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Why, yes, this is another Star Trek page.
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Romulans and Klingons do battle.
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Welcome to my home page. As you might have guessed, I am a Star Trek fan.
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Going to the Gamma Quadrant
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Deep Space 9 -- The Short Story
Deep Space Nine is a Federation outpost on the edge of Cardassian space. The station belongs to the
Bajorans, a race of spiritual people whose home planet Bajor was until recently occupied by the
Cardassians. After many years of terrorist attacks by the Bajorans, the Cardassians withdrew from
Bajor. The Bajoran Provisional Government has asked the Federation for help with the immense task of
rebuilding Bajor after the occupation. A small Federation crew under the leadership of Commander
Benjamin Sisko has established a presence on the space station.
Key events during the series
In the pilot episode, Emissary, a stable wormhole to the distant Gamma quadrant is discovered and
Deep Space Nine is repositioned at its portal. Deep Space Nine and Bajor then occupy a major
strategic position in opening up a whole new region of space for exploration and colonization. At first,
the Gamma Quadrant looks to be an interesting new opportunity for Bajor and the Federation, but
gradually a menace appears in the form of a powerful empire known only as "The Dominion".
The second season ends with a serious skirmish with soldiers of the Dominion, the feared Jem Ha'dar.
In The Search, the first episode of the third season, Starfleet promotes Sisko to Captain and stations a
prototype warship called "The Defiant" at DS9. As a result of an agreement with the Romulans, the
Defiant is equipped with a cloaking device (the only Federation craft to have one!). It soon becomes
clear that the rulers of the Dominion, the Founders, are none other than Odo's people - the changelings.
In season four, in the season premiere episode The Way of the Warrior, Klingons reemerge as a threat
when they use the threat of Dominion attack as an excuse to send a fleet to DS9 to stop and search
ships going through the wormhole.
Worf joins the crew and finds out that the Klingons are about to invade Cardassia. When Sisko rescues
the new civilian government of Cardassia, the Klingons attack DS9 and Chancellor Gowron terminates
the Federation-Klingon alliance!
Although the Klingons are forced to withdraw from most of Cardassian space, they retain some of the
systems they've taken near Bajoran space and periodically threaten DS9 and the wormhole.
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Ds 9. once a Cardassian station
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Star Trek the card game:
As told by the #1 player in
The World
The Star Trek Customizable Card Game is one of the most popular on the market,
usually holding a spot behind only Magic: the Gathering and the Star Wars Customizable Card Game on the monthly sales charts. A Customizable Card Game, or CCG for short, gives players the experience of collecting from a large variety of cards to assemble a deck which suits their own playing style. (Both the Star Trek CCG and Star Wars CCG are made by Decipher Inc).
The Star Trek CCG cards arguably has the best artwork of any CCG. Decipher's quality is so good that many Trek fans buy the cards just for their collections. For those who do play the game, you
need an opponent with his own pre-customized deck and about an hour of free time. Players
take turns placing Mission Cards on the table to represent a portion of the Star Trek universe. They then take turns drawing and playing Personnel and Ships (as well as various "special effect" cards) which they move throughout the game area as they attempt to solve missions and score points.
Decipher hosts a World Championship for the best players each year. Bill Chien of Kansas won the championship title in 1998. Outside of the Championship, though, the best represented region was the US Pacifc Northwest/Canadian Pacific Southwest (collectively known as "Bolarus IX"
under Decipher's tournament system). Ken Tufts of Vancouver, BC took 13th out of a field of 40 finalists, while Jason Drake of Seattle, WA took 5th. Todd Soper, who shares an apartment in Seattle with Drake, took 2nd --missing the title by just one game for the second year in a row. Look for
all three to be vying for a spot in next year's finals!
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