After Garak's shop is destroyed, Odo begins an investigation involving the Obsidian Order and the Romulans, leading Garak to a reunion with Enabran Tain.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 2.3 Other 2.4 Referenced 3 References 3.1 Locations 3.2 Species 3.3 Starships 3.4 States and Organizations 3.5 Other 4 Connections

SummaryEdit

CharactersEdit

MainEdit

• Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)
• Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor)
• Odo (Rene Auberjonois)
• Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig)
• Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell)
• Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney)

RecurringEdit

• Elim Garak (Andrew J. Robinson)
• Enabran Tain (Paul Dooley)
• Mila (Julianna McCarthy)

OtherEdit

• Cardassian informant (Joseph Ruskin)
• Retaya (Carlos LaCamara)
• Vakis (Darwyn Carson)

ReferencedEdit

Dekora Assan • Marcus Junius Brutus • Julius Caesar • Quark • William Shakespeare

ReferencesEdit

LocationsEdit

Alpha Quadrant • Deep Space 9 • Garak's Clothiers • Habitat ring • Infirmary • Operations center • Promenade • Replimat • Station commander's office • Unefra • Wardroom

Referenced only 

Cardassia • Founders' homeworld • Gamma Quadrant • Japori II • Orias system • Quark's • Romulus • Unefra III

SpeciesEdit

Bajoran • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Flaxian • Human • Romulan • Talarian • Trill

Referenced only 

Ferengi • Nausicaan • Yalosian • Yridian

StarshipsEdit

USS Mekong (Danube-class) • Nimaria-class starship • USS Rio Grande (Danube-class) • IRW Serrola (D'deridex-class)

States and OrganizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Cardassian Union • Obsidian Order • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Tal Shiar • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Cardassian Central Command • Cardassian Finance Ministry • Dominion • Founders • Roman Empire

OtherEdit

benzene • The Boy Who Cried Wolf • Cardassian neck trick • cloaking device • constable • Delavian chocolate • fire-suppression system • heart attack • isolinear rod • Julius Caesar • magneton relay • neutrino inverter • nitrilin • nitrogen • ODN juncture • replicator • sheep • subspace • transponder • tractor beam • warbird • warp drive • wolf

ConnectionsEdit

• Improbable Cause (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Improbable Cause article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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