Ascendance

{{Novel|
| type =novel
| title =Ascendance
| cover image =[[file:ascendance.jpg|220px|Cover image.]]
| artist =[[Doug Drexler]]
| series =''{{ST|Deep Space Nine}}''
| author =[[David R. George III]]
| publisher =[[Pocket Books]]
| format =[[paperback]]
| published =[[2015]]
| pages =
| ISBN = ISBN 1501103709
| date = [[2377|December 2377]]-[[2378|February 2378]], [[2385|December 2385]]-[[2386|January 2386]]
| stardate =
|}}
'''Ascendance''' is a ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' [[novel]] by [[author]] [[David R. George III]]. The novel is a follow-up to ''[[Sacraments of Fire]]'' (as well as ''[[The Soul Key]]''), and was published in [[December]] [[2015]].
==Publisher's description==
:''On the original [[Deep Space 9|Deep Space Nine]], [[Captain]] [[Kira Nerys]] watches as the nearby [[bajoran wormhole|wormhole]] opens and discharges a single, bladelike vessel. Attempts to contact its crew fail, and the ship is soon followed by another vessel of similar design. When an armada subsequently begins to emerge from the wormhole, it seems clear that DS9 is under attack. Kira orders her [[first officer]], [[Commander]] [[Elias Vaughn]], to board the {{USS|Defiant|NX-74205) (II}} and defend the station, and alerts [[Starfleet]] to send additional forces as her crew prepares DS9's [[shields]] and weaponry for the onslaught to come.''

:''Meanwhile, on the lead ship, [[Iliana Ghemor]] considers launching an attack on DS9 and finally ending the life of Kira, the fountainhead of all the ills in her miserable life. Her vengeance demands more than mere death, though &ndash; it requires pain. Ghemor refocuses, choosing to follow her plan to mete out her revenge on the captain by first decimating the population of [[Bajor]]...''
==References==
===Characters===
;{{small|DS9 personnel & residents}}
:[[Aleco Vel]] • [[Rey Alfonzo]] • [[Allasar]] • [[Ernak gov Ansarg]] • [[Jefferson Blackmer]] • [[Pascal Boudreaux]] • [[Sam Bowers]] • [[Broik]] • [[John Candlewood]] • [[Cenn Desca]] • [[Jeannette Chao]] • [[José Chavez]] • [[Ezri Dax]] • [[Vendora deGrom]] • [[Vic Fontaine]] •  [[Kira Nerys]] • [[Cathy Ling]] • [[Elvo Minnar]] • [[Nog]] • [[Miles O'Brien]] • [[Ro Laren]] • [[Jang Si Naran]] • [[Quark]] • [[Zivan Slaine]] • [[Wheeler Stinson]] • [[Prynn Tenmei]] • [[Ulu Lani]] •  [[Elias Vaughn]] • [[Verlon]] • [[Ren Kalanent Viss]] • [[Denor Wat]] • [[Zhang Suyin]]
{{ref}} [[Edward Baiers]] • [[Julian Bashir]] • [[Jadzia Dax]] • [[Hava Remaht]] • [[Tiris Jast]] • [[Mikaela Leishman]] • [[Phillipa Matthias]] • [[Harvey Stinson]] • [[Simon Tarses]] • [[Leslie Thorne]]

;{{small|USS ''Robinson'' personnel}}
:[[Diana Althouse]] • [[Gwendolyn Plante]] • [[Anxo Rogeiro]] • [[Benjamin Sisko]] • [[Rebecca Jae Sisko]] • [[Sivadeki]] • [[Jentzen Spingeld]] • [[Kasidy Yates]]

;{{small|Newton Outpost personnel}}
:[[Diahann Baker]] • [[Connor Block]] • [[Dozier]] • [[Elise Ehrenreich]] • [[Mennil Farran]] • [[Gellish]] • [[Vika Leth]] • [[Norsa]] • [[Bruce Prestridge]] • [[Selten]] • [[T'Pret]] • [[Rellor Verat]]
{{ref}} [[Leslie Braeden]] 

