Battle Lines (episode)

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Battle Lines
Attribution
Series:	Deep Space Nine
Story by:	Hilary J. Bader
Teleplay by:	Richard DanusMA and Evan Carlos SomersMA
Directed by:	Paul LynchMA
Production information
Episode no.:	1x13
Production no.:	413
First aired:	week of 25 April 1993
Chronology
Date:	2369

"Battle Lines" was the 13th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in the show's first season, first aired during the week of 25 April 1993. The episode was written by Richard Danus^MA and Evan Carlos Somers^MA after Hilary J. Bader and directed by Paul Lynch^MA.

Summary

A runabout carrying Benjamin Sisko, Kira Nerys, Julian Bashir, and Kai Opaka crashes on a planet in the Gamma Quadrant, where they meet a group of aliens who cannot die and have been fighting a war for centuries.

References

Characters

Altman • Julian Bashir • Graham Davis • Jadzia Dax • Jones (Lieutenant) • Kallis Ven • Kira Nerys • Morn • Nima • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Opaka Sulan • Golin Shel-la • Benjamin Sisko • Zlangco

Referenced only

Skrain Dukat • Tahna Los

Locations

Bajoran wormhole • Deep Space 9 • Promenade • Quark's

Referenced only

Bajor • Idran • Tevlin-De

Starships

USS Rio Grande (Danube-class runabout) • USS Yangtzee Kiang (Danube-class runabout)

Races and cultures

Antican • Bajoran • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Lurian • Trill

States and Organizations

Bajoran Militia • Ennis • Nol-Ennis • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only

Bajoran Resistance

Other references

antimatter pod • Bajoran language • Bajoran prophecy • Bajoran religion • delta radiation • Ennis satellite network • meson • nanite • nanotechnology • Prime Directive • USS Saratoga model • Vayan horn fly • warp eddy

Appendices

Related media

• The novel Dawn of the Eagles reveals that Gul Skrain Dukat deliberately doctored Kira's security file so that she wouldn't be arrested the moment she set foot on Terok Nor. Her original file read, in part, "Confirmed association with Shakaar and Kohn-Ma cells. Probable connection to events at Gallitep, to the destruction of several surface relay bases, to numerous counts of tech sabotage. Possible affiliations with other terrorist groups, including Gertis, Krim..." Her priority status was in the upper hundreds. Dukat changed it to match the description partially mentioned in this episode: "Civilian runner for the Shakaar cell. A minor operative whose activities are limited to running errands for the terrorist leaders. May have participated in minor boundary/curfew infringements." He also dropped a digit off of her status number, making her a low priority.
• The impact that Opaka had on the Ennis and the Nol-Ennis is revealed in the novel Rising Son. The arc of the episode continues in other DS9 relaunch stories, such as in the DS9 novel: The Dominion: Olympus Descending. The events of this episode are mentioned in Lesser Evil.
• The Star Trek Online expansion Victory Is Life also revisits the penal moon.
• Opaka's loss in this episode would be mentioned in many of the numbered DS9 novels, including the DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky.

Background

Notable cast and crew

• Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
• Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
• Rene Auberjonois as Odo
• Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
• Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
• Majel Barrett as the Starfleet computer voice

Images

Episode image.

Golin Shel-la.

Zlangco.

Connections

Timeline

published order
Previous episode: Vortex	DS9 episode produced	Next episode: The Storyteller
Previous episode: Vortex	DS9 episode aired	Next episode: The Storyteller
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Bloodletter	Pocket	Next Adventure: Frame of Mind

External links

• Battle Lines (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Battle Lines (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.