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''This article is about the episode of [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]. If you are looking for the militia group, please see [[Maquis]].''
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When a Cardassian freighter explodes at Deep Space 9, the Cardassians blame Federation colonists in the new Demilitarized Zone.
 
When a Cardassian freighter explodes at Deep Space 9, the Cardassians blame Federation colonists in the new Demilitarized Zone.
   
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[[File:Cal hudson.jpg|left|thumb|Cal Hudson]]
 
[[File:Cal hudson.jpg|left|thumb|Cal Hudson]]
Starfleet sends [[Calvin Hudson]], the ranking officer in the [[demilitarized zone]] along the Cardassian border and an old friend of both Sisko and [[Jadzia Dax|Dax]], to the station to investigate the possibility of retaliatory attacks. He tells Sisko his presence on the border is a joke; his assignment has been to help colonists whose land the Federation gave to Cardassia adjust to the new circumstances. Contrary to Starfleet's belief, Hudson is sure the Cardassians will not retaliate, but he guarantees a response will come.
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Starfleet sends [[Calvin Hudson]], the ranking officer and attaché in the [[Demilitarized Zone]] along the [[Cardassian border]] and an old friend of both Sisko and [[Jadzia Dax|Dax]], to the station to investigate the possibility of retaliatory attacks. He tells Sisko his presence on the border is a joke; his assignment has been to help colonists whose land the Federation gave to Cardassia adjust to the new circumstances. Contrary to Starfleet's belief, Hudson is sure the Cardassians will not retaliate, but he guarantees a response will come.
   
Later, the man who sabotaged the ''Bok'Nor'' is abducted.
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Later, the man who sabotaged the ''Bok'Nor'' is abducted by [[Peliar Zel native]]s.
   
 
=== Act Two ===
 
=== Act Two ===
When Sisko returns to his quarters that evening, he finds [[Gul]] [[Dukat]] waiting for him. Dukat explains that [[Cardassian Central Command]] is unaware of his presence on DS9, but he has come unofficially to help Sisko find the truth about the destruction of the freighter. In order to do so, the two of them take a [[runabout]] to a group of colonies in the demilitarized zone, which Dukat describes as "not so demilitarized I'm afraid." There, they find two Cardassian attack vessels attacking a Federation merchant ship; before the runabout can intervene, another Federation vessel arrives and destroys the Cardassians.
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When Sisko returns to his quarters that evening, he finds [[Gul]] [[Dukat]] waiting for him. Dukat explains that [[Cardassian Central Command]] is unaware of his presence on DS9, but he has come unofficially to help Sisko find the truth about the destruction of the freighter. In order to do so, the two of them take a [[runabout]] to a group of colonies in the demilitarized zone, which Dukat describes as "not so demilitarized I'm afraid." There, they find two Cardassian attack vessels attacking a Federation merchant ship; before the runabout can intervene, another Federation vessel arrives and quickly destroys the Cardassians.
   
 
=== Act Three ===
 
=== Act Three ===
 
[[File:Sakonna.jpg|thumb|Sakonna]]
 
[[File:Sakonna.jpg|thumb|Sakonna]]
Back on the station, [[Quark]] has arranged a "business" dinner with a [[Vulcan]] woman named [[Sakonna]]. She is eager to begin negotiations but he quotes one of the [[Rules of Acquisition]]: "Never begin a business negotiation on an empty stomach." When he describes the Rules of Acquisition, she finds them logical and "quite reassuring." Once Quark is ready to discuss business, he is surprised to hear she is looking to acquire weapons: she wishes to acquire a continuous supply of "guns, phaser banks, photon torpedoes, troop transports, and a number of cobalt thorium devices," among others.
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Back on the station, [[Quark]] has arranged a "business" dinner with a [[Vulcan]] woman named [[Sakonna]]. She is eager to begin negotiations but he quotes one of the [[Rules of Acquisition]]: "Never begin a business negotiation on an empty stomach." When he describes the Rules of Acquisition, she finds them logical and "quite reassuring." Once Quark is ready to discuss business, he is surprised to hear she is looking to acquire weapons: she wishes to acquire a continuous supply of "''[[gun]]s, [[phaser bank]]s, [[photon torpedo]]es, [[troop transport]]s, and a number of [[cobalt-thorium device]]s,''" among others.
   
