The Typhon Pact’s interference drives the Andorian political crisis to boiling point...

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Quark is invited to Earth to help the Ferengi negotiate a treaty with the Federation...

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PART TWO of NINE

Episode 5 - The Fires of Pon Farr - The crew of the U.S.S. Hunter scatter across Earth on various missions. Ensign T'Lon enters Pon Farr and Lt. Dolphin gets caught up in it with her.

Episode 6 - BK2 (Breakfast Killer #2) - The U.S.S. Hunter heads for the Deep Space 9 space station in search of a powerfully telepathic serial killer..

Episode 7 - The Great Mushroom - On a planet dominated by a giant mushroom, Justice Minerva Irons is called on to adjudicate a case involving clairvoyance and intellectual property rights. Things become complicated when the Nausicaans become embrioled in a civil war...

A dangerously depressed Garak goes to desperate measures to find help.

Similar to the previous episode, this is of course also an already officially published story, Andrew J Robinson's direct sequel to the rightly lauded A Stitch in Time (which I had previously adapted as part of season 8). Again, I chose to adapt an existing story because it fit my plans for the season perfectly. In fact, much of the Cardassian storyline over the entire season has been written with the knowledge that I was coming to this point.

When this story was first released, I think it confused some readers. I have tweaked a few small aspects, hopefully made some things clearer. I also dug in and found the way in which this story slots seamlessly in with the larger developing arc of the season, as you'll see in the final act.

Unlike with "Reservoir Ferengi," I do not have official permission to upload this story, mostly because I do not have the ability to ask for that permission. The same caveat applies: I lay no claim to the original storyline, dialogue or scene descriptions, which come almost entirely from Andrew's story and are his intellectual property. If anyone objects to my uploading this, please tell me and I will happily remove it with apologies. No offence is intended. I also heartily recommend that everyone buy the book in which "The Calling" first appears - the excellent DS9 collection Prophecy and Change, available here.

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Kira makes an emotional appeal to the Federation for help against the Ascendants.

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On a post-war Cardassia on the cusp of recovery, Garak makes a remarkable discovery.

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To explain, this is not the stage play as written by Andrew J Robinson. I've never read that or seen it. But I decided to use the title because my episode does incorporate what I assume must have happened in that story, along with a few other bits and pieces from here and there. In some cases I specifically referenced other works to craft my story; in others I actually came up with the idea independently but then discovered after the fact that someone else had already done a similar idea. I've made sure to credit where credit is due. Those inspirations include:

• Star Trek: The Lost Era: Well of Souls by Ilsa J. Bick
• “Glories of the Hebitians” by Michael Jan Friedman, appearing in Star Trek: New Worlds, New Civilizations
• “The Calling” by Andrew J Robinson, appearing in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Prophecy and Change

Season 2, Episode 4:

After Doctor Aurellan Markalis appears to betray her colleagues, she rejoins Rhys Darcen and his fellow augments to learn their next move using a deadly biological agent. Meanwhile, Captain Limis Vircona's shuttle crashlands on a desolate planet. While awaiting rescue, she recalls her first mission with Starfleet Intelligence when she first became aware of the existence of Section 31.