"The Passenger" is the ninth episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
[1] En route back to the station in a runabout, Major Kira and Dr. Bashir respond to a distress call from a Kobliad freighter and find Ty Kajada, a security guard, and her prisoner, Rao Vantika.
Vantika dies and Bashir and Kira take Kajada back to Deep Space Nine, where she becomes convinced that he is still alive.
One step ahead of the crew's investigation, Vantika and the mercenaries manage to gain control of the freighter carrying the deuridium.
[3] On February 8, 1997 this episode was released on LaserDisc in Japan as part of the half-season box set 1st Season Vol.