They aren't messing around with this Dominion War stuff. I don't really have a problem with them skipping 3 months into the future (presumably that is about how long the original break would have been) but it would have been nice to see a bit about how Jake's stay on the station began. Also for as much as the war isn't going well, it seems unlikely the Dominion can hold out longer than it's supply of ketracel white. But does the Federation actually know that he supply of white is limited? It doesn't seem like they are all that worried that the Jem'Hadar will rebel and seize the supply of white, but maybe they try to keep its origin a secret from the Jem'Hadar?
We begin on the Defiant which is part of a small, heavily damaged fleet of Federation ships. The mood isn't great on the ship with Garak and Julian discussing how unlikely it is they will survive. Garak also clearly resents Julians genetically enhanced intellect. They meet up with Martok's ship and Dax gets to spend some time with Worf after they resolve the crisis of when the sacrifice the targ at their wedding. On the station Dukat is enjoying some gloating and is really not in the mood to be reminded by Weyoun that he actually works for the Dominion, not the other way around. Weyoun is disappointed that the wormhole is still mined and reminds Dukat of how terrible it would be if the supply of white were to run out. Cut to Sisko getting called into an admirals office to have command of the Defiant taken away from him.
Joseph Sisko gets some time to scold Ben for leaving Jake behind so we next get to see Jake is doing alright on the station. He is disappointed to learn his reports to the Federation haven't been going out. Weyoun tells him he will think about it if the reports are less biased against the Dominion. Back to Ben he is given command of his new ship, a captured Jem'Hadar ship! Since they are going into Cardassian space the crew is joined again by Garak. After spending a few weeks getting ready they head out on their secret mission. And of course the first thing that happens is they run into a Federation ship run by a friend of Ben's and the comms are down so they fight for a bit but are saved by other Jem'Hadar ships. Sisko keeps getting headaches from the head mounted display on the bridge so Garak offers to take on that role when they aren't in danger which Ben happily agrees with.
Their secret mission turns out to be destroying the supply depot for ketracel white in the alpha quadrant. The plan is to beam down empty containers of white for restocking but to hide a powerful bomb in one of the. They get cleared to approach and send down their cargo, but something goes wrong, the depots shields go up trapping them inside with the bomb. They come up with some sort of silly plan to blow the shields as the bomb goes off but before they can try it the bomb goes off early. They survive, but their computer core is shot which apparently means no warp engines.
Review: The Dominion War plot is paying off just as well as I remembered. Seeing how it affects all the characters differently is really enjoyable. Can't wait to see how the white shortage will make the Dominion more desperate.
8 out of 10
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