After discovering a colony in the Gamma Quadrant, Dax and Odo investigate the mysterious disappearance of several colonists. Back on the station Vedek Bareil visits Kira, and Jake gets a job with Chief O'Brien.

When a damaged Cardassian ship shows up near DS9, Quark is unexpectedly reunited with his lost Cardassian love, who is now a member of the Cardassian dissident movement.