Stardate 46729.1: Commander Sisko has been asked to mediate a dispute between two Bajoran clans over the division of their territories. The leader of one of the tribes is a young girl, who Nog is enchanted by. Meanwhile, Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien shuttle down to Bajor to help with a grave situation that could spell doom for a village.
When the Cardassian occupation of Bajor ended in 2369, the mining space station Terok Nor was left abandoned, its systems ripped out. By invitation of the Bajoran provisional government, Starfleet stepped in to oversee the rebuilding and day-to-day operations of the newly christened Deep Space Nine.
The years of Starfleet's nonintervention into Cardassian matters, however, had taken its toll on relations with the Bajorans. Consequently, Starfleet's position was a tenuous one; many Bajorans, suspicious and hostile as a result of decades of Cardassian oppression and brutality, did not greet the Federation's presence with open arms. The Federation's assistance is put to the test as DS9 becomes a center of travel and commerce that stretches into the Gamma Quadrant.