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48-636: Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine , a space station located near a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the galaxy; the Gamma Quadrant is home to a powerful empire known as the Dominion . In this episode, the Deep Space Nine staff host secret trade negotiations with a Dominion subject aboard the starship Defiant , but the ship

96-471: A Bajoran fairy tale to try to keep him awake, and regretting that her reverence for him as the prophesied "Emissary" has prevented them from being closer friends. Lt. Cdr. Worf and Chief O'Brien work on putting the Defiant ' s engines back together; O'Brien helps Worf learn how to tactfully manage the engineering team. The Defiant is eventually able to destroy the second Jem'Hadar fighter and rescue

144-534: A brief leave of absence from late 2374 to early 2375, Sisko, promoted to captain in 2371, remained in command of Deep Space Nine . In late 2375, at the end of the Dominion War , Colonel Kira Nerys assumed command. Colonel Kira is still in command when the station is next seen on screen in 2381. In the continuing story novels, DS9 was forced to jettison its power core due to the actions of Dominion rebels. As one of his first actions as chief of operations of

192-469: A dagger and nefarious in order to survive". Shimerman thought there were aspects of both himself and his Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character, Quark , in the novel's interpretation of John Dee. Shimerman commented: "There are aspects of Quark similar to Dr. Dee, and undoubtedly there are aspects of Dr. Dee similar to Armin Shimerman, which would make him seem like Quark as well". The other novels in

240-456: A pair of Jem'Hadar ships fire on the Karemma ship. The Jem'Hadar chase the ship into the atmosphere of the gas giant, and the Defiant takes off in pursuit. The Jem'Hadar open fire on the Defiant , crippling it in the turbulent fluorine atmosphere of the planet. Science Officer Jadzia Dax heads below to try to repair the engines. She is successful but is nearly blown out of the ship when

288-679: A recurring role as Principal Snyder in the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–1999), and voiced General Skarr and other characters in the animated series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001–2007), Doctor Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank video game series, and Andrew Ryan in the BioShock video game series. Shimerman was born into a Jewish family in Lakewood, New Jersey , on November 5, 1949,

336-399: A scene with Auberjonois, with the strife between the two characters reminiscent of the conflict between Shimerman's Quark and Auberjonois's Odo. He made an appearance as "The Terror" in the first The Tick live-action series. He appeared in the series Numb3rs episode " Provenance " as Patrick Holden. He had a small cameo in the episode "Posse Comitatus" of The West Wing as Richard

384-699: A trap left by the Bajoran resistance that nearly killed everyone on the station when it was accidentally activated by the new tenants. In 2369, the Bajorans assumed control of the station. The Bajoran provisional government requested the assistance of the United Federation of Planets , who renamed it Deep Space Nine (DS9) and placed Commander Benjamin Sisko in command. Despite the Federation presence,

432-579: Is heavily damaged in an attack by the Dominion's Jem'Hadar soldiers. This episode aired in broadcast syndication television on November 13, 1995. This episode was written by David Mack and John J. Ordover. Writer David Mack stated that the inspiration for this episode came from the 1981 Wolfgang Petersen film Das Boot . These two writers also wrote the Star Trek comic book series Divided We Fall. The Federation starship Defiant carries

480-470: Is imprisoned during a diplomatic crisis between the Bajoran and Ferengi governments. The novel is an allegory for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Shimerman has co-written a series of books in which he provides a science fictional basis for the life of John Dee . The first novel in the series, The Merchant Prince , was co-written with Irish author Michael Scott , known for his Nicholas Flamel series . Published in 2000, it features

528-475: Is of identical design to another Cardassian station, Empok Nor . Originally situated in orbit of Bajor, the station was moved in the series' pilot episode to a position at the mouth of the newly discovered wormhole , where it would remain throughout the remainder of the series. This made the station three hours away from Bajor by shuttle, as described in three episodes, although it was mentioned as being five hours away in another episode, (presumably as Bajor

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576-512: Is one of only a few actors to play the same character on four or more different Star Trek series. He played Quark in Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: Voyager , and Star Trek: Lower Decks . He reprised the role of Quark in the 1998 film Star Trek: Insurrection , but only in deleted scenes. In addition to Star Trek , Shimerman has had roles as Pascal on Beauty and

624-401: Is trapped in the mess hall with Hanok, where a live Jem'Hadar torpedo lodges itself in the hull. Combining their cleverness—and taking a gamble—to defuse the torpedo helps Hanok get over his mistrust of Quark. Dax and Bashir huddle together for warmth; Bashir appreciates the irony that being trapped with Jadzia in his arms was once a fantasy of his. On the bridge, Kira cares for Sisko, telling him

