History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E02TheShip

Muniz's condition is worsening, and nothing O'Brien does helps. Worf presses the others to let Muniz know that he's dying so that he can prepare himself, but the others are offended and insist that he be given every chance to pull through. Kilana calls for a second meeting, this time agreeing to meet Sisko alone and unarmed. She admits that the ship holds something she needs, and Sisko offers to just hand it over, but the Vorta won't even tell him what it is. Dropping her friendly persona, Kilana beams away, and the Jem'Hadar begin shelling the ship..

Sisko is leading an away team to survey a planet in the Gamma Quandrant. O'Brien trades some friendly ribbing with his direct-report Crewman Muniz as they traverse the rocket terrain . The group stumbles upon the wreckage of a Jem'Hadar attack ship even though they're three weeks outside of Dominion space. Sisko sees an opportunity for new discoveries, so the group investigates. Inside, the whole crew has been killed and the ship is non-operational. They summon the ''Defiant'' from Deep Space Nine to come tractor the ship into space. But suddenly another Jem'Hadar ship arrives and blasts the team's runabout out of the sky, killing those still aboard.

* BittersweetEnding: Sisko succeeds in bringing the ship back, but both sides pay a hell of a price.

* ICantFeelMyLegs: Muñiz, as he gets worse.

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Jem'Hadar disruptors leave anticoagulants in their victims, leaving them with wounds that will not clot. Once Muñiz was shot, without access to proper medical equipment, he was doomed to bleed out.

During a planetary survey in the Gamma Quadrant, Sisko and the others find a crashed Jem'Hadar ship. Sisko decides they must return with this ship, which could provide vital information about Dominion technology. But a Jem'Hadar recovery team and their Vorta leader are unusually determined to prevent this, leading Sisko to wonder what further secrets the ship might hold.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: During their initial meeting, Kilana name-drops Weyoun, mentioning to Sisko that she's read the psych profile Weyoun did on him. Weyoun 4 died during season four's "To The Death", [[spoiler: but as the Vorta are all clones, Weyoun 5 will show up later in the season.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: During their initial meeting, Kilana name-drops Weyoun, mentioning to Sisko that she's read the psych profile Weyoun did on him. Weyoun 4 died during season four's "To The Death", but as the Vorta are all clones, Weyoun 5 will show up later in the season.

* DrivenToSuicide: All of Kilana's Jem'Hadar after the Founder dies.

** Also, throughout the episode, he calls O'Brien "''jefe''," which can mean "chief" or "boss."

* PoorCommunicationKills: The Founder aboard the ship could've been saved if Kilana had been upfront with Sisko immediately.

* OffModel: Kilana is much less pale than Eris or Weyoun, her eyes are blue rather than purple, and her hair is brown instead of black. Maybe she was designed to be more appealing to humans?

* RememberTheNewGuy: We are introduced to a new security detail fresh from the academy. Averted with Muñiz we meet a few episodes prior.

* DontCallMeSir: {{Inverted}}--Kilana tries to get on a FirstNameBasis with Sisko, but he shuts her down.
** PlayedStraight with O'Brien and Muñiz. It zig-zags a bit throughout the episode, as Muñiz also refers to him as "Jefe," which is much closer to the proper form of address: 'Senior Chief O'Brien.'

* DueToTheDead: With a dash of [[InTheOriginalKlingon in the original Klingon]] thrown in by Worf. At the end of the episode, O'Brien is watching over Muñiz's body. Worf enters and likens the practice to ''ak'voh'', an old Klingon custom of safeguarding the body of those entering Sto-vo-kor. He then sits beside O'Brien.
-->'''Worf:''' We will both keep the predators away.\\

* GratuitousSpanish: A more dramatic example than most--as Muñiz nears the end, he starts hallucinating that he's watching fireworks with his father and reverts to Spanish.

** PlayedStraight with O'Brien and Muñiz.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Sisko appears quite offended when Kilana says he would've killed the Founder or taken it hostage.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: During their initial meeting, Kilana name-drops Weyoun, mentioning to Sisko that she's read the psych profile Weyoun did on him. Weyoun 4 died during season four's To The Death, but as the Vorta are all clones, Weyoun 5 will show up near the end of the season.

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Jadzia tells a grieving Sisko that the loss of five {{Redshirt}}s is worth it if it saves more lives down the road. Sisko agrees, saying that he'd make the same trade-off again if he had too, but that doesn't make it any easier to live with.

* RememberTheNewGuy: We are introduced to a new security detail fresh from the academy. Averted with Munoz we meet a few episodes prior.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Sisko appears quite offended when Kilana says he would've killed the Founder or taken it hostage.
* WorthIt: Sisko and Dax agree that [[TheNeedsOfTheMany sacrificing five people for the ship is worth it if it saves more lives down the road]], but that doesn't make it any easier.

* WorthIt: Sisko and Dax agree that sacrificing five people for the ship is worth it if it saves more lives down the road, but that doesn't make it any easier.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Sisko appears quite offended when Kilana says he would've killed the Founder or taken it hostage.

* RememberTheNewGuy: We are introduced to a new security detail fresh from the academy. Averted with Munoz we we meet a few episodes prior.