What Would The Emissary of The Prophets Do?

A : Get Measured for a New Suit.

Garak Warn Dukat About The Klingon Fleet

[Ops]

DAX: 

Captain, I think you'd better take a look at this. 

(Klingon ships are cloaking and leaving.) 

SISKO: 

Report. 

DAX: 

As soon as General Martok beamed back to his ship, 

he sent a message to the Klingon fleet. 

It was just one word :

In'Cha. 

WORF: 

Begin. 

O'BRIEN: 

I'm picking up a huge distortion wave in subspace. 

The Klingon ships are going to warp. 

KIRA: 

Can you plot their course? 

O'BRIEN: 

Judging from the vector of the subspace disturbance I'd say their heading is two six nine mark zero three two. 

SISKO: 

Straight to the Cardassian Empire.

[Wardroom]

SISKO: 

The Federation Council has been trying to contact Gowron. 

So far, they've had no response. 

So until they've had a chance to speak with him, 

we've been ordered not to get involved. 

KIRA: 

The Bajoran Government has agreed to abide by the decisions of the Federation Council. 

BASHIR: 

So that means we're not going to 

warn The Cardassians? 

DAX: 

The Klingons are still our allies. 

If we warn the Cardassians, we'd be betraying them. 

O'BRIEN: 

Besides, what if The Klingons are right?

 

What if The Dominion has taken over The Cardassian Government? 

ODO: 

If My People wanted to seize control of Cardassia, 

that is how they would do it. 

KIRA: 

The coup could have happened just as easily without The Founders. 

The Cardassian dissident movement has been gathering strength for years. 

With The Obsidian Order out of the way, they might have finally succeeded. 

WORF: 

The Issue is not if there are any Founders on Cardassia. 

There are many Klingons who say 

We have been at Peace too long, 

that The Empire must Expand,

In Order to Survive. 

Fear of The Dominion has given 

My People an excuse to Do 

What They were Born to Do —

To Fight and To Conquer. 

SISKO: 

If they're so Eager to Fight, 

who's to say They'll stop 

with The Cardassians. 

KIRA: 

Their next target could be anyone. 

Even The Federation. 

DAX: 

If I were you, I'd be 

more worried about Bajor —

Think about it :

What Good would it Do for 

The Klingons to defeat Cardassia, 

if They don't control The Wormhole? 

WORF: 

Agreed. If My People return to The Old Ways, 

no one will be safe. 

SISKO: 

Then We'll Have to Make Sure 

That Doesn't Happen. 

O'BRIEN: 

But How? 

The way I see it, we only have got 

Two Choices : 

Both of Them BAD. 

If We Stand By and Do Nothing, 

we run the risk of being the Klingons' next target. 

But if We Disobey Starfleet Orders and 

Warn The Cardassians, 

we may end up 

Starting A War with The Klingons. 

The SISKO : 

Which means --

We Need a THIRD Option.