Rocks and Shoals ( episode ) Sisko ' s crew crash land their Jem ' Hadar ship into the waters of an alien ocean on a world where a group of Jem ' Hadar have also crash landed with only one vial of ketracel - white remaining . Meanwhile , on Terok Nor , Kira finds she cannot live with herself working side by side with the Dominion . Summary . Teaser . Benjamin Sisko and crew are stranded deep in Dominion space on a captured Jem ' Hadar ship with a disabled warp drive . ( ) Chief Miles O ' Brien and Nog are busy making repairs . Two Jem ' Hadar ships approach Sisko ' s ship and attack . Their only option is to make a run for an uncharted dark - matter nebula . Before they can get inside it , Jadzia Dax is injured when a Jem ' Hadar volley rocks the ship . Doctor Julian Bashir thinks the symbiont has been injured too . All ship functions disabled , they begin to descend towards an unknown class M planet . Act One . The ship crash land s into a sea just off a coast but everyone escapes with their lives . A Vorta named Keevan and a group of Jem ' Hadar had crashed onto the planet two days earlier . The Jem ' Hadar First and Second are dead , Keevan is badly wounded , they are running out of ketracel - white , and they cannot establish communications with any Dominion forces off - planet . Crawling onto shore with what few items from the ship they could take with them , Sisko and the others have a much - needed laugh when O ' Brien frets , absurdly , over his torn pant leg . Back on Dominion - controlled Deep Space 9 , once again referred to as Terok Nor , Major Kira Nerys wakes up at 0500 for another day of duty working with the Dominion and their Cardassian allies . She boards the lift , already filled with Jem ' Hadar and Cardassians . Arriving at her station in ops , she thanks , a Cardassian , for her raktajino . In a cave on the planet , Keevan discusses their dire situation with Remata ' Klan . It will be ten days before they can even attempt to establish communications . Keevan distributes a very limited dose of white to the Jem ' Hadar soldiers . Meanwhile Sisko and the crew set up camp in another cave where Bashir can stabilize Dax ' s condition . Nog and Elim Garak go on a survey mission to find water and food . Nog is apprehensive around Garak ever since he tied him up and threatened to kill him . Garak recalls that there were extenuating circumstances but Nog says he won ' t ever turn his back on him again . Garak tells Nog " " there may be hope for you yet . " " Then , several Jem ' Hadar soldiers appear around them and they are taken prisoner . Act Two . Nog and Garak are being interrogated in the Jem ' Hadar camp . Nog refuses to give more than his name and Starfleet serial number , and Keevan turns to Garak . Garak claims to be one Kamar , one of the Dominion ' s Cardassian allies who has been captured by the ( the ship encountered by Sisko and his crew while infiltrating Cardassian territory ) . Keevan sees through this lie , holding up the Starfleet combadge Garak was wearing . Keevan says he has only one question : is there a doctor in Garak ' s unit . Garak , weighing his options carefully , decides to tell the truth , and says , yes . Nog is furious with him , but Keevan says he just saved both their lives . Keevan sends Third Remata ' Klan to assess the Federation group ' s strength , but firmly orders him not to engage . On Terok Nor , Jake Sisko is interviewing Odo and Kira about the Dominion ' s plans to send four hundred Vorta " facilitator s " to Bajor despite Weyoun still blocking his transmissions to the Federation News Service . Jake also informs them that Vedek Yassim is planning a demonstration on the Promenade the next day . Jake ' s pointed questions quickly get under Kira ' s skin and she ends the interview . Back on the planet , Sisko and a few others are searching for Nog and Garak . Despite the order from Keevan not to engage , the Jem ' Hadar open fire . Act Three . After determining who fired the first shot , the Jem ' Hadar leader orders a withdrawal from the engagement with the Starfleet party . Running out of ketracel - white , the Jem ' Hadar are becoming anxious and none of them can shroud themselves any longer . Kira tries to convince Vedek Yassim not to hold her protest s . Yassim asks Kira what Kira ' s doing to fight the Dominion . Kira says that this is different from the Cardassian occupation – fighting isn ' t the answer here . Yassim accuses Kira of becoming an apologist for the Dominion , " " a defender of evil " " . While Sisko is planning an assault on the Jem ' Hadar position , Third Remata ' Klan visits the cave to make a deal : exchanging