“The future has so much potential, we’re closer to Star Trek every day” - Me, about 20 years ago

  • shikogo@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Do I need context for DS9 for this? I never got around to watching any of it.

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      1 year ago

      Being able to identify the characters might help some, but otherwise no. It’s a two part capsule episode

    • lorty@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      It’s pretty self contained, one of the advantages of old made-for-tv-reruns media.

    • ThenThreeMore@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      Not really. It’s not part of ds9’s big arc. Little bottle time travel episodes. Guess knowing that the Romulan’s have lent Starfleet a cloaking device for the Defiant might help you not get into a canon mess over some of the technobable reasons for the time travel.

    • PapaStevesy@midwest.social
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      I’m not sure, but the basic set-up is DS9 is a space station positioned near a planet wherein one species has very recently freed itself from slavery to another species. It’s in the ass-end of nowhere and is seemingly a quiet posting until a wormhole leading to the unexplored gamma quadrant opens nearby, drawing all kinds of attention. That’s all I really remember and it’s probably largely inaccurate, lol.