;{{small|Ascendants}}
:[[Raiq]] • [[Seltiq]]
{{ref}} [[Aniq]] • [[Votiq]] • [[Teniq]]

;{{small|Bajorans}}
:[[Aland Novor]] • [[Altek Dans]] • [[Asarem Wadeen]] • [[Carlien Anra]] • [[Enkar Sirsy]] • [[Girani Semna]] • [[Goros Kly]] • [[Manos Treo]] • [[Pralon Onala]] • [[Onial]] • [[Yevir Linjarin]]
{{ref}} [[Aroya]] • [[Baras Rodirya]] • [[Brandis Tarn]] • [[Denoray Lunas]] • [[Fandor Jelt]] • [[Furel]] • [[Gandal Traco]] • [[Istani Reyla]] • [[Kira Meru]] • [[Kira Nerys (mirror)]] • [[Kira Pohl]] • [[Kira Reon]] • [[Kira Taban]] • [[Ledahn Muri]] • [[Lupaza]] • [[Mobara]] • [[Mora Pol]] • [[Opaka Sulan]] • [[Ranz Vecta]] • [[Ro Gale]] • [[Ro Talia]] • [[Ro Vanka]] • [[Shakaar Edon]] • [[Winn Adami]]

;{{small|Cardassians}}
:[[Iliana Ghemor]]
{{ref}} [[Skrain Dukat]] • [[Iliana Ghemor (mirror)]] • [[Tekeny Ghemor]] • [[Akellen Macet]] • [[Eleta Preloc]] • [[Ataan Rhukal]] • [[Onar Throk]]

;{{small|Dominion personnel}}
:[[Odo]] • [[Taran'atar]]
{{ref}} [[Female Changeling]] • [[Infant Changeling]] • [[Laas]] • [[Rotan'talag]] • [[Weyoun]]
;{{small|Other characters}}

:[[Benedetti]] • [[Evo]] • [[Itu]] • [[Elizabeth Kadin]] • [[Onan]] • [[John Augustine Swaddock]]
{{ref}} [[Leonard James Akaar]] • [[Robert April]] • [[Jonathan Archer]] • [[Neil Armstrong]] • [[Nanietta Bacco]] • [[Liam Boothby]] • [[Zefram Cochrane]] • [[Joey Conterelli]] • [[Data]] • [[Curzon Dax]] • [[Emony Dax]] • [[Lela Dax]] • [[Tobin Dax]] • [[Felix]] • [[Yuri Gagarin]] • [[Erika Hernandez]] • [[Philip Herthum]] • [[Kalena Hoku]] • {{dis|Jang|Captain}} • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Geordi La Forge]] • [[Verna Mitrios]] • [[Marjorie Montero]] • [[Morn]] • [[Nthanda Naidoo]] • [[Jean-Luc Picard]] • [[Christopher Pike]] • {{dis|Robinson|Captain}} • [[Rom]] • [[Jake Sisko]] • [[Demora Sulu]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Kellessar zh'Tarash]] • [[Treir]] • [[Galif jav Velk]] • [[Mayereen Viray]] • {{dis|Wright|Captain}}

