A reunion with a member of the Bajoran terrorist group Kohn-Ma, Tahna Los, forces Kira to choose between her people and her duty as a Federation liason officer. The Klingon renegades Lursa and B'Etor arrive on the station to meet with the terrorist, who claims to be a reformed character.

Jeffrey Nordling (Tahna Los)
Andrew Robinson (Garak)
Gwynyth Walsh (B'Etor)
Barbara March (Lursa)
Susan Bay (Admiral Rollman)
Vaughn Armstrong (Gul Dunar)
Richard Ryder (Bajoran Deputy)

• Kira goes to Admiral Rollman regarding Tahna's asylum. Sisko warns her that if she ever goes over his head again, he'll have hers on a platter.
  
• Tahna attempts to destroy the wormhole, so that Bajor will be left alone by both the Federation and the Cardassians.
  
• This episode introduces Garak, who becomes a regular minor character and eventually a friend of Dr. Bashir. Garak owns a clothing shop on the Promenade.
  
• Lursa and B'Etor appeared in The Next Generation episodes "Redemption, Part I" and "Redemption, Part II"; and later, in TNG's "Firstborn". They will go on to appear in the motion picture Star Trek: Generations.