History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E07StarshipDown

** Worf experiences some growing pains in his new role as a command division officer, coming off as kind of a hardass, but with O'Brien's help, he learns some new management skills.
** Kira is forced to confront the fact that she has trouble relating to Sisko on a personal level because of his role as the Emissary, but having to look after him helps the two bond as friends, not just co-workers.

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Muñiz tells Worf that the deflector dish gun will only give one shot. Fortunately, the new-and-improved Worf only needs one shot.

* NoOSHACompliance: [[RealityEnsues Reality finally ensues]] with one of ''Star Trek's'' grievously unsafe bridge designs. Sisko gives himself a potentially-fatal concussion falling onto one of the free-standing consoles that flank the captain's chair.

* ScottyTime: In order to convert the deflector array into a phaser emitter, Muñiz says they can do it in twenty minutes, with Stevens saying it can be done in ten if they bypass the safeties. At the end of the episode, Stevens says they can have the ''Defiant'' repaired in sixteen hours, to which O'Brien says they can get it done in twelve.

* UnwantedFalseFaith: Sisko has never been confortable as the Emissary, but this episode takes a closer look at Kira's perspective. She knows he's [[NoHeroToHisValet just a man]], but still finds it hard to be at ease around him. The time they spend together because of his injuries helps to break down those barriers a bit.

* SubStory: '''IN SPACE!'''

* LockedInARoom: Bashir and Dax spend most of the episode trapped in a turbolift after the deck is flooded with gas.

* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: According to Hanok, the Karemma subscribe to a common ''mistaken'' belief about market economics: that businesses generally have a profit target they want to hit, and derive their prices by adding this predetermined profit margin to production and shipping expenses. While ''contracting'' does sometimes work this way, in the normal market economy businesses actually usually subscribe to Quark's view: charge whatever you can get the customer to pay. In some cases, businesses will actually price products at a loss with the expectation of making up the difference elsewhere: new car dealerships typically get bonuses from the manufacturer for getting a certain number of vehicles per month out the door, and Microsoft and Sony price their game consoles below cost while expecting to make their profits on game sales.\\

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: How the Ferengi and the Karemma view each other. (At least until the ending implies that they're NotSoDifferent.)

* CallBack: O'Brien cuts tension in the engine room by telling of the action from the [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E20ImprobableCause "Improbable Cause"]]/[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E21TheDieIsCast "The Die Is Cast"]] two parter. He apparently tells it a lot.

Hanok leaves things to the professionals and has a chat with his erstwhile business partner. Failing a transparent attempt to pin the blame on his brother, Quark is told in no uncertain terms that he is a liar and a cheat who will never be allowed to do business in the Gamma Quadrant again.

Kira stays behind to care for Sisko, but without Bashir, all she can do is talk to him to keep him from falling comatose. She realizes after a time that all she can talk about are boring shift schedules, since they have no relationship outside of work. She admits that his religious significance makes him hard to be comfortable around, though she is clearly pleased when Sisko then asks her to tell him a story.

Back on the station, Odo finds Hanok happily spinning the dabo wheel with Quark, enjoying his newfound appreciation for gambling (but without the explosive ordnance). With the work day coming to a close, Sisko decides to invite Kira to a baseball game on the holosuite, which she happily accepts.

[[caption-width-right:350:"You just have to reach in and pick one."]]

* FriendshipMoment: The end result of Kira and Sisko's plot is this. While trying to keep Sisko awake, Kira confesses how intimidating it is to work with the Emissary, and admits that this is why she and Sisko have never grown very close over the years. In the final scene, Sisko has a brief meeting with Kira, and just before she leaves, [[Heartwarming/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine he invites her to a baseball game on the holodeck, even giving her a cap!]] [[WhenSheSmiles The smile she gives him in return...]]

* ScottyTime: In order to convert the deflector array into a phaser emitter, Muniz says they can do it in twenty minutes, with Stevens saying it can be done in ten if they bypass the safeties. At the end of the episode, Stevens says they can have the ''Defiant'' repaired in sixteen hours, to which O'Brien says they can get it done in twelve.

* NothingPersonal: Hanok says this to Quark while disregarding his dabo advice. It turns out to be a good call.

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Muniz tells Worf that the deflector dish gun will only give one shot. Fortunately, the new-and-improved Worf only needs one shot.

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: O'Brien tells Worf that the deflector dish gun will only give one shot. Fortunately, the new-and-improved Worf only needs one shot.

* WithDueRespect: O'Brien says this to Worf when advising him to cut the engineers a little slack.

* FriendshipMoment: The end result of Kira and Sisko's plot is this. While trying to keep Sisko awake, Kira confesses how intimidating it is to work with the emissary, and admits that this is why she and Sisko have never grown very close over the years. In the final scene, Sisko has a brief meeting with Kira, and just before she leaves, [[Heartwarming/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine he invites her to a baseball game on the holodeck, even giving her a cap!]]

The ''Defiant'' crew find themselves in a deep space game of cat and mouse when two Jem'Hadar ships force them to hide among the dangerous and turbulent winds of a gas giant.

--->'''O'Brien:''' You have to give them a lot of slack, but you can't take your hands off the reins.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: How the Ferengi and the Karemma view each other. [[spoiler:At least until the ending implies that they're NotSoDifferent.]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: How the Ferengi and the Karemma view each other.