Sisko and Bashir for Nog and Garak . Sisko surprises him by quoting a Jem ' Hadar proverb ( " Obedience brings victory " ) . He tries to sow suspicion and resentment in Remata ' Klan for his Vorta handler by referring to the joint Dominion - Starfleet operation after which a Vorta was killed by the Jem ' Hadar First , and points out that even though Remata ' Klan is the senior surviving Jem ' Hadar , Keevan has not seen fit to promote him beyond the rank of Third . But Remata ' Klan will not have it , and states that he was only instructed to deliver the message . Sisko claims not to trust Vorta , and asks for Remata ' Klan ' s word that the conditions of the exchange will be honored . Remata ' Klan vows to carry out his orders , and Sisko accepts the deal . Act Four . The prisoner exchange is carried out . Meanwhile , on Terok Nor , Kira waits on the Promenade ready to deal with Vedek Yassim if she causes any trouble , but everything is quiet . Jake turns up , telling Kira that Yassim asked him to be there . Just as Kira starts to tell Jake he won ' t find a story today , Vedek Yassim yells " " Evil must be opposed ! " " and steps off from the upper level of the Promenade . The noose around her neck snaps taut just before her feet can touch ground . The next morning , Kira is sleepless when the alarm clock chimes for another day of duty on the Dominion - occupied station , she boards the lift , and thanks Mavek for her coffee . She looks around and realizes what she ' s doing . Then she leaves , startled . Arriving at the Jem ' Hadar cave , Bashir performs surgery and saves Keevan ' s life . After asking his soldiers to leave , Keevan offers Sisko another deal . With only one vial of white left , Keevan fears that his soldiers will soon go on an uncontrollable rampage , killing everyone , including themselves . Keevan plainly tells Sisko that he plans to send the Jem ' Hadar on a suicide attack , so that Sisko and his crew can kill them all , immediately after which Keevan would then surrender himself to Starfleet , providing the crew with a damaged but salvageable com unit with which they can repair and thus signal for a rescue . Act Five . Returning to the cave and informing the crew , the Starfleet officers debate the right course of action . While some of the officers don ' t like the idea of killing the Jem ' Hadar in such an underhanded way , Garak argues that they ' re in the middle of war , and the Jem ' Hadar would not hesitate to kill them . Just as the argument begins to get heated , Sisko stops the debate , reminding them that it ' s his decision alone , then declares that Garak is right . . . they ' re in the middle of a war , and if it ' s a choice between his crew and the Jem ' Hadar soldiers , then there is " no choice " . Everyone heads out to face the Jem ' Hadar , while Sisko confides to Dax that he ' s hoping there ' s a third choice . Back on the station , Kira is disgusted with herself , and tells Odo that during the Occupation of Bajor as far as she was concerned , you ' re either fighting the enemy , or helping them . While half the Alpha Quadrant are risking their lives fighting the Dominion , she was ready to arrest Vedek Yassim for protesting the station occupation . Since she is not fighting the Dominion , it follows that she is helping them and defending them . . . which makes her a collaborator . Out of self - disgust , Kira vows to start fighting back . She and Odo will put together a resistance cell to fight the Dominion and their Cardassian allies . In an arid canyon on the planet , before the Jem ' Hadar assault , Sisko tells Remata ' Klan that the Jem ' Hadar were betrayed by the Vorta , but it turns out that Remata ' Klan already understood the massive tactical error of approaching the group from this canyon . Despite how it may appear , the Jem ' Hadar are often one step ahead of the Vorta . Sisko offers to allow the Jem ' Hadar to surrender , but Remata ' Klan can ' t / won ' t even consider that option . Sisko tells Remata ' Klan that Keevan doesn ' t deserve their loyalty but the Jem ' Hadar replies that Keevan doesn ' t " " need " " to deserve it . From the day they ' re created , Jem ' Hadar know that they are pledged to follow the Founders ' orders without question , and the Vorta are the conduits of those orders - " " it is the order of things . " " Sisko asks him if " " the order of things " " is worth giving up his life , but Remata ' Klan counters that his life has never been his to give up . Seeing that Remata ' Klan won ' t be swayed from his orders , Sisko grimly rejoins the other officers . Telling his men , " our death is glory to the Founders , " Remata ' Klan leads his men on a futile charge towards the ridge , opening fire . Returning fire , the Starfleet contingent guns them all down , at the cost of one of their own . A few seconds later , Keevan arrives , glancing at the soldiers who he gladly sacrificed to save his own life , and offers himself as a prisoner of war , remarking that if he ' d had two more vials of white was the only reason Sisko and his men weren ' t slaughtered days ago . Sisko is driven by the urge to shoot the smug and treacherous Vorta there and then , but manages to push past his own disgust to order that Keevan be taken into custody , and tells O ' Brien to start repairing the communications system . Then Sisko orders a burial detail for Gordon and the dead Jem ' Hadar . Memorable quotes . " " Try it now . Reroute the damn gyrodyne through the damn thruster array . " " " " Got it . " " " Nog , did you reroute that damn gyrodyne ? " " " " I ' m trying , but the damn thruster array won ' t take the input . " " " " Try the lateral impulse thrusters and watch your mouth ! " " " " Hooooold on ! " " " " Until we re - establish communications , we will hold this world for the Dominion . " " " " And if we can not restore communications ? " " " " Then we will hold this world for the Dominion . . . until we die . " " " " Oh no ! " " " " What ? " " " " I don ' t believe it ! " " " " What ? " " " " I tore my pants ! " " " " You . . . You tore your pants ? " " " " Yeah , I tore my pants . I guess . . . I guess I ' m really in trouble now ! " " " " Lucky for you it ripped on the seam . " " " " Can you fix it ? " " " " Unlucky for you my sewing kit went down with the ship . " " " " Does this have anything to do with that unfortunate business between you and me last year ? " " " " You tied me up and threatened to kill me . " " " " Madame , your pants are ready . Your boots and vest will take a little longer . While you wait , I might suggest that you browse through the hotel ' s gift shop ? " " " " No , thank you . But I would like to lodge a complaint . " " " " Hmm ? " " " " This bed is as hard as a rock . " " " " You can either stand in front of me or walk beside me , but I won ' t turn my back on you again . " " " " Cadet , there may be hope for you yet . " " " " It is the order of things . " " " " They ' re not here to protect me . They ' ve just never seen what the inside of a Vorta looks like . " " " " I am alive . . . " " " " No self - diagnoses , please . I ' m the doctor here . " " " " Why are you doing this ? " " " " That . . . that ' s a communications system . It needs repair but I ' m willing to bet that you ' ve brought one of those famed Starfleet engineers who can turn rocks into replicators . He should have more success repairing it , than a Jem ' Hadar suffering from withdrawal . " " " " I ' m going to order the Jem ' Hadar to attack your position tomorrow . . . regardless of whether you agree to my terms or not . So you can either kill them . . . or they ' ll kill you . Either way , they ' re coming . " " " " In case you ' ve forgotten , we ' re in a war . " " " " There are rules , Garak , even in a war ! " " " " Correction . Humans have rules in war . Rules that make victory a little harder to achieve , in my opinion . " " " " Despite what Keevan may think , the Jem ' Hadar are often one step ahead of the Vorta . " " " " You can still stay one step ahead . Surrender . " " " " I have my orders . " " " " Keevan doesn ' t deserve the unwavering loyalty you ' re giving him . " " " " He does not have to earn my loyalty , Captain . He has had it from the moment I was conceived . I am a Jem ' Hadar . He is a Vorta . It is the order of things . " " " " Do you really want to give up your life for the ' order of things ' ? " " " " It is not my life to give up , Captain – and it never was . " " " " What did he say ? " " " " All the wrong things . " " " " Our death is glory to the Founders . " " " " Evil must be opposed ! " " Links and references . References . abdominal cavity ; Alpha Quadrant ; apologist ; Bajor ; Bajoran Resistance ; burial detail ; Cardassian ; Cardassian Intelligence Bureau ; cellular microsutures ; ; collaborator ; collagen ; Damar ; dark matter nebula ; Dukat ; dune ; emergency power ; Federation ; gyrodyne ; ion exchange matrix ; Kamar ; ketracel - white ; lava tube ; liaison officer ; medical stasis ; medical tricorder ; meter ; murder ; Obsidian Order ; Occupation of Bajor ; " Old Man " ; Promenade ; Prophet ; protest ; prisoner of war ; raft ; room service ; Ruling Council ; serial number ; Seventh ; sewing kit ; ; thruster array ; tricorder ; vest ; Vorta ; Vorta facilitators ; Weyoun 4