Post by magicmuggle01 on May 15, 2019 10:13:37 GMT
A desperate Trill tries to steal the Dax symbiont.
Summary
"Station log, stardate 47182.1. DS9 has been temporarily evacuated due to a violent plasma disruption. Until the disturbance ends, we'll be forced to maintain the station with a skeleton crew."
The crew of Deep Space 9 evacuates to avoid an impending plasma storm, leaving a skeleton crew. Jadzia Dax has the USS Orinoco ready at landing pad c in case of emergencies. Miles O'Brien and Odo are checking the station and are at the docking ring. A loud banging reveals Quark hiding in one of the airlocks. He goes back to the bar, but they don't see a device on the wall beeping as they leave.
Act One
While monitoring the storm and securing the station, the crew receives a distress call claiming to be from a cargo ship called Ekina. O'Brien and Odo go down to meet them, but the crew is hostile. A timid Trill named Verad and his crew (a pair of Klingon mercenaries, T'Kar and Yeto, and former prostitute Mareel) surprise them. T'Kar directs the takeover, forcing Odo into a locked box, and capturing O'Brien and Bashir, but not before forcing Bashir to put the box in stasis in the infirmary. The group then goes to Ops and captures the rest of the crew. In the corner, O'Brien realizes Quark probably had a hand in them getting around the security measures and notes this to Sisko.
Yeto goes to Quark's bar and makes it clear he is not going according to the plan Quark understood (a business transaction), and brings him to Ops under guard. There, Verad, again timidly, states he wants the Dax symbiont.
Act Two
Verad explains he is bitter because he applied to be "joined" and was rejected after a lifetime of preparation. He targeted the Dax symbiont specifically, as it is the most compatible for him, and furthermore plans to escape to the Gamma Quadrant. Bashir attempts to refuse to perform the procedure, but Verad shoots O'Brien at his right shoulder, making it clear he will hurt everyone there if he does not. He allows Bashir to tend to O'Brien briefly, and Jadzia submits in order to prevent further harm, even though she knows it will kill her within hours. Yeto then escorts them to the infirmary, leaving Mareel and T'Kar.
Verad forces Bashir to transfer the symbiont into his body while he's awake, using a neuro-electrical suppressor, and demands a monitor to watch the procedure. Bashir reluctantly puts Jadzia to sleep, asking for forgiveness. Yeto watches as Bashir performs the operation successfully, asking forgiveness from Jadzia.
In Ops, the crew waits and has a quiet conversation. Demanding silence, T'Kar starts a scuffle and O'Brien is attacked. Mareel subdues Kira and gets the upper hand with a phaser. Later, Kira gets Mareel to talk. She informs them she knew Verad a long time ago and he helped her out of a bad situation on Khefka IV, and that she loves him. She doesn't believe Sisko's point that a joined Trill is an entirely different person then before, and that she will lose him.
At that point, Verad Dax appears, completely calm and confident.
Act Three
Bashir has Yeto act as a nurse as he tries to save Jadzia's life. Yeto resists, trying to get a rise out of Bashir, but does eventually help him. She wakes up feeling very alone. He promises to save her, and tells her to rest.
Meanwhile, Sisko tries to coax his old friend (Verad now has the memories of both Jadzia and Curzon Dax) into setting things right, first by recalling memories going back to when they first met at Pelios Station, but eventually mentioning discovering the Bajoran wormhole, one of Jadzia's memories. This gives him pause, but he says it's too late, that the integration is already happening and the symbiont is too weak to undergo the procedure again. He then justifies it by saying he wants to benefit many worlds in the Gamma quadrant with his knowledge, including Jadzia's memories. Mareel questions why Verad is entertaining the conversation at all and gets a snap retort from Verad – she begins to realize how much he has changed, but continues to remain loyal to him.
Sisko realizes Verad intends to let Jadzia die, and ends their friendship abruptly. This affects Verad.
Act Four
Verad's group waits the storm for safe passage to the wormhole. Meanwhile, Mareel attempts to give O'Brien a Senarian egg broth to help him with his strength, which he reluctantly accepts. Mareel looks up to Verad, who is thinking alone in Sisko's office, and Sisko again tries to convince her he's changed more than she realizes. She stays loyal, but the talk gets heated. Seeing this, Verad comes out from Sisko's office, but she assures him everything is fine. Just then, Quark attacks T'Kar, and pretends to be injured so he is taken to the infirmary. Verad orders Mareel to take him down. There, Quark squeals and signals to Bashir to "run some further tests." Mareel leaves Yeto alone with him and Bashir, giving the two their opportunity. Bashir knocks him out with a hypospray, and Quark cracks the lock on the container Odo is in, noting its Delgorian locking mechanism, which, he states, is able to be opened if one knows its weaknesses.
Mareel goes to Verad and they plan their escape. Verad wants to ensure she is safe, however, when Mareel mentions them being together, he is reluctant to reciprocate. Now, Mareel is doubtful.
