Sisko, Bashir and Dax are transported to 21st century Earth, where they find themselves involved in a conflict that will change Earth history and lead to the formation of the Federation.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Other 2.3 Referenced 3 References 3.1 Locations 3.2 Species 3.3 Starships 3.4 States and Organizations 3.5 Other 4 Timeline 5 Appendices 5.1 Related stories 5.2 External links 5.3 Connections

SummaryEdit

CharactersEdit

MainEdit

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

OtherEdit

• Gabriel Bell (John Lendale Bennett)
• Christopher Brynner (Jim Metzler)

ReferencedEdit

Belongo • Buck Bokai • Robert Chen • Judith Sisko • Zek

ReferencesEdit

LocationsEdit

Candlestick Park • Earth • Luna • San Francisco • Sanctuary District • Sol • Sol system

Referenced only 

Alpha Centauri • Alps • China • Deep Space 9 • Europe • France • Gamma Quadrant • Golden Gate Bridge • Japan • Mars • Portland • Proxima shipyards • Starfleet Headquarters • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards • Venus

SpeciesEdit

Bajoran • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Trill

Referenced only 

Cardassian • Romulan

StarshipsEdit

USS Defiant (Defiant-class)

States and OrganizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Brynner Information Systems • San Francisco Police Department • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • United States of America • United States National Guard

Referenced only 

Dominion • London Kings • New York Yankees • Starfleet Security

OtherEdit

1930s • 1960s • 1999 • 1990s • 2015 • 2048 • ablative armor • annular confinement beam • automobile • baseball • Bell Riots • chroniton • cloaking device • communication satellite • dress uniform • Earth satellite network • e-mail • English language • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • football • Heisenberg compensator • helicopter • Interface • internet • jazz • orbital habitat • ration • retinal scan • schizophrenia • singularity • soccer • spacedock • subspace bubble • Starfleet Symposium • tattoo • temporal displacement • temporal displacement policy • tennis • transporter • transporter shock

TimelineEdit

2022 

Henry Garcia moves to San Francisco to work in a brewery.(Part II)

AppendicesEdit

Related storiesEdit

• The Sundered
• An Enigma Wrapped in a Puzzle
• The Immortality Blues

External linksEdit

• Past Tense, Part I article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Past Tense, Part II article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Past Tense (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous episode: Fascination	DS9 episode produced	Next episode: Life Support
Previous episode: Fascination	DS9 episode aired	Next episode: Life Support
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Pathways Chapter 12, Section 11	Pocket	Next Adventure: Federation Part Four: Chapter 3
Previous Adventure: Fascination	Deep Space Nine Adventures	Next Adventure: Life Support