History Literature / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch

With the premiere of Series/StarTrekPicard and the end of the Novel Verse, the Relaunch concludes with the ''Literature/StarTrekCoda'' Trilogy.

* ''I, The Constable'' (e-book, upcoming)

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Elias Vaughn's childhood history on Berengaria VII; he was apparently mauled by a dragon at one point. It was established as early as the Original Series of Star Trek that Berengaria VII is home to dragons, and Vaughn had previously been said to originate there. Eventually, the two bits of trivia made an inevitable linkage. Since Vaughn is the sort of character with a highly adventurous background, it's no surprise he apparently had dragon bites where other children had bruised knees.

** These four were collected in the omnibus "Twist of Faith", along with the novella "Horn and Ivory", which serves as an epilogue to ''Demons of Air and Darkness'').

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Nog refers to another character as a "cold-hearted Moogi-jokk". Seeing as we know that "Moogi" means "mother", we can work out what he's saying.

* PardonMyKlingon: Many examples. As well as the obvious Klingon curses, we have the untranslated obscenity ''Frinx'' (an all-purpose Ferengi sexual euphemism), and the Bajoran curses ''Pavrak'' and ''Kosst'' (a rather clever one, as the "Kosst Amojan" was established earlier in canon as the Bajoran version of Satan). Then there's Nog referring to another character as a "cold-hearted Moogi-Jokk"; see GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

* EvilisPetty: Vedik Yevir Linjarin has a big one on Avatar when he is shown that Kira was right to share a text of prophercies he still has her thrown out of the Bajoran faith.

* AGodAmI: Surprisingly avoided, despite the series continuing the Dominion arc from the TV show. While the Founders of the Dominion usually encourage their subjects and servants to view them as gods, the relaunch reveals that they do not in fact see themselves in such terms. Indeed, they have their own god in the form of the Progenitor, and are humbly worshipful in their own unique way. The Founder leader bluntly admits to Jem'Hadar character Taran'atar that she and the other Founders are not divine, because the only true god is the Progenitor. Taran'atar is horrified to hear a Founder dismiss her own divinity.

!!This series contains examples of:

* {{Retcon}}: The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' finale insisted that the Weyoun clone killed on Cardassia was in fact the character's last, and thus he couldn't return. Despite this being stated quite clearly - the intent was obviously to establish that this time, he was ''staying'' dead - he eventually shows up in the relaunch, freshly cloned again. His ninth, to be exact. It therefore "turns out" that Weyoun's genetic profile was on file in the Gamma Quadrant. To be fair, that would seem to make perfect sense (Weyoun already existed before the invasion of the Alpha Quadrant, and it would've been rather silly to delete the genetic database in the Gamma Quadrant just because a new Alpha Quadrant cloning facility was built), so his return isn't at all implausible. Still, it clearly defies the intent of the series finale, and the statements made by the Founder leader. When confronted with the little matter of "they said it was your last clone that died on Cardassia!", Weyoun Nine cheerfully dismisses the whole issue. ''Of course'' he's back.
** Similarly, ''The Never-Ending Sacrifice'' essentially retcons Rugal's homelife on Bajor into being far less emotionally damaging than it was, completely ignoring and refusing to bring up the highly unfortunate implications of the whole "He's not even Cardassian to us" view he was being raised with. The author [[AuthorOnBoard takes the opportunity to make it clear they disagreed with the decision in the original episode]], to the extent of having O'Brien turn up at one point to beg Rugal's forgiveness for allowing him to be sent back to Cardassia.
* TheReveal: There have been a couple of instances in which the relaunch novels have taken advantage of the medium - the fact that they're print and not film - to do things the TV series couldn't have done. Among these are a couple of prominent reveals. In ''Abyss,'' [[spoiler: Locken brings a Jem'Hadar guard with him to confront Bashir; later, when he orders the Jem'Hadar to kill Bashir, it turns out the Jem'Hadar in question is Taran'atar, who naturally has no intention of carrying out that order]]. And in ''Demons of Air and Darkness,'' Quark brings a Dabo girl with him to a negotiation, but it turns out [[spoiler: that it's Ro, and she's ''really'' there to be his backup if people start shooting.]]

** TheReveal is also played with in ''Warpath''; it briefly looks as if the mysterious villain behind the plots of several preceding books is simply Mirror Universe Intendant Kira - quite disappointing. It's a red herring. The real villain is someone far more intriguing.

One of the most popular novel series in the so-called Franchise/StarTrekNovelVerse. The ''Deep Space Nine Relaunch'' (not an official title, but it's known near-universally as such) continues the story arcs of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' beyond the show's conclusion. With a tight continuity and a host of new, complex characters to join the familiar faces, it's one of the largest series running within the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' literary lineup. It should be noted that, as with all ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novels, they aren't considered canon by [[Creator/{{CBS}} the powers that be]].

The narrative then time-skipped ahead several years to the aftermath of the ''[[Literature/StarTrekDestiny]]'' trilogy. Rather than continuing as a separate series of books, the story of Deep Space Nine and its characters became integrated into different crossover series.

* ''The Missing''

The story arcs from the series proper continue in several novels from ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact'':

* ''Star Trek: Typhon Pact -- Zero Sum Game''

* ''[[Literature/StarTrekTheFall Revelation and Dust]]'' (Part of ''Star Trek: The Fall'')

* In ''The Never-Ending Sacrifice'', after taking control of the Cardassian Government, Gul Dukat has Rugal Pa'Dar conscripted into the military to fight in the Dominion War just to spite his father (and old political rival) Kotan.