672-546: The Star Trek franchise began with appearances as other Ferengi characters in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes " The Last Outpost " and " Peak Performance ". As the character Quark, Shimerman became one of Star Trek's most widely known characters, and he appeared several times on the cover of TV Guide , either with other actors or alone as part of a collector's series. Along with Patrick Stewart , Marina Sirtis , Jonathan Frakes , and John de Lancie , Shimerman

720-619: The Star Trek: Lower Decks episode " Hear All, Trust Nothing ". Many story arcs introduced on Next Generation are extended by events that occur on the station. The station builds on the legacy of the Cardassian-Federation interactions introduced by that show and the first episode, " Emissary ", includes a visit from the Enterprise-D . Deep Space Nine provides the location for the crew to interact with

768-598: The Star Trek universe, Deep Space Nine was originally a Cardassian mining and refinery station named Terok Nor in orbit around Bajor , and it was built by Bajoran slave labor under Cardassian rule in 2346. The station was commanded by Gul Dukat , the last Cardassian prefect of Bajor. It was abandoned toward the end of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor in 2369; the Cardassians stripped items of value on their way out. The station had some major problems, including

816-736: The Beast and as Principal Snyder in 19 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer . He has also starred as Anteaus in Stargate SG-1 as one of the Nox , an evil wizard in Charmed , appeared as Stan the caddy in an episode of Seinfeld and as Dr. Patemkin on Leverage . Shimerman has appeared in the first seven episodes as Judge Brian Hooper in the third season of Boston Legal , joining fellow Star Trek actors William Shatner , René Auberjonois , and Ethan Phillips . His character even shared

864-525: The Fallen and reprised the role in the 2018 expansion Star Trek Online: Victory is Life . He also voiced Ben Robbins and the Shopkeeper in the first 2 episodes of Rocket Power from 1999 to 2000. In 2008, he voiced the character of Wilmer in an audio dramatization of The Maltese Falcon , which also featured actors Michael Madsen , Sandra Oh , and Edward Herrmann . In addition, he also voiced

912-685: The III and another in the film as an Old Man in the subway in What the Bleep Do We Know!? . He has made appearances in various television series such as Babes as Mr. Ian Anderson, Married... with Children as Mr. Lovejoy, Warehouse 13 as Charlie Martin, Tremors as Cecil Carr, The Young and the Restless as Judge Graham Roberts, Castle as Benjamin Donnelly, Bad Samaritans as

960-508: The Innkeeper) and Mass Effect (as the original Salarian Councilor and Fai Dan). He also voiced Dr. Emil Narud, Mohandar and Dr. Emil Narud in its Human Form in the 2010 RTS video game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and the 2013 expansion StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm respectively. He also voiced the role of Quark in various Deep Space Nine video games such as Harbinger and

1008-642: The Judge, and Red Bird as Max. He has voiced several video game villains, including Toad and Zealot in X-Men Legends and X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse respectively, Andrew Ryan in the BioShock series, Razputin's father in Psychonauts , and General Skarr from Evil Con Carne and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy . He then lent his voice talent to BioWare for their games Jade Empire (as Emperor Sun Hai, Abbot Song and

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1056-508: The Karemma crew. Upon returning to Deep Space Nine, Hanok gambles at Quark's bar, and Sisko invites Kira to watch a baseball game with him in the holosuite. Tor.com was overall positive about this episode in their 2014 review, noting numerous guest stars and plot elements that are connected to later ones in the series. In 2015, Geek.com recommended this episode as "essential watching" for their abbreviated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine binge-watching guide. Screenwriter David Mack said that he

1104-611: The MMORPG The Secret World . His best known voice work is that of Doctor Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank franchise, a role for which he received much praise. He reprised his roles as Dr. Nefarious and Andrew Ryan and also voiced a Vox Populi enemy in the crossover fighting game PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale . Shimerman co-authored a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel, The 34th Rule , with David R. George III , published January 1, 1999. It focuses on his character Quark , who loses his bar and

1152-778: The character of Mr. Phillips in Focus on the Family Radio Theatre's production of Anne of Green Gables . He also voiced Raanu along with the Villager and a Village Leader in the straight-to-DVD animated film Bionicle: The Legend Reborn . He also voices Green Goblin in the action role-playing video game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 . In 2011, he provided additional voices for the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic . In 2012, he also voiced Che Garcia Hansson and Old Joseph Cajiais for

