History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E26CallToArms

Dukat escorts Weyoun to Ops where they note the damage done by Sisko's program. Dukat knows this was deliberate, after all, [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E01E02Emissary the Cardassians did the same thing when they abandoned the now-rechristened Terok Nor]]. They walk into Dukat's new office where something catches Weyoun's eye:

Rom is able to come up with a design that allows for self replicating mines. But there is a drawback to this approach: the minefield must fully be in place before it can be activated. The Dominion become almost instantly aware of the minefield being deployed. Their ambassador, Weyoun, arrives at Deep Space Nine to issue an ultimatum to stop the deployment of the minefield. [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow After a few rounds of doublespeak about assistance to the poor Cardassian people]], both parties know that negotiations are meaningless and that the Dominion will attack Deep Space Nine.

Dukat escorts Weyoun to Ops where they note the damage done by Sisko's program. Dukat knows this was deliberate, after all, [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E01Emissary the Cardassians did the same thing when they abandoned the now-rechristened Terok Nor]]. But something catches Weyoun's eye:

* BrickJoke: Dax, Kira, and Odo are checking several crates in a cargo bay. Turns out they contain several thousand wrappages of Yamok sauce, a Cardassian condiment. Dax orders the shipment to be dumped. At the end of the episode, when the Dominion and Cardassians retake the station, Quark is wondering where his yamok sauce went.

Dukat escorts Weyoun to his now new office on the rechristened Terok Nor, where they find Sisko's baseball. The symbolism is obvious, Sisko intends to return. The Defiant and Rotarran meet up with a large Federation and Klingon Fleet, ready to take the fight to the Dominion. The Dominion War has now begun.

At this point, both the Defiant and the Rotarran hightail it from Deep Space Nine, thus completing the conquest of the station by the Dominion. Weyoun finds this victory hollow: [[BittersweetEnding the minefield is up, many ships were destroyed in the retaking of this station, and the destruction of the shipyard]] leaves a poor taste in the Vorta's mouth. Damar and Dukat seem to ignore that development as they almost want to proceed with attacking Bajor until Weyoun says that such an attack is off limits. On the station, the welcoming party consists of Kira, Quark, and Odo. Weyoun is honoured to treat Odo as one of the founders. Meanwhile, Quark finds that Rom did not leave with the Defiant as he is now acting as a spy for the Federation, under the guise of working for his brother. They also discover that Jake also did not leave with the Defiant, an action that infuriates Sisko but leaves him no choice but to leave his son behind.

* BittersweetEnding: For the Dominion. They may have retaken Deep Space Nine, but were unable to prevent the minefield from being deployed. Worse yet, they suffered huge casualties in retaking the station, and one of their main shipyards have been destroyed. As for the Cardassians, the knife is twisted even further when Weyoun declares any invasion of Bajor to be illegal.

At this point, both the Defiant and the Rotarran hightail it from Deep Space Nine, thus completing the conquest of the station by the Dominion. Weyoun finds this victory hollow: [[BittersweetEnding the minefield is up, many ships were destroyed in the retaking of this station, and the destruction of the shipyard]] leaves a poor taste in the Vorta's mouth. Damar and Dukat seem to ignore that development as they almost want to proceed with attacking Bajor until Weyoun says that such an attack is off limits. On the station, the welcoming party consists of Kira, Quark, and Odo. Weyoun is honoured to treat Odo as one of the founders. Meanwhile, Quark finds that Rom did not leave with the Defiant as he is now acting as a spy for the Federation, under the guise of working for his brother. They also discover that Jake also did not leave with the Defiant, an action that infuriates Sisko but leaves him no choice but to leave his son behind. They meet up with a large Federation and Klingon Fleet, ready to take the fight to the Dominion. The Dominion War has now begun.

Sisko marries Rom and Leeta and Leeta leaves the station with all Bajorans (with the exception of Kira). Sisko also prepares a special computer program to be used. Martok then contacts the station and informs them a large Dominion fleet is on the way. As the station prepares for battle, Garak tells Odo that when the Klingons attacked Deep Space Nine, [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E01E02TheWayOfTheWarrior he and Dukat fought side-by-side against the Klingons]] and how, for a moment, he considered shooting Dukat InTheBack. He only let Dukat live because otherwise he would likely have been dead himself, and that the entire Alpha Quadrant will soon regret his decision.

At this point, both the Defiant and the Rotarran hightail it from Deep Space Nine, thus completing the conquest of the station by the Dominion. Weyoun finds this victory hollow: [[BittersweetVictory the minefield is up, many ships were destroyed in the retaking of this station, and the destruction of the shipyard]] leaves a poor taste in the Vorta's mouth. Damar and Dukat seem to ignore that development as they almost want to proceed with attacking Bajor until Weyoun says that such an attack is off limits. On the station, the welcoming party consists of Kira, Quark, and Odo. Weyoun is honoured to treat Odo as one of the founders. Meanwhile, Quark finds that Rom did not leave with the Defiant as he is now acting as a spy for the Federation, under the guise of working for his brother. They also discover that Jake also did not leave with the Defiant, an action that infuriates Sisko but leaves him no choice but to leave his son behind. They meet up with a large Federation and Klingon Fleet, ready to take the fight to the Dominion. The Dominion War has now begun.

