Kira and O'Brien attempt the rescue of Li Nalas, a Bajoran resistance hero, from a Cardassian prison colony, but he finds it difficult to adapt to life in the public eye.
Major Kira is relieved of her post on Deep Space Nine, and hopes to discover herself at Vedek Bariel's monastery. But when she is captured by a rogue Bajoran group that is planning a coup, Kira makes a disturbing discovery about her planet's leaders.
A small team of station personnel remain on DS9 after a station-wide evacuation, in an attempt to wrestle control of the station from the Bajoran coup. Kira and Dax try to reach the Bajoran government with evidence of the Cardassians' involvement.
DS9 is visited by a Starfleet scientist who grew up on a low-gravity planet, leaving her handicapped in normal gravity. Bashir takes a liking to her, and offers her the chance to leave her wheelchair behind forever.
An assault on Quark sparks an investigation that brings up memories of Odo's first murder investigation years ago, when the station was occupied by the Cardassians.
The station becomes home to a massive number of Skrreean refugees fleeing persecution in the Gamma Quadrant -- and who have become convinced that Bajor is their prophesied new home.
Quark's monopoly on the local gambling scene is challenged by Martus, an El-Aurian con man who has acquired a unique gaming device. The station's inhabitants suffer from unexplained waves of good and back luck.
Bashir and O'Brien help the T'Lani to destroy their supply of a catastrophic bio-mechanical weapon following a newly-declared peace, only to find themselves on the run when the entire science team is killed.
Chief O'Brien returns to Deep Space Nine following an assignment, and is forced to flee the station when he is convinced that everyone he knows has turned against him.
Sisko and O'Brien are stranded on a planet where the leader of the local colony is driven by her anti-technology philosophy -- and demands that they stay.
Dax and Odo discover a world in the Gamma Quadrant whose inhabitants are slowly vanishing -- and learn that the colony's true nature is not what it appears to be.
An old flame of Quark's -- a Cardassian revolutionary -- is forced to return to DS9, pursued by the military that she and her "students" are working to overthrow.
Three legendary Klingon warriors meet Dax for a final, glorious mission to take vengeance on an old enemy. But with their friend Kurzon dead, the Klingons are not eager to accept Jadzia.
The wormhole throws Kira and Bashir into an alternate universe, where the Klingons and Cardassians are allies and Kira's corrupt twin rules the station with an iron fist.
On the eve of Bajor's election of the next Kai, Vedek Bareil is accused of collaborating with the Cardassians during the occupation and betraying over 40 people to their deaths.
Chief O'Brien is seized by the Cardassian government and put on trial for attempting to smuggle weapons to the Maquis -- but his verdict has already been determined.
On a school expedition to the Gamma Quadrant with Jake and Nog, Sisko and Quark are taken captive by a hostile warrior species who serve the Dominion, a powerful group that is assessing the Alpha Quadrant's threat to their interests.