In the demilitarized zone, Gul [[Evek]], the Cardassian attaché to the demilitarized zone, is in a heated debate with Cal Hudson when Dukat and Sisko enter the room. When they describe the incident they observed, both sides seem to feel that their colonists were justified. Evek then produces a confession from the ''Bok'Nor'' saboteur, [[William Patrick Samuels]], but claims that Samuels committed [[suicide]] shortly after giving it. One of the colonists present attacks Evek and must be restrained.
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In the demilitarized zone, Gul [[Evek]], the Cardassian attaché to the demilitarized zone, is in a heated debate with Cal Hudson when Dukat and Sisko enter the room. When they describe the incident they observed, both sides seem to feel that their colonists were justified. Evek then produces a confession from the ''Bok'Nor'' saboteur, [[William Patrick Samuels]], but claims that Samuels committed [[suicide]] shortly after giving it. One of the colonists present named [[Amaros]] attacks Evek and must be restrained.
   
 
=== Act Four ===
 
=== Act Four ===
 
[[File:Dukat caught.jpg|thumb|left|Dukat is abducted]]
 
[[File:Dukat caught.jpg|thumb|left|Dukat is abducted]]
Later that night, Hudson warns Sisko that the Cardassians have no intention of allowing the Federation colonists to stay and tells him the ''Bok'Nor'' was likely transporting weapons to Cardassian colonists. He concedes that Samuels might have destroyed the freighter but claims the colonists have the right to defend themselves. On the way back to Deep Space 9, Sisko discovers Dukat knew of Samuels' confession but knew nothing of the "suicide." Furthermore, Dukat swears on the lives of his children that the ''Bok'Nor'' was not transporting weapons.
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Later that night, Hudson warns Sisko that the Cardassians have no intention of allowing the Federation colonists to stay and tells him the ''Bok'Nor'' was likely transporting weapons to Cardassian colonists. He concedes that Samuels might have destroyed the freighter but claims the colonists have the right to defend themselves. On the way back to Deep Space 9, Sisko discovers Dukat knew of Samuels' confession but knew nothing of the "suicide." Furthermore, Dukat swears on the lives of his seven children that the ''Bok'Nor'' was not transporting weapons.
   
Sakonna requests that Quark move the weapon shipment schedule forward and he complies greedily. Meanwhile, O'Brien has confirmed what Sisko believed: The bomb that destroyed the ''Bok'Nor'' was of Federation origin. Shortly after Sisko's and Dukat's arrival on the station, a group consisting of a man posing as a Starfleet security guard, Sakonna, and several colonists who were present during the confrontation between Evek and Hudson kidnaps Dukat.
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Sakonna requests that Quark move the weapon shipment schedule forward and he complies greedily. Meanwhile, O'Brien has confirmed what Sisko believed: The bomb that destroyed the ''Bok'Nor'' was of Federation origin. Sisko and Kira then have a heated arugment in his office, as she believes that the Federation should be protecting their own colonists ahead of their treaty with the Cardassians, which she believes will be violated at every opportunity. Meanwhile a group consisting of a man posing as a Starfleet security guard, Sakonna, and several colonists who were present during the confrontation between Evek and Hudson kidnaps Dukat.
   
 
=== Act Five ===
 
=== Act Five ===
 
Sisko and the rest of the crew determine the course the terrorists most likely took and he, [[Kira Nerys|Kira]], and [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]] follow them in a runabout. Before the trio leaves, an anonymous transmission from the demilitarized zone attributes the bombing of the ''Bok'Nor'' and the recent kidnappings to a group calling itself the [[Maquis]].
 
Sisko and the rest of the crew determine the course the terrorists most likely took and he, [[Kira Nerys|Kira]], and [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]] follow them in a runabout. Before the trio leaves, an anonymous transmission from the demilitarized zone attributes the bombing of the ''Bok'Nor'' and the recent kidnappings to a group calling itself the [[Maquis]].
   
