Stardate: 49904.2. A renegade group of Jem'Hadar plunders Deep Space Nine. Sisko agrees to a combat operation with loyal Jem'Hadar to prevent the renegades completing a planetary gateway.

Stardate: 51145.3. Odo finds his priorities at odds with Kira's resistance efforts when the Female Changeling comes to him and offers to guide him in learning about the Great Link.

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko's crew is diverted to the front lines, where, alongside war-torn Starfleet officers, they must make a stand against a Jem'Hadar assault.