Post by magicmuggle01 on Feb 9, 2019 11:39:10 GMT
Sisko plans to marry Kasidy Yates; Worf is missing after a battle with the Dominion. (Part 1 of 9)
Summary
During a quiet evening, Benjamin Sisko reveals to Kasidy Yates that he has recently purchased twelve hecapates of land on Bajor, in the Kendra Province. He plans to build a home there, for his retirement years. They reminisce about the past, marveling at how much has changed in Sisko's seven years on DS9. They are a couple, very much in love.
Kira informs everyone that Worf is missing in combat, and is presumed dead. Worf had been in command of the Klingon vessel IKS Koraga, which was destroyed by a Dominion patrol near the Badlands. Although six of its escape pods were recovered, Worf wasn't aboard any of them.
Act One
Searching the area for three days, the USS Defiant can find no trace of Worf; back at the station, Quark tries to cheer up a demoralized Ezri Dax. Later that evening, the Defiant calls off the search in the face of a dozen approaching Dominion ships.
Instead of pursuing the Defiant, the Dominion ships are diverted by Weyoun to Devos II to protect the Son'a's ketracel-white facility. When Weyoun questions Damar's drinking of kanar, Damar turns the tables and questions the health of the Founders. Weyoun dismisses his queries, and orders the installation of a new subspace, secretly-encoded communication channel for the Founder on Cardassia.
Walking past Worf's now-empty quarters, Dax overrides the lock and enters. She sees the bat'leth given to Jadzia by Worf, and begins to reminisce about Jadzia's relationship and marriage to Worf. She suddenly feels more than ever a part of the Dax symbiont, so she borrows the runabout USS Gander to search for Worf on her own.
Act Two
At first, Sisko tries to persuade Ezri to turn back the ship, however he eventually lets her go to try to find Worf. Sisko supplies her with their search logs from the Defiant to improve her chances.
While studying the ship's logs, Ezri discovers that the six recovered escape pods had all been launched from the starboard side of the ship. Assuming Worf made it to a port-side escape pod, Ezri uses the ship's computers to calculate the pod's trajectory, and follows it in the runabout. Disregarding the computer's warning that such a maneuver could be dangerous, she even powers down the ship's thrusters, to more closely simulate a drifting pod in the Badlands currents.
Sisko, who is constructing a scale model of his prospective house on Bajor, is discussing some of its design details with Kasidy, when suddenly he proposes marriage, even producing an engagement ring from a table in the model house. She accepts, and the joyous couple embrace.
Ezri's plan succeeds: she locates an escape pod, captures it with a tractor beam, and transports its sole occupant – a disoriented Worf – aboard safely to her runabout. Soon, he realizes she's alone and she admits she came without Sisko's permission. As Ezri helps Worf to a chair and starts to tend to his wounds, getting closer to him, she almost gives in to Jadzia's feelings for Worf. Worf stops her hand and, a little embarrassed, she goes back to pilot the ship back to DS9.
Act Three
On Cardassia, the Founder finds the newly-installed communication system adequate. However, she seems more concerned with Weyoun's news regarding their search for a vaccine. The latest batch of vaccine failed to accomplish its goal of finding a cure for the sickness infecting the Great Link, so she tears off a piece of herself, giving it to Weyoun as a tissue sample for future experimentation by the next round of Vorta medical clones. She insists on keeping the sickness a secret from the Cardassians, whose suspicions have already been aroused.
Benjamin asks his son Jake to be the best man at his wedding; Jake eagerly accepts, noting with delight that his duties also include planning the groom's bachelor party.
On their way back to DS9, Worf and Ezri soon grow tense and stand-offish with one another, until Ezri tries to break the ice. She gets Worf to admit that he had been singing the Klingon opera Gav'ot toh'va before she rescued him. When her inquiries regarding Worf's son Alexander get too personal, they begin to argue, but their argument is interrupted by two incoming Jem'Hadar fighters. Attempting to hide in the Goralis system, they emergency-transport to the surface of a planet, moments before the Gander burns up in the planet's atmosphere. They immediately discover that they are without their communications gear, and therefore have no way to contact home.