They follow the Maquis into an area called the [[Badlands]] with which Bashir is unfamiliar. Kira explains that it is an area of the [[Cardassian-Federation border]] with frequent [[plasma storm]]s, which pilots generally try to avoid. "''Sounds like the perfect place for a hideout,''" he observes. They beam to the surface of a planet, where the armed Maquis members emerge from nearby foliage — followed by Cal Hudson, out of uniform.
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They follow the Maquis into an area called the [[Badlands]] with which Bashir is unfamiliar. Kira explains that it is an area of the Cardassian
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border with frequent [[plasma storm]]s, which pilots generally try to avoid. "''Sounds like the perfect place for a hideout,''" he observes. They beam to the surface of a planet, where the armed Maquis members emerge from nearby foliage — followed by Cal Hudson, out of uniform.
   
 
'''[[The Maquis, Part II (episode)|TO BE CONTINUED...]]'''
 
'''[[The Maquis, Part II (episode)|TO BE CONTINUED...]]'''
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"''It's not his fault Gallamites have transparent skulls.''"
 
"''It's not his fault Gallamites have transparent skulls.''"
 
: - '''Jadzia Dax''' and '''Kira'''
 
: - '''Jadzia Dax''' and '''Kira'''
 
   
 
"''And by the way, I'd love to melt that cold Vulcan heart of yours.''"
 
"''And by the way, I'd love to melt that cold Vulcan heart of yours.''"
: - '''Quark''', about Sakonna but not to her
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: - '''Quark''', ''about'' Sakonna but not ''to'' her
 
   
 
"''...what I meant was, how about we plan our negotiations to coincide with when you think you'll be hungry? How does eight sound to your tummy?''"
 
"''...what I meant was, how about we plan our negotiations to coincide with when you think you'll be hungry? How does eight sound to your tummy?''"
 
: - '''Quark''', after Sakonna rebuffs his offer of a drink.
 
: - '''Quark''', after Sakonna rebuffs his offer of a drink.
   
 
"''Commander, we just received a general subspace transmission from somewhere in the Demilitarized Zone. A group there is taking credit for the kidnapping of Dukat. They're calling themselves the Maquis.''"
 
"''Commander, we just received a subspace transmission from somewhere in the Demilitarized Zone. A group there is taking credit for the kidnapping of Dukat. They're calling themselves the Maquis.''"
 
 
: - '''Kira Nerys'''
 
: - '''Kira Nerys'''
 
   
 
"''I'm glad to see you had no trouble finding us, Ben. It seems that one disaster after another keeps bringing us back together again.''"
 
"''I'm glad to see you had no trouble finding us, Ben. It seems that one disaster after another keeps bringing us back together again.''"
 
: - '''Calvin Hudson''' to Benjamin Sisko, emerging out of uniform with the rest of the Maquis
 
: - '''Calvin Hudson''' to Benjamin Sisko, emerging out of uniform with the rest of the Maquis
   
 
"''I've got every admiral within subspace range on my back. Can I at least tell them it looks like an accident?''"
 
"''I've got every admiral within subspace range on my back. Can I at least tell them it looks like accident?''"
 
 
: - '''Benjamin Sisko''' to Kira Nerys and Miles O'Brien
 
: - '''Benjamin Sisko''' to Kira Nerys and Miles O'Brien
   
 
==Background Information==
 
==Background Information==
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===Story and script===
* This episode marks the first appearance of the [[Maquis]], whose origins are rooted in the events of {{TNG|Journey's End}}. They later appeared in {{TNG|Preemptive Strike}} and several episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' (such as the [[Michael Eddington]] arc of {{e|For the Cause}},{{e|For the Uniform}} and {{e|Blaze of Glory}}), as well as being featured prominently in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.
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* This episode marks the first appearance of the [[Maquis]], whose origins are rooted in the events of {{TNG|Journey's End}}. They later appeared in {{TNG|Preemptive Strike}} and several more episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' (such as the [[Michael Eddington]] arc of {{e|For the Cause}},{{e|For the Uniform}} and {{e|Blaze of Glory}}), as well as being featured prominently in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. [[Michael Piller]] commented "''DS9 is the true inheritor of the Maquis since there is no long term benefit to ''Voyager''"''. (''[[The Deep Space Log Book: A Second Season Companion]], p 42)''
* This episode is the first to refer to the [[Badlands]], and Sisko states that a few ships have been lost there, foreshadowing the occurrences of the {{USS|Voyager}} less than a year later.
 
