When a runabout's warp drive did not completely shut down as it entered the wormhole, Kira and Bashir are rerouted to another path generated by the previous travelers' interference. When they come out, they find the station operating under its Cardassian name Terok Nor. There, Intendent Kira Nerys commands the station with first officer Garak and Klingon warriors by her side. The real Kira encounters the iron-fisted tyrant while Bashir is immediately sent to slave labor. Sisko and O'Brien also exist in this universe, as slaves under the dictatorship of Kira. Kira and Bashir meet treachery at every turn, and they can only play along until they find their way out.

Credits: Teleplayby Peter Allan Fields and Michael Piller Story by Peter Allan Fields Directed by David Livingston Music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Andrew Robinson (Garak), John Cothran Jr. (Telok), Stephen Gevedon (Klingon #1), Jack R. Orden (Human), Dennis Madalone (Marauder)