Act Four
While planning their nuptials, which they both expect to be an intimate affair, Sisko and Yates are approached by Saghi, a young Bajoran girl, who congratulates them and asks if she can be a dais bearer. The question prompts confusion in Ben and Kasidy, but Sahgi simply says that she understands they can only pick fifty-one girls for the position but it would be such an honor for her. Now Ben and Kasidy are really confused, but Sahgi tells them it's going to be the biggest wedding Bajor has ever seen. It is not just Ben Sisko getting married, but the Emissary of the Prophets. Then the couple notice a crowd of Bajorans on the Promenade, all marveling at the sight of the Emissary and his wife-to-be. The two realize their wedding will be far more difficult than most.
On Cardassia, Dukat pays an unexpected visit to Damar. Dukat is unconcerned with the failure he demonstrated to Weyoun earlier, as he has "felt the love" of the Pah-wraiths. Damar initially sees it as a front, but Dukat gives him a look that gives him pause. He asks for a favor, to which Damar says he'll do what he can.
Still marooned on the planet, Worf and Dax quickly get on each other's nerves. Their arguments, about their current predicament as well as their past, lead them to nearly come to blows – only to wind up in one another's embrace. Later that night, still sleeping side-by-side, they are stunned by the Breen and taken prisoner.
Act Five
Worf and Dax find out they are on a Breen ship and that the ship is moving, leaving orbit. They're confused as to why they would kidnap them, or why they were on Goralis. Worf also asks if Dax regretted last night, due to Trill customs about getting involved in past hosts' lives.
Weyoun and Damar are discussing the War when Weyoun realizes Damar isn't paying attention. Damar doesn't explain it, and is soon called back to his quarters. He finds Dukat appearing Bajoran after meeting with the plastic surgeon Damar recommended. Dukat reveals that he needs this appearance for a plan without elaborating on it further.
Sisko experiences another vision from the Prophets, urging him to accept his destiny as the Emissary of the Prophets. The Prophet which embodied his mother, Sarah Sisko, reappears, hinting that he must fulfill his destiny alone, without even Kasidy. Despite Benjamin professing his love for Kasidy, the vision tells him to walk his road alone, and that his biggest trial is about to begin.
Log entries
"Personal Log, Stardate 52576.2. Dax and Worf are four days overdue. Dominion activity at their last known position has prevented us from sending a search team. For the time being, there's nothing to do but wait, and hope that they're all right."
Memorable quotes
"Personally I don't know what Jadzia ever saw in the man."
"Well, his brains."
- O'Brien and Bashir, talking about Captain Boday and alluding to his transparent skull
"Does Weyoun know you're here?"
"Ah, I see he still has you under his thumb."
"My concern is for you. The last time you saw him you made certain promises, promises you weren't able to keep."
"I may have failed to re-open the wormhole, but I assure you, I have no regrets. You see, I've come to know the love of the Pah-wraiths."
"You almost sound as if you believe it."
"I do."
- Damar and Dukat
"Don't turn your back! Talk to me, you coward!"
"Do not call me a coward!"
"I can't believe I'm stuck here with you!"
"Perhaps you would rather be back on the station with Captain Boday, you sli'vak!"
- Ezri Dax and Worf
"Captain, we have a problem. It's Ezri. She's gone."
"Gone?!"
"There's a runabout missing."
"She must've gotten it into her head to go looking for Worf."
"What could she be thinking?"
"She's a Dax. Sometimes they don't think. They just do."
- Kira. Sisko and Bashir, on Ezri
"Cut it out, old man! I'm not buying it!" (Ezri continues to feign subspace interference) "I gave you an order, Lieutenant!"
"Don't worry, sir. I'll find him."
- Benjamin Sisko and Ezri Dax
"Sir, do you think there's any chance she'll be able to find him?"
"I wish I could say 'Yes'."
"Then may I ask why you're letting her do this?"
"Because she needs to. And because she'd never forgive me if I stopped her."
- Odo and Benjamin Sisko
"Do you swear to stand with him against all who would oppose you?"
"I swear."
- Sirella and Dax (spoken twice, first remembering Jadzia's response, then repeated by Ezri)
"If you think I don't know what you're up to, you're a bigger fool than Dukat."
"Dukat?"
"He used to entertain lady friends as well."
"Guilty as charged."
- Weyoun and Damar
"You are the Sisko. You are part of me."
"If that's true, if you really do care about me, if you consider me your son, then let me have this!"
"It is not for you to have. There are many tasks still ahead of you. Accept your fate. Your greatest trial is about to begin. Don't be afraid. All will be as it should be."
"Mother..."
