Stardate not given: After the death of the Bajoran Prime Minister, Kai Winn is appointed his duties and is going to be formally elected. Winn calls Kira to help her retrieve soil reclamators from a group of stubborn farmers in Kira's home province Dakhur. Among them is Shakaar Edon who led Kira's resistance cell during the Cardassian occupation. But Shakaar refuses to give the reclamators back that he thinks are more urgently needed to feed his people than to produce for export in the Rakantha province. When Winn sends troops to arrest Shakaar, Kira joins his group and hides in the mountains for weeks. They finally agree to a cease-fire with General Lenaris Holem. Lenaris takes the pair to Winn's office where Shakaar announces that he would run for prime minister. Winn recognizes that it would be better to step down from the election, having no chance against the popular Shakaar.

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