Where did Eris transport to?

[Farscape One]

I always wondered where Eris went, as well. I figured the Dominion had a small ship or installation already set up outside DS9's sensor range, but still within her transporter range. This was at the point when our heroes had no idea the Dominion could beam light years away.

As to how they had a ship or base already set up, given how much Third Talak'talan knew about the Alpha Quadrant, there were probably Changelings in multiple places already getting things established for their next phase of intelligence gathering.

With the technology, I think it just shows how quickly the Federation can adapt to the threat the Dominion poses. Remember that the Dominion essentially has one group/perspective that makes their technology, not a large cooperative of different races with different ideas working together. I think that has more advantages than a single group trying to do the same thing. Dukat himself said he 'found it wise to never underestimate the Federation's technical skill'.

We're also looking at a post-Wolf 359 Starfleet... they had to be better so they can be prepared for the next Borg incursion, which did end up happening what, 7 years later? The Borg are the ultimate adapters... if Starfleet could defend itself from them, they could tackle anyone, really. This includes the Dominion.

 

[at Quark's]

I'm pretty sure one episode established that Dominion transporters have a 10 light year range, so I assume she was plucked up by a ship way out of DS9's sensor range.

Up to three light years, actually and they need a homing transponder in place for that, too, according to Worf in DS9: Covenant. Still, that's mightily impressive and a technological gap I would be eager to close, had I been a Federation official.

The suicide hypothesis would have assumed that Eris had a mundane personal disintegration bracelet, instead of an advanced personal transporter bracelet - much like she had an obfuscation collar, instead of a telepathy-blocking collar. That our heroes would mistake the disintegration for transportation would then explain their inability to track the nonexistent beam.
Timo Saloniemi

Perhaps, but I still would expect that Federation scanning devices would be able to tell the difference between a straightforward version of a disintegration device and a transporter. So her version would have been at least sophisticated enough to fool DS9's scanners.

 

[Timo]

...Or just to subvert the expectations of the heroes operating the scanners. They think they see a transporter. If what they get is actually a replicator on reverse mode, it will take them quite some time to even think of the possibility, because people just plain don't dereplicate themselves, not in Starfleet reality. So they will scan in vain for transporter traces, even when what they should be scanning for (and what they do see, without comprehending) is "nothing".

Of course, we never got a surprise reveal about suicide devices in the following season. But we never got an Eris reappearance, either, for the quoted real-world reasons...

Timo Saloniemi