===Locations===
:[[Alpha Quadrant]] • [[B'hava'el]] • [[Bajor]] ([[Ashalla]] • [[Consolidated Space Center]] • [[Ilveth]] • [[Musilla Province]] • [[Bajoran wormhole]]/[[Fortress of the True]] • [[Deep Space 9]] ([[Operations center]]) • [[Deep Space 9 (II)]] ([[Hub]] • {{dis|Quark's|II}}) • [[Elestan River]] • [[Endalla]] • [[Fremont-Sunrise Hotel]] • [[Gamma Quadrant]] • [[Graldom Forest]] • [[Larrisint]] • [[Larrisint IV]] • [[Newton Outpost]] • [[Omarion Nebula]] • [[Vic's lounge]]
{{ref}} [[Algeron III]] • [[Andor]] • [[Ardana]] • [[Bajoran temple]] • [[Bella's Confections]] • [[Beta Quadrant]] • [[Canopus Planet]] • [[Cardassia]] • [[Cassiterides]] • [[ch'Havran]] • [[Davenesh]] • [[Densori's Landing]] • [[Derenja V]] • [[Earth]] • [[Empyrion VI]] ([[Empyrion]] [[star]] [[system]]) • [[Federation Embassy on Romulus]] • [[Founders' homeworld]] • [[Gelladorn]] • [[Geopolis]] • [[Glyrshar Mountains]] • [[Idran]] • [[Idran IV]] • [[Janus VI]] • [[Jeweled Cliffs of Koltaari]] • [[Joradell]] • [[Kendra Province]] • [[Las Vegas]] • [[Nanietta Bacco Park]] • [[Pillagra]] • [[Plaza]] • [[Promenade]] • {{dis|Quark's|Aljuli}} • [[R-836]] • [[Remoré VII]] ([[Remoré]] [[star]] [[system]]) • [[Replimat]] • [[Revek]] • [[San Francisco]] • [[Shikina Monastery]] • [[Singha refugee camp]] • [[Starbase 189]] • [[Stratos]] • [[Tellar]] • [[Terev'oqu]] • [[Terix II]] • [[Terok Nor]] • [[Typhon Expanse]] • [[Vanadwan Monastery]] • [[Velat Nol]] • [[Vulcan's Forge]] • [[Wichita]]

===Starships and vehicles===
:[[Alonis freighter]] • [[Bajoran assault vessel]] • {{USS|Defiant|NX-74205) (II}} ({{class|Defiant}}) • ''[[Even Odds]]'' • [[Frunalian science vessel]] • [[Gallamite freighter]] • {{USS|Loire}} ([[runabout]]) • {{USS|Lorus}} ({{class|Danube}}) • {{USS|Neva}} (runabout) • {{USS|Platte}} (''Danube-class'') • ''[[Rigelian transport]]'' • {{USS|Rio Grande|NCC-72452}} (''Danube-class'') • {{USS|Robinson|NCC-71842}} ({{class|Galaxy}}) • {{USS|Sacajawea|Niagara class}} ({{class|Niagara}}) • {{USS|Senha}} (''Danube-class'') • {{USS|Volga|NCC-73196}} (''Danube-class'') • {{USS|Yolja}} (''Danube-class'')
{{ref}} {{USS|Bellerophon|NCC-74705}} ({{class|Intrepid}}) • ''{{dis|Betelgeuse|freighter}}'' • [[cargo management unit]] • {{USS|Challenger|NCC-71099}} ({{class|Galaxy}}) • {{USS|Chancellor}} ({{class|Sovereign}}) • {{USS|Courageous|NCC-1805}} ({{class|Miranda}}) • {{USS|Destiny|Sovereign class}} (''Sovereign-class'') • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{class|Constitution}}) • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} (''Sovereign-class'') • {{USS|Erdös}} ({{class|Archimedes}}) • {{USS|James T. Kirk|Akira class}} ({{class|Akira}}) • {{USS|Magellan|NCC-71820}} (''Galaxy-class'') • {{USS|Mjolnir|Norway class}} ({{class|Norway}}) • {{USS|New York|Nebula class}} ({{class|Nebula}}) • {{USS|Nova|NCC-73515}} ({{class|Nova}}) • {{USS|Perseverance}} • ''[[Rings of Meldora]]'' • {{ship||Sagan|Type-10}} (''[[Type-10 shuttlecraft]]'') • {{USS|Taaj}} ({{class|Danube}}) • [[workpod]]

===Races and cultures===
:[[Alonis]] • [[Argelian]] • [[Ascendant]] • [[Bajoran]] ([[Aleira]] • [[Bajora]]) • [[Betazoid]] • [[Bolian]] • [[Cardassian]] • [[Changeling]] • [[Cygnian]] • [[Dedderac]] • [[Denobulan]] • [[Eav'oq]] • [[Ferengi]] • [[Human]] • [[Jem'Hadar]] • [[Lendrin]] • [[Mizarian]] • [[Prophets]] ([[Siblings]]/[[True]]/[[Unnameable]]) • [[Tellarite]] • [[Thallonian]] • [[Trill]] • [[Vulcan]]
{{ref}} [[Andorian]] • [[Breen]] • [[Gallamite]] • [[Frunalian]] • [[Klingon]] • [[Lurian]] • [[Petarian]] • [[Rigelian]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Tzenkethi]] • [[Vorta]] • [[Yridian]]

