ddillard 2 Posted June 1, 2005 Season: 1 Episode #: 401 & 402 Episode Name: The Emissary Teleplay by: Michael Piller Story By: Michael Piller & Rick Berman Original Air Date: 1-3-1993 The episode opens with a the destruction of the U.S.S. Saratoga during the battle of Wolf 359. With the destruction of the Saratoga Jennifer Sisko, wife of Benjamin Sisko, is killed. Benjamin Sisko and his son Jake Sisko are able to escape the destruction of the Saratoga. Three years later, Starfleet has taken command of Deep Space Nine at the request of the Bajorian Provisional Government. Deep Space Nine is a fromer Cardassian station that was abandoned, and heavily damaged after the end of the Cardassian Military occupation of Bajor. Commander Benjamin Sisko has been assigned to take command of the station in hopes that the Starfleet presence would aid in preparing the Bajorian people for Federation membership. Commander Sisko meets with the Bajoran national, Kira Nerys, who has been assigned as the first officer of Deep Space Nine. He finds that not all of the Bajoran people are happy about Starfleet's presence on the station. He then meets the other members of his crew as he moves through the station. Major Kira advises Sisko the Bajoran spiritual leader, Kai Opaka, is the only person that can unite the Bajoran people. Sisko then meets with Opaka and is informed that she will not call for the unity of her people until the Prophets, the Bajoran gods, have been warned. Opaka privides Sisko with an orb to aid him in finding the prophets. Sisko returns to DS9 and assigns his Chief Science Officer, a joined Trill, Jadzia Dax to investigate the orb and attempt to locate the Celestial Temple of the Prophets. Lt. Dax is able to locate a history of unexplained events in the Denorios belt near Bajor. Commander Sisko then tasks Odo, the stations shapeshifting Security Chief, with disabling the sensors of the Cardassian starship that is docked at the station, in order to allow him to investigate the Denorios belt undetected. After the Cardassian ships sensors are disable, Sisko and Dax take a runabout to the Denorios where they find an aritificially created wormhole leading to the Delta Quadrant. Inside the wormhole Sisko and Dax encounter a race of non coporial beings. These beings were responsible for creating the wormhole and for sending the orbs, thus meaning that Sisko has located the Prophets. The Prophets then return Dax to DS9 inside one of the orbs, as Sisko continues to learn more about the species and himself. Meanwhile on the station Major Kira is fending off an attack by the Cardassians, who are convinced that the station has destroyed one of their ships. The stations crew create a mass allusion that causes the Cardassian sensors to display false readings about the stations defensive capabilities. Back inside the wormhole Sisko is not only learning about the Prophets, but he is also learning about himself. Sisko is finally able to come to an agreement with the Prophets to restore traffic through the wormhole. Sisko then returns to the station with the missing Cardassian warship in tow, which difuses the confrontation with the Cardassians. Cast: Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Rene Auberjonois as Odo Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys Click here to see the STARTREKFANS.NET Episode Guide Entry For This Episode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
