[Sisko enters Leyton's office pointing a phaser at him]
Are you planning on using that?
Against a fellow officer? I hope not. [Takes off Leyton's combadge] But I will have to ask for your resignation.
You'll forgive me if I don't leap at the opportunity.
I have enough evidence to convict you of treason. We have Lieutenant Arriaga in custody on the Defiant, and he is ready to admit that under your orders, he attached a subspace modulator to the relay satellite on the far side of the wormhole. That's why it was opening and closing at random.
Why would anyone want to do that?
To make it look like a cloaked Dominion fleet was coming through the wormhole. That way, when Earth's power relays were sabotaged, people would think that an invasion was imminent.
That's a very interesting theory, but it's not going to do you much good. Lieutenant Arriaga isn't going to get to Earth. I've sent the Lakota to intercept the Defiant.
You really think one Starfleet starship will fire on another?
As far as Benteen's crew is concerned, the Defiant isn't a Starfleet ship. They've been told that everyone on the Defiant 's been replaced by Shapeshifters.
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