SHORT STORY
"The Best Defense..."
Attribution
Series:	Deep Space Nine
Author(s):	John Takis
Publication information
Printed:	Strange New Worlds III
Pages:	204-217
Chronology
Date:	2375

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Locations 2.3 Starships and vehicles 2.3.1 Starship classes 2.4 Species and cultures 2.5 Governments and organizations 2.6 Other 3 Chronology 4 Appendices 4.1 Information 4.2 Connections

SummaryEdit

Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien take part in a holographic simulation of the Battle of the Alamo.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Julian Bashir • Kira Nerys • Nog • Keiko O'Brien • Odo • Miles O'Brien • Quark • Benjamin Sisko

Referenced only 

Jim Bowie • Davy Crockett • Sam Houston • Quinn • Antonio López de Santa Anna • William B. Travis

LocationsEdit

Alamo • Deep Space 9 • Quark's • Mexico • San Jacinto • Texas

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Defiant

Starship classesEdit

Referenced only 

Jem'Hadar fighter

Species and culturesEdit

Bajoran • Changeling • Ferengi • Human

Referenced only 

Jem'Hadar

Governments and organizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Mexican Army

OtherEdit

Baseball • Battle of the Alamo • Betting pool • Biosynthetic limb • Dominion War • Holodeck • Holosuite

ChronologyEdit

AppendicesEdit

InformationEdit

• Bashir and O'Brien first mooted the idea of an Alamo holosuite program in "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night".

ConnectionsEdit

• DS9 episode: "Once More Unto the Breach"
• DS9 episode: "It's Only a Paper Moon"
• DS9 episode: "Prodigal Daughter"
• DS9 episode: "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang"
• DS9 episode: "The Changing Face of Evil"
• DS9 episode: "Extreme Measures"
• DS9 episode: "What You Leave Behind"

published order
Previous story: The Bottom Line	Strange New Worlds III	Next story: An Errant Breeze
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Monster Hunters	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Secret Heart of Zolaluz