===States and organizations===
:[[Ascendant Order]] • [[Bajoran Militia]] • [[Bajoran Ministry of Defense]] • [[Bajoran Ministry of Justice]] • [[Bajoran Ministry of State]] • [[Chamber of Ministers of the Third Republic of Bajor]] • [[Federation Department of Science]] • [[Jem'Hadar-Ascendant Link]] • [[Judge Advocate General]] • [[Starfleet]] • [[Starfleet Command]] • [[Starfleet Operations]] • [[Starfleet Security]] • [[Third Bajoran Republic]] • [[United Federation of Planets]] • [[Vedek Assembly]]
{{ref}} [[Bajoran Resistance]] • [[Cardassian Central Command]] • [[Cardassian Union]] • [[Dominion]] • [[Ferengi Alliance]] • [[Bajoran First Republic|First Republic of Bajor]] • [[Founders]] • [[Great Link]] • [[Obsidian Order]] • [[Ohalavaru]] • [[Oralian Way]] • [[Romulan Star Empire]] • [[Bajoran Second Republic|Second Republic of Bajor]] • [[Shakaar resistance cell]] • [[Starfleet Academy]] • [[Starfleet Intelligence]] • [[Starfleet Medical]] • [[Trill Ruling Council]] • [[Trill Symbiosis Commission]] • [[Typhon Pact]] • [[Tzenkethi Coalition]] • [[UESPA]]

===Science and technology===
:[[airlock]] • [[Algeron Effect]] • [[analgesic]] • [[antiemetic]] • [[antigrav]] • [[automobile]] • [[baryon pulse]] • [[binary star]] • [[biobed]] • [[biological regeneration]] • [[biosynthetic limb]] • [[botanical plague]] • [[cloaking device]] • [[communications]] • [[deflector grid]] • [[deflector shield]] • [[environmental suit]] • [[falsework]] • [[Fibonacci sequence]] • [[force field]] • [[gas giant]] • [[geometric progression]] • [[hail]] • [[holophoto]] • [[holosuite]] • [[holovid]] • [[hydrogen]] • [[impulse reactor]] • [[inertial dampener]] • [[isolytic subspace weapon]] • [[laser cannon]] • [[life support]] • [[microtorpedo]] • [[Morphogenic virus]] • {{dis|N-vector|viroid}} • [[navigational deflector]] • [[nerve gas]] • [[neutrino]] • [[Oort cloud]] • [[optical data network relay]] • [[optolythic data rod]] • [[padd]] • [[orbital weapon platform]] • [[phaser]] • [[phaser array]] • [[phaser cannon]] • [[power generator]] • [[proton]] • [[quantum torpedo]] • [[radiation]] • [[replicator]] • [[sensor]] • [[sensor array]] • [[sensor buoy]] • [[shepherd moon]] • [[shield]] • [[simulation tester]] • [[star]] • [[sublight]] • [[subspace]] • [[subspace communications relay]] • [[subspace wave]] • [[supernova]] • [[tachyon]] • [[tachyon radiation]] • [[tetryon bolt]] • [[thruster]] • [[torpedo launcher]] • [[transporter]] • [[tractor beam]] • [[tricorder]] • [[turbolift]] • [[universal translator]] • [[viewscreen]] • [[Wa]] • [[warp drive]] • [[warp nacelle]] • [[white dwarf]] • [[wormhole]]