1200-502: The characters and elements established by the Star Trek universe, and introduces additional elements. The station exists in a time and place also occupied by The Next Generation , Voyager , Lower Decks and the seventh through tenth films, the 2370s through early 2380s. This is itself part of the bigger Star Trek universe , which was initiated by the original Star Trek TV show of the late 1960s created by Gene Roddenberry . For

1248-546: The historical figure John Dee being placed in suspended animation in 1575 by an alien race known as the Roc and awakening in 2099. The cover features Shimerman in Elizabethan garb. Shimerman commented: "John Dee really did exist. We're pretty sure he was a member of Queen Elizabeth 's secret service, which put it in his purview to kill if he needed to. The Elizabethan period was a much more perilous time; you had to be quick with

1296-498: The hull is breached. Dr. Bashir saves her, but they are trapped in a turbolift shaft with a diminishing supply of oxygen and without communication with the rest of the crew, who presume them lost. One of the Jem'Hadar ships attacks. The Defiant destroys it, but not before it is able to render the Defiant helpless again; Captain Sisko is gravely injured with a concussion. Major Kira tends to him, trying to keep him conscious. Quark

1344-411: The infirmary, the replimat (a self-service replicator eatery), a Bajoran temple, Elim Garak 's clothing shop, chief of security Odo 's office, a Klingon restaurant, a mineral assay office, a candy kiosk, and, for a brief time during the first season, Keiko O'Brien 's classroom. There are normally about 300 permanent residents of the station, though the station can accommodate up to seven thousand. In

1392-547: The jurisdiction of Ferenginar . In the year 2383, DS9—while under the command of Captain Ro Laren —was destroyed by a series of bombs planted by the Typhon Pact, when an attempt to distract Starfleet from their efforts to discreetly use the wormhole backfires, although the station is evacuated in time so that only a thousand people are lost of those on the station at the time, none of whom are major characters. In honor of

1440-421: The sector's denizens. It is run by a joint crew of Starfleet and Bajoran officers and it is the home port of a number of Starfleet runabouts , as well as the starship USS Defiant . The station is featured in the opening for all 176 episodes of Deep Space Nine , as well as part one of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Birthright ", the first Star Trek: Voyager episode " Caretaker ", and

1488-572: The senior staff of Deep Space Nine into the Gamma Quadrant to settle trade arrangements with the Karemma representative, Hanok. As the Dominion disapproves of trading with the Federation, the talks take place secretly in orbit around a gas giant and are mediated by the Ferengi Quark . Hanok is disgusted to learn that Quark has been lining his pockets by imposing fictitious Federation tariffs. The negotiations are interrupted when

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1536-432: The series are Outrageous Fortune (2002), co-written with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro , known for her historical horror novels, and Capital Offense (2003). In late 2020, Shimerman's new book, Illyria: Betrayal of Angels , was released by publisher Jumpmaster Press. Betrayal of Angels is the first book in Shimerman's trilogy about John Dee. Shimerman has been teaching Shakespeare for years, and as an adjunct professor for

1584-424: The show's conceptual design of Deep Space Nine, it is over a kilometer in diameter, is composed of a broad outer docking ring ; an inner habitat ring containing residential apartments; and a central core containing the promenade , the fusion reactors , and the operations center, known as "Ops". Three sets of docking pylons sweep up and down equidistantly around the docking ring, defining an almost spherical shape. It

1632-462: The son of accountant Susan and house painter Herbert Shimerman. When he was 15, he moved with his family to Los Angeles , where his mother enrolled him in a drama group in an effort to expand his social circle. He attended Santa Monica High School and was active in drama. As a senior, he played leading roles in school productions of Hamlet , The Crucible , and The Skin of Our Teeth before graduating in 1967. After graduating from UCLA , he

1680-545: The station away from the Alliance. The Alliance, determined to recapture the station, sends a fleet under Regent Worf to fight the rebels. The rebels are able to build their own Defiant , based on schematics for the Defiant in the primary universe, and they use it to defeat the Alliance fleet. Terok Nor remains a base of operations for the Terran Rebellion for at least the next three years. The station model

1728-612: The station remains subject to Bajoran law. Shortly after Sisko assumed command, his crew discovered the Bajoran wormhole . The station was moved to the mouth of the wormhole to secure Bajor's claim to it, after which the station assumed great commercial, scientific and strategic importance. After the encounter with the Dominion in 2370, in which the Galaxy-class USS Odyssey was destroyed by just three Dominion vessels and owing to other threats, it became obvious that

