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The Big Game
| NOVEL | |
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| The Big Game | |
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| Attribution | |
| Series: | Deep Space Nine, No. 4 |
| Author(s): | Sandy Schofield (Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch) |
| Publication information | |
| Published: | paperback - November 1993 |
| Pages: | 276 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0671880306 |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2370 |
Contents |
Description
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- When Quark holds a poker tournament on Deep Space 9, someone from almost every sentient race—Klingons, Cardassians, Romulans, Vulcans, Ferengi—shows up for what is sure to be the highest-stakes game of all time. But when one player is killed, the stakes get higher than even these big-money players had counted on.
- With the station rocked by subspace waves that threaten its destruction, Commander Sisko and Security Chief Odo must hunt down the killer in time to save the players, a killer who has information that can save those onboard Deep Space 9 from the invisible enemy they do not even know they face. A killer who holds all the cards…
SummaryEdit
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ReferencesEdit
CharactersEdit
- Julian Bashir • Baun • B'Etor • Carter • Danar • Darak • Sergei Davidovich • Jadzia Dax • Elim Garak • Grouk • Harding • Etana Jol • Cynthia Jones • Kinsak • Kira Nerys • Krax • Litna • L'sthwan (Klar) • Lursa • Maihar'du • Morn • Nam • Naralak • Nog • Keiko O'Brien • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Pera • George Primmin • Quark • Berlinghoff Rasmussen • Rom • Sarlak • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • Teppo • Xator • Xiao • Zek
- Referenced only
- Gral • Paul Higginbotham • Jim Kiser • Geordi La Forge • Molly O'Brien • William T. Riker • Jennifer Sisko • Zind
Starships and vehiclesEdit
- Galor-class starship • USS Ganges (Danube-class) • USS Rio Grande (Danube-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise • Galaxy-class • USS Idaho • USS Madison • USS Saratoga
LocationsEdit
- Referenced only
- Bajor • Bajoran wormhole • Earth • Hoffman colonies • Howen Desert • Miridious Belt • Oltion IV • Patterson Belt • Risa • Sifts IV • Starbase 5 • Titanias III • Tokyo • Vukcevich sector • Vulcan
Races and culturesEdit
- Bajoran • Cardassian • Changeling • Espiritu • Ferengi • Freepery • Grabanster • Human • Hupyrian • Irits • Klingon • Ktarian • Meepod • Romulan • Sligiloid • Totozoid • Trill • Vulcan
States and organizationsEdit
- Bajoran Militia • Bajoran Planetary Defense • Bajoran Provisional Forces • Ferengi Alliance • Ghost Riders • House of Duras • Starfleet • Starfleet Security • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Bajoran Children's Fund • Bajoran Resistance • Klingon High Council • Starfleet Academy Medical School
Other referencesEdit
- anionic beam • beer • caffeine • cappuccino • chess • chocolate • chocolate cake • cloaking device • coffee • dabo • dabo girl • Davesian goose • Deluvian coffee • environmental control • Evarian beer • Ferengi cigar • Federation-Cardassian Treaty of 2366 • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • The First Annual Deep Space Nine Poker Tournament • Grand Nagus • grub beetle • holosuite • interphase cloaking device • Japanese • latinum • liccie bug • lingerie • logic • Norellian twist bread • Occupation of Bajor • operations table • phase shifter • photon torpedo • poker • replicator • Romulan ale • runabout • Ruthvian salad • saki • sherry • solitrium wave • spaghetti • stout • Sturgan vulture • subspace • tobacco • tractor beam • tribble • tuxedo • turbolift • Ulian wine • Zileanian Wars
AppendicesEdit
Related storiesEdit
- The events of "The Game", "A Matter of Time", "The Next Phase", "Past Prologue" and "The Nagus" are mentioned.
- The Big Game features the first appearances of the Klingons and Romulans in a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel.
ConnectionsEdit
| published order | ||
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| Previous novel: Bloodletter | DS9 numbered novels | Next novel: Fallen Heroes |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Circle | Next Adventure: Gambit | |
| Previous Adventure: The Circle | Deep Space Nine Adventures | Next Adventure: The Siege |
External linkEdit
- The Big Game article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
