The Defiant is severely damaged after entering a planet's atmosphere to save a Karemma crew from the Jem'Hadar.
Summary
References
Characters
- Julian Bashir • Sarita Carson • Jadzia Dax • Hanok • Janklow • Kira Nerys • Morn • Enrique Muñiz • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Benjamin Sisko • Fabian Stevens • Worf, son of Mogh
- Referenced only
- Curzon Dax • Rom
Locations
Starships
- Referenced only
- runabout
Races and cultures
States and Organizations
- Referenced only
- Bolian Credit Exchange • Starfleet Academy
Other references
- Bajoran language • baseball • class J gas giant • cloaking device • crewman • dabo • darts • deflector dish • dualitic inverter • Emissary of the Prophets • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • fluorine • gas giant • Ha'mara • holosuite • hot dog • Jefferies tube • kava • medkit • navigational deflector • Occupation of Bajor • probe • quantum torpedo • structural integrity field • tetryon • tractor beam • turbolift • warhead • warp core
Appendices
Background information
- Stevens would later become a main character in the Star Trek: Corps of Engineers eBook series. Stevens recalls the events of "Starship Down" in War Stories and Wildfire. Carson later appeared in Star Trek: Prometheus.
- The Defiant enters the atmosphere of a planet for the first and only time on the series. The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual shows that the starship possesses landing gear. The Defiant would be illustrated maneuvering through the atmosphere of the planet Trill in the Divided We Fall comic "United We Stand" by the same writers.
Related stories
- David Mack (one of the writers of the episode) included an interesting twist on the Brothers from Jo'kala story in the DS9 novel: Warpath, where the situation is reversed and Sisko tells Kira the story.
Cast
- 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
External links
- Starship Down article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Starship Down article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Connections
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|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Little Green Men |
DS9 episode produced | Next episode: The Sword of Kahless |
| Previous episode: Rejoined |
DS9 episode aired | Next episode: Little Green Men |
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Next Adventure: Mosaic | |
