Stardate not given: The Jem'Hadar have almost completely wiped out the Maquis who were fighting against the Cardassians. Yet, Sisko receives a message that the Maquis have launched a series of missiles against the Cardassians as a final retaliation. In order to stop the missiles, Sisko takes the reluctant Michael Eddington into the war zone where they have to evade two Jem'Hadar vessels. Eddington final gives in to Sisko's demand and leads the captain to Athos IV. After fending off two Jem'Hadar soldiers they don't find any weapons but a few Maquis survivors among many corpses. Eddington introduces Sisko to his wife Rebecca. The message about the missiles was a trick by Rebecca to let her husband know that she has safely arrived on Athos. But when the Jem'Hadar advance toward the hiding place, Eddington is wounded. He stays behind to provide coverage and is killed while valiantly battling the attackers.

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