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" Improbable Cause " initiates a two-part adventure concerning the search for the Founders ' homeworld which concludes in " The Die is Cast ".

Following first contact with the Founders, the Obsidian Order – a covert Cardassian intelligence force – ally themselves with the Tal Shiar, their Romulan counterpart, and launch a secret, pre-emptive strike to destroy the Founders ' homeworld, hoping that the Founders and the rest of the Dominion will collapse.

The Dominion successfully lure the fleets of the Tal Shiar and the Obsidian Order into a trap, eliminating both organizations.

The plot establishes an atmosphere of suspicion amongst the Alpha Quadrant powers, initiated by the shapeshifters ' abilities to assume other identities, which forms the basis of plots for Season Four.