Stardate: 49263.5. A damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'hadar ships inside a gas giant.

Stardate: Unknown. O'Brien tries to re-integrate to life on the station after serving 20 years in a virtual prison.

Stardate: 50049.3. The crew is forced to retreat in a crashed Jem'Hadar ship after an attack by the Jem'Hadar. They get the feeling there's something very important about this ship.