===Ranks and titles===
:[[admiral]] • [[archquester]] • [[assistant chief engineer]] • [[Bajoran liaison officer]] • [[Bajoran Minister of Defense]] • [[Bajoran Minister of State]] • [[botanist]] • [[captain]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[chief medical officer]] • [[chief of operations]] • [[chief of staff]] • [[colonel]] • [[commander]] • [[Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet]] • [[commanding officer]] • [[counselor]] • [[crewman]] • [[dabo girl]] • [[dalin]] • [[diplomat]] • [[doctor]] • [[Emissary of the Prophets]] • [[engineer]] • [[ensign]] • [[Fire of the Prophets]] • [[First Minister of the Third Republic of Bajor]] • [[first officer]] • [[Grand Archquester]] • [[Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance]] • [[groundskeeper]] • [[gul]] • [[gymnast]] • [[kai]] • [[Hand of the Prophets]] • [[knight]] • [[librarian]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[lieutenant commander]] • [[major]] • [[merchant]] • [[minister]] • [[musician]] • [[neurosurgeon]] • [[novice]] • [[overgeneral]] • [[pilot]] • [[President of the United Federation of Planets]] • [[prylar]] • [[quester]] • [[ranjen]] • [[researcher]] • [[Science officer]] • [[Second Minister of the Third Republic of Bajor]] • [[second officer]] • [[security chief]] • [[server]] • [[tactical officer]] • [[technician]] • [[vedek]]

===Other references===
:[[alota]] • [[Altair water]] • [[Andorian reproductive crisis]] • [[asphyxia]] • [[assassination]] • [[asteroid]] • [[Bank of Luria]] • [[brig]] • [[canoe]] • [[chocolate]] • [[cockpit]] • [[colony]] • [[cooking pad]] • [[corridor]] • [[court martial]] • [[D'ja pagh]] • [[deka tea]] • [[Dominion War]] • [[dorish]] • [[eelwasser]] • [[End Time]] • [[Endalla falsework]] • [[Even Odds disaster|''Even Odds'' disaster]] • [[Ferengi Rules of Acquisition]] • [[Final Ascension]] • ''[[First Captain: A Biography of Jonathan Archer]]'' • [[Fortress]] • [[garnet seas]] • [[grub steak]] • [[gutfish]] • [[hospital]] • [[hull]] • [[hyurin]] • [[Isolation ward]] • [[jumja stick]] • [[kaleidoscope]] • [[kheh]] • [[Ktarian chocolate puff]] • [[latinum]] • [[lopa]] • [[Lurian Commerce Net]] • ''[[Meditations on a Crimson Shadow]]'' • [[moon]] • [[Occupation of Bajor]] • [[Ohalu Prophecies]] • [[oo-mox]] • [[operations center]] • [[Orb]] • [[pagh]] • [[Pagh'tem'far]] • [[Parasite crisis]] • [[Path of the Final Ascension]] • ''[[The Prophecies of Trakor]]'' • [[pugabeast]] • [[Queen parasite]] • {{dis|Quest|Ascendant}} • [[river]] • [[Romulan ale]] • [[runabout hangar]] • [[satchel]] • [[shepherd moon]] • ''[[Shines the Celestial Temple]]'' • [[Siege of AR-558]] • [[slavery]] • ''[[Small Steps and Giant Leaps: A History of Humankind in the Galaxy]]'' • [[snake]] • [[springwine]] • ''[[The Stars Within Reach]]'' • [[Temporal Prime Directive]] • [[tent]] • ''[[To Boldly Go]]'' • [[toasted tubeworm]] • [[Trakor's First Prophecy]] • [[tribble]] • [[Tuwaly pie]] • [[yeast]] • [[water]] • ''[[When the Prophets Cried]]'' •

==Appendices==
===Background information===
*David George began work on a follow-up to ''Ascendance'' soon after it was published. This novel was later named ''[[The Long Mirage]]''. [https://m.facebook.com/DRGIII/photos/a.410146536492.188531.112790771492/10153161175721493/?type=3&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.10153161175721493%3Atl_objid.10153161175721493]
===Related stories===
*{{e|DS9|Second Skin}}
*{{n|DS9|Rising Son}}
*{{n|DS9|Fearful Symmetry}}
*{{n|DS9|The Soul Key}}
*{{n|DS9|Sacraments of Fire}}
*{{n|TOS|Allegiance in Exile}}
*{{n|TNG|The Light Fantastic}}
===Images===
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===Connections===
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