”Little Green Men"' is a fourth season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It was first broadcast in November 1995.
Quark, Rom and Nog find themselves detained by the United States military after an accident sends them back in time to Earth in 1947.
Summary[]
Nog is preparing to leave Deep Space 9 to attend Starfleet Academy on Earth. Quark has just been given a ship by his cousin Gaila and offers to use it to take Nog to Earth. Near Earth, sabotage by Gaila kicks in and Rom’s attempt to save the ship sends it back in time.
The three Ferengi find themselves on Earth, but in 1947, and under arrest by the American army. The Americans believe that the Ferengi are Martians, and and have Professor Jeff Carlson study them. The early attempt produces comical results, and Quark sees a fantastic opportunity in dealing with these primitives.
The Ferengi universal translators initially don’t work, but after Rom repairs them, Quark starts to negotiate with General Denning. Quark offers to give the Americans technology, but Denning believes there is another reason for the Ferengi’s arrival. While Denning talks to President Truman, a military dog is revealed to be Odo, who stowed away on Quark’s ship.
Quark with Professor Carlson and Nurse Garland.
President Truman authorises Denning to interrogate the Ferengi and Captain Wainwright begins by using sodium Pentathol to force them to reveal what they know. Nog claims that they are really scouts for an invasion and when he goes to show Wainwright the location of the invasion landing site, Nog hits Wainwright. Professor Carlson knocks out a guard, while his fiancée Faith Garland knocks out Wainwright and with Odo help the Ferengi to the ship.
Harnessing the radiation from the detonation of a nuclear bomb, the Ferengi and Odo return to the 24th century. Back on Deep Space 9, Odo arrests Quark for smuggling.
References[]
Characters[]
- Julian Bashir • Jeffrey Carlson • Jadzia Dax • Rex Denning • Faith Garland • Kira Nerys • Morn • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Rom • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • James Wainwright • Worf, son of Mogh
- Referenced only
- Gabriel Bell • Gaila • Rita Hayworth • Harry S. Truman • Zek
Locations[]
- Deep Space 9 (Operations center • Promenade • Quark's) • Earth • (Area 51 • Nevada • New Mexico • Roswell • Roswell Army Air Field) • Sol system
Starships[]
Races and cultures[]
States and Organizations[]
- Bajoran Militia • Ferengi Alliance • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • United States of America • United States Army Air Corps
- Referenced only
- Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Bureau of Information
Science and technology[]
- atomic bomb • beta radiation • dilithium • holosuite • Interface • kemacite • latinum • nuclear fission • phaser • photon torpedo • quantum torpedo • replicator • sodium pentothal • solar flare • subspace • telephone • universal translator • warp core • warp drive
Other references[]
- 20th century • American • Australian • baseball • Bell Riots • Blessed Exchequer • Celestial Auctioneers • cigarette • Divine Treasury • dollar • dom-jot • Earth Cold War • Earthling • Federation law • Ferengi language • Ferengi mind control • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • gold • Grand Nagus • gree • Martian • Moogie • oo-mox • piano • Post-Modern Reformism • President of the United States • proving ground • root beer • Roswell Incident • springball • tobacco • tooth sharpener • unidentified flying object • Vault of Eternal Destitution • A Visit with the Pleasure Goddess of Rixx
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- The Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars novels Volume 1 & Volume 2 feature Professor Carlson.
- The Aliens Are Coming! features Wainwright interviewing John Christopher following the events of the original series episode "Tomorrow is Yesterday". Christopher used the terms "little green men" and UFO in "Tomorrow is Yesterday". Wainwright also appears in the novel From History's Shadow and Elusive Salvation.
- DS9 episode: "Past Tense"
- DTI novel: Watching the Clock
- "An Inconvenient Truth"
Background[]
Cast[]
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Alexander Siddig as Bashir
- Terry Farrell as Dax
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Max Grodénchik as Rom
- Aron Eisenberg as Nog
Images[]
External links[]
- Little Green Men article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Little Green Men (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Rejoined |
DS9 episode produced | Next episode: Starship Down |
| Previous episode: Starship Down |
DS9 episode aired | Next episode: The Sword of Kahless |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Persistence of Vision |
Next Adventure: Tattoo | |