NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rocks and Shoals (DS9 episode)

"Rocks and Shoals" is the second episode of the sixth season's opening six-episode story arc, beginning shortly after the events of the previous episode. As with the other five episodes of the opening arc, the story alternates between the events on the recaptured Terok Nor and the Federations' attempts to fight the Dominion. Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Ron Moore at a Battlestar Galactica Convention Ronald Dowl Moore (born 1964 in Chowchilla, California) is an American screenwriter and television producer who is known for his work on Star Trek and is currently executive producer of the new Battlestar Galactica series. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... Andrew Robinson, from Hellraiser. ... Phil Morris (born April 4, 1959 in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American TV and movie actor. ... Aron Eisenberg (born January 6, 1969 in Hollywood, California) is an actor best known for his role as Nog in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Lilyan Chauvin (b. ... Joseph Fuqua (born May 3, 1962 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actor. ... A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ... Stardate is one of the dating conventions used in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... A Time to Stand is the first episode of season six of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Sons and Daughters is a sixth season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Time to Stand is the first episode of season six of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Deep Space Nine Deep Space Nine is a fictional space station in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state, consisting of many different races, with ultimate power held by the xenophobic Changelings. ...

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Captain Sisko and his crew's captured Jem'Hadar ship crashes onto a barren planet hidden inside a nebula. The senior officers and a handful of crew members survive and seek shelter in a cave, although Lieutenant Commander Dax is severely injured. Unbeknownst to the survivors, a crew of Jem'Hadar and their Vorta, Keevan, have also survived a recent crash landing on the planet and similarly taken up shelter in a cave. The Jem'Hadar first and second are dead, but Keevan has not promoted Third Remata'Klan to the rank of first because Remata'Klan at some point questioned Keevan's orders. Keevan, seriously injured, strictly rations the Ketracel White, to the dismay of the Jem'Hadar. Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is a Starfleet officer and the main character of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Ikatika, a JemHadar soldier in 2373 In the fictional Star Trek universe, the JemHadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. ... Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax (played by Terry Farrell) was a fictional character in the first 6 seasons of the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Weyoun, a high-ranking Vorta. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, ketracel-white (also known as white for short) is a highly addictive drug which the Dominion uses to control its JemHadar warriors. ...

Garak and Nog are captured while scouting the unfamiliar territory. Back at the Dominion camp, Garak reveals to Keevan that the Starfleet contingent includes a doctor. Suffering from having low levels of Ketracel White, the Jem'Hadar are, despite a direct order, unable to refrain from firing on the Starfleet personnel who set out in search for Garak and Nog, and are also unable to shroud. The skirmish ends with no Starfleet injuries and an uncharacteristic Jem'Hadar withdrawal. Keevan demands to know the identity of the soldier who first opened fire, but Remata'Klan refuses, citing the order of things: the Vorta may discipline the unit leader, but only the unit leader disciplines the soldiers under his command. Keevan orders Remata'Klan to approach the Starfleet crew. Elim Garak is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Andrew Robinson. ... Nog was a recurring character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, played by Aron Eisenberg. ...

When Remata'Klan arrives at the Starfleet camp, he delivers a message to Sisko: Keevan will free the Ferengi and the Cardassian in exchange for Doctor Bashir, from whom Keevan needs treatment, and Sisko, with whom Keevan wants to speak. Sisko takes the opportunity to try to drive a wedge between Remata'Klan and his Vorta, relating to the Jem'Hadar the events from "To the Death" (specifically, the Jem'Hadar first's murder of Weyoun). Sisko asserts that it must be hard to maintain discipline in their current surroundings, and suggests that Remata'Klan not pay so much heed to the Vorta. Remata'Klan, however, remains loyal to Keevan, and Sisko agrees to the prisoner exchange. Ferengi on Star Trek: The Next Generation The Ferengi are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe. ... Cardassians are a spacefaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Dr. Julian Subatoi Bashir (played by Alexander Siddig) is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... To the Death is a fourth-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Weyoun is the primary adjunct to the Female Shapeshifter, and the second-in-command of the Dominion forces in the Alpha Quadrant. ...

Bashir successfully treats Keevan's wound, although the Vorta is still very weak. After dismissing the Jem'Hadar, Keevan tells the Starfleet officers of his miniscule supply of Ketracel White. He shows them a transmitter and admits he doesn't have enough white to sustain the soldiers long enough for them to fix the transmitter and send a distress call. He further explains that once the supply is gone, the Jem'Hadar will go on a killing rampage. Keevan tells them that he will order the Jem'Hadar to attack their position – however, the Vorta will give Sisko their attack plan, allowing them to kill the Dominion soldiers. Keevan will also provide them with the transmitter the Jem'Hadar have been working on. Assuming the Starfleet personnel can repair it and call for rescue, Keevan will become their captive. This information does not sit well with the rest of his crew, most notably Nog. Chief O'Brien, asserts that "there are rules" in war and that getting information from Keevan that will allow them to slaughter his men somehow violates these rules. Garak, on the other hand, is perfectly content to take advantage of this knowledge. Sisko interrupts the discussion to point out that when it comes down to choosing "between us and them, there is no choice." Miles OBrien Miles Edward OBrien is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Colm Meaney. ...

The stranded crew aren't the only ones facing moral qualms: on Terok Nor, Major Kira gradually comes to realize that by not opposing the Dominion occupation, she has become a collaborator; she identifies uncomfortable parallels between her own passivity and those who collaborated with the Cardassians during their occupation of Bajor. Vedek Yassim in particular has strong words for Kira, culminating with her suicide by hanging on the Promenade – before jumping to her death, Yassim avers, "Evil must be opposed." Kira wakes up the next morning but leaves Ops shortly into her shift; after mulling over her situation, she confides to Odo that she is going to start actively resisting the Dominion. In the Star Trek fictional universe, Deep Space Nine (or DS9) is a space station. ... Colonel Kira Nerys was a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Cardassians are a spacefaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... A typical major city on Bajor In the fictional Star Trek universe, Bajor (IPA: /bedÊ’oÉ¹/ or /beÊ’oÉ¹/) is the homeworld of the Bajorans. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, a Vedek is a senior member of the clergy in the Bajoran religion. ... Odo is a shapeshifter played by Rene Auberjonois on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

Back on the barren world, Sisko and his crew have established a lethal crossfire along the Jem'Hadar's approach to their camp. Sisko calls out to Remata'Klan, who agrees to confer in the open. Sisko tells him of Keevan's betrayal, and argues that the Vorta doesn't deserve their loyalty. Remata'Klan confesses that he recognized Keevan's attack plan as deliberately leading them into a trap. Sisko offers to put the Jem'Hadar into stasis, preserving their lives. Despite this, however, the Jem'Hadar avers that Keevan does not need to "earn" his loyalty; the Jem'Hadar's loyalty to the other Vorta is genetically bred into them as part of the order of things. Remata'Klan says he will follow Keevan's orders, knowing that neither he nor any of his men will survive. Sisko returns to his position; after Remata'Klan prepares his men by declaring, "Our deaths are glory to the Founders", the Jem'Hadar attack. They are quickly mowed down by the Starfleet crew, although Ensign Gordon is killed. Keevan appears shortly thereafter, strolling among his dead men with the transmitter in hand. He shouts to Sisko that if he'd had just two more vials of [Ketracel] White, Sisko and his crew never would have had a chance.

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