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STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE. DETAILED REPORT
Kira is shocked and
saddened when Latha Mabrin, a fellow member of the
Shakaar Resistance Cell-turned Vedek, is murdered during
ceremony. Her shock turns to fear, however, when she
receives a recorded message moments after learning of the
murder. Her message consists of a picture of Latha
appearing on the computer screen, and a scrambled voice
saying simply, "that's one." Odo is unable to
trace the message, which Kira interprets as a threat to
all the former members of the Shakaar Resistance Cell.
Kira makes arrangements to transport her onto a Runabout
returning to the station. But something goes wrong during
the transport, and Fala is killed.
An investigation reveals
the Fala was killed by a tiny detonator programmed to
scramble the Transporter beam. A message from the
scrambled voice saying "that's two" is soon
delivered on a PADD. Later, while working on the case in
Odo's office, Kira receives a"that's three"
message displaying the face of Mobara, another member of
the Shakaar. Immediately, they begin efforts to contact
him, hoping to stop his murder. Kira returns to her room
in O'Brien's quarters to rest, but is jolted by a loud
crash outside her door.
Phaser drawn, Kira creeps
into the living room, ready to face the assassin.
Instead, she comes face to face with Furel and Lupaza,
two more members of the Shakaar who have come to help
her. Thinking her bodyguard was the killer, they attacked
him -- causing the noise Kira heard. Furel and Lupaza
volunteer to hunt down the assassin for Kira. She prefers
to handle her problem within the boundaries of the law,
but allows Furel and Lupaza to stay with her in the
O'Brien quarters to "protect" her and the
O'Briens' unborn child. Later, the grim, but not
unexpected, news of Mobara's deatharrives. During a staff
meeting, Odo surmises that whoever is doing the killing
most likely has a vendetta against Kira -- and that she
is also a likely target. Nog, Dax and Kira work with the
scrambled voice, hoping it will provide a clue, but the
voice used in the messages turns out to belong to Kira.
Their work is interrupted by news that there has been an
explosion in the O'Brien quarters. O'Brien was not
at the time, but Furel and Lupaza are dead.
Odo tells Kira that he
has compiled a list of possible suspects with the skills,
opportunity and motive for these attacks. He refuses to
give Kira the list, afraid the very pregnant woman will
head off in search of the killer on her own. Kira
pretends to have no intention to leave the station, but
the moment Odo leaves, she transports into his office,
steals the file and shuts down Odo's computer so she
can't be followed. Then she takes off in aRunabout. After
eliminating several suspects, she arrives at the of
Silaran Prin. Almost instantly, she is placed in a
restraining field and told she will die.
Silaran, who was severely
disfigured in a Resistance bombing, is punishing those
involved -- especially Kira, who was the ringleader. He
points out that he has not killed indiscriminately like
Kira. The bombing in which he was injured killed
civilians, women and children. He tells Kira that he will
spare her baby, but kill her, and prepares to operate.
Kira warns him that this will kill the baby, which is not
Bajoran, but human, meaning it has special needs. Silaran
is unmoved. Thinking quickly, Kira begs for a sedative,
realizing that the herbs she has taken for her pregnancy
have rendered most sedatives ineffective. She pretends to
fall asleep, then lunges at Silaran, attacking and
killing him.Sisko, Bashir and Odo arrive to rescue her,
but Silaran is already dead, and Kira, shaken and sobered
by her experience, only wants to go .
