Sins of the Mother

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SHORT STORY
"Sins of the Mother"
Attribution
Series:	Deep Space Nine
Author(s):	S.D. Perry
Publication information
Printed:	The Lives of Dax
Pages:	161-187 (trade)

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.4 Races and cultures 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Other 3 Appendices 3.1 Related stories 3.2 Timeline

[edit] Summary

Audrid Dax writes a letter to her daughter, Neema Cyl, explaining the circumstances of her father's death, and the discovery of the Parasites.

[edit] References

[edit] Characters

Jon Chin • Dax • Audrid Dax • Cyl • Neema Cyl • Juarez • Milton • Vod • Jayvin Vod

Referenced only 

Deilas Cyl • Lela Dax • Tobin Dax • Gran • Baret Vod • Calila Vod • Devinel Vod • Kelin Vod • Timus Vod

[edit] Starships and vehicles

USS Tereshkova

[edit] Locations

Caves of Mak'ala • comet • Halii • Trill • Starbase 11

[edit] Races and cultures

Bluegill • Human • Trill

[edit] States and organizations

Kem'alta Institute • Trill Symbiosis Commission • Starfleet

[edit] Other

environmental suit • gravity boot • kelbonite • plisagraph • zhian'tara

[edit] Appendices

[edit] Related stories

• Trill and the parasites - A century after the events of this story the relationship between the Trill and the parasites is revealed in the DS9 relaunch. In Unity the parasites make another attempt to attack the Trill, and in "Trill: Unjoined" the races' shared history is explored.

Stories featuring Christopher Pike
Comics	Early Voyages	"Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • "Cloak and Dagger" • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • "The Fallen" • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
	other	"All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War" • "Alien Spotlight: Vulcans" • "Alien Spotlight: Orions" • "Mirror Images, Issue 1" • "Mirror Images, Issue 2" • "Mirror Images, Issue 4" • "Mirror Images, Issue 5" • "Shadows of the Past" • "The Ends of Eternity" • "Spock: Reflections, Issue 2"
Novels		Enterprise: The First Adventure • Vulcan's Glory • Legacy • The Rift • Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams • "A Less Perfect Union" • To Thine Own Self
Short stories		"Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother" • "The Greater Good"
Episodes		"The Cage" • "The Menagerie"	Movie	Star Trek

[edit] Timeline

• The bulk of this story takes place on stardate 1229, or 2265, a year before Christopher Pike's debilitating accident. The framing story is fifteen years later, or 2280.

published order
Previous story: Old Souls	Star Trek Stories	Next story: Infinity
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Exodus	Pocket	Next Adventure: A Little More Action
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2280. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe:
Previous Adventure: Things Fall Apart	2265 Section 2	Next Adventure: Where No Man Has Gone Before