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*An early idea for the episode had [[Jake Sisko|Jake]] get involved with an old friend of Sisko's who was now a mercenary. [[Ira Steven Behr]] commented "''The way it got started originally was that [[James Crocker|Jim Crocker]] and the writing staff - including Michael - decided to do ''[[Shane (movie)|Shane]]''. Don't ask me why''". (''[[The Deep Space Log Book: A Second Season Companion]], p 42)''
* The Maquis settlement is a re-use of the set used in an early [[TNG]] episode {{e|The Ensigns of Command}}. The mountain in the background is the most noticeable similarity.
 
 
* The conversation that Sisko has with the [[admiral]] was actually included in the script, even though it was not heard. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library]]'')
* Captain [[Boday]] is referenced for the first time in this episode. He would be mentioned again in {{e|Let He Who Is Without Sin...}} (where his name would cause an argument between [[Jadzia Dax]] and [[Worf]]), {{e|Penumbra}} (where it would cause an argument between [[Ezri Dax]] and Worf) and {{e|Resurrection}}.
 
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===Production===
* The conversation that Sisko has with the [[admiral]] was actually included in the script, even though it was not heard. [http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/ds9/season2/ds9-220.txt]
 
 
* At the suggestion of director [[David Livingston]], costume designer [[Robert Blackman]] originally designed a much more revealing outfit for [[Sakonna]] than seen in the episode. However when [[Rick Berman]] saw it, he told Blackman to tone it back somewhat. Blackman still likes the outfit that Sakonna wears however, as it shows off actress [[Bertila Damas]]'s figure and is a much sexier look than ever seen on a [[Vulcan]]. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
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===Reception===
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:In a section about the Maquis in ''[[Star Trek and History]]'', Nancy Reagin comments: "''More intriguing were the efforts of a Vulcan woman named Sakonna, who attempted to buy black-market weapons from Quark on behalf of the Maquis. Since viewers often equated Vulcans with pacifism, Sakonna's actions further complicated Star Trek's portrayal of terrorism''". (''[[Star Trek and History]]'', p 151)
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===Trivia===
 
* Sisko states that the [[Cardassian]]s were caught shipping weapons through the [[Yridian]]s, but in the episode earlier in the season, {{e|The Circle}}, it is found to be the [[Kressari]] who were acting as intermediaries. It is unclear whether this was a continuity error, or whether Sisko was simply referring to two separate incidents.
 
* Sisko states that the [[Cardassian]]s were caught shipping weapons through the [[Yridian]]s, but in the episode earlier in the season, {{e|The Circle}}, it is found to be the [[Kressari]] who were acting as intermediaries. It is unclear whether this was a continuity error, or whether Sisko was simply referring to two separate incidents.
 
* Referenced [[Rule of Acquisition]]: #214 ("''Never begin a negotiation on an empty stomach''")
 
* Referenced [[Rule of Acquisition]]: #214 ("''Never begin a negotiation on an empty stomach''")
 
* In the first scene of act 1, when Kira and O'Brien are searching the wreckage of the ''[[Bok'Nor]]'', Kira is not wearing her [[Bajoran earring]].
 
* In the first scene of act 1, when Kira and O'Brien are searching the wreckage of the ''[[Bok'Nor]]'', Kira is not wearing her [[Bajoran earring]].
* When [[Dukat]] and [[Benjamin Sisko]] enter the promenade, having just returned to Deep Space 9 after visiting the Demilitarized Zone, it is obvious that the chest piece of Dukat's costume has detached itself from the underlying material. The rubber armor even catches a few times on the actor's lower arm as it swings while he walks. The scene is continued anyway.
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* When [[Dukat]] and [[Benjamin Sisko]] enter the [[Promenade]], having just returned to Deep Space 9 after visiting the Demilitarized Zone, it is obvious that the chest piece of Dukat's costume has detached itself from the underlying material. The rubber armor even catches a few times on the actor's lower arm as it swings while he walks.
* This is the second of three DS9 appearances for actor [[Richard Poe]] as [[Gul]] [[Evek]]. He previously appeared in {{e|Playing God}} and would later be seen in {{e|Tribunal}}
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* This is the second of three DS9 appearances for actor [[Richard Poe]] as [[Gul]] [[Evek]]. He previously appeared in {{e|Playing God}} and would later be seen in {{e|Tribunal}}, before making his final appearance as Evek in {{VOY|Caretaker}}, the pilot episode of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.
 
* This episode is the first to refer to the [[Badlands]], and Sisko states that a few ships have been lost there, foreshadowing the occurrences of the {{USS|Voyager}} less than a year later.
* At the suggestion of director [[David Livingston]], costume designer [[Robert Blackman]] originally designed a much more revealing outfit for [[Sakonna]] than seen in the episode. However when [[Rick Berman]] saw it, he told Blackman to tone it back somewhat. Blackman still likes the outfit that Sakonna wears however, as it shows off actress [[Bertila Damas]]'s figure and is a much sexier look than ever seen on a [[Vulcan]]. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
 
 
* The Maquis settlement is a re-use of the set used in an early [[TNG]] episode {{e|The Ensigns of Command}}.
 
* Captain [[Boday]] is referenced for the first time in this episode. He would be mentioned again in {{e|Let He Who Is Without Sin...}} (where his name would cause an argument between [[Jadzia Dax]] and [[Worf]]), {{e|Penumbra}} (where it would cause an argument between [[Ezri Dax]] and Worf) and {{e|Resurrection}}.
 
* [[Cirroc Lofton]] ([[Jake Sisko]]) does not appear in this episode, but [[Benjamin Sisko]] asks [[Kira Nerys]] where he is.
 
* [[Cirroc Lofton]] ([[Jake Sisko]]) does not appear in this episode, but [[Benjamin Sisko]] asks [[Kira Nerys]] where he is.
   
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*[[Kevin Grevioux]] as a [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Security Officer|security officer]]
 
*[[Kevin Grevioux]] as a [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Security Officer|security officer]]
 
*[[Grace Harrell]] as a [[Peliar Zel natives#Female Deep Space 9 resident|female Peliar Zel native]]
 
*[[Grace Harrell]] as a [[Peliar Zel natives#Female Deep Space 9 resident|female Peliar Zel native]]
*[[Sue Henley]] as a [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel|command division officer]]
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* [[Sue Henley]] as a [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Female command division officer|command division officer]]
 
*[[David B. Levinson]] as [[Broik]]
 
*[[David B. Levinson]] as [[Broik]]
 
*[[Joe Mack]] as a [[Peliar Zel natives#Male Deep Space 9 resident|male Peliar Zel native]]
 
*[[Joe Mack]] as a [[Peliar Zel natives#Male Deep Space 9 resident|male Peliar Zel native]]
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**[[Volan III inhabitants#Colonists on Volan III|Colonists]]
 
**[[Volan III inhabitants#Colonists on Volan III|Colonists]]
   
===Stunt doubles===
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=== Stunt doubles ===
*[[Dennis Madalone]] as [[stunt double]] for [[Tony Plana]]
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* [[Dennis Madalone]] as [[stunt double]] for [[Tony Plana]]
*[[Joe Murphy]] as stunt double for [[Marc Alaimo]]
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* [[Joe Murphy]] as stunt double for [[Marc Alaimo]]
*[[Lynn Salvatori]] as stunt double for [[Bertila Damas]]
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* [[Patricia Tallman]] as stunt double for [[Bertila Damas]]
*[[Unknown stunt performer]] as stunt double for [[Richard Poe]]
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* [[Unknown stunt performer]] as stunt double for [[Richard Poe]]
   
