Jake encounters a mysterious alien woman who helps him with his writing, while a pregnant Lwaxana Troi seeks help from Odo.

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 Starships 3.4 States and Organizations 3.5 Other 4 Information 5 Related Stories 6 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)
• Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell)
• Quark (Armin Shimerman)
• Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton)

RecurringEdit

• Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett)
• Morn (Mark Allen Shepherd)
• Broik (David B. Levinson)

OtherEdit

• Onaya (Meg Foster)
• Jeyal (Michael Ansara)
• Tagana (Patricia Tallman)

ReferencedEdit

Catullus • John Keats • Tavor Kell • Revalus • Shakaar Edon • Phineas Tarbolde • Ian Troi • Kestra Troi • Kasidy Yates

ReferencesEdit

LocationsEdit

Deep Space 9 • Habitat ring • Infirmary • Promenade • Quark's • Replimat

Referenced only 

Bajor • Bajoran outback • Betazed • Boreth • Earth • Eminiar VII • Pollux IV • Rigel VII • Romulus • Stratos • Umani sector

SpeciesEdit

Bajoran • Betazoid • Bolian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Pakled • Rasiinian • Tavnian • Trill

Referenced only 

Cardassian • Vulcan

StarshipsEdit

Perikian-class

States and OrganizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Pennington School

OtherEdit

Anslem • bioelectric field • blood • brain • capillary • cerebral cortex • dabo girl • Camelot • foramen magnum • Gavaline tea • holosuite • Horatio Hornblower • King Arthur • latinum • Native American • orange juice • PADD • phaser • pregnancy • psionic energy • qui'lari • reactor core • replicator • synapse • telepathy • tricorder • vedek • The Wait • wedding • work bee

InformationEdit

Related StoriesEdit

• Lwaxana's child would later be revealed to be called Barin Troi in The Battle of Betazed. Odo would be introduced to the child in the comic "Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom".
• The Slings and Arrows EBook The Insolence of Office is a sequel of sorts to this episode, with the Tavnian government getting involved in the dispute over Barin after Lwaxana gives birth to him.
• Jadzia Dax and Kira Nerys had previously worn their Camelot dresses in "The Way of the Warrior".
• Lwaxana mentions the events of the first season episode "The Forsaken".
• Phineas Tarbolde, one of Onaya's victims, was mentioned in the original series episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" by Gary Mitchell.

ConnectionsEdit

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

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