Bashir meets Riker

[TerokNim]

Posted this on trek literature but maybe you guys can help:
Hi everyone. I’m currently working my way through the DS9 novels, and I have a kind of an unimportant question.
In "The Big Game" Bashir states that he met Riker twice. Do the writers refer to an of-screen meeting during "Birthright: Part I"/in any other related media? Or did they just make up this fact for the sake of it?
Thanks if you have any answer for me

 

[Lynx]

Posted this on trek literature but maybe you guys can help:
Hi everyone. I’m currently working my way through the DS9 novels, and I have a kind of an unimportant question.
In "The Big Game" Bashir states that he met Riker twice. Do the writers refer to an of-screen meeting during "Birthright: Part I"/in any other related media? Or did they just make up this fact for the sake of it?
Thanks if you have any answer for me

I can't remember seeing Will Riker and Bashir together.
However, they may have met off-screen in Birthright#1 and may also have met somewhere else but none of those events have been confirmed on-screen.
My guess is that the writers may have made it up.

 

[Paul Weaver]

We know Riker spent considerable time on the station winning money from Quark,

The Enterprise was at DS9 on multiple occasions including

46379 and 46393 (Emmisary)

And 46578 (Birthright)

We know Bashir also visited the Enterprise on 46578. There’s plenty of time for the two to have met on both those occasions

 

[Weyoun 251]

All offscreen but to think they didn't cross paths during the Dominion War (XO of flagship and CMO of front line station etc) would be mad too.

As you say Paul - defo plenty of chances to meet