| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| "Past Prologue" | |
| Episode no. | 3 |
|---|---|
| Prod. code | 404 |
| Airdate | January 10, 1993 |
| Writer(s) | Kathryn Powers |
| Director | Winrich Kolbe |
| Guest star(s) | Jeffrey Nordling as Tahna Los Andrew Robinson as Garak Gwynyth Walsh as B'Etor Barbara March as Lursa Susan Bay as Admiral Rollman Vaughn Armstrong as Gul Danar Richard Ryder as Deputy Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn |
| Year | 2369 |
| Stardate | Not stated |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Emissary" |
| Next | "A Man Alone" |
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Quick Overview: A Bajoran terrorist with ties to Kira arrives on DS9. Bajorans, a race of Humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe were introduced in the Next Generation series and played Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Plot
We find Dr. Julian Bashir eating lunch by himself when the station's only Cardassian approaches and asks to sit with him. Dr Julian Subatoi Bashir, played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Cardassians are a spacefaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe The Cardassian introduces himself as Garak and seems to know who Bashir is, although Bashir knows next to nothing about Garak. As Bashir points out, some say Garak stayed on the station as the eyes and ears of his fellow Cardassians. Garak seems surprised and asks if Bashir is intimating that he is a spy, to which of course Bashir says he wouldn't know. Garak says that he appreciates an open mind and notes that he is a tailor. A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them As he leaves, Garak mentions that he is glad to have made such an "interesting" new friend; Bashir has been visibly nervous throughout their exchange. Heading to Ops as soon as Garak is gone, Bashir reports to an uninterested Sisko that he has made contact with the spy and reassures Sisko that the Federation's medical secrets are safe with him. Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. The United Federation of Planets, (also known as the "The Federation" or UFP) is a fictional interplanetary state depicted in the Star Trek
Bashir's new friend is soon forgotten when a Cardassian warship is seen chasing an unarmed Bajoran vessel. Bajorans, a race of Humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe were introduced in the Next Generation series and played The Bajoran ship is about to be destroyed, so its pilot is beamed aboard the station. He is Tahna Los, an old friend of Kira's, and he requests political asylum from the Federation. Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Right of asylum (or political asylum) is an ancient Judicial notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his However, as the Cardassian captain points out, Tahna is also a known member of the Kohn-Ma, a terrorist organization that is still fighting Cardassia. Kira reluctantly confirms this but insists Tahna is a good man. Tahna admits to being a Kohn-Ma member but says that he no longer wishes to be.
Meanwhile a pair of Klingon women, Lursa and B'Etor of the House of Duras, arrives on the station and Sisko tells Odo to keep an eye on them. Klingons ( Klingon: tlhIngan; Pronunciation /ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn/ are a warrior race in the fictional Star Trek universe The House of Duras is a long-lasting family of treacherous and manipulative Klingons in the fictional Star Trek universe The House of Duras is a long-lasting family of treacherous and manipulative Klingons in the fictional Star Trek universe Odo, played by René Auberjonois, is a main character on the science fiction television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. When Bashir happens upon Garak in Quark's bar, Garak talks about fashion and mentions that Lursa and B'Etor's outfits are worth studying closely. Quark, son of Keldar and Ishka, is a Fictional character in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, played by Armin Shimerman Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time Tahna enters the bar and the Duras sisters follow him out with Odo not far behind. Tahna meets with the Klingons in an empty cargo bay and tells them he does not have "it" yet. "It", Sisko suspects, will be brought to the station soon by two Kohn-Ma who supposedly want to start new lives.
Kira is in a moral dilemma because Tahna has solicited her to join the Kohn-Ma and help him steal a runabout. A dilemma (Greek δί-λημμα "double proposition " is a Problem offering at least two solutions or possibilities of which none are practically She confides in Odo that it was easier to fight when she knew who her enemies were. While she does not plan to help Tahna, she is hesitant to turn him in. However, she knows that she will feel guilty if Tahna kills innocent people when she could have stopped him.
The Duras sisters go to Garak's shop and inform him that they can deliver Tahna Los to the Cardassian government for a price. For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. While he insists that he is not a representative of Cardassia, Garak claims he can contact one, after which he subtly hints that Bashir should buy a new suit at exactly 20:55. Once Bashir arrives, Garak hands him a suit, tells him to be quiet and pushes him behind a curtain. The Duras sisters enter and tell Garak that they will conclude their business with Tahna Los in four hours and that their rendezvous will be on the dark side of Bajor 8's lower moon. Once they are gone, Garak tells Bashir the compound the Duras sisters are delivering to Tahna will give him the ability to construct a bomb. A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely
Unfortunately, there is as yet no tangible evidence on which to arrest Tahna, so the crew decides to give him the runabout and arrest him once his transaction with the Klingons is complete. An arrest is the act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the investigation and prevention of crime Kira insists on going with him, however, because she believes that if she does not then Tahna will suspect a trap. Sisko and O'Brien take another runabout to Bajor 8 ahead of Kira and Tahna in order to catch Tahna in the act. Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Kira feigns surprise when Tahna's involvement with the Klingons is revealed, and once the transaction is concluded Sisko and O'Brien's runabout attempts to intercept Tahna's.
Tahna is confused by the presence of the other runabout but realizes he has been betrayed when the same Cardassian warship from before comes after them. He points a phaser at Kira and orders her to take the runabout to the station; when she refuses he threatens to explode the bomb. Before they arrive Tahna tells Kira to adjust course and head for the wormhole instead. In Physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of Spacetime that is fundamentally a 'shortcut' through Space and Time His plan is to destroy not Deep Space Nine but the wormhole; with no wormhole to fight over, he believes the Cardassians and Federation will both leave Bajor alone.
She adjusts course sharply enough to knock Tahna off balance and once through the wormhole launches the bomb, which harmlessly explodes in open space. By the time the runabout returns to the Alpha Quadrant, Tahna again has control and his phaser is aimed at Kira's head. In the television series Star Trek and its spin-offs Galactic quadrant refers to an area of the Milky Way Galaxy (although it's apparently no longer called He orders Sisko to do as he says, at which point Sisko offers Tahna an ultimatum: surrender to him or wait for the Cardassians, who are two minutes away. At that point Tahna hands the phaser to Kira. Back on the station, Kira tells Tahna she had to do what she did and that one day hopefully he will understand.
References
- ^ First Person w/ Andrew Robinson (HTML). StarTrek. com. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats
- ^ Episode Synopsis (HTML). StarTrek. com. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats
- ^ Lursa Character Bio (HTML). StarTrek. com. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats ,
- P. Farrand, Nitpicker's Guide for Deep space Nine Trekkers New York: Dell (1996): 13 - 16
External links
- Past Prologue article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Past Prologue article at STARTREK.COM, the official Star Trek website
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