* ProperlyParanoid: Quark is ''terrified'' of Garak, especially when Malic blackmails Quark by threatening to expose an illegal, real-estate-for-food scheme that Quark's been running on Cardassia. Ro acknowledges that Quark's paranoia is justified, saying that she knows Garak's reputation and that "I honestly don't think we'd ever find your body".

** At one point, characters discuss the authorship of ''Vulcan Love Slave'', and note that Krem is believed by many to be the original author. Krem is one of the Ferengi pirates who encountered the Vulcan T'Pol in Series/StarTrekEnterprise, beliving her to be a slave.

* Evil is Petty: Vedic Yevir Linjarin has a big one on Avatar when he is shown that Kira was right to share a text of prophercies he still has her thrown out of the Bajoran faith.

* InfantImmortality: Averted on several occasions, including most notably in ''Abyss'', where Ro and Taran'atar find a clearing in the forest that Ethan Locken has been using to torture and murder Ingavi children.

* {{Jerk With A Heart Of Gold}}: Theno, who is also a DeadpanSnarker.
* {{Jerk Ass}}: Yevir can definitely be this at times.

* BadassGrandpa: Elias Vaughn, and '''how.'''
** Taran'atar, by the standards of the Jem'Hadar. Most of his people die in battle before age 15; he's a 22-year old "honoured elder".

* KaleidoscopeEyes: The Kressari are given these. On screen, the Kressari makeup gave them very stiff, inflexible faces. The relaunch books give them colour-changing eyes as the primary means of expressing themselves. The colour shifts according to mood.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In ''Fearful Symmetry'', Corbin Entek's speech to Iliana Ghemor during the early part of her Obsidian Order training could have come out of Yoda's mouth in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Pretty chilling coming from a ''bad guy.''

* EvilVersusEvil: In ''Lesser Evil'', the ''Defiant'' crew discovers the aftermath of a battle between the Dominion and the Borg in the the Gamma Quadrant.

* ''Control'' (Upcoming, a crossover with Section 31)

* TheHunter: Gard, whose role in Trill society consists of hunting down Joined Trill who have suffered a corruptive joining, and thus become dangerously unhinged.

* ''Force And Motion'' (upcoming)

* {{Excalibur}}: The Sword of Kahless is the Klingon equivalent. This is played up as part of the whole "Martok is KingArthur" theme in ''The Left Hand of Destiny''.

* FictionalHoliday: The Spring Water Festival on Andor, a religious holiday celebrating the Water Guardian, which is associated with one of the four Andorian sexes. Shar and Prynn’s visit to Andor in ''Worlds of Deep Space Nine: Volume One'' coincides with the festival.

-->“I don’t fault you for not seeing the big picture, Captain. After what was done to me, it took me a while to understand what I needed to do so that I could be whole again. But when I meet the Prophets, they’ll see inside me, just as they did with your Emissary. They’ll understand what I need to get my life back. And I’ll use the Soul Key to find every other [[spoiler: Kira]] that has laid claim to a piece of my soul”.

* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Trier, though she’s a bit of a subversion in that she’s not just a pretty face - she’s a ruthless businesswoman too, and possibly the first female employee Quark truly respects.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Brunt accuses Quark of being a hypocrite; after his big speech in the penultimate episode about how the old Ferenginar will live on in his bar, he’s quickly integrated into the new Ferengi system, however reluctantly. He works for the government (thanks to Rom bailing him out with an ambassadorship), which means he pays taxes. And he has a female deputy manager. Quark himself admits that his vision of holding out was a little foolish.

* KingArthur: ''The Left Hand of Destiny'' turned the ongoing Klingon saga into this, in part. Martok is Arthur. Worf is Lancelot, Emperor Kahless is Merlin, Alexander is Percival, Ezri Dax is the Lady in the Lake, Morjod is (obviously, {{Meaningful Name}}) Mordred, Gothmara is Morgan Le Fay. Martok's father, Urthog, is another obvious Arthurian homage. And the Sword of Kahless is of course Excalibur.

* ManchurianAgent: Later in the series, [[spoiler: Taran’atar is this for Iliana Ghemor]].

* MeaningfulName: Morjod; think Mordred from KingArthur. To a lesser extent, possibly Pifko Gaber (as in "gabber"; he never stops talking). And in ''Worlds of Deep Space Nine: Andor'', Prynn and Thirishar discuss the significance of their respective names, and their parents' inspiration.

* PlanetLooters: The L’Dira, in “The Lives of Dax”, who raid pre-Federation Trill to acquire a resource on which they’ve become [[TerminallyDependentSociety dependent]].

* ScienceIsBad: The Andorian population are up in arms over the nature of the research rumoured to be undertaken by the Science Academy; the re-engineering of the Andorian genome. In an attempt to solve the Andorian fertility problems and genetic crisis, the possibility of re-engineering four-gendered Andorians as two-gendered beings is being discussed. Such a project would tear the traditional Andorian culture to tatters, and the idea is condemned by many.

--> '''Gaila''': It’s why he’s destroying your legacy at the same time as he’s ruining your retirement”.
--> '''Zek''': “How dare he! Nobody ruins my retirement and gets away with it!”.

* SplitPersonality: Iliana Ghemor, who was implanted with the memories and personality of Kira Nerys as part of an undercover operation. Now, she has both her original memories and Kira's, and considers herself the rightful inheritor to the real Kira's life. Because Kira set the bomb which killed Iliana's bethrothed during the Occupation of Bajor, she also has a split perspective on his death - as both the guilty party and a victim.

* TerminallyDependentSociety: The L’Dira in ''The Lives of Dax'', whose technology requires a resource their own world has run out of; now, they're wretched PlanetLooters.

* ZergRush: The Rintanna, after they’ve deceived their enemies with their camouflage talents.