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1. Storms rage outside on this Bajoran evening as Quark sits in the darkened home of Vaatrik Pallra, who fell under the suspicious eye of investigator Odo some five years earlier when her husband was murdered on Terok Nor, a crime still unsolved. She tasks Quark with retrieving a strongbox hidden on the station. Why does she claim to want it?
2. Quark enlists the help of his brother, Rom, to retrieve the strongbox belonging to Pallra. Much to Quark's dismay, Rom has gained quite a bit of experience in dealing with complex locks. How long does it take Rom to open a pulsatel lockseal?
3. Having retrieved the container, Quark cannot let it go without having a look inside, just as Pallra expected. The box's contents are a list of Bajoran names, but while Rom is fetching an imager to take a snapshot of the list, Pallra's henchman shoots Quark and the list is stolen. What kind of weapon does Odo determine was used by this would-be assassin?
4. (Five years earlier, on Terok Nor during the Cardassian Occupation.) Gul Dukat asks Odo to the shop where the Bajoran shopkeeper Vaatrik was murdered, believing the shapeshifter would make an ideal investigator. The two had previously "met" at reception where Odo was "viewed" by the Cardassian High Command and provided amusement. What did Dukat especially enjoy about Odo's exhibition?
5. After being shown into a makeshift security office, Odo begins his investigation by questioning Vaatrik's widow, Pallra. When asked who might be responsible for her husband's murder, she readily supplies a suspect: Kira Nerys. What motive does she attribute to Kira?
6. Odo approaches Kira, his future friend and superior officer, in the Bajorans' eating area and explains his unofficial position as a security officer. She denies both having killed Vaatrik and the accusation that anything untoward happened between them. What alibi does she provide for the time of the murder?
7. Having discovered that her alibi was false, investigator Odo confronts Kira. She attempts to say that she was asleep at the time of the murder, but Odo quickly judges her as a poor liar. Deciding to reveal her connection to the Bajoran underground, where does Kira admit to being on the previous night, performing an act of sabotage?
8. (Back to the present, aboard DS9.) With some encouragement from Odo and a few deep breaths, Rom is coaxed into remembering some of what he saw on the list retrieved by him and his brother in the chemist's shop. What not entirely accurate name does he recall?
9. Both Odo and Kira realize that the attack made on Quark and the list of names relate to the Vaatrik murder five years ago, which they've never forgotten. One more death and several blackmail payments later, keeping a close eye on Mrs. Vaatrik provides results for Odo. He realizes that the individuals on the list were all what?
10. After Mrs. Vaatrik's hired gun makes a second attempt on Quark's life, Odo has enough evidence connecting the two to put them both behind force fields. The widow still asserts that she did not kill her husband.
Five years ago, Kira was freed from suspicion when she took the risk of revealing her connection with the Bajoran underground. Convinced of her innocence, Odo let her go, leaving the Vaatrik case unsolved. Was Kira innocent of Vaatrik's murder?
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