History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E25TheSoundOfHerVoice

* HoldingTheFloor: Capt. Cusack ends up doing a non-political version of this, first over her open distress call, and then with multiple main characters one at a time once O'Brien establishes contact from the ''Defiant''. It's justified, as the [=DS9=] crew are trying to keep her morale up until they can rescue her, but she can also come across as a MotorMouth -- and occasionally emotionally manipulative for the sake of attention, as she gets at one point when Bashir becomes bored and uninterested and focuses on his medical work instead.

* HopeSpot: The ship arrives with 45 minutes to spare, seemingly able to beat the RaceAgainstTheClock.
* IOweYouMyLife: Odo tells Kira that he does owe Quark one... but ''just'' this one.

* OpenSecret: Kasidy Yates knows full well that the USS ''Defiant'' is a warship, despite being a civilian and the Federation using euphemisms to describe its warships (i.e. Defiant Class Starships' type is officially designated "Escort vessel" and [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E13MessageInABottle the USS Prometheus computer described the vessel's design intended for "Deep space tactical assignments" to The Doctor]]) to avoid military parlance with what Starfleet's primary mission is supposed to be as an exploration agency of the Federation.

While all of this going on, Quark has noticed that the love-smitten Odo loses interest in hassling him whenever Kira is around. Quark convinces the constable to take Kira on a date for their one-month anniversary and sell some Denevan crystals to a criminal while Odo is distracted. Jake talks Quark into letting him observe the plot as inspiration for a novel. However, the constable throws a monkey wrench in things by changing the date to Sunday. Quark can't contact his buyer to stop him from arriving on Saturday, so his illegal deal will no doubt get discovered. Odo overhears Quark lamenting to Jake that helping the changeling find love has spelled his ruin. Odo mercifully changes his date back to Saturday to allow Quark to make his deal.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The episode ends with O'Brien telling the main cast that any one of them could die without warning. This is foreshadowing for the events of the next episode.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Quark rants to Jake about how Odo is an UngratefulBastard who is determined to arrest him despite all he has done for Odo over the years. Odo, who had been listening on the conversation, seems to agree with him and lets him get away with his scheme for the day.

* OpenSecret: Kasidy Yates knows full well that the USS ''Defiant'' is a warship, despite being a civilian and the Federation using euphemisms to describe its warships (i.e. Defiant Class Starships' type is officially designated "Escort vessel" and [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E13MessageInABottle the USS Prometheus computer described the vessel's design intended for "Deep space tactical assignments" to The Doctor]]) to avoid military parlance with what Starfleet's primary mission is supposed to be an exploration agency of the Federation.

* OpenSecret: Kasidy Yates knowing full well that the USS ''Defiant'' is a warship, despite being a civilian and the Federation using euphemisms to describe its warships (i.e. Defiant Class Starships' type is officially designated "Escort vessel" and [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E13MessageInABottle the USS Prometheus computer described the vessel's design intended for "Deep space tactical assignments" to The Doctor]]) to avoid military parlance with what Starfleet's primary mission is supposed to be an exploration agency of the Federation.

At the end of a lengthy mission, the mood is irritable on the ''Defiant'', particularly between Sisko and Yates. They pick up a distress call from a female Starfleet captain who is marooned on a barely habitable planet and begging for a hero to rescue her. Sisko announces that they will be her hero and orders O'Brien to establish communication with her. As O'Brien works, he listens to the woman's ongoing narration of her predicament and seems to connect with her. When Kasidy arrives to get O'Brien's advice on why Sisko seems to have a problem with her on the ship, their conversation gets overheard by the marooned captain. Two-way communication has been achieved.

The captain is Lisa Cusack, who's been out of the Alpha Quadrant for eight years and is now running out of tri-ox treatments for the poisonously high CO2 levels on the planet. Bashir tells her to cut her usage in half so they'll last long enough for the ship to reach her. Until then, she's got nothing to do, so she asks that the crew keep talking to her to keep her morale up. Sisko decides that the crew will take shifts and volunteers for the first shift. After learning about the Dominion war, Lisa starts delving into Sisko's romantic problems.

Others on the ship take their shifts. O'Brien discusses his war experiences and how this war feels different. Bashir initially doesn't pay Lisa much attention, but she calls him on his lack of interest by playing a prank on him, and they soon warm to each other. Everyone seems to enjoy learning about her and having her as a confidant. But her tri-ox treatments have run out faster than expected. Even after taking the risky action of routing phaser energy to the engines, Lisa has already lost consciousness by the time the ship arrives at the planet and has only 45 minutes to rescue Lisa before she asphyxiates.

While all of this going on, Quark has noticed that the love-smitten Odo loses interest in hassling him whenever he's thinking about Kira. He convinces the constable to take Kira on a date for their one-month anniversary and sell some Denevan crystals while the constable is distracted. Jake convinces Quark to let him observe the plot so he can get inspiration for a novel. However, the constable throws a monkey wrench in things by changing the date to Sunday. Quark can't contact the Nausican buyer to come on a different day, so his plan will no doubt get discovered. Odo overhears Quark lamenting to Jake that helping the changeling find love has spelled his doom. Odo changes his date back to Saturday to allow Quark to make his deal.

When the ''Defiant'' arrives at Lisa's planet, they find it surrounded by a strange radiation field, forcing Sisko and a rescue party to fly down to surface. There, they discover the badly decays body of Lisa Cusack, who has been dead for about three years. The planetary radiation had caused their communications to time-shift by three years. They take her body back to the station and hold a wake for her. Sisko schedules a dinner with Kasidy to explain his behavior. Bashir gives a speech, saying that Lisa died surrounded by friends even though she never met them in person. O'Brien resolves to appreciate his own friends because someday he could lose them without warning. They then all raise a glass "to Lisa, and the sweet sound of her voice."

* ContinuityNod: Quark and Odo recall how Quark urged Odo to express his feelings for Kira and how Odo's first date was a disaster, but their first kiss the next day was better. All of this happened in "[[StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E20HisWay His Way]]."