The Die is Cast story
Garak reluctantly tortures Odo for information to prove his loyalty to his former mentor, Enabran Tain, as a joint Tal Shiar/Obsidian Order attack on the Founders in the Omarian Nebula is underway, without Starfleet's involvement. Directed by: David Livingston. Story by: Ronald D. Moore.
15 total · 2 choice · 7 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| choosing between conflicting loyalties | choice | Garak between Cardassians and Federation; Odo revealed he had a desire to return to live among the Founders under pain of torture |
| preemptive strike in self-defense | choice | Cardassians and Romulans united in a preemptive strike against the Dominion |
| a common enemy unites | major | Cardassians and Romulans united in a preemptive strike against the Dominion |
| authoritarianism | major | Authoritarian aspects of both the Cardassian and Romulan systems of governance were touched on. |
| betrayal | major | Garak felt betrayed by his former mentor Tain once Garak discovered that Tain had plotted to assassinate him; Tain insinuated that Odo betrayed his shapeshifter brethren by turning his back on them |
| duty vs. duty | major | Michael Eddington sabotaged the cloaking device under orders of Star Fleet Admiral |
| duty vs. friendship | major | Garak had to choose between torturing Odo and disobeying his mentor Tain |
| factions joining forces against a common enemy | major | Cardassians and Romulans united in a preemptive strike against the Dominion |
| mentor and protégé | major | Garak reunited with his former mentor Tain |
| attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy | minor | Founders were about to be wiped out by Cardassian and Romulan first strike |