"Stay on the path, Benjamin."
- Sarah Sisko speaks to her son Benjamin in a vision (last lines)
Summary
During a quiet evening, Benjamin Sisko reveals to Kasidy Yates that he has recently purchased twelve hecapates of land on Bajor, in the Kendra Province. He plans to build a home there, for his retirement years. They reminisce about the past, marveling at how much has changed in Sisko's seven years on DS9. They are a couple, very much in love.
Kira informs everyone that Worf is missing in combat, and is presumed dead. Worf had been in command of the Klingon vessel IKS Koraga, which was destroyed by a Dominion patrol near the Badlands. Although six of its escape pods were recovered, Worf wasn't aboard any of them.
Act One
Searching the area for three days, the USS Defiant can find no trace of Worf; back at the station, Quark tries to cheer up a demoralized Ezri Dax. Later that evening, the Defiant calls off the search in the face of a dozen approaching Dominion ships.
Instead of pursuing the Defiant, the Dominion ships are diverted by Weyoun to Devos II to protect the Son'a's ketracel-white facility. When Weyoun questions Damar's drinking of kanar, Damar turns the tables and questions the health of the Founders. Weyoun dismisses his queries, and orders the installation of a new subspace, secretly-encoded communication channel for the Founder on Cardassia.
Walking past Worf's now-empty quarters, Dax overrides the lock and enters. She sees the bat'leth given to Jadzia by Worf, and begins to reminisce about Jadzia's relationship and marriage to Worf. She suddenly feels more than ever a part of the Dax symbiont, so she borrows the runabout USS Gander to search for Worf on her own.
Act Two
At first, Sisko tries to persuade Ezri to turn back the ship, however he eventually lets her go to try to find Worf. Sisko supplies her with their search logs from the Defiant to improve her chances.
While studying the ship's logs, Ezri discovers that the six recovered escape pods had all been launched from the starboard side of the ship. Assuming Worf made it to a port-side escape pod, Ezri uses the ship's computers to calculate the pod's trajectory, and follows it in the runabout. Disregarding the computer's warning that such a maneuver could be dangerous, she even powers down the ship's thrusters, to more closely simulate a drifting pod in the Badlands currents.
Sisko, who is constructing a scale model of his prospective house on Bajor, is discussing some of its design details with Kasidy, when suddenly he proposes marriage, even producing an engagement ring from a table in the model house. She accepts, and the joyous couple embrace.
Ezri's plan succeeds: she locates an escape pod, captures it with a tractor beam, and transports its sole occupant – a disoriented Worf – aboard safely to her runabout. Soon, he realizes she's alone and she admits she came without Sisko's permission. As Ezri helps Worf to a chair and starts to tend to his wounds, getting closer to him, she almost gives in to Jadzia's feelings for Worf. Worf stops her hand and, a little embarrassed, she goes back to pilot the ship back to DS9.
Act Three
On Cardassia, the Founder finds the newly-installed communication system adequate. However, she seems more concerned with Weyoun's news regarding their search for a vaccine. The latest batch of vaccine failed to accomplish its goal of finding a cure for the sickness infecting the Great Link, so she tears off a piece of herself, giving it to Weyoun as a tissue sample for future experimentation by the next round of Vorta medical clones. She insists on keeping the sickness a secret from the Cardassians, whose suspicions have already been aroused.
Benjamin asks his son Jake to be the best man at his wedding; Jake eagerly accepts, noting with delight that his duties also include planning the groom's bachelor party.
On their way back to DS9, Worf and Ezri soon grow tense and stand-offish with one another, until Ezri tries to break the ice. She gets Worf to admit that he had been singing the Klingon opera Gav'ot toh'va before she rescued him. When her inquiries regarding Worf's son Alexander get too personal, they begin to argue, but their argument is interrupted by two incoming Jem'Hadar fighters. Attempting to hide in the Goralis system, they emergency-transport to the surface of a planet, moments before the Gander burns up in the planet's atmosphere. They immediately discover that they are without their communications gear, and therefore have no way to contact home.
Act Four
While planning their nuptials, which they both expect to be an intimate affair, Sisko and Yates are approached by Saghi, a young Bajoran girl, who congratulates them and asks if she can be a dais bearer. The question prompts confusion in Ben and Kasidy, but Sahgi simply says that she understands they can only pick fifty-one girls for the position but it would be such an honor for her. Now Ben and Kasidy are really confused, but Sahgi tells them it's going to be the biggest wedding Bajor has ever seen. It is not just Ben Sisko getting married, but the Emissary of the Prophets. Then the couple notice a crowd of Bajorans on the Promenade, all marveling at the sight of the Emissary and his wife-to-be. The two realize their wedding will be far more difficult than most.
