"Empok Nor" was the 122nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 24th episode of the show's fifth season, first aired during the week of 19 May 1997. The episode was written by Bryan Fuller and Hans Beimler and directed by Mike Vejar.
Summary
To obtain much needed technology, Miles O'Brien leads an engineer team to a sister station of Deep Space 9, where Garak is infected with a psychotropic drug.
References
Characters
- Amaro • Julian Bashir • Boq'ta • Broik • Jadzia Dax • Elim Garak • Jerax • Kira Nerys • Morn • M'Pella • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Pechetti • Quark • Benjamin Sisko • Stolzoff • Worf, son of Mogh • Deep Space 9 personnel (Deep Space 9 residents)
- Referenced only
- Skrain Dukat • Rom
Locations
- Bajor system • Deep Space 9 • Empok Nor • Infirmary • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Station commander's office • Trivas
- Referenced only
- Barrica encampment • Klingon restaurant • Setlik III
Starships and vehicles
- Danube-class runabout • USS Defiant (Defiant-class escort, in opening credits) • Janitza-class (in opening credits) • USS Leeds (Nebula-class explorer, in opening credits)
Race and cultures
- Bajoran • Bolian • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Trill
States and organizations
- Bajoran Militia • Cardassian First Order • Starfleet • Third Battalion • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Cardassian High Command
Other references
- cadet • "Cardie" • coffee • covariant pulse • dampening field • docking clamp • environmental suit • field coil • holosuite • hyper spanner • internal sensor • kotra • life support • microfusion reactor • optronic coupler • pattern scrambler • phase decompiler • phaser • phaser rifle • psychotropic drug • root beer • SOS • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2373-2386) • stasis • subspace transceiver • telegraph • Til'amin froth • tricorder • waste extraction • xenophobia
Appendices
Related media
- ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia
- Information about this episode is presented consistently in the third and fourth volumes.
Video releases
Collector's edition VHS release with "Blaze of Glory".
VHS release.
Overseas VHS release with "Blaze of Glory".
LaserDisc release in DS9 season 5 (volume 2).
DVD release in DS9 season 5.
Background
- Empok Nor would later appear again in the episodes "The Magnificent Ferengi" and "Covenant" and the novels The War of the Prophets and Abyss.
Notable cast and crew
Crewman Boq'ta.
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
- Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Michael Dorn as Worf
- Andrew J. Robinson as Garak
- Aron Eisenberg as Nog
- Andy Milder as Boq'ta
Images
Episode images
Adaptation images
Boq'ta.
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Blaze of Glory |
DS9 episode produced | Next episode: In the Cards |
| Previous episode: Blaze of Glory |
DS9 episode aired | Next episode: In the Cards |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Worst Case Scenario |
Next Adventure: Scorpion, Part I | |
External links
- Empok Nor (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Empok Nor article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
