Destiny (episode)

For other uses, see Destiny.

Destiny
Attribution
Series:	Deep Space Nine
Written by:	David S. CohenMA and Martin A. WinerMA
Directed by:	Les LandauMA
Production information
Episode no.:	3x15
Production no.:	461
First aired:	week of 13 January 1995
Chronology
Date:	2371
Stardate:	48543.2

A Bajoran prophecy predicts disaster during a joint Starfleet and Cardassian project to enable communications through the wormhole.

References

Characters

Julian Bashir • Ulani Belor • Broik • Jadzia Dax • Nal Dejar • Kira Nerys • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Gilora Rejal • Benjamin Sisko • Rita Tannenbaum • Yarka

Referenced only

Tobin Dax • Iloja of Prim • Morn • Keiko O'Brien • Molly O'Brien • Trakor • Winn Adami

Locations

Alpha Quadrant • Bajoran wormhole • Celestial Temple • Deep Space 9 • Gamma Quadrant • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Station commander's office • Wormhole relay station

Referenced only

Bajor • Cardassia • Janir • Qui'al • Terok Nor • Vulcan

Starships and shuttlcraft

USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • Shuttle 01 (Type-18 shuttlepod)

Races and cultures

Bajoran • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Trill

Referenced only

Prophets

States and organizations

Bajoran Militia • Bajoran Provisional Government • Cardassian Science Ministry • Cardassian Union • Obsidian Order • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only

Cardassian Central Command • Cardassian First Republic • Dominion • Starfleet Command • Vedek Assembly

Other references

Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty • Bajoran religion • Bajoran prophecy • Cardassian history • Chief of Operations • comet • commander • docking clamp • doctor • Emissary of the Prophets • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • gravity well • gul • Jefferies tube • kai • kanar • kilometer • laser torch • major • neutrino • Occupation of Bajor • optical data network • Orb of Prophecy and Change • phaser • phaser array • red leaf tea • regova • regova egg • replicator • rogue comet • serialist poets • shuttlebay • shuttlepod • silithium • soliton wave • station log • subspace • subspace bubble • subspace field • subspace filament • subspace inversion • subspace relay • Sword of Stars • tojal • tractor beam • transporter • vedek • viper • vole • vole fighting • warp drive • wormhole • yamok sauce

Appendices

Related media

• This episode shares several plot similarities with a two-part storyline published the previous year (1994) in Malibu Comics's monthly Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comic book series ("Dax's Comet, Part 1" and "Part 2"), which also dealt with an impending cometary collision with the Bajoran wormhole, and religious prophecy causing turmoil on the station.
• Tobin Dax's meeting with Iloja of Prim is depicted in the Star Trek: Enterprise Rise of the Federation novel Uncertain Logic.

Background

Notable cast and crew

• Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
• Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
• Rene Auberjonois as Odo
• Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
• Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
• Armin Shimerman as Quark

Images

Defiant personnel and Cardassian guests.

External links

• Destiny (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Destiny (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Connections

published order
Previous episode: Heart of Stone	DS9 episode produced	Next episode: Prophet Motive
Previous episode: Heart of Stone	DS9 episode aired	Next episode: Prophet Motive
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Cloud	Pocket	Next Adventure: Eye of the Needle