“The Dreamer and the Dream” is a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine short story by Derek Tyler Attico.
Dukat returns from the Fire Caves. The crews of Deep Space 9 and the Enterprise-E face the end of the universe. Only Benjamin Sisko and Benny Russell can stop it.
Summary[]
Kasidy Yates and her son Jonathan have been kidnapped by the Cult of the Pah-wraiths and taken to a planet in the Badlands. Kira Nerys, now a captain in Starfleet, has brought the USS Defiant to the planet, where she, Julian Bashir and Odo, who has returned from the Dominion to help, attempt a rescue.
In America in the 1950s, Benny Russell has decided to write his final Star Trek story.
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References[]
Characters[]
- Julian Bashir • Ezri Dax • Skrain Dukat • Elim Garak • Lester Johnson • Kira Nerys • Geordi La Forge • Nia Manning • McCray • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Jean-Luc Picard • Richards • Benny Russell • Benjamin Sisko • Jonathan Sisko • Worf • James Wykoff • Kasidy Yates
- Referenced only
- Jadzia Dax • Willie Hawkins • Cassie Johnson • Quark • Roy Ritterhouse • Nyota Uhura
Locations[]
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • USS Enterprise-E (Sovereign-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Voyager
Races and cultures[]
- Bajoran • Cardassian • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Pah-wraith • Trill
States and organizations[]
- Cult of the Pah-wraiths • Dominion • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Federation Department of Temporal Investigations
Other references[]
- ablative armor • chroniton • Dominion War • Emissary of the Prophets • Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder • Orb of Vengeance • orbital weapon platform • Prometheus • transpectral sensor array • trilithium
Appendices[]
Background information[]
- The 2380 events of the short story take place five years after "What You Leave Behind" as well as after "Star Trek Nemesis", while the main story occurs in 1959.
- Like other SNW stories, this story is separate from the continuity of the contemporary Pocket Books novels.
- The author commented: “I wrote a 2016 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds short story called “The Dreamer and the Dream,” and it’s about Benny Russell. It’s like 10 years later, and he’s still in the asylum. But he’s been writing Star Trek for 10 years now. So, he has boxes in his room with the names of captains, and his therapist convinces him that, in order to get out, he has to put all his anger and depression and even hatred into one last Deep Space Nine episode called “Deep Space Nine: Epilogue.” And so he starts doing that, but he doesn’t realize that what he’s writing is actually happening in the 24th century, and his therapist is a Pah Wraith! Manipulating him. So knowing that I had written that years before, this was a way of me, taking one last time for us to see Benny Russell in this last page. I figured, it could be whatever you want. It could be the dreamer or the dream. It could be either way, you know.”
Related stories[]
- DS9 episode: "Far Beyond the Stars"
- DS9 episode: "Shadows and Symbols"
- DS9 episode: "What You Leave Behind"
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: The Manhunt Pool |
Strange New Worlds 2016 | Next story: The Last Refuge |
| Previous story: A & Ω |
Stories by: Derek Tyler Attico |
Next story: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: From History's Shadow Chapters 13 - 15 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Future's End Prologue |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 1959. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 1 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous adventure: Articles of the Federation Chapters 7 - 12 |
2380 | Next adventure: Resistance |