Sole Asylum , Part One Summary . Sole Asylum , Part One . Riker finds himself in a cell surrounded by Cardassian guards and scientist s . Strapped into a torture chair of sorts , he has lost all track of time since his imprisonment . Sem Veress is the chief scientist , in charge of Riker . Veress has a dislike of Human s , something he doesn ' t bother hiding from Riker . Veress ' colleague Ker Jaana isn ' t afraid to show his frustration , but his pride keeps insisting that they will break Riker ' s spirit soon . He also tells Riker that Dr . Duran Nol , a genetics authority , will be arriving the next day , and she will find his secrets . On board the , Sisko listens to the recorded message . The message states that an informant has told them that the Cardassians are trying to find out the secret of Riker ' s duplication so that they can create an army of duplicates . The admiral also informs Sisko that the Federation is willing to cede the planet Delkar Seven in exchange . The planet is currently being used as an observation post , but has an ore that the Cardassians desire , and is right on the border between Federation and Cardassian territory . Just as the message finishes , Sisko is informed that they ' ve arrived in Cardassian space and have been met by two starship s . Gul Amark of the " Kenzha " greets Sisko , telling him that he and Gul Dracos of the " Serron " were to be his escorts . On Cardassia Prime , Dr . Nol and her assistant Gell Terr were shown to the Hall of Science . In the Hall , she greets Dr . Veress and notes that it is good to be back from Rissa IV , where her studies had been getting monotonous . Veress confirms to her that they are attempting to figure out how Riker was duplicated in order to create the perfect army . Riker , alone in his cell , reminisces about his time on Nervala IV and wonders whether his theft of the " Defiant " was foolish , due to its costs . The door opens and one of the guards drags Riker to the laboratory . As he does so , Nol amazes at the wonders they can create and shakes her head watching the guard . In the lab , as Nol asks Veress to leave the room , Riker protests that it was a freak accident , but she will have none of it . Sisko asks for a spare combadge , but with its circuitry removed . Amark contacts the " Defiant " and informs Sisko that he has been asked to escort him to the surface . Sisko tells him to transmit coordinates and that he will transport down in five minutes . In the lab , Nol discovers that Riker is completely identical to the samples of William T . Riker they have on file , noting that " " even clones aren ' t this identical . " " She asks Terr to escort everyone out as she wants to talk with Riker in private . When the room is cleared , she tells Riker that she knows that the reports were true about his creation " " less than an Earth decade ago . " " She points out that his cellular tissue was only nine years old . As such , whether artificially or intentionally , it is still technology that would be a powerful weapon . She also confides in him that it scares her and that she is uncertain whether she can allow her people to have such a weapon . . . Enemies & Allies , Part One . and are in the shuttlecraft " Runner " being chased by two battle cruisers . They head toward an asteroid belt , and Tuvok contacts their home base , " Northern Star " . Little do they know , but the Cardassian - Klingon Alliance ships have cracked their code and they are headed right toward one of their cloak ed ships . Commander Mahj ' K of the Alliance ship " quvSud " hails them and , as their shuttlecraft is trapped by a tractor beam , Tuvok and Bashir are beam ed over to the newly decloaked starship . On board the " quvSud " , the two are thrown into the brig . As the shield comes up , a Mahj ' K taunts them with the knowledge that they are now headed toward the rebel Beta Quadrant outpost to destroy it in a hail of photon torpedo es . Mahj ' K contacts Captain Kroll on the ship that captured the shuttlecraft , but they can find no trace of the chip Tuvok claimed to have in his last transmission . Mahj ' K delegates his first officer , Tr ' anga to interrogate the prisoners . The Bajoran science officer , Nor , scans the two prisoners with a tricorder , quickly finding the chip hidden under Tuvok ' s skin at the wrist . Tr ' anga pulls out a knife and prepares to cut it out . . .