The "Star Trek DS9" Relaunch - Pt. I Quiz

Answer: Kasidy's unborn child

The prophecy says that the First Son, Jake, would enter the wormhole and return with a "lost Herald," presumed by Jake to be his father, Benjamin Sisko. Then, the Avatar, Jake's unborn sibling, would arrive. After reading the prophecy, Jake purchases a ship from Quark and, unbeknownst to his friends and family, heads into the wormhole in the hopes of returning with his father. Meanwhile, Jake's stepmother, Kasidy Yates, awaits her husband's return and the birth of their baby, busying herself with the building of Ben's dream home in Bajor's Kendra Valley.

The "Avatar" duology was written by S.D. Perry and published in 2001, beginning the relaunch of the television series, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."

Answer: She transfers to command

After the Jem'Hadar destroy their protector ship, the USS Aldebaran, the crew of DS9 can only watch; the station is defenseless on its own, having been disabled for heavy maintenance. The semi-refitted Defiant's captain, Commander Tiris Jast, is killed during the attack; Ezri, drawing on Jadzia's experiences, takes command.

The Defiant finds a surprise ally in a battered Jem'Hadar ship emerging through the wormhole. This distraction and the Defiant's warhead module, a weapon designed for use in desperation only, saves the ship and the station.

It would be discovered later, however, that several visitors were able to beam onto the station.

Answer: Orb of Memory

Commander Vaughn, most of his 100-plus years spent in service to Starfleet Intelligence, leads the away team to the derelict Cardassian freighter Kamal. There, they begin to experience flashbacks that leave them unable to concentrate. Vaughn discovers the cause, the Orb of Memory, and the experience leaves him profoundly affected.

The Enterprise returns the Orb to the Bajoran people; a grateful Colonel Kira Nerys, now commander of DS9, accepts it. Vaughn takes the position of executive officer of DS9, wanting to explore the youthful feelings and yens the Orb experience evoked.

He soon learns that he will be serving alongside his estranged daughter, Prynn Tenmei.

Answer: Ohalu

Security Chief Ro Laren finds the book and is stunned by what she reads in it, despite her agnosticism. Written millennia ago in an unusual style, the Ohalu prophecies are far more accurate than most of the accepted prophecies. The Vedek Assembly considers them dangerous because of the "heretical" view they present of the Prophets as teachers, not gods.

The Ohalu text also contains a shocking statement about the future: before the Avatar's birth and the dawn of a new era of peace, ten thousand Bajorans would have to be sacrificed. An Orb experience allows Kira to understand that the ten thousand were those who gave their life to protect the Ohalu writings throughout the centuries; Istani Reyla was the final one.

Answer: She cannot share in the Bajoran faith

The favorite for becoming Kai, Vedek Yevir Linjarin is a very spiritual, albeit narrow-minded man who was in the Bajoran militia until he was Touched by the Emissary, leading him to a life in religious service. He and some like-minded Vedeks were determined to keep the so-called heresy from reaching the population at any cost, including Istani's life. Kira's decision to upload the book and the subsequent Attainder imposed on her by Yevir costs her freedom of worship: she can no longer wear her earring, read prophecy, or set foot in the Bajoran temples.

The revealing of Ohalu's prophecies, the new religion based upon them (the Ohalavaru - Ohalu truthseekers), and Kira's undeserved Attainder cause religious schisms across Bajor.

Answer: He is free from dependency on ketracel white

When Ensign ch'Thane senses a Jem'Hadar on the station and forces him to unshroud, the soldier claims Odo's mission for himself. Named Kitana'klan, he is one of several enemy Jem'Hadar attempting to destroy the station. Kitana'klan nearly completes his mission, but thanks to Taran'atar, who had previously remained shrouded, DS9's fusion core is ejected in time. Taran'atar had beamed aboard from the ship that aided DS9, and carries a message from Odo to prove his story. Odo explains in the message that Taran'atar, an Honored Elder of 22 years, was chosen due to his natural freedom from addiction to the white. Odo also relays a message from the Founders promising noninterference to explorers in the Gamma Quadrant, as long as Dominion territory is avoided.

Answer: Ethan Locken

Dr. Ethan Locken believes himself to be another Khan Noonien Singh, destined to rebuild humanity in his own enhanced image. Initially an agent of the mysterious, unprincipled Section 31 himself, he had been sent to Sindorin to devise a way to use an abandoned Jem'Hadar hatchery in the Federation's favor. Locken, however, decided to use the inferior Jem'Hadar created here in his own, horrific service. Bashir, along with Ezri Dax, Ro, Taran'atar, and the local Ingavi, succeed in preventing the reign of terror planned by Locken, who is killed by his own soldiers.

"Section 31: Abyss" was authored by Jeffery Lang and David Weddle. It is followed by Keith R.A. DeCandido's "Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness," in which the ancient Iconian gateways resurface and wreak havoc on the galaxy.

Answer: Andorians are an entirely androgynous species

The four-gender, blue-skinned Andorian species faces extinction because of the difficulty involved in procreation, especially since a recent "biological holocaust." Shar was chosen to bond with Anichent, Dizhei, and Thriss in childhood; the quad has an obligation to produce a child, something that can only happen for five years of their lives. Shar, however, hopes to find a lasting solution instead of just prolonging the inevitable. By bringing his bondmates to DS9, his mother hopes to convince him to return to Andor for their shelthreth (marriage). Shar chooses his career and the Defiant's three-month voyage of exploration in the Gamma Quadrant instead, but promises to go to Andor when he returns - hopefully, before it's too late.

"Mission Gamma, Book One: Twilight" was written by David R. George III and begins the four-part "Mission Gamma" miniseries.

Answer: Dabo boy

Quark is thoroughly disgusted when the lovely, green, scantily clad Treir introduces her similarly dressed discovery, a Bajoran dabo boy named Hetik. In light of the recent downturn - and Treir's reluctant assurance that the paltry salary she promised Hetik will come out of her own check if things don't work out - Quark agrees to try out the "dabo boy" for a week. Sure enough, Hetik's presence brings in a new crowd of dabo players and female leerers. Meanwhile, Quark finds himself attracted to another of DS9's newcomers, Lieutenant Ro Laren, the replacement of his old friend Odo in the security department; the two forge a most unlikely friendship.

Answer: Inamuri

On the beautiful world of the Vahni Vahltupali, disaster strikes when a devastating pulse destroys their moon. The pulse is traced to an eerily dead world, whose cities are filled with evidence of the citizens who abruptly perished centuries ago, the result of their virtual realities.

The Inamuri thoughtscape resides in another dimension, and its endeavors to emerge into the physical universe now produce the deadly pulse; Vaughn frees the creature, ending the pulse. Their experiences on the planet prove to be powerful for Commander Vaughn and his daughter, Prynn, who has never forgiven her father for the death of her mother; the two begin the difficult process of healing their relationship.