Dream Stories
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I always wanted a genuine TNG-DS9 crossover. I know we had a brief crossover in Emissary, as well as Birthright and briefly in Firstborn. I was surprised we never got to see the Big D go into the wormhole!
Another idea: one of the other major battles of the Dominion War we didn't see, such as Betazed or the campaigns around Vulcan.
Another idea: one of the other major battles of the Dominion War we didn't see, such as Betazed or the campaigns around Vulcan.
Dominion vs. Borg. You might be able to get a few stories out of this one. First it's a Borg scout that ultimately does manage to get away. Then a cube that takes an entire armada, including the Dominion's top secret most powerful ships that the Alpha Quadrant never saw, to successfully destroy. Then they send a fleet of cubes and the Founders start blowing up entire solar systems of solids rather than permit outbreak in their space. Then the series ends before the final assault.
You could throw in there remnant Iconian or some other ancient or ascended alien tech...computer or mutagenic virus, or time travel weapons...
You could even have most of this happen off screen and have it relayed back to Sisko in some way. Maybe that defector Vorta told the tale at his interrogation or debriefing or whatever it is they do to defectors.
You could throw in there remnant Iconian or some other ancient or ascended alien tech...computer or mutagenic virus, or time travel weapons...
You could even have most of this happen off screen and have it relayed back to Sisko in some way. Maybe that defector Vorta told the tale at his interrogation or debriefing or whatever it is they do to defectors.
I would've loved to have seen an episode where Calvin Hudson contacts Sisko whilst the Jem'Hadar are hunting down the Maquis, pleading for help. Sisko then has to wrestle with his sense of duty and decades-long friendship with Hudson.
I know there are similarities with what happened to Eddington, but whilst he was Sisko's subordinate Hudson is his equal and someone he was far closer too. Though whilst he was single-minded in his hunt for Eddington, helping Hudson would be something different, with Sisko asking himself just what friendship and duty mean to him. I would envision Dax going along for the ride (I suspect she, as Curzon at least, knew Hudson as well), with the two of them in a runabout (not the Rio Grande as that is one tough little ship).
I know there are similarities with what happened to Eddington, but whilst he was Sisko's subordinate Hudson is his equal and someone he was far closer too. Though whilst he was single-minded in his hunt for Eddington, helping Hudson would be something different, with Sisko asking himself just what friendship and duty mean to him. I would envision Dax going along for the ride (I suspect she, as Curzon at least, knew Hudson as well), with the two of them in a runabout (not the Rio Grande as that is one tough little ship).
I would have loved to have an episode like this:
During the Dominion War, Klingons are whooping it up in Quark's, along with some other Federation military, all excited because one of the most formidable and legendary warriors of the war will soon arrive at the station. This mysterious warrior is credited with personally killing more enemy than anyone else, with prowess in battle and mastery of the military arts unmatched, and he/she operates with stunningly cold efficiency. The Klingons are as excited as targs in slop to be honored by this magnificent warrior's presence. Ends up, instead of a Klingon warrior, or some other large fierce species, the big reveal (at the end of the tease) is that it's a Vulcan, which almost nobody knew. Not a Vulcan that's reverted to the "old savage ways" or is off their rocker due to some injury or illness or Romulan ancestry, but a Vulcan who has come to understand that it is simply logical when confronted with an unbending fierce enemy unwilling to compromise or come to peace, to fight them not only on their own terms, but to be better at it than they are.
This could have story elements of the shock many have that this is a Vulcan, how the leap from Vulcan to cold-blooded killer was made and the logic behind it, and the possible struggles this warrior has attempting to be successful at their craft while maintain some form of his/her Vulcaness.
This could have story elements of the shock many have that this is a Vulcan, how the leap from Vulcan to cold-blooded killer was made and the logic behind it, and the possible struggles this warrior has attempting to be successful at their craft while maintain some form of his/her Vulcaness.
I would have liked to have seen an episode where Starfleet assigns Sisko to take the Defiant out into the Badlands to solve the mystery of Voyager's disappearance right after it happened. Now of course they're not going to find out the real reason it happened. But I see this scenario where Starfleet and the Cardassians are saying the Maquis did something. The Maquis would say it was the Cardassians because they have a ship missing as well. It would be something that threatened to evolve into a major battle. You could have an element where someone says, "That guy Paris that Janeway took as an observer probably led the ship right back to his Maquis friends".
It would have also been interesting to see what Ro Laren's life in the Maquis had been like. This doesn't necessarily have to be connected to the above scenario.
It would have also been interesting to see what Ro Laren's life in the Maquis had been like. This doesn't necessarily have to be connected to the above scenario.
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I like the two-series tie-in. It seems logical, unlike so many Small-Universe Syndrome stories do. You could even have a couple Voyager's would-be crew involved. Say one cadet who was sleeping it off in Odo's holding cell, or the science officer whose transport arrived late. ...Or maybe a ruffled bookish type, the ship's historian or counselor, is the one in Odo's holding cell.
Anyway, this could be another natural place to put Cal Hudson, a major Maquis leader and someone Sisko might turn to to search for the missing ship.
The third and final installment of the Hudson trilogy would be his later death defending against Dominion Cardassia.
^Is Small Universe Syndrome one of the TV tropes people talk about?
Another thing. Once, Sisko and his crew have determined that neither the Maquis or the Cardassians are responsible for the disappearances, maybe they might speculate that the ships were being drawn into the Mirror universe.
Another thing. Once, Sisko and his crew have determined that neither the Maquis or the Cardassians are responsible for the disappearances, maybe they might speculate that the ships were being drawn into the Mirror universe.
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A funny idea just occurred to me: Odo in a Dixon Hill holonovel!
Ro Laren and a small Maquis entourage, who's escapades during her Maquis tenure were legendary, wind up on bajor in the wake of the Dominion attack and is regarded as a folk hero and is swept into office of first minister causing a huge row and diplomatic stand-off with the Federation at a time of increasing interstellar instability. Sort that one out Sisko.
Yes it is a trope. Fans love continuity porn and the mystery that comes with characters knowing each other before they knew them. It's great at times, but it's basically used in every single story possible and highly idiotic.
The Mirror Universe thing is curious. Maybe something in the "tachyon signature" of the Caretaker's beam suggests Voyager might have been lost there, and it sets up another episode heading into the MU. Then it's a visit to Mirror DMZ between The Alliance and...who? The Romulans? Would they be he good guys in the MU? Are they too far away? Maybe the Tzenkethi?
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