| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| "Starship Down" | |
The Defiant is crippled |
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| Episode no. | 78 |
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| Prod. code | 479 |
| Airdate | November 6, 1995 |
| Writer(s) | David Mack John J. Ordover |
| Director | Alexander Singer |
| Guest star(s) | James Cromwell as Hanok F. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Do not add unverifiable information to my list of credits in particular under the heading "Early Work John J Ordover is the founder and CEO of JJO MARKETING and was previously an editor at Pocket Books responsible for overseeing the licensed Novels of the A television director directs the activities involved in making a Television Episode. Alexander Singer (born 1932 in New York City, New York) is an American director James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) sometimes credited as Jamie Cromwell, is an American Film and Television J. Rio as Muniz Jay Baker as Stevens Sara Mornell as Carson |
| Year | 2372 |
| Stardate | 49263. Stardates are a means of specifying absolute dates in the fictional Star Trek universe. 5 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Rejoined" |
| Next | "Little Green Men" |
"Starship Down" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the seventh episode of the fourth season. The following is a complete list of episode descriptions for Star Trek Deep Space Nine, in broadcast order "Rejoined" is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the sixth episode of the fourth season " Little Green Men " is an episode of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the eighth episode of the fourth season
Plot
The Defiant carries the senior staff of Deep Space Nine into the Gamma Quadrant for trade negotiations with a Karemma named Hanok. The USS Defiant (NX-74205 is a fictional Starship in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine (DS9 and the Feature film They are interrupted when a pair of Jem'Hadar ships burst in and fire on the Karemma ship. In the fictional Star Trek universe the Jem'Hadar are the Shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. The Jem'Hadar chase the ship into the atmosphere of a nearby planet, and the Defiant takes off in pursuit. The Jem'Hadar open fire on the Defiant, crippling it in the turbulent fluorine atmosphere of the planet. Fluorine, fluorum meaning "to flow" is the Chemical element with the symbol F and Atomic number 9
Jadzia Dax heads below to try to patch up the engines well enough so the ship can escape the planet's atmosphere. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space She is successful but is nearly blown up when the hull is breached. Dr. Bashir closes down the breached area of the ship and pulls Dax out just in time. Dr Julian Subatoi Bashir, played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. They remain trapped in a turbolift without communication with the bridge, where the rest of the crew presume them lost.
As the engines come back on line, the Jem'Hadar attack once more, rendering the Defiant helpless again. The ship is dark and smoldering, running on emergency power, and Captain Sisko has been gravely injured with a concussion. Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Major Kira tends him, trying to keep him conscious. Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Meanwhile, Quark is trapped in the mess hall with Hanok the Karemma, where they find themselves staring at the nose end of a live Jem'Hadar torpedo which has lodged itself in the hull. Quark, son of Keldar and Ishka, is a Fictional character in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, played by Armin Shimerman Quark and Hanok, both ruthless businessmen, are wary of each other at first, but then realize they can combine their cleverness to come up with a plan to defuse the torpedo. Dax and Bashir huddle together for warmth, as they have only a thin bulkhead separating them from the frigid vacuum of space. Bashir laughs when he realizes that being trapped in a turbolift with Jadzia in his arms was once a fantasy of his. On the bridge, Kira cares for Sisko, telling him a Bajoran fairy tale to try to keep him awake. Worf and Chief O'Brien work on putting the Defiant's engines back together. Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a Main character in both Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Trek Deep Space Nine Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Mistakes
- Throughout the episode the crew measure pressure in GSC (grams per square centimetre), which is not a SI unit. The correct unit would have been pascals (newtons per square meter), of course, the show is set in the future and not all meanings have to be consistent.
External links
- Starship Down article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Starship Down article at STARTREK.COM, the official Star Trek website
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