"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" Empok Nor (1997)

Director:

Michael Vejar

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (creator: "Star Trek")
Rick Berman (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)

Original Air Date:

19 May 1997 (Season 5, Episode 24)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

While salvaging components from DS9's sister station, the crew run afoul of a "surprise" left behind by the Cardassians. |

Plot Keywords:

Stasis | Fall From Height | Stabbed In The Stomach | Paranoia | Board Game

Cast

Avery Brooks	...	Captain Sisko
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo
Michael Dorn	...	Lt. Commander Worf
Terry Farrell	...	Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax
Cirroc Lofton	...	Jake Sisko (credit only)
Colm Meaney	...	Chief O'Brien
Armin Shimerman	...	Quark
Alexander Siddig	...	Doctor Bashir
Nana Visitor	...	Major Kira
Andrew Robinson	...	Garak (as Andrew J. Robinson)
Aron Eisenberg	...	Nog
Tom Hodges	...	Pechetti
Andy Milder	...	Boq'ta
Marjean Holden	...	Stolzoff
Jeffrey King	...	Amaro

Company:

Paramount Television

Quotes:

Garak: [referring to kotra] I can't help thinking what a perfect metaphor this game is for our present situation. Hm? Two players, two minds, two strategies, each trying to outmaneuver the other, testing the enemy's defenses - advancing, retreating. The only difference is that in the game *we're* playing, the stakes are life and death. Which makes it so much more interesting. I haven't had this much fun in years!

Summary

The episode opens in Quark's Bar that seems strangely not to be very crowded. We quickly understand the reason when hearing a horrible sound. It is actually Miles O'Brien and Nog doing some conduit repairs. However, the repairs are heavy and O'Brien soon realize he will need an entirely new plasma distribution manifold. Worse, they are of Cardassian making and cannot be replicated. It is then decided to go scavenge manifolds from the abandoned station of Empok Nor. Because of the Cardassian way of planting booby traps everywhere when they leave a place, a Cardassian expert joins the mission to play as the minesweeper: Garak. The rest of the crew comprises O'Brien, Nog and 4 other Starfleet crew-members: Pechetti, Boq'ta, Stolzoff and Amaro. They soon arrive at Empok Nor. However, their presence sets off an old booby trap that put all their lives in danger.