"The Search" is the title of a two-part Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, from the third season. Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... An episode is to television and radio what a chapter is to a book: a part of a sequence of a body of work. ... A season is one of the major divisions of the year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in weather. ...

The following are a number of key events that occur during the first part of the episode.

A team sets out from Deep Space Nine in the Defiant.

• Sisko, Odo, Kira, Bashir, Quark, and Jadzia Dax (and possibly others) set out from Deep Space Nine in the USS Defiant to complete a mission.
• During this mission, Odo develops an apparently inexplicable fascination with the Omarion Nebula.
• Later, Jem'Hadar attack and board the Defiant.
• While the Defiant is under attack, Odo and Kira escape in a small vessel. Cinematographically, the audience learns of this fact at the same time Kira does: Kira was unconscious, and when Odo informs her of the escape when she awakens, he is in effect informing the audience, as well.
• During the same scene, Odo informs Kira that he is currently seeking the Omarion Nebula. She is dismayed, claiming she did not consent to being placed in her current situation.
• Using the vessel's sensors, Odo detects a "rogue" M-class planet. (The planet does not orbit a star.) Odo resolves to land on the planet. There, Odo and Kira encounter a group of shapeshifters.

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References

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• Episode information from STARTREK.COM for The Search, Part I
• Episode information from STARTREK.COM for The Search, Part II
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Search"