History Literature / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch

** 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 Dukat's old political rival) Kotan.

* ''Demons of Air and Darkness'' (also part of the Star Trek: Gateways crossover series)

** 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.

* CloningBlues: One of Ethan Locken's plans for the bright new Khan-inspired future involves clones of genetically augmented humans. He uses technology left behind by the Dominion, previously used to clone Vorta.

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* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Morjod...slightly too late to be of any real use. He transforms into a Hur'q at the end of his final battle with Martok, in book two of ''The Left Hand of Destiny''. The transformation is not only less than helpful by this point, it's also against his will, the result of Gothmara's experimentation. Martok's execution of Morjod is more a mercy kill]]. In all, it's a very disturbing example, and the forced transformation represents Gothmara's crossing the MoralEventHorizon.

* 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.

** 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.

* MythologyGag: In ''Fearful Symmetry'', it's revealed that the Obsidian Order maintains a database of alien individuals who resemble living Cardassians. This is so they can replace those people with Order agents if they feel the need. At one point, it's mentioned that Gul Danar has ''many'' different matches in the database. Aliens with his appearance have been found across a wide range of species, including human, Klingon and Romulan. This is a reference to Damar's actor, Vaughn Armstrong, who has played no less than twelve supporting characters of nine different species in ''Franchise/StarTrek''.

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

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The series features every major and recurring character from the television show who wasn't killed off in the finale (and even a couple that were; Weyoun rarely stays dead for long). There are also a number of new characters created for the series. The cast is therefore considerable in size. This is particularly apparent in ''Unity'', where a concluding chapter essentially consists of a long list of notable characters in attendance at a major ceremony.

* AndYouWereThere: During Kira Nerys' vision quest in ''Warpath'', her imaginary troops implicitly correspond to the people she interacts with in the real world. The names are the most prominant clue, being anagrams of the usual characters' names. The same goes for Vaughn's vision in ''Unity'', which actually shares a setting with Sisko's "Benny Russell" visions.

* CreationMyth: An Andorian creation myth referencing the sundering of their race into four genders is essential to the in-depth exploration of their culture. According to the myth, their race was split into four sexes to demonstate their lack of self-knowledge; they were missing a vital aspect of self-awareness that prevented them being Whole. To unite the four genders is to take a step towards reclaiming spiritual perfection - though the "missing piece" is also needed if Andorians are to truly grow as a people.

* MoodRingEyes: 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.
* Myth/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.

* SpinoffSendoff: In a delierate bookened to the Pilot "Emissary", Jean-Luc Picard and the ''Enterpris''-E play a suppoting role in the innagural ''Avatar'' duology.

With the premiere of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' in 2020 and the subsequent end of the Novel Verse, the Relaunch crossovers over with, and concludes in, the ''Literature/StarTrekCoda'' Trilogy.

With the premiere of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' in 2020 and the subsequent end of the Novel Verse, the Relaunch crossoes over, and concludes with, the ''Literature/StarTrekCoda'' Trilogy.

With the premiere of Series/StarTrekPicard in 2020 and the subsequent end of the Novel Verse, the Relaunch crossoes over, and concludes with, the ''Literature/StarTrekCoda'' Trilogy.