscious choice to stay here with us.
00:08:10He has no loyalties to the Dominion and he has no information about their plans.
00:08:15We find that hard to believe.
00:08:17It's the truth, whether you choose to believe it or not.
00:08:32Commander, we allowed you to place one of our cloaking devices on the Defiant in exchange for information regarding the Dominion.
00:08:41Now you have the cloaking device, and we have very little.
00:08:45KARINA: We shouldn't have to remind you of the importance both our governments place on continuing to carry out this agreement.
00:08:52It's the first treaty between Romulus and the Federation in many years.
00:08:57I'm aware of that, and I'm willing to cooperate with you in any way I can.
00:09:01Very well, then.
00:09:03We want to see every piece of information
00:09:05Starfleet has on the Dominion, no matter how insignificant.
00:09:08That includes any classified reports you may have made to Starfleet Command.
00:09:12I'll have to clear that with Starfleet.
00:09:14Then do it.
00:09:29QUARK: Chief O'Brien.
00:09:31What is it, Quark?
00:09:33The Klingons just destroyed two of my holosuites.
00:09:35I need a maintenance crew immediately.
00:09:37Quark, we go through this every time Klingons come aboard the station.
00:09:42Why don't you ju...?
00:09:49I think my holosuites can wait.
00:09:52It looks like you have bigger problems.
00:10:01I went over the internal sensor logs and I did find evidence of a minor temporal disturbance in Quark's and another one later, on the Promenade.
00:10:08Both disturbances happened at about the same time as the Chief's experiences.
00:10:13So, it would seem that you did travel into the future and then returned to the same moment that you left.
00:10:20Have you any idea what might have caused this time shift?
00:10:24Not yet.
00:10:26I want to go over the medical scans Julian took of you earlier.
00:10:30That dose of ionizing radiation you received might have something to do with it.
00:10:34How? I'm not sure, but it's a good place to start.
00:10:38I have heard a couple of theories that ambient low-level radiation could have a temporal...
00:10:42( people shouting )
00:10:48( glass shattering )
00:11:09Look out!
00:11:12DAX: ...effect on radioactive isotopes.
00:11:14( O'Brien thuds to ground )
00:11:17Chief!
00:11:20Mr. O'Brien.
00:11:30I ran a microcellular scan and detected minute damage to his cerebrospinal nerve cells which might have been caused by the time-shifting.
00:11:36Can you repair it? Yes.
00:11:38But the effect is cumulative. If you keep time-shifting, there may come a point where the damage becomes irreparable.
00:11:42Eventually, it might even kill you.
00:11:44( sighs ) SISKO: Don't worry, Chief--
00:11:46Dax is using every scanner on the station to hunt for any temporal abnormalities.
00:11:50Well, if anyone can find the cause of the time shifts, it's Dax.
00:11:55Chief, do you have any idea of how far into the future you traveled?
00:11:59No, sir. There was nothing to indicate that it was today, tomorrow, next week.
00:12:05Well, this conference with the Romulans is not supposed to last longer than three days.
00:12:10In the meantime, I'll have Odo tighten security around Quark's.
00:12:14How are you feeling, Chief?
00:12:15Better. Good.
00:12:16Commander, may I speak with you for a minute?
00:12:19Of course.
00:12:25The Romulans want to debrief everyone who was on the Defiant when it was captured by the Founders. They're also still not happy with the sensor information collected by the Defiant, so they want unrestricted access to the Defiant
00:12:37and they also want complete access to all our personal logs.
00:12:40Personal logs are out of the question, but they can have limited access to the Defiant.
00:12:44I'll let them debrief us as well. ( exasperated sigh )
00:12:47I know they're pushing us, Major, but consider their position.
00:12:51There have never been any Romulan ships in the Gamma Quadrant so they've never encountered the Dominion.
00:12:55So they're completely dependent on us for information.
00:12:58Well, then maybe they should send their own ships through the wormhole and find out for themselves.
00:13:01The Romulans generally prefer to sit back and pull the strings from a distance, if they can.
00:13:06This is one puppet who doesn't like her strings pulled.
