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The political situation in the region is incredibly complicated - if Bajor is interested in prosecuting, they risk a renewed conflict with Cardassia, which neither they nor the Federation particularly want. On top of that, many Bajorans are skeptical of the Federation and its intentions, at least in the early days.

Plus...did Dukat ever "visit" DS9 (as in, physically board the station) without explicit authorization from the command staff?

She never did - they canned it in favour of the shots after screen/make-up testing.

Edit: Bonus, kind-of-gross context!

Initially, the DS9 writing staff simply didn't like Michael Westmore's alterations to make the Odan headpiece look more feminine. Apparently, after Terry Farrell had put on the Odan forehead appliance, someone looked at her and said to Westmore, "What did you do to her head, she used to be beautiful?" Instead of changing species, as they'd already come to like the idea of an "old man", a person with centuries of experience to guide Sisko, Westmore suggested to "just give her spots like we gave Famke," who played a Kriosian in TNG: "The Perfect Mate". This make-up was used on all Trill afterwards.

Return their original forehead prosthetics!

I suppose it could make sense if they're looking to break up the company and keep the streamer.

It does seem like bundling might be the new strategy for the non-Netflix, non-Disney players.

...for what? The Romulan supernova was in the '09 film.

It's Prophet Visions all the way down, so "what happened next" is arguably not relevant. But in any case, the author seems to be specifically referring to "Far Beyond the Stars".

We generally don't protect spoilers after about a week. In this case, it's been nearly a year.

She dated and split up with Raffi between seasons one and two.

Yeah, I'm sure the full PD is riddled with case studies and examples of what sorts of decisions Starfleet captains can unilaterally make without specific approval from the Federation Council.

And of course, the Council seems to be able to order Starfleet to override the PD if they want to.

It's applied to other civilizations pretty regularly.

The most cut-and-dried one off the top of my head is Sisko citing the PD when declining to help Tosk in "Captive Pursuit".

The Prime Directive and the rules governing first contact overlap, but they are distinct.

If we're having a serious conversation about the PD, it's important to note that it's a blanket "don't interfere" rule that applies to all civilizations, warp-capable or otherwise.

Most of the time, it makes sense, but these edge cases are wild.

Yeah, I agree that that part of the dialogue is problematic. However, "Picard" definitively stated that it was the Romulan star.