Stardate not given: When Major Kira examines obviously feigned evidence that she was in the labor camp of Elemspur, she is kidnapped and taken to Cardassia. She looks into a mirror and is horrified to find that her face is now Cardassian! The Cardassian official Entek tells her that she is really Iliana Ghemor, who once agreed to infiltrate the Bajoran Resistance with the stolen identity and transplanted memories of a captured Bajoran woman named Kira Nerys. Her alleged father Tekeny Ghemor arrives and is disappointed that none of his daughter's Cardassian memories has resurfaced yet. On Deep Space 9, Odo suspects that Kira has been abducted by the Obsidian Order, the Cardassian secret service. He and Sisko have Garak join them to locate Kira on Cardassia. In the meantime, Kira/Iliana is presented a cryogenically conserved body said to be the real Kira Nerys. She is also repeatedly interviewed by Entek, until Ghemor finally sympathizes with her obstinacy and says that he will agree to her leaving Cardassia. Ghemor reveals that he is a dissident. That was the information Entek was only aiming for, and he orders Obsidian Order agents to arrest Ghemor. But Sisko, Odo and Garak appear, with Garak killing Entek. On Deep Space 9 Bashir confirms that Kira is really Bajoran. Ghemor, however, confesses that unless he finds his real daughter, Kira is the closest to a family that is left to him.

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