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• Taran'atar ends up with a lot of these. A good one is his chapter-long fight with a Hirogen Alpha in Demons of Air and Darkness. The Hirogen is suitably impressed (briefly...) when his supposed victory is turned to defeat by a heavily wounded Taran'atar. Even the aftermath in the next novel adds to the awesome, when Taran'atar demands to be "liberated" from the infirmary as if he somehow wasn't half-dead.
  • The Reveal in Abyss is another CMOA from the character: "my name is Taran'atar".
  • In Unity, one of the parasites is uncovered in Quark's bar. It manages to jump up and try to get Taran'atar. Just as the reader is starting to fear what one of those parasites could do in the body of Jem'Hadar, Taran'atar BITES THE PARASITE IN HALF.
• Vedek Yevir, of all people, probably has a CMOA for his actions in ''Worlds of Deep Space 9: Cardassia". He helps talk down a 14-year old would-be suicide bomber with his appeal to faith, while he himself is one of the child's hostages. Maybe he is worthy of being Kai after all...
• Kira's method of destroying the parasite spawnmother in Unity. She exposes it to all nine of the Orbs of the Prophets, dragging the creature into the realm of the Celestial Temple. