The Ship
- FIRST SHOWN (US)
- 7 October 1996
- ON
- First-run syndication
- STARDATE
- 50049.3
- DIRECTED BY
- Kim Friedman
- PRODUCTION NO.
- 500
WRITTEN BYTeleplay by Hans Beimler; story by Pam Wigginton & Rick Cason
Sisko's team finds a crashed Dominion warship on a Gamma Quadrant planet, then comes under siege from Jem'Hadar troops who want it back very badly.
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An away team led by Sisko is investigating a Gamma Quadrant planet when they find a crashed Dominion warship. Before they can explore it, another Dominion ship arrives, destroys their runabout and lands Jem'Hadar soldiers, and the team takes shelter inside the wreck. The Vorta in charge, Kilana, offers to let them go if they surrender the vessel, but her eagerness convinces Sisko that something valuable is on board. As the siege drags on, crewman Muñiz is badly hurt, and tensions flare between O'Brien and Worf over how to handle the situation. Muñiz dies of his injuries. The hidden cargo turns out to be a dying Founder, a god to the Dominion. When it dies, Kilana's Jem'Hadar take their own lives, leaving her powerless to stop the salvage. The Defiant brings the ship back to Deep Space Nine, a major prize for Starfleet, but Sisko reflects bitterly on the five lives it cost.
- 01The Vorta was originally written as Eris from “The Jem'Hadar”, but actress Molly Hagan was unavailable, so a new character was created.
- 02Kaitlin Hopkins plays the Vorta Kilana, who tries to negotiate for the crashed ship.
- 03Location filming took place at Soledad Canyon. The captured ship returns in “A Time to Stand” and “Rocks and Shoals”.