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[–] shikogo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Do I need context for DS9 for this? I never got around to watching any of it.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

It's pretty self contained, one of the advantages of old made-for-tv-reruns media.

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Being able to identify the characters might help some, but otherwise no. It's a two part capsule episode

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not really. It's not part of ds9's big arc. Little bottle time travel episodes. Guess knowing that the Romulan's have lent Starfleet a cloaking device for the Defiant might help you not get into a canon mess over some of the technobable reasons for the time travel.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure, but the basic set-up is DS9 is a space station positioned near a planet wherein one species has very recently freed itself from slavery to another species. It's in the ass-end of nowhere and is seemingly a quiet posting until a wormhole leading to the unexplored gamma quadrant opens nearby, drawing all kinds of attention. That's all I really remember and it's probably largely inaccurate, lol.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

None of that is relevant to the episode I mentioned. It's a time travel episode

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

It's a time travel episode, so no, not really.