On Cardassia, Dukat pays an unexpected visit to Damar. Dukat is unconcerned with the failure he demonstrated to Weyoun earlier, as he has "felt the love" of the Pah-wraiths. Damar initially sees it as a front, but Dukat gives him a look that gives him pause. He asks for a favor, to which Damar says he'll do what he can.
Still marooned on the planet, Worf and Dax quickly get on each other's nerves. Their arguments, about their current predicament as well as their past, lead them to nearly come to blows – only to wind up in one another's embrace. Later that night, still sleeping side-by-side, they are stunned by the Breen and taken prisoner.
Act Five
Worf and Dax find out they are on a Breen ship and that the ship is moving, leaving orbit. They're confused as to why they would kidnap them, or why they were on Goralis. Worf also asks if Dax regretted last night, due to Trill customs about getting involved in past hosts' lives.
Weyoun and Damar are discussing the War when Weyoun realizes Damar isn't paying attention. Damar doesn't explain it, and is soon called back to his quarters. He finds Dukat appearing Bajoran after meeting with the plastic surgeon Damar recommended. Dukat reveals that he needs this appearance for a plan without elaborating on it further.
Sisko experiences another vision from the Prophets, urging him to accept his destiny as the Emissary of the Prophets. The Prophet which embodied his mother, Sarah Sisko, reappears, hinting that he must fulfill his destiny alone, without even Kasidy. Despite Benjamin professing his love for Kasidy, the vision tells him to walk his road alone, and that his biggest trial is about to begin.
Log entries
"Personal Log, Stardate 52576.2. Dax and Worf are four days overdue. Dominion activity at their last known position has prevented us from sending a search team. For the time being, there's nothing to do but wait, and hope that they're all right."
Memorable quotes
"Personally I don't know what Jadzia ever saw in the man."
"Well, his brains."
- O'Brien and Bashir, talking about Captain Boday and alluding to his transparent skull
"Does Weyoun know you're here?"
"Ah, I see he still has you under his thumb."
"My concern is for you. The last time you saw him you made certain promises, promises you weren't able to keep."
"I may have failed to re-open the wormhole, but I assure you, I have no regrets. You see, I've come to know the love of the Pah-wraiths."
"You almost sound as if you believe it."
"I do."
- Damar and Dukat
"Don't turn your back! Talk to me, you coward!"
"Do not call me a coward!"
"I can't believe I'm stuck here with you!"
"Perhaps you would rather be back on the station with Captain Boday, you sli'vak!"
- Ezri Dax and Worf
"Captain, we have a problem. It's Ezri. She's gone."
"Gone?!"
"There's a runabout missing."
"She must've gotten it into her head to go looking for Worf."
"What could she be thinking?"
"She's a Dax. Sometimes they don't think. They just do."
- Kira. Sisko and Bashir, on Ezri
"Cut it out, old man! I'm not buying it!" (Ezri continues to feign subspace interference) "I gave you an order, Lieutenant!"
"Don't worry, sir. I'll find him."
- Benjamin Sisko and Ezri Dax
"Sir, do you think there's any chance she'll be able to find him?"
"I wish I could say 'Yes'."
"Then may I ask why you're letting her do this?"
"Because she needs to. And because she'd never forgive me if I stopped her."
- Odo and Benjamin Sisko
"Do you swear to stand with him against all who would oppose you?"
"I swear."
- Sirella and Dax (spoken twice, first remembering Jadzia's response, then repeated by Ezri)
"If you think I don't know what you're up to, you're a bigger fool than Dukat."
"Dukat?"
"He used to entertain lady friends as well."
"Guilty as charged."
- Weyoun and Damar
"You are the Sisko. You are part of me."
"If that's true, if you really do care about me, if you consider me your son, then let me have this!"
"It is not for you to have. There are many tasks still ahead of you. Accept your fate. Your greatest trial is about to begin. Don't be afraid. All will be as it should be."
"Mother..."
"Stay on the path, Benjamin."
- Sarah Sisko speaks to her son Benjamin in a vision (last lines)
