Odo is summoned to a meeting by Gul Rusol, one of his Cardassian informants. He is initially suspicious given the rumours that Rusol was killed
when Cardassian joined the Dominion -- and his fears were well-founded, for waiting at the arranged meeting place is none other than Weyoun. Odo
is stunned when Weyoun offers himself to Odo as a prisoner: he's defecting the Federation.
He is the sixth incarnation of Weyoun, activated when Weyoun #5 (who we've been dealing with from season five's Ties of Blood and Water onward)
was mysteriously killed in a transporter accident. But this new clone gradually began to see that the war with the Federation is wrong and decided to
defect. Considered a "defective" clone, another Weyoun clone was activated -- and this Weyoun, along with Damar, is doing everything in his power
to stop his predecessor from reaching the Federation. Weyoun #7 realises that he must be stopped as he has too much sensitive information that
Starfleet cannot be given, but he has a problem -- to kill Weyoun #6 means to kill Odo, and Odo is a Founder. The Jem'Hadar will never fire on a
Founder, but Damar suggests that they need not know Odo is aboard. They dispatch the Jem'Hadar to intercept and destroy Odo's runabout.
Meanwhile, Weyoun #6 informs Odo that an illness has infected the Great Link -- the Founders are dying. Odo is devastated by this, but Weyoun
assures him that he will be the last of his kind and destined to take over and reform the Dominion. He will bring peace to the Alpha Quadrant and
lead the Dominion into a bold new era. The Jem'Hadar warships intercept the runabout, which Odo pilots into a meteor belt where they successfully
hide for a time. But once they are found by the Jem'Hadar, Weyoun contacts Weyoun #7 and Damar and tells him to call off the attack, and he
activates his self-termination device, sacrificing his own life to save Odo's. The enemy ships withdraw and Weyoun dies in the arms of his god. Back
on DS9, Odo tells Kira what has happened, how his people are dying. Kira gently points out that in spite of all else, they are the enemy, waging a
bloody war against the Federation. Odo knows this, but realises that in the end, whichever side wins, he is going to lose.
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Synopsis written by Scott Andresson
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