Starship Defiant

[James Wright]

I can't remember if the Defiant escorted any supply or civillian ship convoys during the war with the Dominion, if so did the Defiant work alone?

James

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Yes, the Defiant was sometimes sent on convoy escort duty. Worf does this in episodes like "Rules of Engagement".

 

[Photon]

I can't remember if the Defiant escorted any supply or civillian ship convoys during the war with the Dominion, if so did the Defiant work alone?

James

OK I read that some of the Jem smaller ships, were "escort" ships-read less lethal. Some of the same class were ginned up to be "attack fighters".

 

[Jono]

Yes, the Defiant was sometimes sent on convoy escort duty. Worf does this in episodes like "Rules of Engagement".

That wasn't during the Dominion War, which is what the OP is after.

I can only remember three mentions of the Defiant going on escorting duty.

In "Waltz" the ship was ordered to head to the Badlands to escort a troop convoy out of the Badlands. Can't remember if they said the ship was the only escort but given the time limit the Defiant had to find Sisko it would seem she was the only ship that was going to escort the convoy and they did say the convoy would be defenceless if they stayed out hunting for Sisko past their allotted time.

The Defiant also escorted a civilian convoy that was headed by Kassidy Yates in "The Sound of her Voice". We pick up after the duty is over so we can't really say if the Defiant was alone or not.

In "Images in the Sand" the Defiant returns from escorting duties and the crew complain about escort duties going over a certain number of days. No mention of whether it was lone or with other ships.

 

[James Wright]

After reading the episode title "Rules of Engagement", I think this episode took place during the war with the Klingons, didn't it!?

James

 

[Jono]

After reading the episode title "Rules of Engagement", I think this episode took place during the war with the Klingons, didn't it!?

James

It was during season 4 but not during the Federation's war with the Klingons.

 

[nx1701g]

After reading the episode title "Rules of Engagement", I think this episode took place during the war with the Klingons, didn't it!?

James

It was during season 4 but not during the Federation's war with the Klingons.

It was an attempt to start the war if I recall correctly, or at least make Starfleet look bad that the Defiant destroyed a transport ship.

 

[Thor Damar]

The Defiant was escorting a Cardassian aid convoy to a Cardassian world suffering from a medical emergency. The Klingons where actually using some tactical planning for once and had a Bird of Prey and a Battlecruiser decloaking in shifts in order to perform hit and run attacks on both the convoy and the Defiant. The two vessels would take it in turns hitting the Defiant so there was always one ship engaging the escort. It was almost Cardassian in terms of sheer cunning.

 

[Fencer]

I can't remember if the Defiant escorted any supply or civillian ship convoys during the war with the Dominion, if so did the Defiant work alone?

James

The Defiant returns from a Troop convoy escort mission in Shadow and Symbols but I don't think anything states whether or not it did it alone.

 

[Jono]

After reading the episode title "Rules of Engagement", I think this episode took place during the war with the Klingons, didn't it!?

James

It was during season 4 but not during the Federation's war with the Klingons.

It was an attempt to start the war if I recall correctly, or at least make Starfleet look bad that the Defiant destroyed a transport ship.

It wasn't an attempt to start a war. It was designed to make Starfleet look bad and particularly targeted Worf so that they could take him back to the Klingon Empire in even more dishonour and do whatever they wanted with him without the Federation interfering too much.

 

[Timo]

...Although they must have understood from the beginning that they'd never get Worf. So probably the plan indeed was mainly to make the UFP look bad - especially when they'd refuse to hand over Worf!

Indeed, Sisko probably got the plan all wrong. It can't have been about disrupting the convoys, because the plan only went to action on the second to last of them. And it can't have been effectively defeated by simply exposing it - the Klingons won this round fair and square, because Sisko never did make the plot public, and the general audiences would only see what the Klingons always wanted them to, a Starfleet officer bumbling and Starfleet covering it up.

The propaganda plot probably wasn't aimed at making Federation audiences sympathize with the Klingon Empire, of course, since it hinged on casting the Klingons as villains no matter what. It was more probably aimed at deepening the Federation/Empire rift, and thus unifying the Klingon side under Gowron's martial command.

Timo Saloniemi