Odo works with Doctor Mora when he is given a young Changeling by Quark; Kira goes into labor.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 2.3 Other 2.4 Referenced 3 References 3.1 Locations 3.2 Species 3.3 States and Organizations 3.4 Other 4 Information 4.1 Related stories 5 Connections

SummaryEdit

CharactersEdit

MainEdit

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

RecurringEdit

• Keiko O'Brien (Rosalind Chao)
• Shakaar Edon (Duncan Regehr)
• Kirayoshi O'Brien

OtherEdit

• Mora Pol (James Sloyan)
• Y'Pora (Peggy Roeder)

ReferencedEdit

• Molly O'Brien

ReferencesEdit

LocationsEdit

Deep Space 9 • Habitat ring • Infirmary • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Replimat • Security office

Referenced only 

Bajor • Earth

SpeciesEdit

Bajoran • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Klingon

Referenced only 

Cardassian • Yridian

States and OrganizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Dominion • Founders • Hundred • Starfleet Command

OtherEdit

Alvanian spine mite • champagne • constable • cytoplasm • endorphin • Filian python • First Minister of Bajor • holosuite • isotope • labor • latinum • medical tricorder • morphogenic matrix • Orion slave girl • pregnancy • prune juice • shapeshifter • Tarkalean hawk • tetryon radiation • thumbprint

InformationEdit

Related storiesEdit

• The events of "Broken Link" are mentioned in the episode.
• DS9 novella: The Badlands, Part IV reveals that the Bashir in this episode was the Changeling that impersonated him in "In Purgatory's Shadow" and "By Inferno's Light" and that the infant Changeling's radiation exposure came from a artificial quantum singularity in the Badlands.

ConnectionsEdit

• The Begotten article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• The Begotten article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

published order
Previous episode: The Darkness and the Light	DS9 episode produced	Next episode: For the Uniform
Previous episode: The Darkness and the Light	DS9 episode aired	Next episode: For the Uniform
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Alter Ego	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Mist (Chapters 2-20)