On Romulus a coup takes place. Later, Sela and her father discuss the situation. An announcement is made, with General Revo (Sela's father) condemning the coup and outing those who carried it out. On Earth Chief O'Brien analyzes the images of those who carried out the coup and realizes it was none other than Worf, Ro Laren and B'Elanna Torres.
Much of this issue is spent discussing the self-replicating mines O'Brien developed at the beginning of the Dominion War. They have since been co-opted and used by other races to keep a hold on territory, killing thousands. He is called out during a lecture and labeled a war criminal. I'll just be upfront, I don't care for this story thread at all. Having him get involved with the larger story of the Romulan coup is fine. But having some young cadet throw mud at him feels wrong. Also, it feels like Spock is increasingly becoming a character that they don't quite know what to do with. He did little during the parasite story and here we see him getting tortured for a few pages. The Defiant crew is always changing, at this point I'd be fine if they wrote him out and set him on a course that leads to the events of the J.J. Abrams film.
six out of ten.
