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[BlueStuff]

KIRA: Major Kira Nerys.

 

[Enterprise1981]

ODO: Odo. Head of station security. May I ask what your function is here, Commander?

 

[BlueStuff]

SISKO: There will be a complete mission briefing at 1800 hours, but be prepared to depart the station at 0700 tomorrow morning. Dismissed.
(Everyone leaves except Sisko and Odo)

 

[Enterprise1981]

ODO: You needn't brace yourself to give me unpleasant news, Commander, I'll save you the trouble. I've been relieved as Chief of Security. (Odo stalks out without waiting for an answer.)

 

[BlueStuff]

[Corridor]

SISKO: Odo, wait. You've not been relieved. You're still in charge of all non-Starfleet security matters aboard this station.

 

[Enterprise1981]

ODO: And what about matters that are Starfleet?

 

[Athena28]

SISKO: In those areas, you'll coordinate your efforts with Commander Eddington.

 

[Enterprise1981]

ODO: Coordinate is another way of saying I'll report to him.

 

[BlueStuff]

SISKO: I'm sorry, Odo. This wasn't my idea.

 

[Athena28]

ODO: I'm sure it wasn't. You were just following orders.

 

[Enterprise1981]

SISKO: An order I strongly disagreed with. I did everything I could to fight this. I even took it to the Chief of Starfleet Security herself. But their decision was final.

 

[BlueStuff]

ODO: May I ask why?

 

[Enterprise1981]

SISKO: There were some concerns regarding several recent security breaches.

 

[BlueStuff]

ODO: If I was given the authority I asked for instead of being tied to Starfleet regulations, there wouldn't have been any security breaches.

 

[Athena28]

SISKO: Odo, your resistance to following Starfleet regulations is part of the problem.

 

[Enterprise1981]

ODO: I think there might be a simpler explanation, Commander. I think Starfleet decided to bring in someone they could trust, someone besides the "shape-shifter".

 

[BlueStuff]

SISKO: This is not a racial issue, Odo. I understand how you must feel, and I want-

 

[Enterprise1981]

ODO: Commander, I don't require your understanding. My resignation will be logged within the hour.

 

[BlueStuff]

[Sisko's quarters]

(Jake is enjoying an I'danian spice pudding when Sisko enters.)
SISKO: Hey, hey, hey, I thought you were unpacking.

 

[Enterprise1981]

JAKE: I am. I mean, I was. But I just kept looking at the replicator and...