What was Deep Space Nine doing during the Destiny trilogy?

[Christopher]

Also where ZSG is concerned, the actual impact on Bashir is fairly slight, dare I say incremental. I believe we discussed this recently in another thread and were more or less in agreement: Bashir has killed before in the line of duty, so we might say that Sarina goaded him into being somewhat more ruthless than he might otherwise have been, thereby setting the stage for further manipulation of Bashir in the future. Thus, the portion of ZSG that actually advances the DS9 storyline strikes me as fairly limited: Bashir has become vulnerable to future manipulation by Sarina, an agent of Section 31. That about sums it up.

Actually, I got the impression that the impact of ZSG on the continuity was rather greater. Didn't Bashir end up deciding to

Spoiler: Zero Sum Game

leave DS9 with Sarina?

 

[BillJ]

Also where ZSG is concerned, the actual impact on Bashir is fairly slight, dare I say incremental. I believe we discussed this recently in another thread and were more or less in agreement: Bashir has killed before in the line of duty, so we might say that Sarina goaded him into being somewhat more ruthless than he might otherwise have been, thereby setting the stage for further manipulation of Bashir in the future. Thus, the portion of ZSG that actually advances the DS9 storyline strikes me as fairly limited: Bashir has become vulnerable to future manipulation by Sarina, an agent of Section 31. That about sums it up.

Actually, I got the impression that the impact of ZSG on the continuity was rather greater. Didn't Bashir end up deciding to

Spoiler: Zero Sum Game

leave DS9 with Sarina?

So who does that leave on DS9 from the actual series? Quark and Nog?

 

[Arpy]

My thoughts:

I miss the station.

I think Bashirs story was predictable as well as infuriating.

RBOE was too slight on the DS9 content to be satisfying as a DS9 installment.

Serialized stories only work if the next installment comes in at a rate proportionate to how anticipated the subject of the story is. Broad ones like the MU get more leeway than specific ones like Bashir's jaunt to the Dark Side and Sisko's running away from the obvious. Still the MU wore out its welcome by the end. The Conspiracy alien multi-book arc also has the novelty of being the first of its kind.

The Ascendants arc just dropped a very promising ball.

I'm not interested in how and why anymore. I get that. This is where I am as a fan now.

 

[OverlordSpock]

I'd rather have an 80,000-90,000 word novel every year than a 125,000 word novel every other year.

I'd rather have the longer novel a little less frequently than a shorter one more often.

But, really, the only thing that would help bring back more frequent releases are sales.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Especially if they've been in place for a few months now?

Ed S. has been at Pocket, and working on ST and other projects, for a loooooong time, as editor on many of Peter David's titles and assisting on "A Time..." But I don't think he's ever felt the need to chat to diehard fans online. Neither did Jen Heddle. If they prefer to work differently, who are we to make demands?

 

[captcalhoun]

i can't believe no one's said:

'floating in front of the wormhole as usual'

yet...

 

[DonIago]

^We have no evidence of that.

 

[Shane Houston]

Over the last couple of years I realize that I too missed Deep Space Nine. Especially during the destiny trilogy. It would have been cool to see just how the station itself would have been capable of doing against the Borg. I think that there was such a wasted opportunity in not showing us what happened with the station at that time.

And it grieves me to think that our beloved characters have all been shuffled around like they have.

 

[Bishop76]

i can't believe no one's said:

'floating in front of the wormhole as usual'

yet...

It doesnt count if I thought that every time I saw this thread, does it?

 

[Therin of Andor]

And it grieves me to think that our beloved characters have all been shuffled around like they have.

Yeah, 'cos Kirk's crew was so much more believable when they all stuck together as a tight gang of seven for soooo long.