At the edge of the final frontier.
Summary
Cardassian agents covertly return to Bajor to retrieve 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.
References
Characters
- Julius Caesar • 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 • Curzon Dax • Zek • Morn • Sebarr
Unnamed
- unnamed Cardassians • unnamed USS Rutledge personnel • unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel • unnamed USS Defiant (NX-74205) personnel
Locations
- Bajor • Deep Space 9
- Referenced only
- Cardassia • Gaul • San Francisco • Troy • Wolf 359
Starships
- Cardassian shuttlecraft • Danube-class • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • Galor-class • Karg starship • runabout • USS Rutledge (New Orleans-class) • USS Saratoga (Miranda-class)
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Ranks and titles
- captain • chief • commander • dictatrix • Emissary of the Prophets • general • Grand Nagus • gul • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • supreme commander • vedek
Weapons and technology
- cloaking device • deflector shield • Cardassian disruptor • DNA • drill driver • plasma generator • phaser • shields • sonic drill • temporal disruptor • transporter • warp drive
Other references
- agrobiology • chroniton • dollar • doughnut • Eugenics Wars • Federation-Cardassian War • hell • hyronalyn • jumja stick • Mars • moon • norep • Occupation of Bajor • pergium • plasma • radiation • Saturn • sculpture • temporal distortion • time • uridium • vole
Appendices
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.
Background 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 in "The Adversary", but before the arrival of Worf on the station in "The Way of the Warrior".
- The artist depicted two of Bajor's moons in some panels but it wasn't specified which of Bajor's multiple moons these were.
Related stories
- Sisko mentions the events of "Past Tense, Part I" and "Past Tense, Part II", while Kira mentions the events of "Crossover".
Images
External link
- No Time Like the Present article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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