Stardate: Unknown. When O'Brien befriends the station's first visitor from the Gamma Quadrant, he learns that the mysterious alien is on the run from determined pursuers.

Stardate: Unknown. Kira spends time with Vedek Bareil on Bajor just as "The Circle" begins arming themselves from a mysterious source.

Stardate: 47573.1. Sisko and Chief O'Brien discover a colony that lives without technology.

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko tries to resolve the Maquis crisis by preventing a war, freeing Gul Dukat and offering the defected Hudson the chance to return.