Joel Swetow

Ed Mercer's enthusiasm about his promotion to captain dampens when his ex-wife, Kelly, gets assigned to be his first officer; an alien race ambushes the crew in an attempt to steal a time-accelerating device.

Upon arriving at his new command, Benjamin Sisko is quickly involved in a Bajoran prophet's quest for eight mystical and powerful orbs.

The Cardassians declare war, damaging the space station during the battle; hostilities cease when Sisko returns with the missing Cardassian ship.

Oleg and Sophie’s plan to have Max and Caroline as Barbara’s godparents is derailed when Oleg’s domineering mother, Olga (Mercedes Ruehl), arrives from the Ukraine for the baby’s baptism and fires Max and Caroline from their godparent duties.

When Worf's son declares he will not become a warrior, a persuasive Klingon appears to him.

After they threaten an airport supervisor, Michael infiltrates a family of gunrunners in order to scare them off and the FBI is pressuring Sam to produce more intel on Michael's activities.