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The Orb: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast

Feb 19, 2014

Runabouts.

On The Original Series and The Next Generation we saw plenty of shuttlecraft moving our heroes around from ship to planet to station. But these craft were really just the space equivalent of a ferry boat. You couldn’t travel large distances in them—at least not in a reasonable amount of time—and they...


Feb 12, 2014

The Final Chapter, Part 1 of 9: Penumbra

When Sisko arrived at his new post in "Emissary," he had no idea that the journey he would go on would turn him into a god. As viewers, we had no idea that the series that felt much like TNG in stationary form at the start would lead us to one of the most epic finales in...


Feb 5, 2014

Ezri Dax.

Normally when an actor decides to leave a show early, it doesn't turn out well. It means either the death of a beloved character or an almost always-failed attempt to continue the role with a different face. When Terry Farrell left DS9, however, the writers seized the moment and used the twist to tell Dax...