Once Verad realizes Yeto is subdued, he guesses that Odo is free and immediately heads for his ship with T'Kar. He takes Kira as a hostage just in case. Mareel wishes him luck, staying behind in Ops. Verad bids Sisko farewell, wishing they could stay friends, but Sisko promises him they'll be seeing each other again. This stuns Verad a bit, but he leaves.
Act Five
Sisko goes to Mareel again, asking about the rendezvous since he knows it will never happen. She's now convinced Verad lied to her about the rendezvous, which he has never done, and finally accepts that the "new" Verad is no longer the man she loves. Sisko promises that he will save both Verad and Jadzia by removing the symbiont from one and replacing it in the other. Mareel relents and surrenders her phaser and communicator, but promises to kill Sisko if Verad is not brought back alive. He believes her.
T'Kar takes Kira prisoner
By the time Verad reaches his ship, Odo has released the docking clamps, leaving him stranded. Verad runs when he sees Odo, leaving T'Kar to be overpowered by both Odo and Kira. Verad heads for a different runabout in a neighboring airlock, but runs into Sisko and the two have a stand off. Believing that Sisko will not shoot his old friend in fear of harming the symbiont, Verad begins to walk away, but Sisko shoots him with his phaser anyway, declaring, "Don't call me Benjamin."
Fortunately, Bashir successfully reverses the symbiont's host, and Verad wakes up without it. He is very shaken up, despite Mareel's devotion and her promise that she will never leave his side. Meanwhile, Jadzia wakes up on the next table and gratefully embraces Sisko. She confides that the symbiont's brief contact with Verad has given her his memories - "and it's all so sad". Even though the procedure has been reversed, Verad is now part of the Dax symbiont forever.
Memorable quotes
"He couldn’t find a cup of water if you dropped him in a lake but, even if he is an idiot, he’s still my brother."
- Quark
"I’ve struck the sails and battened the hatches, so to speak."
- Bashir
"The Empire is governed by doddering fools and frightened old women who aren’t worthy of the name “Klingon.”"
- T'Kar
"It’s such a pleasure doing business with Klingons."
- Quark
"Either you help me, or you and your friends will die."
- Verad to Bashir
"Thank you, Doctor. I feel better already."
- Quark, after Bashir sedates Yeto
"It's a gift."
- Quark, after unlocking Odo's container
"She let herself be slaughtered like a mindless t’gla. If she wanted to live, she should have fought back."
- Yeto, to Bashir
"Don't call me Benjamin."
- Sisko, to Verad
Summary
"Station log, stardate 47182.1. DS9 has been temporarily evacuated due to a violent plasma disruption. Until the disturbance ends, we'll be forced to maintain the station with a skeleton crew."
The crew of Deep Space 9 evacuates to avoid an impending plasma storm, leaving a skeleton crew. Jadzia Dax has the USS Orinoco ready at landing pad c in case of emergencies. Miles O'Brien and Odo are checking the station and are at the docking ring. A loud banging reveals Quark hiding in one of the airlocks. He goes back to the bar, but they don't see a device on the wall beeping as they leave.
Act One
While monitoring the storm and securing the station, the crew receives a distress call claiming to be from a cargo ship called Ekina. O'Brien and Odo go down to meet them, but the crew is hostile. A timid Trill named Verad and his crew (a pair of Klingon mercenaries, T'Kar and Yeto, and former prostitute Mareel) surprise them. T'Kar directs the takeover, forcing Odo into a locked box, and capturing O'Brien and Bashir, but not before forcing Bashir to put the box in stasis in the infirmary. The group then goes to Ops and captures the rest of the crew. In the corner, O'Brien realizes Quark probably had a hand in them getting around the security measures and notes this to Sisko.
Yeto goes to Quark's bar and makes it clear he is not going according to the plan Quark understood (a business transaction), and brings him to Ops under guard. There, Verad, again timidly, states he wants the Dax symbiont.
Act Two
Verad explains he is bitter because he applied to be "joined" and was rejected after a lifetime of preparation. He targeted the Dax symbiont specifically, as it is the most compatible for him, and furthermore plans to escape to the Gamma Quadrant. Bashir attempts to refuse to perform the procedure, but Verad shoots O'Brien at his right shoulder, making it clear he will hurt everyone there if he does not. He allows Bashir to tend to O'Brien briefly, and Jadzia submits in order to prevent further harm, even though she knows it will kill her within hours. Yeto then escorts them to the infirmary, leaving Mareel and T'Kar.
Verad forces Bashir to transfer the symbiont into his body while he's awake, using a neuro-electrical suppressor, and demands a monitor to watch the procedure. Bashir reluctantly puts Jadzia to sleep, asking for forgiveness. Yeto watches as Bashir performs the operation successfully, asking forgiveness from Jadzia.
