Treachery , Faith and the Great River ( episode ) Odo is contacted by Weyoun , who reveals that he wants to defect to the Federation . Meanwhile , O ' Brien and Nog sail down the Great Material Continuum . Summary . Teaser . While with Kira , Odo is massaging her for a springball injury . During , he says he ' s leaving soon , having received a message from Gul Russol , who used to be one of his most reliable informants . Russol was executed when Cardassia joined the Dominion , or so Odo thought . Even though he is skeptical , he owes it to Russol to find out . He sets out for a barren moon on the . Meanwhile , Miles O ' Brien is in dire straits . Captain Sisko has ordered him to get the ' s gravity net up and running in three days , even though the station already needs far too many repairs . . . and the needed graviton stabilizer won ' t be available for three weeks . After he leaves , Nog offers the chief his help , saying O ' Brien needs to form a relationship with the quartermaster who has the stabilizer in order to be on the top of his list . O ' Brien thinks that Nog will only get him in deeper trouble , and tells him he can go ahead and try as long as he doesn ' t get them court martial ed . At the rendezvous point on a barren moon , Odo instead finds Weyoun , who announces that he wants to defect to the Federation . Act One . On the barren moon , Weyoun ' s offer to trade valuable intelligence about the Dominion in exchange for asylum in the Federation seems too good an offer to pass up . Weyoun insists they hurry as he ' s being searched for , but Odo waits , forcing him to explain himself . He says he ' s under pressure because the Dominion War was supposed to be over and he ' ll take the blame . Furthermore , he confirms a rumor Odo tells him about a Ketracel - white facility in Sector 507 . Odo then agrees to take Weyoun back to Deep Space 9 . After speaking with the quartermaster , Chief Willoughby , Nog learns he won ' t get a stabilizer for another week , but the has one now . Nog just needs to know what they need . Nog talks O ' Brien into giving him his authorization code for the sake of expediency , and the Ferengi begins wheeling and dealing for the stabilizer in the chief ' s name . Odo and Weyoun don ' t get very far when they receive a transmission from Cardassia . Odo is surprised to see that the transmission is from Legate Damar – and Weyoun . Act Two . It turns out that the Weyoun with Odo is clone number six ( the Weyoun the crew has had the majority of previous dealing was the fifth clone who died after a transporter " accident " ) , who is apparently defective as he has a lack of faith in the Founder s . The Weyoun clone 7 , the one with Damar , orders clone 6 to activate his termination implant , a device all Vorta clones have inside their brains . When 6 refuses , Damar vows that the runabout will never return to DS9 . After the transmission ended , Weyoun 6 admits to Odo the real reason he ' s defecting is that he felt the war was wrong . Odo is surprised when he hears this , and tells him his opinion makes perfect sense . On Cardassia , Damar tells Weyoun 7 they will have to order the Jem ' Hadar to destroy the runabout ; however , Weyoun refuses to harm a Founder . Damar is able to prod him into agreeing , as Odo does not consider himself a Founder and they will not need to tell the Jem ' Hadar , or anyone else . On DS9 , O ' Brien learns from an angry Kira that the captain ' s desk is missing . O ' Brien catches up with Nog at the Replimat and gets the full story . Nog explains that it is on loan to Al Lorenzo , chief of operations on Decos Prime , who wants a holophoto of himself sitting behind it ( he collects such photos ) . Nog has set up a chain of deals : in exchange for the loan of the desk , Lorenzo will give O ' Brien an induction modulator , which O ' Brien can then trade to the for a phaser emitter . The phaser emitter will then go to the " Sentinel " which has the graviton stabilizer that O ' Brien ( and the " Defiant " ) needs . As O ' Brien panics , seeing disaster ahead , Nog tells the chief to have faith in the Great Material Continuum , which Ferengi believe flows through the universe like a river , bringing people the things they need from those that have , and back again . Meanwhile , on the " Rio Grande " , Weyoun describes a nightmare , a product of his betrayal . Odo sympathizes , but then a Jem ' Hadar fighter appears and tries to shoot down and destroy the runabout . Act Three . Weyoun 6 can ' t believe they ' re firing on the ship with Odo on board . He gives details to Odo about the weakness of the fighter which allows Odo to destroy it with a sustained twin - Phaser blast . Weyoun is distraught , having now caused the death of loyal Dominion subjects . Odo attempts to probe him , saying his belief in the Founders was built into his genetic code , but he replies that is what gods do . Meanwhile , O ' Brien becomes increasingly anxious when Nog disappears from the station ( having used the access code to get access to a runabout ) . Things get worse when General Martok finds his 16 cases of bloodwine missing . Worf promises to find it . At Dominion Headquarters , Damar and Weyoun 7 are astonished that a simple runabout could destroy a Jem ' Hadar fighter , and resolve to simply send more ships from a nearby base in the Olmerak system . At that moment , the Female Changeling arrives and inquires what they are sending ships after . They only say that they found a runabout spying on the base and are sending ships to destroy it . However , Damar notices something odd about the Founder : her face is parched with very noticeable wrinkles . She quickly morphs the wrinkles away , insists she is alright , and orders the temperature lowered . As they continue their journey back to the station , Weyoun 6 tells Odo the story of how the Vorta came to be in the service of the Founders . After Odo expresses satisfaction that his people are capable of kindness , and Weyoun suggests Odo cares for his people in spite of their war , Weyoun relates a startling revelation : the Founders are dying . Act Four . The entire Great Link is suffering from a strange disease ( a morphogenic virus ) , which Weyoun witnessed from the female changeling . Only Odo , it seems , is not infected . Weyoun suggests it could be an opportunity for Odo to take over the Dominion and stop the war , but then more Jem ' Hadar ships show up , so Odo takes the runabout into an ice field and hides it in a large chunk of ice and powers it down . Back on the station , O ' Brien plans to make a new desk for Sisko , and asks Bashir for help . He has a plain white desk he plans to paint , but Bashir is sarcastically skeptical . Kira comes in not believing what she ' s seeing , and , soon , Martok comes in and angrily points O ' Brien out . He takes O ' Brien down to the cargo bay and shows him his authorization code , demanding that the bloodwine be returned in 24 hours . Things are heating up for O ' Brien . Within hours , the Jem ' Hadar flush them out , and Odo makes a run for it . Act Five . Knowing that the situation is hopeless , and to save Odo ' s life so that at least one Founder survives , Weyoun 6 contacts Weyoun 7 and asks him to call off the attack . Weyoun 7 watches as Weyoun 6 activates his termination device . Satisfied , Weyoun 7 orders the Jem ' Hadar ships to stop attacking . Meanwhile , Weyoun 6 asks Odo for his blessing before he dies . Although Odo despises the idea that the Vorta see the Founders as gods , he grants Weyoun 6 his wish . Back on DS9 , the Great Material Continuum comes through . Nog has returned along with Sisko ' s desk , looking spiffier than ever , the stabilizer is on hand , and the captain is happy . Even Martok is happy ; in place of the bloodwine his wife sent him are 16 cases of 2309 bloodwine : a superior vintage . O ' Brien decides to plunge right into the river to get some Saurian Brandy for Captain Sisko . Meanwhile , in his quarters , Odo reflects over the blessing he gave Weyoun and how content the Vorta looked when he died . Kira tells him that Weyoun was lucky , as he died with one of his gods smiling at him . The two then discuss the Founders ' disease , and Kira notes that they will get more dangerous if they ' re desperate to survive . Odo remarks that regardless of who wins the war , it feels like he will lose either way . Memorable quotes . " " Don ' t do anything I wouldn ' t do . " " " " Chief , I can ' t operate under those kinds of restrictions . " " " " I don ' t think the universe is ready for two Weyouns . " " " " I couldn ' t agree more . " " " " Clones . Keeping track of them is a full - time job . " " " " You have to have faith , chief . " " " " In a rumor ? ! " " " " No . . . in the Great Material Continuum ! " " ( sighs ) " " Who are they ? ! " " " " It ' s not a ' they ' , it ' s the force that binds the universe together . " " " " Oh , I must have missed that class at engineering school . " " " " Has it ever occurred to you that you believe the Founders are gods because that ' s what they want you to believe ? That they built that into your genetic code ? " " " " Of course they did . That ' s what gods do . After all , why be a god if there ' s no one to worship you ? " " " " Where are my cases of bloodwine ? ! " " " " I do not know , general , but I promise you I will find out . " " " " We spotted a Federation runabout spying on our base in the Olmerak system . " " " " Surely one ship shouldn ' t be much of a threat . " " " " We ' ll have it destroyed within the hour . " " " " Then let ' s just say I left Cardassia because my life was in danger . " " " " From whom ? " " " " Everyone . " " " " Aren ' t you being a little paranoid ? " " " " Of course I ' m paranoid , everyone ' s trying to kill me ! " " " " What do you think ? " " " " It ' s white . " " " " I know it ' s white , I ' m gonna paint it . " " " " It ' s the wrong shape . The wrong height . The wrong width . Other than that it ' s perfect . The captain will never suspect you switched desks on him . " " " " Julian , I need help , not sarcasm . " " " " I ' m afraid Nog is the only one that can help you now . " " " " If he gets back to the station before the captain does . " " " " Maybe he ' s not coming back . Maybe he ' s decided to make a run for it . " " ( Kira enters ) " " That isn ' t the captain ' s desk ! " " " " He ' s gonna paint it . " " " " Get it out of here ! " " " " It ' s just such an honor to be with a g . . . " ( clears throat ) " a " security officer . " " " All right , you can start by telling me how one runabout is going to survive an assault by four Jem ' Hadar ships . " " " " I ' m sure you ' ll think of something . " " " " This isn ' t easy for you , but you have to remember , they started this war . You didn ' t . " " " " That ' s true . But I know now , whichever side wins , one thing is certain : I ' m going to lose . " " " " I dont know how you did it , Nog . " " " " I never lost faith in the Great Material Continuum . " " " " Ah , like you say , the river will provide . " " " " Chief ! " " " " The waters just got choppy again . . . " " Links and references . 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