it's cardassian, all right. i didn't think there were cardassians in the gamma quadrant. none that we know of. not elgol-red or fifth order military encryption. try courier code five-nine. odo: strange. most cardassian codes use a recursive encryption algorithm but this has a completely different coding system. why don't you send it to them? we did, as soon as it came in. we still haven't heard from them. it may take some time. if someone's sending coded cardassian messages from the gamma quadrant i want to know what they're saying, now! we do have an expert in cardassian codes living on the station. you're right. dax, get me mr. garak. good to see you again, cara. well, how did it go? i'm afraid i disappointed them. i think they were hoping the message they picked up would contain the key to defeating the dominion. you should have seen the looks on their faces when i explained that it was a five-year-old planetary survey report. "planetary survey report"? that's the look, exactly. i would have thought you'd be a little disappointed, too. it could have been from a survivo