The smug Vorta and the slowly disintegrating Founder go after Earth. The Breen are formidable because they have a weapon that shuts down the ships' systems. The problem for the bad guys is that they have crossed the original bad guys, the Cardassians. They have allowed over seven million of their people to die. Damar has had enough and finally gets off the sauce and organizes. Sisko, meanwhile, suffers a huge loss. Gul Dukat, in disguise, continues to control Kai Winn, encouraging her to raise the evil prophets.