In order to investigate a rare subspace phenomenon, Dax, O'Brien, and Bashir board the runabout Rubicon and are shrunken to four inches long. They are assured this effect will be reversed once they leave the anomaly. Suddenly, the Defiant, tethered to the tiny Runabout, is attacked and Sisko and the others are overtaken by the Jem'Hadar. The miniature Runabout and its crew survives, but they exit the anomaly through a different route — without returning to normal size.

Aron Eisenberg (Ensign Nog)
Scott Thompson Baker (First Kudak'Etan)
Fritz Sperberg (Second Ixtan'Arax)
Christian Zimmerman (Third Lamat'Ukan)
Kevin Quigley (Gelnon)

• All of the Jem'Hadar on this ship (with the exception of Second) were newly bred in the Alpha Quadrant.
  
• The U.S.S. Rubicon NCC-72936 Danube-class runabout was assigned to DS9 in 2371.