Worf is presumed dead in a battle with the Jem'Hadar near the Badlands and Ezri commandeers a runabout to search for him; Sisko proposes to Kasidy, leading to a warning from the Prophets; Dukat enlists Damar's help to have his appearance altered to that of a Bajoran.

Contents 1 Characters 1.1 Main 1.2 Recurring 1.3 Other 1.4 Referenced 2 References 2.1 Locations 2.2 Starships 2.3 Species 2.4 States and Organizations 2.5 Other 3 Information 4 Related stories 5 Connections

CharactersEdit

MainEdit

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

RecurringEdit

• Dukat (Marc Alaimo)
• Weyoun (Jeffrey Combs)
• Damar (Casey Biggs)
• Kasidy Yates (Penny Johnson)
• Female Changeling (Salome Jens)
• Sarah Sisko (Deborah Lacey)
• Morn (Mark Allen Shepherd)
• Gor (Todd Slayton)
• Broik (David B. Levinson)
• Federation computer voice (Majel Barrett)
• Cardassian computer voice (Judi M. Durand)

OtherEdit

• Saghi (Michelle Horn)

ReferencedEdit

Boday • Niala Damar • Jadzia Dax • Kela Idaris • Kirayoshi O'Brien • Oram • William Ross • Alexander Rozhenko • Sirella • Joseph Sisko

ReferencesEdit

LocationsEdit

Badlands • Cardassia • Cardassia City • Deep Space 9 • Dominion Headquarters • Goralis • Goralis III • Habitat ring • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Replimat

Referenced only 

Bajor • Bajoran wormhole • Bajor-B'hava'el • Devos II • Kendra Province • Sto-vo-kor • Yolja River

StarshipsEdit

Breen warship • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • USS Gander (Danube-class runabout) • Jem'Hadar fighter

Referenced only 

IKS Koraga (K'vort-class) • IKS Rotarran • IKS Ya'Vang

SpeciesEdit

Bajoran • Benzite • Breen • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Jem'Hadar • Lurian • Prophets • Trill • Vorta

Referenced only 

Bolian • Gallamite • Pah-wraith • Son'a

States and OrganizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Breen Confederacy • Cardassian Guard • Cardassian Union • Dominion • Founders • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Great Link • Starfleet 6th Fleet

OtherEdit

Bajoran religion • bat'leth • bloodwine • clone • combadge • dais bearer • Dominion War • duranium • Emissary of the Prophets • escape pod • field ration • Gav'ot toH'va • god • hatchery • hecapate • kanar • kava • ketracel-white • Klingon opera • Klingonese • LCARS • legate • maneuvering thruster • minister • morphogenic virus • PADD • phaser • plasma flare • replicator • sensor • Shevok'tah gish • Sisko's house • sli'vak • space sickness • springwine • subspace • tractor beam • tricorder • vedek

InformationEdit

• A deleted or unfilmed scene mentioned that Oram's monastery was in Adarak. The settlement would later be featured in Twilight.

Related storiesEdit

• The New Worlds, New Civilizations short story "A Walk in the Path of the Emissary" features a (possibly exaggerated) tale of how Sisko bought the land in the Kendra Valley.

ConnectionsEdit

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

published order
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