No Time Like the Present

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COMIC
No Time Like the Present
Attribution
Series:	Deep Space Nine
Writer(s):	Laurie Sutton
Penciller(s):	Leonard Kirk
Inker(s):	Scott Reed, Saleem Crawford & Leonard Kirk
Colorist(s):	Moose Baumann & Malibu Color
Letterer(s):	Tracy H. Munsey
Editor(s):	Phil Crain
Publication information
Printed in:	Ultimate Annual
Pages:	34
Chronology
Date:	2371

At the edge of the final frontier.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 2.1 Unnamed 3 References 3.1 Starships and vehicles 3.2 Locations 3.3 Races and cultures 3.4 States and organizations 3.5 Materials and substances 3.6 Ranks and titles 3.7 Weapons and technology 3.8 Events 3.9 Other 4 Timeline 5 Information 6 Images 7 Connections

[edit] Summary

Cardassian agents covertly return to Bajor to retreive an ancient artifact hidden when the occupation came to an end. When touched, the artifact emits waves of temporal distortion, creating disturbances across the Federation and alerting the artifact's creators, an ancient race eager to reclaim what was once their most feared weapon.

[edit] Characters

Benjamin Sisko • Kira Nerys • Miles O'Brien • Quark • Jake Sisko • Julian Bashir • Jadzia Dax • Hikaru Sulu • Dukat • Keiko O'Brien • Rom • Pelek • Tartek • Malbret • Benjamin Maxwell • Will Kayden • Khan Noonien Singh • Gaius Julius Caesar • Curzon Dax • Zek • Morn • Sebarr

[edit] Unnamed

unnamed Cardassians • unnamed USS Rutledge personnel • unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel • unnamed USS Defiant (NX-74205) personnel

[edit] References

[edit] Starships and vehicles

Cardassian shuttlecraft • Danube-class • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • drill driver • Galor-class • Karg starship • runabout • USS Rutledge (New Orleans-class) • USS Saratoga (Miranda-class)

[edit] Locations

Planetary 

Gaul • San Francisco • Troy

Outposts and stations 

Deep Space 9

Planets and planetoids 

Bajor • Cardassia

Stars and star systems 

Wolf 359

[edit] Races and cultures

Bajoran • Cardassian • Horta • Human • Karg • Trill • symbiont

[edit] States and organizations

Cardassian Guard • Cardassian Union • Karg Empire • Klingon Empire • Obsidian Order • Roman Empire

[edit] Materials and substances

chroniton • DNA • norep • pergium • uridium

[edit] Ranks and titles

captain • chief • commander • dictatrix • general • grand nagus • gul • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • supreme commander • vedek

[edit] Weapons and technology

cloaking device • deflector shield • Cardassian disruptor • plasma generator • phaser • shields • sonic drill • temporal disruptor • transporter • warp drive

[edit] Events

Eugenics Wars • Federation-Cardassian War • Occupation of Bajor

[edit] Other

agrobiology • dollar • doughnut • hell • moon • plasma • radiation • sculpture • temporal distortion • time • vole

[edit] Timeline

Includes alternate timelines.

Ancient Rome

Julius Caesar declares himself dictator of the Roman Empire, as witnessed by timeshifted Bashir.

27 October, 1995 

Khan declares victory over the civilized world, as witnessed by timeshifted Sisko.

Late-23rd or early-24th century

Captain Hikaru Sulu becomes the lover of timeshifted Keiko Ishikawa-O'Brien.

2350s

Miles O'Brien is timeshifted and finds himself a commander in the first Cardassian War under the command of Captain Ben Maxwell.

2369

During the Cardassian withdrawal, miners discover the temporal device. They seal the mine intending to recover it later.

2371

The O'Briens visit a camp on Bajor near the abandoned mine. Gul Tartek's team lands nearby.

[edit] Information

• This story did not explicitly state a time frame for the primary, unaltered chain of events, however, it seems to have taken place in 2371, sometime after Sisko was promoted to captain, but before the arrival of Worf on the station in early 2372.
• The artist depicted two of Bajor's moons in some panels but it wasn't specified which of Bajor's multiple moons these were.

[edit] Images

Cover image.

USS Rutledge.

Cardassian shuttlecraft.

[edit] Connections

published order
Previous comic: First story in book	DS9 Stories Ultimate Annual	Next comic: The Nagus's New Clothes
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Not yet placed	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: Not yet placed

• Ultimate Annual article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.