Stardate: 46922.3. Out of nowhere the entire station's command staff, apart from Odo, become power hungry and vie to defeat each other by forming secret alliances and plotting assassinations. Needless to say, Odo tries to figure out how this mysterious behavior was influenced.

Stardate: 47177.2. Political heat rises on the station as Bajorans enter the station with orphaned Cardassians they have adopted.

Stardate: Unknown. Vedek Bareil is targeted by fellow Kai candidate Vedek Winn as having been a collaborator with the Cardassians during the Occupation.

Stardate: Unknown. The Trill homeworld is the setting, as Sisko and Bashir take Jadzia home for treatment when she begins experiencing hallucinations after playing a tune she can't recall.

Stardate: 48467.3. Thomas Riker, impersonating Will Riker, steals the Defiant in order to fight with the Maquis. Sisko assist Gul Dukat on Cardassia Prime in stopping the ship entering Cardassian territory.

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko rebuilds an ancient Bajoran space vessel from the blueprints, and he and Jake take the ship on a trip, attempting to prove that the ancient Bajorans went beyond their solar system without warp drive.

Stardate: Unknown. Dax asks the crew to join her Zhian'tara ritual. The memories of her former hosts will take over their bodies. Nog is preparing for Starfleet Academy.