At the edge of the final frontier.
Summary
Cardassian agents covertly return to Bajor to retreive an ancient artifact hidden when the occupation came to an end. When touched, the artifact emits waves of temporal distortion, creating disturbances across the Federation and alerting the artifact's creators, an ancient race eager to reclaim what was once their most feared weapon.
Characters
Benjamin Sisko • Kira Nerys • Miles O'Brien • Quark • Jake Sisko • Julian Bashir • Jadzia Dax • Hikaru Sulu • Dukat • Keiko O'Brien • Rom • Pelek • Tartek • Malbret • Benjamin Maxwell • Will Kayden • Khan Noonien Singh • Gaius Julius Caesar • Curzon Dax • Zek • Morn • Sebarr • unnamed Cardassians • unnamed USS Rutledge personnel • unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel • unnamed USS Defiant (NX-74205) personnel
References
Starships and vehicles
Cardassian shuttlecraft • Danube-class • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • drill driver • Galor-class • Karg starship • runabout • USS Rutledge (New Orleans-class) • USS Saratoga (Miranda-class)
Locations
Planetary
Gaul • San Francisco • Troy
Outposts and stations
Planets and planetoids
Stars and star systems
Materials and substances
chroniton • DNA • norep • pergium • uridium
Races and cultures
Bajoran • Cardassian • Horta • Human • Karg • Trill • symbiont
Ranks and titles
captain • chief • commander • dictatrix • general • grand nagus • gul • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • supreme commander
States and organizations
Karg Empire • Klingon Empire • Obsidian Order • Roman Empire
Weapons and technology
cloaking device • deflector shield • Cardassian disruptor • plasma generator • phaser • shields • temporal disruptor • transporter • warp drive
Events
Eugenics Wars • Federation-Cardassian War • Occupation of Bajor
Other
agrobiology • dollar • doughnut • hell • moon • plasma • radiation • sculpture • temporal distortion • time • vole
Timeline
- Includes alternate timelines.
- Ancient Rome
- Julius Caesar declares himself dictator of the Roman Empire, as witnessed by timeshifted Bashir.
- 27 October, 1995
- Khan declares victory over the civilized world, as witnessed by timeshifted Sisko.
- Late-23rd or early-24th century
- Captain Hikaru Sulu becomes the lover of timeshifted Keiko Ishikawa-O'Brien.
- 2350s
- Miles O'Brien is timeshifted and finds himself a commander in the first Cardassian War under the command of Captain Ben Maxwell.
- 2369
- During the Cardassian withdrawal, miners discover the temporal device. They seal the mine intending to recover it later.
- 2371
- The O'Briens visit a camp on Bajor near the abandoned mine. Gul Tartek's team lands nearby.
Information
This story did not explicitly state a time frame for the primary, unaltered chain of events, however, it seems to have taken place in 2371, sometime after Sisko was promoted to captain, but before the arrival of Worf on the station in early 2372.
The artist depicted two of Bajor's moons in some panels but it wasn't specified which of Bajor's multiple moons these were.
External links
- No Time Like the Present article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.