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Deep Space Nine's first offering for the calendar year 1996 was this episode, which originally aired January 1. A crucial Federation/Romulan peace conference is interrupted by a deadly explosion, apparently the handiwork of a Dominion-aligned Changeling. Further evidence indicates that a hostile Changeling faction intends to invade Earth. As a result, Earthling Sisko and Changeling Odo are sent to San Francisco, either to prevent an all-out war, or to prepare for a wholesale Dominion attack. Ending in a cliffhanger, the plot of "Homefront" would not be resolved until the following week's episode, "Paradise Lost." Both installments were written by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe.