In the far future, the Dax symbiont faces death when its host is killed.
Summary[]
Following an accident with the transwarp core on a Federation ship in the Gamma Quadrant, the Dax symbiont is left in stasis. With chances of reaching the Trill homeworld slim, Dax ponders its brief existence without host, and prepares for oblivion. Captain Grayson's ship rushes towards the Bajoran wormhole, and Dax unknowingly enters into a communion with a disembodied Benjamin Sisko. Helping out the Old Man once more, Grayson's ship emerges at the Trill homeworld instead of Federation Portal 1 in the Bajoran system, in time for Dax to be returned to the symbiont pool.
References[]
Characters[]
- Dax • Grayson • Kelly • LaMoigne • Sheffield • Benjamin Sisko
- Referenced only
- Cretia • Curzon Dax • Ezri Dax • Joran Dax • Verad Kalon • Janra • Kans'let • Neema
Locations[]
- Referenced only
- Bajor • Deep Space 9 • Delta Quadrant • Federation portal 1 • Trill • Vulcan
Starships[]
Races and cultures[]
- Referenced only
- Jem'Hadar
States and organizations[]
- Referenced only
- Borg Cooperative • Trill Symbiosis Commission
Other references[]
- bat'leth • Borg-Federation Treaty • holoscreen • transwarp core
Chronology[]
Appendices[]
Related stories[]
- Dax recalls the events of "Invasive Procedures" and "Equilibrium".
Connections[]
| Speculations collected short stories | |
|---|---|
| Strange New Worlds | VI ("Our Million-Year Mission" • "The Beginning") • VII ("Guardians" • "The Law of Averages" • "Forgotten Light") • 8 ("A & Ω" • "Concurrence" • "Dawn") • 9 ("Remembering the Future" • "Rocket Man" • "The Rules of War" • "The Immortality Blues" • "Orphans") • 10 ("Time Line" • "Echoes" • "Brigadoon"• "Reborn") |
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: Guardians |
Strange New Worlds VII | Next story: Forgotten Light |
| Previous story: Guardians Strange New Worlds VII |
Speculations short stories | Next story: Forgotten Light Strange New Worlds VII |
| Previous story: First Star Trek story |
Stories by: Amy Sisson |
Next story: You May Kiss the Bride Strange New Worlds 8 |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Shockwave Chapters Chapters 12 - 13, 15 & 17 - 18 |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: The Last Tree on Ferenginar: A Ferengi Fable From the Future Strange New Worlds 9 |
| Previous adventure: The Collectors Chapters II, IV, VI, VIII & Epilogue Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Work Worth Doing Section 2 Star Trek: Explorer |
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