Image in the Sand

   

Image in the Sand

"Image in the Sand" is aStar Trekepisode, the 151st episode ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine and the premiere episode of the show'sseventh season. The episode was written byIra Steven Behr andHans Beimler^MA and directed byLes Landau.

Benjamin Sisko experiences avision which leads him to believethe Prophets can be contacted, theRomulans establish a presence onDeep Space 9 andWorf plans amission inJadzia's name.

Summary[]

Threemonths afterJadzia'sdeath, much has changed.Benjamin Sisko has taken aleave of absence and returned toEarth andKira Nerys is incommand of thespace station. The invasion ofCardassian territory has stalled and a grievingWorf is angry that theDefiant is only being assigned simple convoy duties.

Kira, recently promoted tocolonel, is troubled by how manyworshippers of thePah-wraiths have appeared on the station. With the collapse of theBajoran wormhole, someBajorans believe thatthe Prophets have abandoned them. Kira has another matter to deal with, asAdmiralWilliam Ross announces that aRomulan contingent, led by asenator calledKimara Cretak, are to establish a presence on the station for the duration of theDominion War.

In his father's restaurant in New Orleans, Sisko is playing the piano when his baseball falls off the piano. As he picks it up, he has a vision of a womans face in the sands of Tyree. Sisko resolves to find the woman. He creates a composite image of the woman, from which Jake recognises her from photographs that Sisko’s father has. When they ask Joseph, he angrily denies knowing the woman.

On DS9, Worf visits Vic’s lounge and when Vic sings “All the Way”, Worf begins destroying tables. Bashir recalls that “All the Way” was Jadzia’s favourite song.

References[]

Characters[]

Julian Bashir •Broik •Kimara Cretak •Corat Damar •Ezri Dax •Vic Fontaine •Jones (Lieutenant) •Kira Nerys •Martok •Morn •Nog •Miles O'Brien •Odo •Quark •William Ross •Benjamin Sisko •Jake Sisko •Joseph Sisko •Rita Tannenbaum •Weyoun 5 •Worf •Sarah Prophet

Referenced only

Reginald Barclay •Joey Bishop •Jadzia Dax •Skrain Dukat •Geordi La Forge •Alexander Rozhenko •Frank Sinatra •Rebecca Sisko •Yaltar •Alan M. Kobayashi •Alice Ginsburg •Ann Flood •Barbara Covington •Beverly Kurts •Curt Danhauser •Dorothy Duder •Faith Levesconte •Grace Kenney •Jay Laprade •John Fredrickson •Kathy Leprich •Kurt Hansen •Laura Derr •Lester Levesconte •Margaret C. Clark •Matata Kimya •Mindy Long •Mitchell Green •Paul Lawrence •Penny Juday •Phillip Jacobson •Rick Bittle •Rose Limli •Russ English •Sandy Holst •Teri Hansen •Terry Erdmann •Tom Mahoney

Locations[]

Cardassia •Cardassia City •Deep Space 9 •Earth •New Orleans •Promenade •Quark's •Sisko's Creole Kitchen •station commander's office •Vic's lounge

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Armstrong Park •Australia •Bajor •Bajoran wormhole •Chin'toka •Derna •Jackson Square •Monac IV •Monac shipyard •Romulus •Russia •Tyree •Starbase 129

Starships[]

USSDefiant (Defiant-classescort) •D'deridex-classwarbird •Galaxy-classexplorer •Perikian-classattack ship •Vor'cha-classwarship

Referenced only

PWB Aj'rmr •USSAkagi •USSEnterprise-D •USSNobel •USSTecumseh •USSWyoming •USSCochrane •USSZapata •USSVictory •PWB T'Tpalok •IKSFek'lhr •PWB Aj'rmr •PWB Tomal •PWB Koderex •PWB Preceptor •IKSK'mpec

Races and cultures[]

Bajoran •Cardassian •Changeling •Ferengi •Human •Jem'Hadar •Klingon •Lurian •Prophets •Romulan •Trill •Vorta

Referenced only

Pah-wraith •Vulcan

States and organizations[]

Bajoran Militia •Cardassian Union •Cult of the Pah-wraiths •Dominion •House of Martok •Klingon Defense Force •Klingon Empire •Starfleet •United Federation of Planets

Referenced only

Cardassian Third Order •Council of Ministers •Romulan underground •Starfleet Third Fleet •Starfleet Security

Other references[]

admiral •All the Way •ancient texts •Bajoran language •baseball •baseball •bat'leth •blackjack •bloodwine •captain •captain's chair •casualty list •clam •colonel •commander •convoy •craps •crawfish •Creole shrimp •Derna incident •Dominion War •Emissary of the Prophets •ensign •gagh •general •guitar •gumbo •hologram •holosuite •horse •hovercraft •jumja stick •kanar •LCARS •orb •Orb of the Emissary •osol twist •PADD •piano •plasma torpedo •runabout •saxophone •senator •shrimp •Sisko's baseball •squadron •stembolt •Sto-vo-kor •The Three Musketeers •trilithium •tuxedo •warbird

Chronology[]

2301 •2331 •2332

Appendices[]

Related media[]

• "Tears of the Prophets"
• "Shadows and Symbols"

Background[]

Notable cast and crew[]

• Avery Brooks asBenjamin Sisko
• Nana Visitor asKira Nerys
• Rene Auberjonois asOdo
• Alexander Siddig asJulian Bashir
• Armin Shimerman asQuark
• Michael Dorn asWorf
• Nicole de Boer asEzri Dax
• Aron Eisenberg asNog
• J.G. Hertzler asMartok
• Jeffrey Combs asWeyoun
• Barry Jenner asAdmiralWilliam Ross
• Brock Peters asJoseph Sisko

Images[]

Ezri arrives.

Ezri Dax.

Casualty list.

Sisko's.

Sisko's parents.

Connections[]

Timeline[]

External links[]

• Image in the Sand article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
• Image in the Sand article atWikipedia, the free encyclopedia.