1776-570: The station were on the Paramount lot. In 2017, Space.com rated the Deep Space Nine fictional space station as the tenth best spacecraft of the Star Trek franchise. Armin Shimerman Armin Shimerman (born November 5, 1949) is an American actor known for his role as Quark in the Star Trek franchise, appearing as the character in all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999). He also had

1824-436: The station's existing occupation-era weapons would be woefully inadequate defending the station. The station's weapons and defensive systems were later heavily upgraded. The upgrades included the installation of multiple rotary torpedo launchers on the docking pylons and weapons sail towers, stowable phaser banks that retract when not in use and improved shields that extend 300 meters around the station. The total torpedo inventory

1872-498: The station, Nog had Empok Nor towed to the station's location, and used its power core as a replacement. The remainder of Empok Nor was broken down for scrap and spare parts. Later, DS9 would host Bajor 's formal acceptance into the Federation. With the station now under Federation law, Quark almost closed down his bar, but remained open after Rom arranged to have it designated as the Ferengi embassy to Bajor, placing it under

1920-651: The station, and the Bajoran people, Starfleet Command and the Federation Council agreed to build a new station in the Bajoran system and name it Deep Space Nine. "Terok Nor" is also a space station setting portrayed similarly to Deep Space Nine, except in these episodes it exists in the Mirror Universe , built under the authority of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance in orbit of Bajor (because in this episode's universe

1968-472: The voice cast. Deep Space Nine (space station) Deep Space Nine ( DS9 ; previously Terok Nor ) is a fictional space station , the eponymous primary setting of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine which aired from 1993 to 1999. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole and is a hub of trade and travel for

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2016-420: The wormhole is unknown there). In 2370, the station is the setting for the command post of the Alliance authority throughout the Bajoran sector, under the command of Intendant Kira Nerys . The station also serves as a processing center for uridium ore mined from Bajor; the processing facilities are operated by Terran slaves. In this fictional parallel universe, in 2372, the Terran Rebellion wrests control of

2064-590: Was in far orbit of its sun relative to DS9's position). However, it would appear that the journey could be completed in a much shorter length of time if necessary by engaging warp drive within the Bajoran star system. The promenade is the main public thoroughfare in which visitors and residents congregate. Common locations on the promenade depicted or mentioned in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine include Quark 's Bar (the crew's most frequently seen off-hours location, which also includes holosuites ),

2112-508: Was increased to 5,000. These upgrades were first used against the Klingons in their offensive against Cardassia in early 2372. At the beginning of the Dominion War in late 2373, the station was temporarily lost to the Dominion. In early 2374, Federation and Klingon forces retook it after the Battle of Bajor . Aside from a failed Bajoran military coup , the Dominion's occupation, and

2160-504: Was overall happy with this episode but felt constrained by the episode's budget. This led him to write a more ambitious, but similar plot-type for the Star Trek novel Wildfire . An episode of the third season of animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks titled "Hear All, Trust Nothing" directly follows plot elements from "Starship Down", featuring trade negotiations with the Karemma and appearances from Quark and Kira Nerys, with Armin Shimerman and Nana Visitor reprising their roles in

2208-522: Was principally designed by Herman Zimmerman and Rick Sternbach . Ricardo Delgado , Joseph Hodges, Nathan Crowley , Jim Martin, Rob Legato , Gary Hutzel , Michael Okuda , and executive producer Rick Berman also contributed to the design. The miniature was fabricated by Tony Meininger. At a 2006 auction held by the New York City branch of Christie's of London , the original 6' diameter "hero model" of Deep Space 9 went for US$ 110,000. This

2256-677: Was selected to apprentice at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego . He began pursuing a career in theater and eventually moved to New York City , where he was a member of the Impossible Ragtime Theater . Returning to Los Angeles, he took roles in two CBS series to launch his television acting career. Shimerman is known for his work as the Ferengi bar owner Quark in the long-running television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , though his involvement with

2304-470: Was the principal model for filming, and was made primarily of fiber and resin with built in fiber-optic lighting. Herman Zimmerman compared the design of the station as having Art Deco influences, but also having a geometric design flavour to create a "Cardassian" style. One of the design motifs was to put things in sets of three, such having three concentric rings for main station structure, and sets of vertical pylons. The interior sets that depicted

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