Call to Arms (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

"**Call to Arms**"
"Call to Arms"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 26
Directed by	Allan Kroeker
Written by	Ira Steven Behr; Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Featured music	Jay Chattaway
Production code	524
Original air date	June 16, 1997
Guest appearances
	Andrew J. Robinson - Elim Garak; Jeffrey Combs - Weyoun; Marc Alaimo - Dukat; J. G. Hertzler - General Martok; Chase Masterson - Leeta; Melanie Smith - Tora Ziyal;
Episode chronology
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"Call to Arms" is the 26th and final episode of the fifth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 124th episode overall.

Plot

Upon learning that the Romulans and other major powers have signed non-aggression pacts with the Dominion, Starfleet Command orders Captain Benjamin Sisko to prevent further Dominion reinforcements from reaching Cardassia, their first foothold in the Alpha Quadrant. A plan is devised to block the entrance to the wormhole with a field of self-replicating mines (Rom's idea), but the mines cannot be activated until they are entirely deployed; this task will take several hours to complete. Shortly after deployment begins, Weyoun declares that Deep Space Nine will be attacked unless the mines are removed.

Knowing that Starfleet reinforcements are unavailable, Sisko asks General Martok to patrol the border while the Defiant continues deployment. Sisko also notifies Kira that he will endorse the non-aggression pact offered to Bajor by the Dominion, in the hope that it will keep Bajor out of the coming fight and in turn, war. Rom and Leeta are married by Sisko in his capacity as the Emissary and a Starfleet captain.

As the Dominion fleet approaches, Sisko orders a civilian emergency evacuation of DS9. Starfleet and Bajoran militia personnel remain to defend the station until the mines are completely deployed. Dominion forces attack and are met by DS9's armaments and Martok's vessel, the Rotarran. After the minefield is activated, Sisko orders the Starfleet personnel to evacuate as well.

The Bajoran militia remains aboard the station, as do Quark, Rom, Morn, and Jake Sisko, who intends to serve as a reporter for the Federation News Service while the station is occupied by the Dominion. Before surrendering DS9, Kira disables the station's systems by activating a pre-set computer program.

Sisko informs the Starfleet personnel that while the station was being captured, a combined Starfleet/Klingon task force had wiped out the Dominion ship yards in the Alpha Quadrant. Weyoun reveals that it cost over 50 ships to take the station.

Aboard the Defiant, Sisko is informed that Jake is not aboard and must still be on DS9. O'Brien asks whether or not they should go back for him. An angered Sisko responds that he can't risk the ship and its crew for one person, even if he is his son. "He is a man" Sisko reasons as he slumps back into his seat and says "Maintain current course". On Deep Space Nine, Kira, Odo, and Quark welcome the Dominion aboard the station. Afterwards, Gul Dukat reclaims his old office in Ops, where he notes the baseball left behind – a message to him that Sisko will return.

As Sisko faces the viewscreen with a defiant glare, the Defiant and Rotarran circle around to join the massive Federation/Klingon task force.

