Ascendents

[Mage]

JoeZhang wrote:

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Didn't they also kidnap (off-page) Sisko's kid and that is why she needs a bodyguard or am I mixing that up with another storyline?

Wasn't Rebecca kidnapped by some Bajoran extremists??

[Julio Angel Ortiz]

Mage wrote:

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Wasn't Rebecca kidnapped by some Bajoran extremists??

Yeah, it was extremists or something. Kind of a throwaway line when Sisko is reflecting on recent years in RBoE (IIRC).

[lvsxy808]

Ohalavaru extremists, if I recall. Not part of the Ascendant storyline, but one of a series of events (along with the Ascendant storyline) that led to Sisko's state of depression as seen in Rough Beasts.

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[Newspaper Taxi]

You see, it turned out the Ascendents were some pretty cool dudes. They ended up throwing the craziest party on Deep Space Nine -- a party so crazy most of the details are now highly classified. Some of the known highlights include:

*Miles O'Brien throwing out his shoulder while break dancing. (Yes, Miles was at the party. It was that crazy.)

*Worf made out with the subjectively hottest of the ascendant female warriors

*The "Kira Trio" regaled the party goers with their renditions of the pop songs of the day

At the end of the party they all agreed to do it again in a decade's time.

[Deranged Nasat]

Newspaper Taxi wrote:

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You see, it turned out the Ascendents were some pretty cool dudes. They ended up throwing the craziest party on Deep Space Nine.

They set the place on fire. Metaphorically and literally.

[chrinFinity]

Thanks for the spoilers.

[Therin of Andor]

Relayer1 wrote:

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Yeah - could someone post a precis of the whole storyline ?

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Ascendant

chrinFinity wrote:

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Thanks for the spoilers.

Seems to me this would be a dangerous thread, being called "Re: Ascendents", for anyone wanting no spoilers about the Ascendants.

[lvsxy808]

chrinFinity wrote:

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Thanks for the spoilers.

You haven't received any spoilers. The whole point is that there is nothing to know. The few snippets from Rough Beasts that have been mentioned are so small and tangential as to be negligible.

Unless that was a joke based on Newspaper Taxi's post...

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[chrinFinity]

It was the hints about the other stuff that happens in the Bajor system in Destiny / TP which I prefer not to be reminded about. I do still hope they cover the Ascendants storyline properly some day.

[zarkon]

I'd forgotten how bad the ds9 relaunch was

I'm actually kinda glad they did the skip, even if we ended up with rbe

[phrog]

So, there are no plans to pay off that storyline and fill in the gap at all? All of the mystery, intrigue and buildup/revelation is just dropped? Unbelievable.

[zarkon]

the big twist was going to be that the ascendants stole siskos spine so that they could do battle with the dominion

[DS9forever]

^ I think the DS9 relaunch is the best thing Pocket Books has ever published.

[lvsxy808]

phrog wrote:

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So, there are no plans to pay off that storyline and fill in the gap at all? All of the mystery, intrigue and buildup/revelation is just dropped? Unbelievable.

There have been no such plans to revealed to us, certainly. That doesn't necessarily mean such plans don't exist, but the current Powers That Be appear to have their own plans that involve moving forwards rather than backwards. On the other hand, nothing is impossible.

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[zarkon]

DS9forever wrote:

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^ I think the DS9 relaunch is the best thing Pocket Books has ever published.

I'm not surprised given your username

But given that just under trek, Pocket Books has published The Final Reflection, Federation, The Wounded Sky, Doctors Orders, Spocks World, Q Squared, Imzadi, The 34th Rule, A Stitch in Time and countless other great books, I totally disagree.