Sisko confronts and punches Garak, who admits he planted a bomb on Vreenak's ship. As Sisko faces the possibility that his actions may actually force the Romulans to side with the Dominion, he learns that Vreenak's ship was destroyed en route home. Sisko gives Vreenak the recording, but the senator discovers the forgery and vows to expose the deception. Meanwhile, on Garak's advice, Sisko arranges a secret meeting with Vreenak, an influential Romulan senator. Tolar forges a holographic record of a meeting between Dominion leaders discussing plans to invade Romulus. When Tolar stabs Quark in an altercation while drunk, Sisko bribes Quark to drop the matter. In order to obtain an authentic Cardassian data rod, he is forced to trade a large quantity of bio-mimetic gel, a rare, dangerous, and highly regulated material, over Dr. Hesitant, but driven forward by the Dominion's recent conquest of Betazed, Sisko obtains permission from Starfleet to proceed.Īt Garak's request, Sisko secures the release of a forger named Grathon Tolar from a Klingon prison. Garak suggests they forge a recording of Dominion leaders discussing a surprise attack. Sisko enlists Garak's help to find this evidence, but all of Garak's contacts end up dead shortly after communicating with him. To do so, he will need evidence that the Dominion plans to attack the Romulans. To turn the tide of the war, Sisko decides that he must bring the Romulans into the war on the Federation's side no matter what. The losses suffered by the Federation in the Dominion War are taking their toll. The episode is told in flashback, as Sisko records a personal log entry on the events of the past two weeks.
( December 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The episode received Nielsen ratings of 4.8 points corresponding to nearly 4.7 million viewers, and is widely regarded as one of the series' best episodes. In this episode, Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks) works with former spy Elim Garak ( Andrew Robinson) to trick the Romulans into joining the war against the Dominion. Set in the 24th century, Deep Space Nine follows the adventures of the crew of the fictional space station Deep Space Nine the later seasons of the series follow a war between the United Federation of Planets and the Dominion, a hostile alien empire that has formed an alliance with the nearby planet of Cardassia. It originally aired on April 15, 1998, in broadcast syndication. " In the Pale Moonlight" is the 143rd episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 19th of the sixth season.
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