 Admiral Chekote has told Sisko he can t get involved in an internal Bajoran conflict and has to evacuate the station, but Sisko himself has no intentions of leaving. He feels he s come to care about what happens to the Bajorans and tries to muster support from the crew of the station. They will try to delay the takeover as long as possible and set up a resistance until the Cardassian involvement is revealed. As there s still no communications possible to Bajor, Kira sees no other alternative then to bring the evidence to the Chamber of Ministers, but all the runabouts are in use for the evacuation. Li Nalas thinks there might still be raiders intact on the Lunar V base and Kira and Dax take a look.