Publisher's description
From the back cover: When Quark brokers a lucrative deal to trade trellium crystals from the Gamma Quadrant for gold-pressed latinum, the potential for profit seems too good to be true.
It is. Pretty soon Deep Space Nine is under fire from at least three different alien races, each accusing the others of theft, piracy, and worse. Then angry Klingons get involved, and so do the Ferengi....
Odo wouldn't mind seeing one of Quark's schemes backfire, but not when it places the entire station in the middle of a shooting war that might consume them all!
References
Characters
- Julian Bashir • Jadzia Dax • Dolras • Dorram • Drokas • Flenn • Elim Garak • Kira Nerys • Klarn • Kotren • Leth • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Rom • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • Thrann • Tol Elliena • Tol Janin • Tol Nareth • Worf
- Referenced only
- Dukat • Gowron • Jedri • Nog • Jennifer Sisko
Locations
- Alpha Quadrant • Bajor • Bajoran wormhole • Deep Space 9 • Gamma Quadrant • Myalon Corridor • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's
- Referenced only
- Africa • Andromeda Galaxy • Cardassia • Earth • Luna • M-31 • New Zealand • United States • Wellington
Starships and vehicles
- USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • Ferengi marauder • Klingon bird-of-prey • USS Rio Grande (Danube-class runabout) • USS Rubicon (Danube-class runabout) • Toknor (Klingon freighter) • Vor'cha-class
- Referenced only
- Baraka • USS Enterprise-D • Toshien • Tosarian freighter
Races and cultures
- Aulep • Bajoran • Beshiel • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Rylep • Tellarite • Tosarian • Trill
- Referenced only
- Andorian • Borg • Jem'Hadar • Karemma • Prophets • Ridorian • Romulan
States and organizations
- Bajoran Militia • Beshiel Second Realm • Klingon Defense Force • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Bajoran Natural Resource Council • Dominion • House of Gowron • Klingon High Council • Nazi • Pennington • Starfleet Academy
Science and technology
- alien • ammonia • atmosphere • beam emitter • biobed • bone • cloaking device • communications • computer • concussion • EM impulse cluster • energy • engine • feather • fever • fire • hail • hour • hydrogen • inertial dampener • intercom • kilometer • light-year • long-range sensor • minute • neutrino • phaser • photon torpedo • plasma • scanner • second • sensor • sensor probe • shields • solid • space • star • status display • time • tractor beam • turbolift • universe • viewscreen • warp factor • wormhole
Ranks and titles
- captain • chief • commander • DaiMon • doctor • engineer • freedom fighter • major • murderer • officer • science officer • soldier • strategic operations officer • thief • trader • warrior
Other references
- baseball • baseball • baseball bat • contraband • dabo • day • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • gold-pressed latinum • helm • herb • hull • Judaism • klaxon • moon • Occupation of Bajor • pea soup • pie • pig • planetoid • planet • prune juice • quadrant • quarters • sector • soup • space lane • synthale • technology • trellium • university • weapon • week • window • year
Appendices
Related stories
- The events of episodes such as "Emissary" (Sisko meeting the Prophets), "The Jem'Hadar" (Jake being stranded on the disabled runabout), "Explorers" (Sisko and Jake building the light-sail spacecraft), "The Way of the Warrior" (the Klingon attack on Cardassia) and "Bar Association" (Rom leaving Quark's to start working as an engineer) are mentioned in the novel.
External link
- Trial by Error article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Connections
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Wrath of the Prophets |
DS9 numbered novels | Next novel: Vengeance |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Shattered Mirror |
Next Adventure: Best Tools Available | |
| Previous Adventure: Shattered Mirror |
Deep Space Nine Adventures | Next Adventure: Best Tools Available |