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v t e Star Trek: Cardassian stories
The Next Generation	"The Wounded" "Ensign Ro" "Chain of Command" "The Chase" " Lower Decks" "Journey's End" "Preemptive Strike"
Deep Space Nine	"Emissary" "Duet" "The Homecoming" "The Circle" "Cardassians" "Necessary Evil" "Profit and Loss" "The Maquis" "The Wire" "Tribunal" "Second Skin" "Civil Defense" "Defiant" "Destiny" "Improbable Cause" "The Die is Cast" "The Way of the Warrior" "Indiscretion" "Return to Grace" "Things Past" "The Darkness and the Light" "In Purgatory's Shadow" "By Inferno's Light" "Ties of Blood and Water" "Empok Nor" "Call to Arms" "A Time to Stand" "Sons and Daughters" "Behind the Lines" "Favor the Bold" "Sacrifice of Angels" "Waltz" "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" "Tears of the Prophets" "Penumbra" "'Til Death Do Us Part" "Strange Bedfellows" "The Changing Face of Evil" "When It Rains…" "Tacking into the Wind" "The Dogs of War" "What You Leave Behind"
Voyager	"Caretaker" "State of Flux" "Dreadnought" "Nothing Human" "Worst Case Scenario" "Shattered"
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v t e Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes
Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Season 1	"Emissary" "Past Prologue" "A Man Alone" "Babel" "Captive Pursuit" "Q-Less" "Dax" "The Passenger" "Move Along Home" "The Nagus" "Vortex" "Battle Lines" "The Storyteller" "Progress" "If Wishes Were Horses" "The Forsaken" "Dramatis Personae" "Duet" "In the Hands of the Prophets"
Season 2	"The Homecoming" "The Circle" "The Siege" "Invasive Procedures" "Cardassians" "Melora" "Rules of Acquisition" "Necessary Evil" "Second Sight" "Sanctuary" "Rivals" "The Alternate" "Armageddon Game" "Whispers" "Paradise" "Shadowplay" "Playing God" "Profit and Loss" "Blood Oath" "The Maquis, Part I" "The Maquis, Part II" "The Wire" "Crossover" "The Collaborator" "Tribunal" "The Jem'Hadar"
Season 3	"The Search" "The House of Quark" "Equilibrium" "Second Skin" "The Abandoned" "Civil Defense" "Meridian" "Defiant" "Fascination" "Past Tense, Part I" "Past Tense, Part II" "Life Support" "Heart of Stone" "Destiny" "Prophet Motive" "Visionary" "Distant Voices" "Through the Looking Glass" "Improbable Cause" "The Die Is Cast" "Explorers" "Family Business" "Shakaar" "Facets" "The Adversary"
Season 4	"The Way of the Warrior" "The Visitor" "Hippocratic Oath" "Indiscretion" "Rejoined" "Starship Down" "Little Green Men" "The Sword of Kahless" "Our Man Bashir" "Homefront" "Paradise Lost" "Crossfire" "Return to Grace" "Sons of Mogh" "Bar Association" "Accession" "Rules of Engagement" "Hard Time" "Shattered Mirror" "The Muse" "For the Cause" "To the Death" "The Quickening" "Body Parts" "Broken Link"
Season 5	"Apocalypse Rising" "The Ship" "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places" "...Nor the Battle to the Strong" "The Assignment" "Trials and Tribble-ations" "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." "Things Past" "The Ascent" "Rapture" "The Darkness and the Light" "The Begotten" "For the Uniform" "In Purgatory's Shadow" "By Inferno's Light" "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?" "A Simple Investigation" "Business as Usual" "Ties of Blood and Water" "Ferengi Love Songs" "Soldiers of the Empire" "Children of Time" "Blaze of Glory" "Empok Nor" "In the Cards" "Call to Arms"
Season 6	"A Time to Stand" "Rocks and Shoals" "Sons and Daughters" "Behind the Lines" "Favor the Bold" "Sacrifice of Angels" "You Are Cordially Invited" "Resurrection" "Statistical Probabilities" "The Magnificent Ferengi" "Waltz" "Who Mourns for Morn?" "Far Beyond the Stars" "One Little Ship" "Honor Among Thieves" "Change of Heart" "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" "Inquisition" "In the Pale Moonlight" "His Way" "The Reckoning" "Valiant" "Profit and Lace" "Time's Orphan" "The Sound of Her Voice" "Tears of the Prophets"
Season 7	"Image in the Sand" "Shadows and Symbols" "Afterimage" "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" "Chrysalis" "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River" "Once More unto the Breach" "The Siege of AR-558" "Covenant" "It's Only a Paper Moon" "Prodigal Daughter" "The Emperor's New Cloak" "Field of Fire" "Chimera" "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang" "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" "Penumbra" "'Til Death Do Us Part" "Strange Bedfellows" "The Changing Face of Evil" "When It Rains…" "Tacking into the Wind" "Extreme Measures" "The Dogs of War" "What You Leave Behind"

v t e Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Characters	Julian Bashir Dax Ezri Jadzia Gul Dukat Elim Garak Vic Fontaine Ishka Kira Nerys Martok Nog Miles O'Brien Keiko O'Brien Odo Quark Rom Benjamin Sisko Jake Sisko Worf
Episodes	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Settings	Runabout (spacecraft) Deep Space Nine (space station) USS Defiant (spaceship) Bajor (planet) Holosuites Bird of Prey (spaceship) Mirror Universe
Video games	Crossroads of Time Harbinger The Fallen Dominion Wars
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