Sisko builds and pilots a Bajoran lightship with Jake, while Bashir prepares for an encounter with a fellow classmate.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 2.3 Other 2.4 Referenced 3 References 3.1 Locations 3.2 Starships 3.3 Species 3.4 States and Organizations 3.5 Other 4 Information 5 Related Stories 6 Images 7 Connections

SummaryEdit

CharactersEdit

MainEdit

• Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)
• Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor)
• Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig
• Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell
• Odo (Rene Auberjonois)
• Quark (Armin Shimerman)
• Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney)
• Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton)

RecurringEdit

• Dukat (Marc Alaimo)
• Leeta (Chase Masterson)
• Morn (Mark Allen Shepherd)
• Broik (David B. Levinson)
• Computer voice (Judi M. Durand)

OtherEdit

• Elizabeth Lense (Bari Hochwald)

ReferencedEdit

Leanne • Nog • Keiko O'Brien • Jennifer Sisko • Joseph Sisko • Rebecca Sisko • Shelerib th'Zarath • Kasidy Yates

ReferencesEdit

LocationsEdit

Bajor system • Bajor-B'hava'el • Cardassia system • Deep Space 9 • Denorios Belt • Quark's

Referenced only 

Bajor • Bajoran wormhole • Cardassia • Celestial Temple • Demilitarized Zone • San Francisco • New Orleans • New Zealand • Wellington

StarshipsEdit

Baraka (Bajoran lightship) • Galor-class • USS Lexington (Nebula-class)

Referenced only 

runabout

SpeciesEdit

Bajoran • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Lurian • Napean • Trill

Referenced only 

Cygnian • Romulan

States and OrganizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Cardassian Guard • Cardassian Union • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Bajoran First Republic • Maquis • Pennington School • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Medical

OtherEdit

2367 • ancient contact • blueprint • fairy tale • Fanalian toddy • gravity network • hammock • ion storm • laser torch • New Year's Eve • PADD • photosynthesis • postganglionic nerve • preganglionic fiber • replicator • sailing vessel • salutatorian • Scotch whisky • solar sail • spritsail • star chart • Starfleet uniform • sublight • Swahili • synthale • tachyon eddy • three-dimensional chess • transporter • transporter credit • valedictorian

InformationEdit

Related StoriesEdit

• Doctor Lense would go on to appear in the Star Trek: Corps of Engineers series, serving as the medical officer of the USS da Vinci.
• Akorem Laan would later use a Bajoran lightship in "Accession".
• The Star Trek: Terok Nor novel Day of the Vipers establishes that the Bajorans continued to use solar sails into the 24th century.

ImagesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

• Explorers (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Explorers (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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