00:13:08I know, but like Ruwon said, they've lived up to their part of the bargain.
00:13:12We have to do everything we can to live up to ours.
00:13:14All right, I'll draw up a schedule of interviews and I'll tell everyone to cooperate.
00:13:18And, Major, when you're with the Romulans try to be diplomatic.
00:13:23I'm always diplomatic.
00:13:26That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard, and I resent the implication.
00:13:31You seem very agitated for someone who's proclaiming her innocence.
00:13:34Indeed, your emotional state would seem to indicate that our theory is correct and you did abandon the Defiant prematurely when it was attacked by the Jem'Hadar.
00:13:42( sighs )
00:13:47When the Defiant was attacked,
00:13:49Odo and I were trapped below decks.
00:13:52There was a hand-to-hand fight in the corridor.
00:13:54I was wounded, and I lost consciousness.
00:13:57When I came to, Odo had already put me aboard the shuttle, and we'd escaped.
00:14:01I did not abandon the ship prematurely.
00:14:06Why didn't Odo try to help the rest of the Defiant's crew?
00:14:09Well, I'm sure he wanted to, but there was no way to get to the Bridge, and...
00:14:13Why were you in Odo's quarters when the ship was attacked?
00:14:16We were talking.
00:14:18About what?
00:14:19It's personal.
00:14:20Do you often have personal talks with the changeling?
00:14:24What business is that of yours?
00:14:27We're trying to determine the nature of your relationship.
00:14:30You are the only member of the Defiant's crew who was not taken prisoner. Why?
00:14:35Did the Founders believe Odo would react badly if you were harmed?
00:14:39Did they think you held some kind of attraction to him?
00:14:42Has Odo ever shown any kind of physical interest in you, Major?
00:14:49That's it. You can rip the cloaking device out of the Defiant right now!
00:14:54I am not answering any more questions.
00:14:57And I suggest you avoid asking Odo those questions or you may just find yourself on the other side of that bulkhead, floating home.
00:15:18There. That's the game.
00:15:20Had enough? One more.
00:15:23Chief, that's the tenth game we've played in a row.
00:15:27Nothing's happening here and I don't think anything is going to happen.
00:15:29By telling us about the fight, you have changed the future.
00:15:32Security's here, and Quark says he won't let the Klingons back in the bar.
00:15:35There is not going to be a fight.
00:15:38I know, I know, but...
00:15:41I've seen it, and I can't shake the feeling that it's going to happen despite our precautions.
00:15:47Something about the way things look, the number of people.
00:15:50There's something a little too familiar about everything.
00:15:53All right, if it makes you feel any better,
00:15:56I'll beat you at another ten games.
00:15:59But I can't help getting the feeling...
00:16:00( loud laughter )
00:16:04Ach'cho korvak bataH!
00:16:05Karagh, abeH.
00:16:07( laughter continues )
00:16:13You said you weren't going to let the Klingons back in the bar!
00:16:16I didn't.
00:16:17They were in the holosuites.
00:16:19Besides, now they're paying me triple.
00:16:27( chuckling )
00:16:37Who let these filthy pahtk in here?
00:16:39Maybe we should show them the way out.
00:16:45And then...
00:16:46What's his name? Ruwon?
00:16:49Ruwon started to insinuate that... you were...
00:16:54That I was what?
00:16:55Interested in me. He said that?
00:16:59Have you ever heard anything more...
00:17:01Ridiculous! Exactly.
00:17:02Quark to Security.
00:17:04I've got a fight on my hands.
00:17:05They're tearing my place apart.
00:17:10( people yelling )
00:17:29Watch the Romulan!
00:17:32All right, that's enough!
00:17:34Get back! Come on!
00:17:38ODO: Move it. Move it.
00:17:39Let's go. Come on now.
00:17:48Miles?
00:17:50( gasps ) ( groaning )
00:18:15Chief. It's all right.
00:18:18You collapsed outside Quark's about an hour ago.
00:18:21You're going to be fine.
00:18:22No, I'm not.
00:18:25In a few hours, I'm going to be dead.
