Ensign, I believe you know the way to Cardassia.
If I get lost, I'll just follow the ship in front of us.
“What You Leave Behind” · Season 7, Episode 25
In this episode: Benjamin Sisko (6), Kira Nerys (6), Elim Garak (6), Damar (5), Female Changeling (5), Weyoun (3), Ezri Dax (3), Quark (2)
PSProphet Sarah Sisko
Your greatest challenge is not before you but behind you.
(Ezri admits that she and Bashir have spent the night together.)
And you're not mad.
I am very happy for you. But I will have to kill him.
(alarmed) You're kidding, right?
And Jadzia said I did not have a sense of humor.
Citizens of Cardassia, this latest wave of vandalism directed against your Dominion allies must stop.
I wouldn't count on it.
We know that these disgraceful acts of sabotage were carried out by a mere handful of extremists, but these radicals must come to realize that their disobedience will not be tolerated, and that you—the Cardassian people—will suffer the consequences of their cowardly actions. Which is why I must inform you that just a few moments ago, Dominion troops reduced Lakarian City to ashes. There were no survivors. Two million men, women, and children gone in a matter of moments. For each act of terrorism against the Dominion, another Cardassian city will be destroyed. I implore you not to let that happen. Let us return to the spirit of friendship and cooperation between our peoples so that together we can destroy our common enemies—the Federation, the Klingons, the Romulans, and all others who stand against us. Thank you.
I should have killed that Vorta jackal when I had the chance!
Want another one?
JHJem'Hadar First
On your feet.
Why?
JHJem'Hadar First
We prefer our prisoners standing when they die.
Anyone have any last words?
You may kill us, but Cardassia will never—
JHJem'Hadar First
[interrupting Damar] Silence. Final words are not permitted.
How disappointing.
[Cardassian soldiers turn on the Jem'Hadar firing squad and gun them down.]
EEkoor
That was for Lakarian City. Legate Damar, I pledge my life to free Cardassia from the Dominion.
With men like you on our side, how can we fail?
I don't believe it.
What now?
The Cardassian fleet has turned against us.
Tell our forces to pull back to Cardassia Prime. There will be no more running. We should have rid ourselves of the Cardassians at the first sign of rebellion.
LBLegate Broca
If I could talk to them, get them to change their minds—
You might be able to reawaken their patriotic spirit.
LBLegate Broca
Exactly.
On the other hand, they might just as easily convince you to betray us.
LBLegate Broca
Me? Betray you? Never!
Correct. We are not going to give you that opportunity.
I want the Cardassians exterminated.
Which ones?
All of them. The entire population.
That will take some time.
Then I suggest that you begin at once.
(rallying the men) Once we are inside Dominion headquarters, we stop at nothing until we capture the Female Changling!
CSCardassian soldiers
Let it be done! We're with you!
For Cardassia!
CSCardassian soldiers
For Cardassia!
(as Jem'Hadar soldiers destroy his childhood home) All during the years of my exile, I imagined what it would be like to come home. I even thought of living in this house again, with Mila. But now she's dead, and this house is about to be reduced to a pile of rubble. My Cardassia is gone.
(holds out a gun) Then fight for a new Cardassia.
(takes it) I have an even better reason, Commander—revenge.
[to herself] That works, too.
[outside Dominion headquarters]
We have a problem.
Only one?
It's a rather large problem. The cargo bay door is made of neutronium.
Then the explosives we brought aren't even going to make a dent.
You see the problem.
EEkoor
What do we do?
I don't know. But I'm through hiding in basements.
[Garak begins to laugh]
I fail to see what is so funny, Garak.
Well, isn't it obvious? Here we are, ready to storm the castle, prepared to sacrifice our lives in a noble effort to slay the Dominion beast in its lair— [Kira begins to laugh uncontrollably] —and we can't even get inside the gates!
[They all begin to laugh.]
Maybe— maybe we could go up to the door and ask the Jem'Hadar to let us in.
Or just send the Shapeshifter out to us.
[They group laughs even louder.]
[sobers gradually] As I said, we have a problem.
I wish you hadn't done that. That was Weyoun's last clone.
I was hoping you would say that.
This war is over.
I doubt the Breen or the Jem'Hadar will agree with that assessment. They will fight to the last man.
What will that accomplish?
Isn't it obvious? You may win this war, Commander, but I promise you, by the time it's over, you will have lost so many ships, so many lives, that your victory will taste as bitter as defeat.
It is always good to see you, Odo, but I have no intention of surrendering my forces. It would be sign of weakness, an invitation to the Solids to cross into the Gamma Quadrant and destroy the Great Link.
Believe me when I say that the Federation has its flaws, but a desire for conquest is not one of them.
And what of the Romulans and the Klingons? Can you say the same for them?
The Romulan and Klingon Empires are in no position to invade anyone. Besides, the Federation would not allow it.
The Dominion has spent the last two years trying to destroy the Federation, and now you're asking me to put our fate in their hands?
Yes.
I'm sorry, Odo. I do not have your kind of faith in the Solids.
Before you shed too many tears, let me remind you these are Cardassians who lie dead at your feet! Bajorans would call this poetic justice.
That doesn't mean I have to drink a toast over their bodies.
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