Stardate 48481.2: After beaming down from the Defiant to Earth, Dax, Bashir and O'Brien find themselves in the San Francisco of the year 2024. The two seemingly homeless men are taken to a so-called "Sanctuary District", while Jadzia is picked up by Chris Brynner, a 21st century yuppie. Sisko realizes that he and Bashir have arrived just before the Bell Riots, in which desperate homeless people would take hostages. Their lives would be saved by the sacrifice of a man named Gabriel Bell. But Gabriel Bell is killed prematurely as a result of Sisko's and Bashir's presence in that time. As the riots begin, Sisko joins the crowd, pretending to be Gabriel Bell. In the meantime, Kira and O'Brien find out that the accident happened because chronitons in the hull, stemming from the Defiant's cloaking device, interfered with the transporter. They repeatedly attempt to find the time to which the three officers have traveled. Negotiating with a police official, Sisko/Bell and Webb, the other sensible leader of the insurgents, voice their demand that the Sanctuary Districts be abandoned. By restoring their computer access Dax and Brynner help spreading the message, but the governor orders the police to end the riot with violence. Kira and O'Brien finally locate Dax, but when a SWAT team storms the building, Webb is killed and Sisko is wounded when he jumps into the line of fire to save a hostage. Yet, this outcome resets the normal course of history, the only difference being that Sisko's picture is now in the historical databases, labeled as "Gabriel Bell".

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