When Sisko follows the man through a door, he finds himself suddenly in the middle of a busy New York street and is immediately hit by a taxi.ĭoctor Bashir examines him in the infirmary and finds unusual synaptic potentials – his neural patterns look like they did when Sisko was having visions the year before. Later, when walking down a corridor with Kasidy Yates, Sisko is again confused when a baseball player walks past and calls, " Hey, Benny! Catch the game?" Again, Yates is sure she didn't see anyone. Dax, standing right outside in ops, insists she didn't see anyone, which only makes it a greater puzzle. Joseph promises to support his son no matter what decision he makes, but warns him to think carefully before he does anything.Īs he discusses the news with his father, Sisko is distracted and puzzled when he sees a strange man walk past his office dressed in 1950s Earth clothing. He is beginning to despair of making any kind of difference in the war effort at all, and is seriously considering stepping down and letting someone else make the tough decisions. That means Captain Quentin Swofford – a man Sisko knew well – is dead, and Sisko is distraught, given that he introduced Swofford to his wife. In particular, the USS Cortez has recently been destroyed, and even a six-hour search by the USS Defiant failed to discover any survivors.
Although the Federation is in firm control of the station, the Cardassian border is still a risky place for Federation ships to patrol.
Joseph Sisko, Captain Benjamin Sisko's father, has left Earth for the first time to visit his son and grandson on Deep Space 9, but his timing couldn't be worse.