00:18:35This is the panel I saw myself open.
00:18:37It looked like a phaser or high-energy laser came out of the bulkhead.
00:18:42Nothing on the tricorder.
00:18:44Just the standard conduits and power juncture ports.
00:18:47If there is something dangerous in there, it could be cloaked or have some dampening field around it.
00:18:53If you gentlemen will step down the corridor
00:18:55I'll open the panel and take a look.
00:18:57Don't worry. I'll be careful.
00:19:24It's all right.
00:19:25Nothing.
00:19:27You're sure this is the right panel?
00:19:30Absolutely.
00:19:32Believe me, I've a pretty vivid memory of the whole thing.
00:19:36( sighs ) Well... since it appears that your first two time jumps each moved you to about five hours into the future, we could also assume that the incident you saw in this corridor moved you to about five hours into the future.
00:19:50ODO: That means someone will place a device in this panel in the next few hours.
00:19:55All these quarters are vacant at the moment.
00:19:58There are no vital power conduits in this area.
00:20:01No crucial defense systems.
00:20:03Why would someone want to booby-trap a wall panel here?
00:20:06I suggest we place a surveillance device in this corridor.
00:20:11If anyone attempts to tamper with the panel, we'll be able to detect it.
00:20:15Dax to Sisko.
00:20:17Sisko here. Go ahead, Lieutenant.
00:20:19Benjamin, can you come to Ops?
00:20:21I think I've found a clue to Chief O'Brien's time-shifting.
00:20:25We're on our way.
00:20:26Keep me informed.
00:20:32DAX: I've been scanning the area around the station out to a radius of two kilometers.
00:20:36I didn't find anything at first.
00:20:38Then I started to scan some of the lower subspace bandwidths.
00:20:42I found traces of low-level tetryon emissions.
00:20:45I've never seen an emission pattern like that outside of a neutron star.
00:20:49Or a quantum singularity.
00:20:50And singularities are known to send out waves of temporal displacement.
00:20:54But if there is a singularity nearby, why can't we find it?
00:20:57It should also be affecting the gravimetric field signatures.
00:21:00I don't know. Maybe it's buried so far down in the subspace layers that we can't detect it.
00:21:06Assuming for the moment that a singularity is responsible, how do we combat its effects on the Chief?
00:21:12Temporal displacement caused by a quantum singularity most commonly affects delta-series radioisotopes, which is exactly what the Chief absorbed during the conduit breach.
00:21:22So you're saying that it could be pulling O'Brien's body like a magnet?
00:21:25Exactly. I think I may know a way to neutralize the remaining radioisotopes in your body.
00:21:31DAX: Without the radiation, the temporal displacement might stop.
00:21:35It's going to take time. You may experience one or two more time shifts before I can complete the process.
00:21:40When can we start?
00:21:42Right away.
00:21:49Keep trying to pinpoint the singularity.
00:21:51If it is out there, we need to locate it and find a way to get rid of it. Right.
00:21:58I wanted to let you know I moved the Romulans to different quarters.
00:22:02Oh? It's the replicators again.
00:22:04I assigned a maintenance crew. But in the meantime,
00:22:05I moved the entire Romulan delegation to section 47, level 2 in the Habitat Ring.
00:22:11Section 47?
00:22:12Yes. Is something wrong? The wall panel where O'Brien saw himself being killed is right outside those quarters.
00:22:19( sighs )
00:22:20Which means either the Romulans are going to put a device in the bulkhead themselves or someone else will possibly to be used against the Romulans.
00:22:30Should I move them to other quarters?
00:22:31No. That'll warn whoever is responsible.
00:22:34But inform Odo of the change in quarters.
00:22:38He already has that corridor under surveillance.
00:22:41Let's see how this thing plays out before we make any further moves.
00:22:51You have something, Constable?
00:22:53Someone has planted a class-3 surveillance device behind the wall panel we've been monitoring.
00:22:59Were you able to see who it was?
00:23:01No, we've been monitoring the corridor constantly for the past three hours.
00:23:06No one's come anywhere near the panel.
00:23:08However, sensors did detect a low-energy transporter beam a short time ago.
00:23:16They beamed the device directly into the wall.
00:23:21That's a delicate piece of transporter work.
00:23:24Yes, it is.
00:23:26We haven't been able to trace the beam to its point of origin, but since there aren't any ships nearby,
00:23:32I believe it originated on the station.
00:23:35Any suspects?
00:23:37Since it appears to be a device intended to conduct covert surveillance of the Romulans, my leading suspects would be the Klingons.
00:23:46Do you have any evidence besides the fact that Klingons hate Romulans?
00:23:49Well, not yet, but don't worry.
00:23:51I plan to investigate the Klingons the Bajorans, Quark, the visiting Terrellians...
00:23:58You think Quark had something to do with this?
00:24:02I always investigate Quark.
00:24:12Looks like you're going to cheat death, after all.
00:24:14Round about this time, you saw yourself being killed.
00:24:19I feel like someone just walked over my grave.
00:24:21I mean, I've had a few brushes with death in my career, but there was something about watching myself being killed-- of feeling my own neck for a pulse that wasn't there.
00:24:33Well, could have been worse.
00:24:36Could have been me.
00:24:38( chuckles )
00:24:39Here you are, gentlemen.
00:24:42And how is DS9's most famous fortune teller?
00:24:46Don't call me that.
00:24:48I haven't told anyone's fortune.
00:24:50Oh, just a figure of speech.
00:24:53On the other hand, if you should find yourself in the future again, and you find yourself passing by the dabo table, would it really hurt to take a look at the numbers coming up on the wheel?
00:25:07I could make it worth your while.
00:25:10Let's get out of here.
00:25:15Just a thought.
00:25:19Can you believe that? I'm being pulled into the future, and all he can think about is...
00:25:57Chief!
00:25:59Oh, am I glad to see you.
00:26:01What the hell happened to me, Julian?
00:26:03It was the, the radiation.
00:26:06I didn't realize it had damaged the basilar arteries in your brain stem until it was too late. Well, why not?
00:26:10It didn't show up on any of the diagnostics.
00:26:13I couldn't tell what had happened until I was doing the autopsy.
00:26:15Autopsy.
00:26:17I just finished doing it a few moments ago.
00:26:19Do you want me to show you the results?
00:26:21No, no, no! That's, that's all right.
00:26:24Now, look, when you go back to the past, ask me to perform a basilar arterial scan, and since you're going five hours back into the past
00:26:31I should have enough time to find the damage and repair it before... this happens.
00:26:37Right.
00:26:41How could you just let me die?
00:26:45I didn't just let you die.
00:26:47I did everything I could to keep you alive for over an hour, but your body just gave up.
00:26:51Gave up?
00:26:54I'm sorry, Chief. But there comes a point when the human body just gives up.
00:26:59Yeah, well, maybe my Doctor wasn't...
00:27:02Bashir to Infirmary.
00:27:04I need a nurse and an emergency medkit here immediately.
00:27:08We finally were able to localize the transporter beam and trace it back to this location.
00:27:14These quarters have been vacant for weeks.
00:27:16Somehow they overrode the security lock on the door to gain access.
00:27:21So, what did they do? Bring in a portable transporter and beam the surveillance equipment into the bulkhead?
00:27:27That was my first thought, but then I realized that a portable transporter is a rather large and bulky piece of equipment to be carrying around the halls.
00:27:37That's true. So... then I began thinking about... the replicator.
00:27:49Ah... they realigned the matter-energy conversion matrix.
00:27:54Turning it into a small transporter-- a very sophisticated, very professional job.
00:28:02So now we know how they did it.
00:28:04The next question is who.
00:28:05I think I have the answer to that as well.
00:28:12Now, this device is manufactured on Davlos III-- a planet on the Klingon border.
00:28:18ODO: In fact, Davlos does over 90 percent of its trade with the Klingon Empire.
00:28:22Oh, that's still very little evidence to make an arrest.
00:28:26Yes, it is, but then I contacted a friend at Starfleet Intelligence who used to be assigned to the Federation Embassy on the Klingon Homeworld.
00:28:36He put me in contact with a former Klingon operative who is out of favor with the current administration.
00:28:43This former operative sent me a series of reports...
00:28:46Odo... cut to the chase.
00:28:48The three Klingons now on the station are part of a covert strike force that reports directly to the Klingon High Council.
00:28:58Why didn't you just say so?
00:29:00Well, sometimes I have to remind you just how good I am.
00:29:04Mm. So, Gowron sent our three friends here and they're conducting surveillance on the Romulan delegation. Why?
00:29:12Are they here to kill them? Possibly.
00:29:15It's also possible that this is just a routine intelligence- gathering operation.
00:29:19The high-energy laser that killed O'Brien is simply a booby trap to prevent someone from tampering with the device.
00:29:27It's not meant for assassination.
00:29:29Well, in either case, I think we have enough evidence to at least hold the Klingons for questioning, don't you?
00:29:35Absolutely. And I think I can question them until the Romulan delegation leaves the station.
00:29:41Just be careful.
00:29:44Commander, there is no careful way to question a Klingon.
00:29:54I have... I haven't given up.
00:29:56( panting )
00:29:58I won't give up.
00:30:00It's all right, Chief.
00:30:01You're okay.
00:30:05No, I'm not.
00:30:09You need to run a basilar arterial scan.
00:30:13Why?
00:30:14Because if you don't,
00:30:16I'm going to die in less than five hours.
00:30:19Who told you that?
00:30:21You did.
00:30:24In the future.
00:30:26Oh.
00:30:28Well, who am I to argue with me?
00:30:32Let me go!
00:30:34KLINGON: This is an outrage.
00:30:36We have done nothing.
00:30:40We will have our vengeance on all of you for this.
00:30:42You are treating us with dishonor.
00:30:45We have done nothing wrong.
00:30:47We take a very dim view of spies and saboteurs on this station.
00:30:51Now you slander us.
00:30:53When my family finds out what you have done, they will come here and kill you.
00:30:58I doubt that very much.
00:31:00The only people who will be coming here are your friends in Klingon Intelligence.
00:31:06And from what I understand, they don't like being embarrassed by operatives who fail in their missions.
00:31:13However, should you suddenly feel like cooperating,
00:31:17I may be persuaded to let you go without contacting your friends in Intelligence.
00:31:29Maybe.
00:31:44So how are you feeling, Chief?
00:31:46Better, sir.
00:31:48I've eliminated almost all the radioisotopes from his body.
00:31:51Have to wait a couple more hours before I give him the last treatment. But after that, there should be no more time-shifting.
00:31:58SISKO: What about the quantum singularity?
00:32:00We've been able to track it by using its tetryon emissions as a guide.
00:32:04It seems to be orbiting Deep Space 9 in a roughly elliptical fashion.
00:32:08At certain points in its orbit, the singularity radiates temporal energy at a specific wavelength.
00:32:14That seems to be what triggers my time shifts.
00:32:17Is there any way to break it out of its orbit and send it on its way?
00:32:19Well, we were hoping to station...
00:32:21( alarm blaring )
00:32:23O'BRIEN: Come on, come on. Hurry up.
00:32:24We don't have much time!
00:32:27Prepare to seal the hatch and release the docking clamps.
00:32:31MAN: Move quickly. Let's go.
00:32:34All the way back. Move quickly. Come on.
00:32:36Initiating emergency escape protocol.
00:32:40Hang on, I'm going to full impulse.
00:32:51Now what?
00:32:53You're here!
00:32:55Look, I don't know what happened.
00:32:57I was asleep in bed when the whole station was rocked by an explosion.
00:33:00Before I could get to Ops, the evacuation alarm sounded.
00:33:04And the com systems were down.
00:33:06O'BRIEN: I got as many people as I could in here.
00:33:09I don't know what happened to the others.
00:33:11When you go back, you have to find out what happened and stop it.
00:33:28My God!
00:33:34Chief, what's wrong?
00:33:38We've got a new problem, sir.
00:33:44Did you see anything from the runabout that would indicate how the station was destroyed?
00:33:49There were a series of explosions that rippled across the Habitat Ring.
00:33:54But it all happened so fast,
00:33:55I couldn't get a clear sense of exactly what was going on.
00:33:59Could you tell if you were looking at internal explosions, which might indicate some kind of sabotage or accident, or external explosions, which might indicate we were under attack?
00:34:08No. No, I'm not sure.
00:34:10Do you remember seeing any other ships nearby?
00:34:13No, but I had a very limited view of the area.
00:34:16Well, it looks like, at this point we can't rule anything out.
00:34:19Agreed.
00:34:22Make preparations to evacuate the station.
00:34:25Do it quietly.
00:34:27If the destruction of the station is the result of an attack or sabotage, we don't want to alarm our enemy and make him trigger events we're trying to avoid.
00:34:37Begin a complete systems check of everything on the station that could potentially cause this kind of explosion.
00:34:43Right.
00:34:44O'BRIEN: Commander... there might be another way to find out what's going on.
00:34:49If I could travel into the future again-- this time just before the destruction of DS9--
00:34:54I might be able to find out what's going to happen, then return to the present in time for us to prevent it from happening.
00:35:00If you could flood my body with high concentrations of delta-series radioisotopes, it might trigger a time shift into the future.
00:35:09Possibly, but those isotopes are toxic.
00:35:12It could cause permanent damage to your nervous system. It might even kill you.
00:35:16Well, if the future happens the way I saw it happen, a lot of people are going to get killed when the station explodes.
00:35:23It's a risk I'm willing to take.
00:35:24SISKO: Even if you're able to initiate a time jump, each time you traveled into the future, you've always gone five hours.
00:35:31How do you propose to shorten the length of a jump?
00:35:34Well, there might be a link between the temporal frequency of the singularity and the length of the time shift.
00:35:40We might be able to calibrate the decay constant of the isotope that we inject you with to match the frequency of the singularity.
00:35:49And with a few minor adjustments, we can control how far you jump into the future.
00:35:53Exactly.
00:35:56All right.
00:35:57But if you can't do it within two hours,
00:35:59I'm going to begin to evacuate the station.
00:36:02Understood.
00:36:11Now, when you activate this device, it'll inject you with a two-rad dose of delta isotopes.
00:36:16Now, if our calculations are right, that should put you about three hours into the future.
00:36:19What's the margin of error?
00:36:21Plus or minus half an hour, I'd say.
00:36:22But that's the best we could do.
00:36:24It's already set for the return trip.
00:36:26So all you have to do is activate it again to return to the present.
00:36:29Right. And remember, don't wait too long.
00:36:33Your body will be experiencing symptoms of severe radiation poisoning.
00:36:37If you don't get treatment, it will kill you.
00:36:39I won't forget.
00:36:41Good.
00:36:44Julian, there's a... a message in my quarters for Keiko if...
00:36:48I understand, Miles.
00:37:170200.
00:37:21That's three and a half hours into the future.
00:37:32Miles, Miles!
00:37:34Wake up! What?
00:37:37Computer, lights.
00:37:44Oh, no, not you again.
00:37:48What is it now? Listen to me.
00:37:51I've jumped ahead and seen your future.
00:37:53Don't ask me how, it'll take too long to explain.
00:37:58There's going to be a disaster.
00:38:00DS9 will be destroyed.
00:38:03Destroyed? How?
00:38:05I don't know. That's why I'm here.
00:38:07I have to find out what's going to happen and then travel back into the past and prevent it.
00:38:18You look pretty bad.
00:38:21It's the radiation.
00:38:23Well, if you feel bad and you're my past self, shouldn't I feel bad, too?
00:38:29BOTH: I hate temporal mechanics.
00:38:34Let's get down to Ops and see what's going on.
00:38:38( groaning )
00:38:42Help me up.
00:38:55Run a sensor sweep of the entire station.
00:38:57Look for anything that might indicate a...
00:39:00Report!
00:39:02A Romulan warbird just de-cloaked off of Lower Pylon 2.
00:39:04They've taken out our shield generators.
00:39:07On screen.
00:39:11Lock phasers and return fire.
00:39:14( groans )
00:39:15They've hit the fusion reactor.
00:39:17Main power's down.
00:39:18Defense systems off-line.
00:39:21Try to reroute phasers through the emergency power couplings.
00:39:27Miles, you've got your answer.
00:39:29The quantum singularity that's been orbiting the station-- it's the Romulans.
00:39:34Are you listening? The Romulans use a confined singularity to power their warp core.
00:39:39That's what we've been detecting.
00:39:41That's what's causing the time shifts.
00:39:43You must go back and tell them to put up the shields and stand by for an attack.
00:39:48I can't.
00:39:51I can't get through another shift.
00:39:53It's the radiation poisoning, it...
00:40:01You go.
00:40:03Just activate it.
00:40:05It's set for the return trip.
00:40:08Me?
00:40:09I don't belong there.
00:40:11I'm you... you're me...
00:40:14It does... doesn't matter.
00:40:16Just go.
00:40:19Go!
00:40:21( explosion )
00:40:39Chief! What happened?
00:40:43It worked.
00:40:45O'Brien to Sisko.
00:40:46SISKO: Go ahead, Chief.
00:40:48I've been to the future, Commander.
00:40:51The quantum singularity off the station is actually in the warp core of a cloaked Romulan warbird.
00:40:56They're going to de-cloak and fire on us in a matter of hours.
00:40:59Understood, Chief.
00:41:01Raise shields.
00:41:03Stand by weapons systems.
00:41:04I don't understand it.
00:41:07Your body should be flooded with delta-series radiation, but there's only a tiny amount in your tissues.
00:41:12Your metabolic readings are different.
00:41:14What happened?
00:41:16There's been a... a change.
00:41:23Uh... I really have nothing else to say.
00:41:27I think you're lying, Quark.
00:41:29About what part?
00:41:30All of it.
00:41:32Well, at least I'm consistent.
00:41:33( laughs )
00:41:35Quark, you can leave.
00:41:39Thank you.
00:41:45I know you have a cloaked warbird orbiting the station.
00:41:49And I know that you're planning an attack.
00:41:51At first, I couldn't understand why, and then I remembered what you said about the Dominion-- how they were the greatest threat to the Alpha Quadrant in the last century.
00:42:00If you really believed that, then the only way you could ever be truly safe from the Dominion would be to collapse the wormhole.
00:42:06But you knew we wouldn't just sit by and watch while you did it.
00:42:10So you had to destroy the station, too.
00:42:12That way, there'd be no witnesses.
00:42:14Everyone would assume that Deep Space 9 was destroyed by what appeared to be the accidental collapse of the wormhole.
00:42:22An interesting... theory, Commander.
00:42:26But that's all it is, a theory.
00:42:29That's right. But I'll tell you what's not a theory.
00:42:33We tracked the tetryon emissions back to your warbird and I have about 50 photon torpedoes locked onto it right now.
00:42:52I think it's time we left.
00:42:54I couldn't agree more.
00:42:56Constable, will you please escort our... guests to the nearest transporter room?
00:43:02If you'll come with me.
00:43:20So you're telling me that you remember playing this game with me in the future?
00:43:24Right.
00:43:26All right, what am I going to hit?
00:43:3120, outer ring.
00:43:39Why, that's remarkable.
00:43:40It's also a little disturbing.
00:43:42I have this nagging feeling that I don't really belong here.
00:43:46This isn't really my life.
00:43:48You know, maybe this life belongs to that other Miles O'Brien.
00:43:52Listen, Chief, whether you are living in the past or the present, you are Miles O'Brien. The only difference is, you have a few memories the other one didn't have.
00:44:00Well, I think I'll go to bed.
00:44:04I'm still kind of tired.
00:44:05Now, that sounds like a good idea.
00:44:10Quark.
00:44:13Dabo.
00:44:14Dabo?
00:44:16PLAYERS: Dabo!
00:44:17( excited cheering )
00:44:21Wait, Chief, wait!
00:44:24( laughs )