Sisko and his crew come to the aid of entrenched Starfleet soldiers on a planet in the Chin'toka system.
Summary[]
Bashir visits Vic's lounge, where Vic gives him a recording of his songs. The Defiant is heading to the front lines of the war, where Bashir hopes to play Vic's songs for the troops. Vic questions if the troops would want to listen to four hundred year old songs, but Bashir comments that the songs may be old but sound new when Vic sings them.
In the wardroom, Sisko comments to Odo that looking at the casualty lists of the war has become a grim tradition and that while he used to read the names to honor the sacrifices of those who have died, the names have started to blur together.
The Defiant soon departs, but with an extra person. Quark has been asked by Grand Nagus Zek to visit the front lines to report on his experiences. Entering the Chin'toka system, the Defiant is attacked by a Jem'Hadar ship, but the crew are able to destroy it. The Defiant reaches their destination, AR-558, and, Sisko, Dax, Bashir, Nog and Quark transport down, but come under fire.
Sisko realises that the fire is from a Starfleet team and calls out. Chief Larkin tells her team to hold their fire and admonishes Vargas for for firing without being ordered too. Vargas simply comments that he thought it was the Jem'Hadar.
References[]
Characters[]
- Julian Bashir • Ezri Dax • Vic Fontaine • Kellin • Kira Nerys • Nadia Larkin • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Reese • Rom • Benjamin Sisko • Vargas • Worf, son of Mogh
- Referenced only
- Rick Bittle • Margaret C. Clark • Barbara Covington • Curt Danhauser • Curzon Dax • Jadzia Dax • Tobin Dax • Torias Dax • Laura Derr • Dorothy Duder • Russ English • Terry Erdmann • Ann Flood • John Fredrickson • Alice Ginsburg • Mitchell Green • Kurt Hansen • Teri Hansen • Sandy Holst • Phillip Jacobson • Penny Juday • Grace Kenney • Matata Kimya • Alan M. Kobayashi • Beverly Kurts • Jay Laprade • Paul Lawrence • Kathy Leprich • Faith Levesconte • Lester Levesconte • Rose Limli • Mindy Long • Loomis • Tom Mahoney • McGreevey • Parker • Jake Sisko • Zek
Locations[]
- Referenced only
- Starbase 371 • Starbase 129
Starships[]
- Referenced only
- USS Veracruz • USS Akagi • USS Cochrane • USS Wyoming • USS Zapata • USS Tecumseh • USS Nobel • USS Victory • PWB T'Tpalok • IKS Fek'lhr • PWB Aj'rmr • PWB Tomal • PWB Koderex • PWB Preceptor • IKS K'mpec
Races and cultures[]
States and Organizations[]
- Referenced only
- Ferengi Alliance • Starfleet Command
Science and technology[]
- biosynthetic limb • communication array • holosuite • hologram • "Houdini" mine • Jem'Hadar shroud • ketracel-white • phaser rifle • replicator • sonic shower • transtator • tricorder
Other references[]
- after action report • casualty report • Dominion War • evasive maneuvers • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • I'll Be Seeing You • kar'takin • latinum • raktajino • Siege of AR-558 • Starfleet General Orders and Regulations • Starfleet uniform • subspace • surface operations blacks • tuxedo
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- The Chin'toka system was captured by Starfleet in "Tears of the Prophets".
- The events of "The Siege of AR-558" would be mentioned in "It's Only a Paper Moon", Avatar, Book Two, Demons of Air and Darkness and Cathedral and Paths of Disharmony.
- Reese would later appear in the Tales of the Dominion War short story "Requital".
Background[]
Notable cast and crew[]
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Michael Dorn as Worf
- Nicole de Boer as Ezri Dax
- Aron Eisenberg as Nog
- Max Grodénchik as Rom
- Bill Mumy as Kellin
- Raymond Cruz as Vargas
- Annette Helde as Larkin
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Once More Unto the Breach |
DS9 episode produced | Next episode: Covenant |
| Previous episode: Once More Unto the Breach |
DS9 episode aired | Next episode: Covenant |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Battle Lines |
Next Adventure: Requital Sections 1 and 3 | |
External links[]
- The Siege of AR-558 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Siege of AR-558 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.