Season Number: 7	Production (Airing) Number: 574 (174)
Guest Stars:	Penny Johnson - Kasidy Yates Andrew J. Robinson- Garak Jeffery Combs- Weyoun Jeffrey Combs- Brunt Max Grodenchik- Rom Casey Biggs- Damar Barry Jenner- Admiral Ross Cecily Adams- Ishka J.G. Hertzler- Martok Chase Masterson- Leeta Aron Eisenberg- Nog Julianna McCarthy- Mila Tiny Ron- Maihar'du Salome Jens- Female Shapeshifter Wallace Shawn- Zek
Director:	Avery Brooks
Writing:	Teleplay: Rene Echevarria & Ronald D. Moore Story: Peter Allen Fields
Summary:	While Sisko takes command of a new ship named in honor of the Defiant, Kira, Garak and Damar barely escape a Dominion ambush on Cardassia and are forced into hiding. Quark receives a static-filled message from Grand Nagus Zek, the Ferengi leader, that he's being named Zek's successor. Now cured of the deadly Changeling virus, Odo is outraged to learn that he was infected by Section Thirty-one -- an unsanctioned extremist organization within the Federation -- but promises Sisko he won't take matters into his own hands.