* BittersweetVictory: For the Dominion. They may have retaken Deep Space Nine, but were unable to prevent the minefield from being deployed. Worse yet, they suffered huge casualties in retaking the station, and one of their main shipyards have been destroyed. As for the Cardassians, the knife is twisted even further when Weyoun declares any invasion of Bajor to be illegal.

It's been [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E15 five weeks since Cardassia has joined the Dominion]], and for those five weeks, the Dominion has been sending convoys of ships to Cardassian space. The senior staff are viewing the convoy as it passes Deep Space Nine but are aware that war horns are on the horizon and that the Cardassians may want to retake the station. This is reinforced when Dax, Odo, and Kira discover that Quark has ordered several crates of Yamok sauce in anticipation of the takeover. Dax orders Odo to dispose of the sauce. Things get worse when Sisko finds out that the Romulans have signed a non-aggression pact with the Dominion. With this recent news, Starfleet has declared that the Dominion convoys must stop, and orders a minefield deployed. The Senior staff are well aware of the consequences of this: that the Dominion in the Alpha Quadrant will see this as a declaration of war, but at this point, Starfleet has no choice.

The Dominion is sending new reinforcements through the wormhole on a weekly basis. Letting them enter puts the whole Alpha Quadrant at risk, which is why Sisko decides to mine the entry to the wormhole, so that no new Jem'Hadar ships can get through. Weyoun warns Sisko that the Dominion will not let them go through with this plan, and a war between the Federation and the Dominion looks inevitable. Sisko uses his leverage as the Emissary and convinces the Bajoran government to sign a non-aggression treaty with the Dominion, as this is the only way Bajor will avoid the upcoming war. The B plot of the episode involves Leeta and Rom preparing for their wedding. The forthcoming Dominion attack forces them to have the wedding ahead of schedule, and any chance of marital bliss they might have had is cut short, as all Bajorans are evacuated from the station. The sole exception to this is Kira, who willingly stays on Deep Space Nine, as do Odo, Quark, Rom...and Jake.

* TechMarchesOn: InUniverse. After capturing a Jem'Hadar fighter, Starfleet was finally able to adjust their shields to protect against Dominion weapons.

* IChooseToStay: Jake stays on [=DS9=] (or, as Dukat calls it, Terok Nor) to carry out his reporting duties. Sisko is ''not'' happy.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Sisko is well aware that the brief "negotiation" after Sisko's refusal to remove the mines is completely meaningless, and that the Dominion are going to attack the station. The only question is whether or not Weyoun realizes that Sisko knows.

* AwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: After berating Rom for sending is wife away but staying behind, Quark kisses him on the head while he works to ready the defense grid.

* ShoutOut: Rom's speech to Leeta about getting her off the station is a reference to "{{Film/Casablanca}}."

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sisko leaves his baseball in his office as a message that [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E06SacrificeOfAngels he'll be back]].

* EnemyMine: On paper the Cardassians are members of the Dominion thanks to Dukat's Dominion-backed MilitaryCoup. In practice, Dukat is openly dismissive of the Dominion's freshly inked non-aggression pact with Bajor, only grudgingly going along with it, and clearly wants to use them only as means to an end.

* WhamEpisode: After three seasons, the Federation and the Dominion are finally going to war.

The Dominion is sending new reinforcements through the wormhole on a weekly basis. Letting them enter puts the whole Alpha Quadrant at risk, which is why Sisko decides to mine the entry to the wormhole, so that no new Jem'Hadar ships can get through. Weyoun warns Sisko that the Dominion will not let them go through with this plan, and a war between the Federation and the Dominion looks inevitable. Sisko uses his leveraqe as the Emissary and convinces the Bajoran government to sign a non-aggression treaty with the Dominion, as this is the only way Bajor will avoid the upcoming war. The B plot of the episode involves Leeta and Rom preparing for their wedding. The forthcoming Dominion attack forces them to have the wedding ahead of schedule, and any chance of marital bliss they might have had is cut short, as all Bajorans are evacuated from the station. The sole exception to this is Kira, who willingly stays on Deep Space Nine, as do Odo, Quark, Rom...and Jake.

'''Dukat:''' A message from Sisko. He's letting me know he'll be back.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Nog brings Sisko a cup of coffee and says it's "60 degrees Celsius, just the way you like it." That's 140 degrees Fahrenheit and would burn the hell out of Sisko's mouth if he tried to drink it straight away.

* CallBack: Garak recalls [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E01E02TheWayOfTheWarrior the time he and Dukat fought side-by-side against the Klingons]] and how, for a moment, he considered shooting Dukat InTheBack.

* ContinuityNod: In [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E10Rapture a previous episode]], Sisko had a vision that told him that if Bajor joined the Federation, Bajor would be destroyed. This episode shows why; here, an independent Bajor signs a non-aggression pact with the Dominion to protect itself, something that could never have happened if Bajor was a Federation world.

* SaltTheEarth: Kira executes Sisko's program to disable the station once Starfleet has left. {{Justified}}, as it denies the Dominion any intelligence it could've obtained from the Federation computers.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Nog brings Sisko a cup of coffee and says it's "60 degrees Celsius, just the way you like it. That's 140 degrees Fahrenheit and would burn the hell out of Sisko's mouth if he tried to drink it straight away.

* SaltTheEarth: Kira executes Sisko's program to disable the station once Starfleet has left.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Federation shields had always proven useless against Dominion weapons, but that's not the case anymore. Weyoun is stunned.