WELCOME TO THE NEW DEEP SPACE 9.
After the destruction of the original space station by a rogue faction
of the Typhon Pact, Miles O'Brien and Nog have led the Starfleet Corps
of Engineers in designing and constructing a larger, more advanced
starbase in the Bajoran system. Now, as familiar faces such as Benjamin
Sisko, Kasidy Yates, Ezri Dax, Odo, and Quark arrive at the new station,
Captain Ro Laren will host various heads of state at an impressive
dedication ceremony. The dignitaries include not only the leaders of
allies--such as Klingon Chancellor Martok, Ferengi Grand Nagus Rom, the
Cardassian castellan, and the Bajoran first minister--but also those of
rival powers, such as the Romulan praetor and the Gorn imperator. But as
Ro's crew prepares to open DS9 to the entire Bajor Sector and beyond,
disaster looms. A faction has already set in action a shocking plan
that, if successful, will shake the Alpha and Beta Quadrants to the
core.
And what of Kira Nerys, lost aboard a runabout when the Bajoran wormhole
collapsed? In the two years that have passed during construction of the
new Deep Space 9, there have been no indica-tions that the Celestial
Temple, the Prophets, or Kira have sur-vived. But since Ben Sisko once
learned that the wormhole aliens exist nonlinearly in time, what does
that mean with respect to their fate, or that of the wormhole...or of
Kira herself?
