Sisko and the crew take a new starship into the Gamma Quadrant to contact the Founders of the Dominion.
Introduction
From the front cover:
- The novelization of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's incredible two-part premiere!
From the back cover:
- The Dominion: The mysterious rulers of the worlds on the other side of the wormhole. The Dominion: a ruthless planet-conquering race unknown even to those they rule. The Dominion: the most dangerous foe the Federation may ever face.
- At the edge of the wormhole, the space station Deep Space Nine and the planet Bajor sit on what will be the front line in any Dominion attack. To try and prevent the conflict, Commander Benjamin Sisko and his crew take a never-tested Federation warship through the wormhole to track down and confront the Dominion. If Commander Sisko fails, not only the Federation, but the Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, and all the worlds of the Alpha Quadrant will face an interstellar war they cannot win.
Summary
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References
Characters
- Borath • Julian Bashir • Jadzia Dax • Michael Eddington • Eris • Female Changeling • Elim Garak • Jod • Kira Nerys • M'rak • Alynna Nechayev • Keiko O'Brien • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Ornithar • Quark • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • T'Rul
- Referenced only
- Benedict Arnold • King Arthur • Curzon Dax • Helen of Troy • Judas Iscariot • Thomas Jefferson • Molly O'Brien • Rom • Jennifer Sisko • Walt Whitman • Zek
Locations
- Alpha Quadrant • Bajoran wormhole • Callinon • Callinon VII • Callinon relay station • Deep Space 9 • Founder homeworld • Gamma Quadrant • Karemma • Omarion Nebula • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Replimat • Station commander's office • Wardroom
- Referenced only
- Africa • Bajor • Bajoran arctic • Camus II • Cardassia • Dublin • Earth • Earth colonies • France • Ireland • Istanbul • New Bajor • New Paris colony • Paris • Rigel system • Romulus • San Francisco • Starfleet Headquarters • Thomas Jefferson Memorial Rose Garden
Starships and vehicles
- USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • Jem'Hadar fighter • Shuttle 01 (Type-18 shuttlepod)
- Referenced only
- Bismarck • Galaxy-class starship • USS Lexington • USS Mekong • USS Odyssey • USS Orinoco • USS Rio Grande
Races and cultures
- Bajoran • Bolian • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Jem'Hadar • Karemma • Lurian • Romulan • Trill • Vorta
- Referenced only
- Borg • Klingon • Prophets • Tholian • Vulcan
Technology
- airlock • antigravity gurney • antiproton beam • cloaking device • docking clamp • escape pod • holosuite • phaser bank • quantum torpedo • replicator • warp nacelle
States and organizations
- Bajoran Militia • Dominion • Founders • Great Link • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Security • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Bajoran Provisional Government • Bajoran Resistance • Cardassian Central Command • Federation Council • Hundred • Nazi • Starfleet Command
Other references
- admiral • analgesic • antibiotic • Arbazan vulture • Bajoran religion • battle cruiser • battle drill • battle simulation • bean • blood • catalpa bush • chain of command • coffee • coffeehouse • collision course • concentration camp • Constitution history • Cupid • dabo • Defiant history • dirak • dumpling • Enterprise history • escort • evasive maneuvers • fern • frigate • Grand Nagus's staff • gravy • holodeck • Hood history • hull breach • I'danian spice pudding • International Space Station • ivy • kahlua • Klingonese • latinum • limestone • mica • monoform • moonflower • multiphasic shield generator • No Second Troy • Occupation of Bajor • Odo's pail • phaser • photosynthesis • polyduranium • potato • prototype • ribbongrass • rogue planet • sedum • science officer • shale • shield perimeter • solid • stargazer lily • Starfleet commission • subcommander • subspace variance • SWAT • synthale • synthehol • telekinesis • Thursday • tricorder • tulaberry wine • warship • water • witchcraft • World War II • Yoruba mask
Information
First appearances
- The USS Defiant (and the Defiant class) makes it first appearance in the series, as do the Romulans and Deep Space 9's wardroom.
- Eddington makes his first appearance in "The Search, Part I" and his first name is given as Paul in the novelization. Ron Moore named Eddington after Kirk Douglas's character (also Paul Eddington) in the film In Harm's Way. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) Eddington gave his first name as Michael in an unaired or unfilmed part of his introduction, which was in the shooting script. His first name would not be mentioned in dialogue until "For the Uniform".
- As the first episode[s] of 2371, the current insignia (the arrowhead in front of a rectangular bar) debuted here. TNG novel: Intellivore occurred prior to The Search, but the older insignia was still in use during that novel.
Connections
- The Search article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Search article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Search article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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