In Ops, the crew waits and has a quiet conversation. Demanding silence, T'Kar starts a scuffle and O'Brien is attacked. Mareel subdues Kira and gets the upper hand with a phaser. Later, Kira gets Mareel to talk. She informs them she knew Verad a long time ago and he helped her out of a bad situation on Khefka IV, and that she loves him. She doesn't believe Sisko's point that a joined Trill is an entirely different person then before, and that she will lose him.
At that point, Verad Dax appears, completely calm and confident.
Act Three
Bashir has Yeto act as a nurse as he tries to save Jadzia's life. Yeto resists, trying to get a rise out of Bashir, but does eventually help him. She wakes up feeling very alone. He promises to save her, and tells her to rest.
Meanwhile, Sisko tries to coax his old friend (Verad now has the memories of both Jadzia and Curzon Dax) into setting things right, first by recalling memories going back to when they first met at Pelios Station, but eventually mentioning discovering the Bajoran wormhole, one of Jadzia's memories. This gives him pause, but he says it's too late, that the integration is already happening and the symbiont is too weak to undergo the procedure again. He then justifies it by saying he wants to benefit many worlds in the Gamma quadrant with his knowledge, including Jadzia's memories. Mareel questions why Verad is entertaining the conversation at all and gets a snap retort from Verad – she begins to realize how much he has changed, but continues to remain loyal to him.
Sisko realizes Verad intends to let Jadzia die, and ends their friendship abruptly. This affects Verad.
Act Four
Verad's group waits the storm for safe passage to the wormhole. Meanwhile, Mareel attempts to give O'Brien a Senarian egg broth to help him with his strength, which he reluctantly accepts. Mareel looks up to Verad, who is thinking alone in Sisko's office, and Sisko again tries to convince her he's changed more than she realizes. She stays loyal, but the talk gets heated. Seeing this, Verad comes out from Sisko's office, but she assures him everything is fine. Just then, Quark attacks T'Kar, and pretends to be injured so he is taken to the infirmary. Verad orders Mareel to take him down. There, Quark squeals and signals to Bashir to "run some further tests." Mareel leaves Yeto alone with him and Bashir, giving the two their opportunity. Bashir knocks him out with a hypospray, and Quark cracks the lock on the container Odo is in, noting its Delgorian locking mechanism, which, he states, is able to be opened if one knows its weaknesses.
Mareel goes to Verad and they plan their escape. Verad wants to ensure she is safe, however, when Mareel mentions them being together, he is reluctant to reciprocate. Now, Mareel is doubtful.
Once Verad realizes Yeto is subdued, he guesses that Odo is free and immediately heads for his ship with T'Kar. He takes Kira as a hostage just in case. Mareel wishes him luck, staying behind in Ops. Verad bids Sisko farewell, wishing they could stay friends, but Sisko promises him they'll be seeing each other again. This stuns Verad a bit, but he leaves.
Act Five
Sisko goes to Mareel again, asking about the rendezvous since he knows it will never happen. She's now convinced Verad lied to her about the rendezvous, which he has never done, and finally accepts that the "new" Verad is no longer the man she loves. Sisko promises that he will save both Verad and Jadzia by removing the symbiont from one and replacing it in the other. Mareel relents and surrenders her phaser and communicator, but promises to kill Sisko if Verad is not brought back alive. He believes her.
T'Kar takes Kira prisoner
By the time Verad reaches his ship, Odo has released the docking clamps, leaving him stranded. Verad runs when he sees Odo, leaving T'Kar to be overpowered by both Odo and Kira. Verad heads for a different runabout in a neighboring airlock, but runs into Sisko and the two have a stand off. Believing that Sisko will not shoot his old friend in fear of harming the symbiont, Verad begins to walk away, but Sisko shoots him with his phaser anyway, declaring, "Don't call me Benjamin."
Fortunately, Bashir successfully reverses the symbiont's host, and Verad wakes up without it. He is very shaken up, despite Mareel's devotion and her promise that she will never leave his side. Meanwhile, Jadzia wakes up on the next table and gratefully embraces Sisko. She confides that the symbiont's brief contact with Verad has given her his memories - "and it's all so sad". Even though the procedure has been reversed, Verad is now part of the Dax symbiont forever.
Memorable quotes
"He couldn’t find a cup of water if you dropped him in a lake but, even if he is an idiot, he’s still my brother."
- Quark
"I’ve struck the sails and battened the hatches, so to speak."
- Bashir
"The Empire is governed by doddering fools and frightened old women who aren’t worthy of the name “Klingon.”"
- T'Kar
"It’s such a pleasure doing business with Klingons."
- Quark
"Either you help me, or you and your friends will die."
- Verad to Bashir
"Thank you, Doctor. I feel better already."
- Quark, after Bashir sedates Yeto
"It's a gift."
- Quark, after unlocking Odo's container
"She let herself be slaughtered like a mindless t’gla. If she wanted to live, she should have fought back."
- Yeto, to Bashir
"Don't call me Benjamin."
- Sisko, to Verad
