[Wrap-up]
A treatment had been found, but there was still much work to do.
Aboard the Tempest, medical staff synthesised large quantities of the Vorta self-antigen to treat those infected by the 5th strain of the Blight. Hopefully, with time, the virus would go into full remission or be cured.
It was also necessary to decontaminate the western well. Several techniques presented themselves: beam out the virus-laden water and sterilise the interior; block it up completely and dig another; and others. In any case, the starship crew and their technology were to be instrumental in this project.
Samples of the pure 5th-strain Blight virus, the Vorta's blood and other body parts, were split up between Doctor Trepan and Doctor Kintiss, so research into a full cure could continue in the future, with the Teplans' hard-earned experience on one side, and the Federation's greater resources and technology on the other. The Teplans needed this vital research for their very survival, but their world was far from important to the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Nevertheless, doctors across space were moved by their plight and the challenge of curing the incurable disease, while the Federation acted on humanitarian grounds and to wage this war of biology against the Dominion. If anyone could break the Dominion's curse, they would show the Founders were not all-powerful.
Meanwhile, the Tempest and Lirpa were tasked with rounding up and destroying the Houdini-Succubus mines, enabling other space-farers to return to Teplanea, and the Teplans to gradually return to the interstellar stage.
However, at the end of the relief efforts, the Tempest crew discovered to their dismay that their fractious family was to be broken up: the Lirpa had come on a crew exchange, delivering new crew but taking others away.