 
===References===
 
===References===
[[Badlands]]; [[Bajoran Provisional Government]]; [[Bardeezan]]; [[beer]]; [[Bergen]]; [[Boday]]; ''[[Bok'Nor]]''; [[Cardassian Central Command]]; [[Cobalt-thorium device]]; [[deflector grid]]; [[Demilitarized Zone]]; [[distress signal]]; [[dogma]]; [[Earth]]; [[Farius Prime]]; [[farmer]]; [[Rules of Acquisition]]; [[Galadoran]]; [[Galador II]]; [[Gallamite]]; [[Galor class phaser bank|''Galor''-class phaser bank]]; [[golside ore]]; [[gun runner]]; [[hat]]; [[Gretchen Hudson|Hudson, Gretchen]]; [[gun]]; [[impulse generator]]; [[kelindide]]; [[Klingon freighter]]; [[Kotakian]]; [[Kotakian starship]]; [[latinum]]; [[Lissepian]]s; [[long range sensor scan]]; [[Mazurka Festival]]; [[mercassium]]; [[metric ton]]; [[New Berlin]]; [[Nog]]; [[Norway]]; [[phaser bank]]; [[photon torpedo]]; [[plasma storm]]; [[protomatter]]; [[proximity scan]]; [[ramscoop]]; [[Regulon system]]; [[Rest and Relaxation]]; [[rodinium]]; [[Saltah'na clock]]; [[Louise Samuels|Samuels, Louise]]; [[sausage]]; [[Second Order]]; [[Jake Sisko|Sisko, Jake]]; [[Jennifer Sisko|Sisko, Jennifer]]; [[Soltok IV]]; [[SID]]; [[Starfleet Command]]; [[subspace transmission]]; [[suicide]]; [[three-dimensional chess]]; [[Volan colonies]]; [[Volan system]]; [[Volan III]]; [[Volan II]]; [[Vulcan]]; [[Vulcan Bill of Rights]]; [[Vulcan port]]; [[warp signature]]; [[wormhole]]
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[[admiral]]; [[Alpha Quadrant]]; [[Badlands]]; [[Bajor]]; [[Bajoran]]s; [[Bajoran Provisional Government]]; [[Bajoran space]]; [[Bajoran wormhole]]; [[Bardeezan]]; [[Bardeezan merchant ship]]; [[beer]]; [[Bergen]]; [[Boday]]; ''[[Bok'Nor]]''; [[Cardassian border]]; [[Cardassian Central Command]]; [[Cardassian pursuit vessel]]; [[Cobalt-thorium device]]; [[Curzon Dax|Dax, Curzon]]; [[deflector grid]]; [[Demilitarized Zone]]; [[distress signal]]; [[dogma]]; [[Earth]]; [[Farius Prime]]; [[farmer]]; [[Federation]]; [[Ferengi]]; [[Ferengi wine]]; [[Galadoran]]; [[Galador freighter]]; [[Galador II]]; [[Gallamite]]; [[Galor class phaser bank|''Galor''-class phaser bank]]; [[golside ore]]; [[gun runner]]; [[hat]]; [[Gretchen Hudson|Hudson, Gretchen]]; [[gun]]; [[impulse generator]]; [[impulse signature]]; [[jumbo Romulan mollusk]]; [[kelindide]]; [[Klingon freighter]]; [[Kotakian]]; [[Kotakian starship]]; [[latinum]]; [[Lissepian]]s; [[long range sensor scan]]; [[Mazurka Festival]]; [[mercassium]]; [[metric ton]]; [[New Berlin]]; [[Nog]]; [[Norway]]; [[Occupation of Bajor]]; [[phaser bank]]; [[photon torpedo]]; [[plasma storm]]; [[plomeek soup]]; [[Promenade]]; [[protomatter]]; [[proximity scan]]; [[Quark's]]; [[ramscoop]]; [[Regulon system]]; [[Rest and Relaxation]]; [[rodinium]]; [[Ropal City]]; [[Rules of Acquisition]]; [[runabout]]; [[Saltah'na clock]]; [[Louise Samuels|Samuels, Louise]]; [[sausage]]; [[Second Order]]; [[shield generator]]; [[Jake Sisko|Sisko, Jake]]; [[Jennifer Sisko|Sisko, Jennifer]]; [[Soltok IV]]; [[SID]]; [[Starfleet Command]]; [[subspace transmission]]; [[suicide]]; [[three-dimensional chess]]; [[Volan colonies]]; [[Volan system]]; [[Volan III]]; [[Volan II]]; [[Vulcan]]; [[Vulcan (planet)]]; [[Vulcan Bill of Rights]]; [[Vulcan port]]; [[warp signature]];
   
 
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This article is about the episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. If you are looking for the militia group, please see Maquis.

