Onboard the Defiant, Sisko and the crew pick up a distress signal and the voice of Captain Lisa Cusak, whose escape pod has crashed on a remote planet following the destruction of her ship. Although two-way communication has not been established, Lisa transmits her voice constantly as the crew begins the six-day trip to rescue her. O'Brien listens to the sometimes-amusing monologue and is surprised when she — having overheard a conversation between him and Kasidy Yates — suddenly speaks to him. Both realize contact has been established, and Lisa finally knows she will be rescued.

Debra Wilson (Captain Lisa Cusak)
Penny Johnson (Kasidy Yates)

• Captain Cusak was the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Olympia, which was on a survey mission of the Beta Quadrant.
  
• When the Defiant finally reaches Lisa, they find that she has been dead for 3 years, but the metrion particles in the atmosphere somehow manipulated the communications through time (huh?).
  
• The planet is an L-Class planet, which has high carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.