Chiaroscuro

Summary[edit | edit source]

Ezri helps the crew of a Starfleet ship negotiate the release of several hostages, although the true mission is linked to one Jadzia Dax participated in eight years earlier.

References[edit | edit source]

Characters[edit | edit source]

Casey • Ezri Dax • Jadzia Dax • Lela Dax • Edmunds • Etoli • Gabrielli • Axael Krinn • Y'Lira Medoxa • Oktesh • Quark • Shavras • Sovak • Benjamin Sisko

Referenced only: Dante Alighieri • Neema Cyl • Dax (symbiont) • Audrid Dax • Curzon Dax • Emony Dax • Joran Dax • Tobin Dax • Torias Dax

Locations[edit | edit source]

Deep Space 9 • Fassig Drift • Ibarri • Pandora facility • Quark's • Wardroom

Referenced only: Earth • Trill

Starships and vehicles[edit | edit source]

USS Anansi

Races and cultures[edit | edit source]

Andorian • Ferengi • Human • Protean • Selenean • Trill

Visions only: Cardassian • Deltan • Kytharri • Romulan • Vulcan

Referenced only: Klingon • Syroccan

States and organizations[edit | edit source]

Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only: Dominion • Trill Symbiosis Commission

Other references[edit | edit source]

2367 • archaeology • asteroid • asteroid belt • blast door • brain • catalyst • codex • comet • cryptography • Dax Infinitum • Distant Past • The Divine Comedy • Dominion War • entropy • environmental suit • finger trap • Heaven • Hell • holodeck • Pandora's Box • satellite defense array • "Skipper" • targ • thermium

Appendices[edit | edit source]

Background[edit | edit source]

This story features the first appearance of a Selenean character; two years later Geoffrey Thorne introduced Y'Lira Modan as a character in Star Trek: Titan.
In art, "Chiaroscuro" is a defining contrast between light and dark.

Connections[edit | edit source]

published order
Previous story: Foundlings	Prophecy and Change	Next story: Face Value
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Seven of Nine	Pocket	Next Adventure: Take Me Out to the Holosuite