Julian tries to talk Chief O'Brien out of helping Worf and his crew. Meanwhile, the Romulan ground forces beam down and eventually surround Worf. In space, B'Elanna Torres is about to sacrifice herself when the Defiant shows up. Worf continues his battle with the Romulan ground forces commander until he is shot and killed by B'Elanna. The Romulan Praetor Neral is killed by one of the Antarans Worf trained. In Romulan Space, Spock is confronted by Sela's father. He executes the scientist who knew of the instability in the Romulan sun and then aims his disruptor at his daughter.
This is, I think, the first time Miles O'Brien goes into detail about his experiences during Setlik III. It has been brought up multiple times in TNG and DS9 and is a key piece of his backstory. This issue feels very messy though. A lot of jumping around to different POVs. Which, is to be expected I suppose. This is the culmination of several issues worth of story. For all the lead in time O'Brien does little more than arrive with the Defiant. That is it. And Julian has little more than a pithy scene where he, half heartedly, attempts to talk Miles out of helping. Why even bother? Could have just as easily had the Defiant pilot itself back.
six out of ten
