FanFare

Spy, tailor, gardener. At last, Elim Garak is home, and free. His parents are dead and his world and home lie in ruins. What's a lizard to do? "A Stitch in Time" is unique in Trek fiction in that it is a first-person semi-epistolary novel ostensibly written by the Cardassian spy, tailor, and gardener Elim Garak to his friend and conversational partner Julian Bashir from within the ruins and reconstruction of a defeated Cardassia in the wake of the Dominion War, after the end of the series' run. The book's author is the actor who portrayed Garak, Andew J. Robinson. [more inside]
posted by mwhybark on Feb 25, 2018 - 9 comments

(Series Finale - Part 6 of 9) It is a period of civil war. Rebel Cardassians, striking from a hidden base, will attempt to win their first victory against the evil Dominion. During the battle, Cardassian spies hope to steal the Dominion's ultimate weapon, the BREEN ENERGY DAMPENER, an advanced energy projectile with enough power to disable an entire starship. [more inside]
posted by CheesesOfBrazil on Dec 15, 2016 - 8 comments

♫ I know I'll be a mess until you choose to acquiesce to holosuite-ing with me / And if we dance at Vic's then there's a chance it could malfunction catastrophic-a-lly / But if the grid still works, then we might order up from Quark's for a synthetic dram / And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like "You're a holo-graaaam" ♫ [more inside]
posted by CheesesOfBrazil on Sep 8, 2016 - 22 comments

Odo receives a sick infant Changeling from Quark and tries to teach it to shapeshift without resorting to the invasive techniques used by his old mentor, Doctor Mora. Meanwhile, Major Kira gives birth to the O'Briens' baby. [more inside]
posted by Slothrop on May 13, 2016 - 10 comments

Kira and Gul Dukat chase the Klingon Bird-of-Prey that destroyed a Cardassian outpost where Cardassian and Bajoran representatives were holding a conference. [more inside]
posted by Slothrop on Feb 20, 2016 - 8 comments

The explosion of a Cardassian ship at DS9 causes tensions between Cardassia and the Maquis, those Federation individuals living in the Demilitarised Zone.
posted by Solomon on Sep 6, 2015 - 3 comments

Odo and Dax meet an unusual community on a new planet. Kira makes a better friend. Jake thinks some about his future.
posted by Solomon on Aug 24, 2015 - 10 comments

O'Brien notices odd goings on aboard the station.
posted by Solomon on Aug 18, 2015 - 9 comments

A new species is looking for a new home.
posted by Solomon on Aug 2, 2015 - 11 comments

Quark is attacked and Odo does some reminiscing.
posted by Solomon on Jul 26, 2015 - 8 comments

The station is down to a skeleton crew due to a huge plasma storm, when some refugees arrive.
posted by Solomon on Jul 12, 2015 - 7 comments

Kira is recalled to Bajor. Odo goes looking for the truth. Sisko evacuates the station.
posted by Solomon on Jul 5, 2015 - 7 comments

The telepathic memories of the internecine feud of a dead but now no longer forgotten species infect the crew of DS9.
posted by Solomon on Jun 22, 2015 - 13 comments

Some members of a new species from the Gamma Quadrant come to Quark's and have some fun. [more inside]
posted by Solomon on May 23, 2015 - 13 comments

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . . Commander Benajmin Sisko gets sent to his new, unwelcome assignment aboard a space station in the Bajoran sector where he meets some hostile aliens. One of whom is his First Officer. A surprising discovery is made which will ultimately affect the balance of power in the entire quadrant. Sisko also makes contact with two people who have changed form - his new security officer and a very old friend. Much hostility and change ensues, both in his personal and professional lives. [more inside]
posted by Solomon on Apr 27, 2015 - 51 comments