When a Cardassian freighter explodes at Deep Space 9, the Cardassians blame Federation colonists in the new Demilitarized Zone.

Summary

Teaser

While a Cardassian freighter, the Bok'Nor, is docked at Deep Space 9, a Human posing as a Starfleet maintenance worker tampers with a nearby wall panel. Shortly thereafter, the freighter explodes while leaving the station.

Act One

A subsequent investigation reveals no signs of explosive devices or other obvious methods of sabotage, but traces of mercassium, a compound unique to the United Federation of Planets, are found in the debris of the Bok'Nor. Although the explosion may have been an implosive protomatter device, O'Brien informs Sisko that he cannot be sure.

File:Cal hudson.jpg

Cal Hudson

Starfleet sends Calvin Hudson, the ranking officer and attaché in the Demilitarized Zone along the Cardassian border and an old friend of both Sisko and Dax, to the station to investigate the possibility of retaliatory attacks. He tells Sisko his presence on the border is a joke; his assignment has been to help colonists whose land the Federation gave to Cardassia adjust to the new circumstances. Contrary to Starfleet's belief, Hudson is sure the Cardassians will not retaliate, but he guarantees a response will come.

Later, the man who sabotaged the Bok'Nor is abducted by Peliar Zel natives.

Act Two

When Sisko returns to his quarters that evening, he finds Gul Dukat waiting for him. Dukat explains that Cardassian Central Command is unaware of his presence on DS9, but he has come unofficially to help Sisko find the truth about the destruction of the freighter. In order to do so, the two of them take a runabout to a group of colonies in the demilitarized zone, which Dukat describes as "not so demilitarized I'm afraid." There, they find two Cardassian attack vessels attacking a Federation merchant ship; before the runabout can intervene, another Federation vessel arrives and quickly destroys the Cardassians.

Act Three

Sakonna

Sakonna

Back on the station, Quark has arranged a "business" dinner with a Vulcan woman named Sakonna. She is eager to begin negotiations but he quotes one of the Rules of Acquisition: "Never begin a business negotiation on an empty stomach." When he describes the Rules of Acquisition, she finds them logical and "quite reassuring." Once Quark is ready to discuss business, he is surprised to hear she is looking to acquire weapons: she wishes to acquire a continuous supply of "guns, phaser banks, photon torpedoes, troop transports, and a number of cobalt-thorium devices," among others.

In the demilitarized zone, Gul Evek, the Cardassian attaché to the demilitarized zone, is in a heated debate with Cal Hudson when Dukat and Sisko enter the room. When they describe the incident they observed, both sides seem to feel that their colonists were justified. Evek then produces a confession from the Bok'Nor saboteur, William Patrick Samuels, but claims that Samuels committed suicide shortly after giving it. One of the colonists present named Amaros attacks Evek and must be restrained.

Act Four

Dukat caught

Dukat is abducted

Later that night, Hudson warns Sisko that the Cardassians have no intention of allowing the Federation colonists to stay and tells him the Bok'Nor was likely transporting weapons to Cardassian colonists. He concedes that Samuels might have destroyed the freighter but claims the colonists have the right to defend themselves. On the way back to Deep Space 9, Sisko discovers Dukat knew of Samuels' confession but knew nothing of the "suicide." Furthermore, Dukat swears on the lives of his seven children that the Bok'Nor was not transporting weapons.

Sakonna requests that Quark move the weapon shipment schedule forward and he complies greedily. Meanwhile, O'Brien has confirmed what Sisko believed: The bomb that destroyed the Bok'Nor was of Federation origin. Sisko and Kira then have a heated arugment in his office, as she believes that the Federation should be protecting their own colonists ahead of their treaty with the Cardassians, which she believes will be violated at every opportunity. Meanwhile a group consisting of a man posing as a Starfleet security guard, Sakonna, and several colonists who were present during the confrontation between Evek and Hudson kidnaps Dukat.

Act Five

Sisko and the rest of the crew determine the course the terrorists most likely took and he, Kira, and Bashir follow them in a runabout. Before the trio leaves, an anonymous transmission from the demilitarized zone attributes the bombing of the Bok'Nor and the recent kidnappings to a group calling itself the Maquis.

They follow the Maquis into an area called the Badlands with which Bashir is unfamiliar. Kira explains that it is an area of the Cardassian border with frequent plasma storms, which pilots generally try to avoid. "Sounds like the perfect place for a hideout," he observes. They beam to the surface of a planet, where the armed Maquis members emerge from nearby foliage — followed by Cal Hudson, out of uniform.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Memorable Quotes

"He happens to be brilliant, his brain is twice the size of yours and mine."
"I know, I've seen it."
"It's not his fault Gallamites have transparent skulls."

- Jadzia Dax and Kira

"And by the way, I'd love to melt that cold Vulcan heart of yours."

- Quark, about Sakonna but not to her

"...what I meant was, how about we plan our negotiations to coincide with when you think you'll be hungry? How does eight sound to your tummy?"

- Quark, after Sakonna rebuffs his offer of a drink.

"Commander, we just received a general subspace transmission from somewhere in the Demilitarized Zone. A group there is taking credit for the kidnapping of Dukat. They're calling themselves the Maquis."

- Kira Nerys

"I'm glad to see you had no trouble finding us, Ben. It seems that one disaster after another keeps bringing us back together again."

- Calvin Hudson to Benjamin Sisko, emerging out of uniform with the rest of the Maquis

"I've got every admiral within subspace range on my back. Can I at least tell them it looks like an accident?"

- Benjamin Sisko to Kira Nerys and Miles O'Brien

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Reception

In a section about the Maquis in Star Trek and History, Nancy Reagin comments: "More intriguing were the efforts of a Vulcan woman named Sakonna, who attempted to buy black-market weapons from Quark on behalf of the Maquis. Since viewers often equated Vulcans with pacifism, Sakonna's actions further complicated Star Trek's portrayal of terrorism". (Star Trek and History, p 151)

Trivia

  • Sisko states that the Cardassians were caught shipping weapons through the Yridians, but in the episode earlier in the season, "The Circle", it is found to be the Kressari who were acting as intermediaries. It is unclear whether this was a continuity error, or whether Sisko was simply referring to two separate incidents.
  • Referenced Rule of Acquisition: #214 ("Never begin a negotiation on an empty stomach")
  • In the first scene of act 1, when Kira and O'Brien are searching the wreckage of the Bok'Nor, Kira is not wearing her Bajoran earring.
  • When Dukat and Benjamin Sisko enter the Promenade, having just returned to Deep Space 9 after visiting the Demilitarized Zone, it is obvious that the chest piece of Dukat's costume has detached itself from the underlying material. The rubber armor even catches a few times on the actor's lower arm as it swings while he walks.
  • This is the second of three DS9 appearances for actor Richard Poe as Gul Evek. He previously appeared in "Playing God" and would later be seen in "Tribunal", before making his final appearance as Evek in VOY: "Caretaker", the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
  • This episode is the first to refer to the Badlands, and Sisko states that a few ships have been lost there, foreshadowing the occurrences of the USS Voyager less than a year later.
  • The Maquis settlement is a re-use of the set used in an early TNG episode "The Ensigns of Command".
  • Captain Boday is referenced for the first time in this episode. He would be mentioned again in "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." (where his name would cause an argument between Jadzia Dax and Worf), "Penumbra" (where it would cause an argument between Ezri Dax and Worf) and "Resurrection".
  • Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode, but Benjamin Sisko asks Kira Nerys where he is.

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