star trek deep space nine season 2 episode 11

Reluctantly, Kira allows Borum and the others to sacrifice themselves in order to save Li.īack on the station, Li is given medical attention while Kira inadvertently steps in on a message from Cardassian leader Gul Dukat. Borum orders Kira to take Li back to Bajor and insists that he and three other prisoners will hold off the Cardassian troops. Li is hit, and the group makes the grim realization that they cannot escape with all of the other prisoners. The group prepares to leave as Cardassian guards come at them with phasers blazing. His friend Borum reveals that he smuggled the earring out in order to get Li rescued. Li is confused, unsure why these strangers have come for him. Kira flirts with an overseer in order to get inside the prison forcefield, then she and O'Brien make a surprise assault and get to the prisoners.

However, Sisko is unwilling to bend, so Kira reluctantly agrees and the two head off.Īfter near-detection by the Cardassian forces, Kira and O'Brien land inside a prison camp where Bajorans break rocks in the sun. At first, Kira objects, worried that the presence of a Federation officer will only complicate things. With this in mind, and with encouragement from Dax, Sisko agrees to let Kira have the Runabout on one condition - O'Brien must accompany her on her mission into Cardassian territory. Sisko is troubled by this reminder that tensions on Bajor are definitely growing. Graffiti bearing the insignia of 'The Circle,' an extremist group that wants to rid Bajor of all non-Bajorans, has appeared around the station. Sisko is skeptical about the dangerous mission, but promises to think about it, when Odo and O'Brien approach Sisko with another problem. She asks Sisko for a Runabout to rescue Li, telling him that Li is exactly the sort of leader the increasingly factionalized Bajoran people need. Li has been missing and presumed dead, but the earring indicates that he is alive, and Kira believes it was smuggled out as a cry for help. She immediately recognizes the earring as that of Li Nalas, who according to legend is the greatest Bajoran resistance fighter ever. Synopsis Kira is intrigued when Quark presents her with an earring he claims was delivered from Cardassia IV. Writer(s): Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr The Homecoming Series: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - (1993-1999)

Star trek deep space nine season 2 episode 11