"For the Uniform" was the 111th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the thirteenth episode of the show's fifth season, first aired during the week of 3 February 1997. The episode was written by Peter Allan FieldsMA and directed by Victor LoblMA.
Summary
Benjamin Sisko pursues former Starfleet officer Michael Eddington across the Demilitarized Zone.
References
Characters
- Jadzia Dax • Michael Eddington • Kira Nerys • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Odo • George Sanders • Benjamin Sisko • Worf, son of Mogh • Deep Space 9 personnel (Deep Space 9 residents)
- Referenced only
- Cing'ta • Curzon Dax • Victor Hugo • Joseph Sisko
Locations
- Badlands • Deep Space 9 • Demilitarized Zone • Marva IV • Operations center • Quatal Prime • Station commander's office
- Referenced only
- Cardassia • Dorvan • Gamma 7 outpost • Panora • Portas V • Salva II • Solosos III • Tracken II • Veloz Prime
Starships and vehicles
- Danube-class runabout (in opening credits) • Guingouin (Condor-class) • USS Defiant (Defiant-class escort) • Groumall-class • Janitza-class (in opening credits) • USS Leeds (Nebula-class explorer, in opening credits) • USS Malinche (Excelsior-class explorer)
Races and cultures
- Referenced only
- Bolian • Breen • Cardassian • Prophets
States and organizations
- Referenced only
- Starfleet Command • Starfleet Intelligence
Other references
- barrel roll • baseball • biogenic weapon • cascade virus • cloaking device • cobalt diselenide • computer • court martial • Federation-Cardassian Treaty of 2370 • gyro-shielding • holo-communicator • Robin Hood • The Hunchback of Notre Dame • inertial damper • inspector • intelligence drone • Javert • Les Misérables • neutrino • nursery rhyme • parabolic sensor array • plasma field • punching bag • quantum torpedo • replicator • rhodium • selenium • shipyard • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2373-2386) • stratospheric torpedo • transporter • trilithium • warp signature • work bee • Jean Valjean • warp drive
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 "In Purgatory's Shadow".
VHS release.
Overseas VHS release with "In Purgatory's Shadow".
LaserDisc release in DS9 season 5 (volume 1).
DVD release in DS9 season 5.
Background
Notable cast and crew
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
- Michael Dorn as Worf
- Aron Eisenberg as Nog
Images
USS Defiant fires quantum torpedoes.
Eddington and Sisko.
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The Begotten |
DS9 episode produced | Next episode: In Purgatory's Shadow |
| Previous episode: The Begotten |
DS9 episode aired | Next episode: In Purgatory's Shadow |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Coda |
Next Adventure: Blood Fever | |
| Previous Adventure: The Mist |
Deep Space Nine Adventures | Next Adventure: In Purgatory's Shadow |
External links
- "For the Uniform" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- For the Uniform article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.