Ezri performs a Trill ritual to gain Joran's help in catching a Starfleet officer who has been killing fellow crewmembers.

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Locations 2.3 Starships 2.4 Species 2.5 States and Organizations 2.6 Other 3 Appendices 3.1 Background information 3.2 Related Stories 3.3 External links 3.4 Connections

SummaryEdit

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Main characters

• Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)
• Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor)
• Odo (Rene Auberjonois)
• Ezri Dax (Nicole de Boer)
• Worf (Michael Dorn)
• Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig)
• Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney)
• Quark (Armin Shimerman)

Recurring characters

• Morn (Mark Allen Shepherd)
• Broik David B. Levinson)
• Computer voice (Judi M. Durand)

Other characters

• Joran Dax (Leigh J. McCloskey)
• Chu'lak (Marty Rackham)
• Hector Ilario (Art Chudabala)
• Greta Vanderweg (Valerie Ann Miller)
• Zim Brott (Chris Kelly)

Referenced characters

Raymond Chandler • Dax (symbiont) • Audrid Dax • Curzon Dax • Jadzia Dax • Torias Dax

LocationsEdit

Deep Space 9 • Habitat ring • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Station commander's office

Referenced only 

Alpha Centauri • Bajor • Bolarus • Mora V • New Sydney • Ricktor Prime • Sappora

StarshipsEdit

USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • Excelsior-class • Saber-class • Steamrunner-class • USS Yeager (Federation light cruiser (Intrepid-variant))

Referenced only 

USS Grissom • Jem'Hadar fighter • USS Strata • USS Truman

SpeciesEdit

Bajoran • Bolian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Lurian • Trill • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Cardassian • Jem'Hadar

States and OrganizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Dominion • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Security

OtherEdit

Battle of Ricktor Prime • bullet • Dominion War • energy dampening field • exographic targeting sensor • Federation flag • forensics • goggles • heart • holosuite • logic • melon • micro-transporter • Mike Hammer • Nebula class starship model • phaser • phaser rifle • piano • projectile weapon • prototype • radiogenic nuclide • raktajino • replicator • regenerative phaser • Saurian brandy • service record • toast • torpedo • TR-116 • tricorder • tritanium

AppendicesEdit

Background informationEdit

• Robert Hewitt Wolfe returns to the series to write this, his final Star Trek episode.
• This is Worf's first appearance since "It's Only a Paper Moon". Some fans believe Star Trek: Insurrection takes place between that episode and this one.

Related StoriesEdit

• In Lesser Evil, Sam Bowers recalls how the crew of the Budapest used TR-116 rifles against the Borg at the Battle of Sector 001.
• The crew of the USS Enterprise use TR-116 rifles in A Time to Heal, Mere Mortals and Lost Souls.
• The Battle of Ricktor Prime is depicted in The Sky's the Limit short story "Four Lights".

External linksEdit

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

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous episode: The Emperor's New Cloak	DS9 episode produced	Next episode: Chimera
Previous episode: The Emperor's New Cloak	DS9 episode aired	Next episode: Chimera
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Echoes of Coventry Chapters 2-10	Pocket	Next Adventure: Dark Victory Part Two