mr. eddington, i want daily briefings on this until the replicators are in cardassian hands. dismissed. the commander and i would like to have a word with you. something wrong? captain... it's come to our attention that there may be a maquis smuggler here on the station. oh? it's just a theory at this point and frankly, our suspicions are based on purely circumstantial evidence. who is it? again, we're still not certain. gentlemen? kasidy yates. [captioning sponsored by the u.s. department of education kasidy? working for the maquis? that's impossible. i certainly hope so-- smuggling with intent to supply a terrorist organization is a serious offense. where is your evidence? five months ago captain yates was hired by the bajorans to carry cargo to their outlying colonies. to a colony on dreon seven. it's a 12-hour run for most ships but she always takes 18. the six-hour difference is just enough time to make a side trip into the badlands rendezvous with a maquis ship then continue on to the dreon system. that's your evidence? that she was slow in one of her deliveries? there's more. sta

eddington. mr. cing'ta won't be joining us. his shuttle had an accident on the way to this rendezvous. is he dead? you just don't understand the maquis, do you, captain? we're not killers. but i assure you he's very much alive. how merciful. you condemned him to a slow death. it's more than he deserved. he was going to sell us out to you. he betrayed us. now there's a subject youknow alotabout. you've been on my tail for eight months and now that we're face to face that's all y y have to say to me? i will say the rest at your court martial. tell me, captain. what is ititthat bot- or the fact that it happened on your watch? you didn't "leave" starfleet. if you had, i wouldn't be here. you betrayed starfleet. you used your position as security chief to feed the maquis information about us and at the same time you misled us with false information about them. there is a word for that-- treason. those people-- they were colonists on salva two. they had farms and shops and homes and schools and then one day theheederation signed a tr

mr. eddington, i have just one question. why? will knowing my personal motivation change anything at this point? no, i don't suppose it will. then let's table that for now. the only reason i've contacted you is with the cardassians not the federation. leave us alone, and i can promise you you'll never hear from the maquis again. unless you see another shipment you want to hijack. you keep sending replicators to cardassia, and you're going to have a lot more to worry about than hijackings. i don't respond well to threats. i thought you would know that by now but i'm beginning to see that you don't know me at all. i know you. i was like you once, but then i opened my eyes. open your eyes, captain. d with the maquis? we've never harmed you, and yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. starships chase us through the badlands and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. why? because we've left the federation and that's the one thing you can't accept. nobody leaves paradise. everyone should want to be in the federati

eddington's been using are very bulky and very unstable. they need to be kept and ififnyone knows how to keep things cold, it's the breen. thank you, odo. captain. mr. worf do we have a series of sensor relays near portas five? yes, sir. two class-five intelligigce drones. pull their sensor logs. i want to see who's been visiting the breen system. captain's log: supplemental. odo's huncnc has proven accurate. our intelligence drones detected a maquis freighter tering portas five three hours ago. the freighter was last seen headed into the dorvan sector of the d.m.z. considering the freighter's range, velocity and d ading eddington's next target is one of four cardassian colonies. but... these targets are unlikely. their defense systems were recently upgraded by the cardassians. hmm. at leaves only quatal and panora. quatal has a lucrative mining operation and their weapon systems arein the process of being upgraded targe but they're not fully operational. t. not as tempting as panora. the maquis attacked them two months ago. most of theiei defense systems were severely damaged. they're almost helpless. there are constant ion storms in that system--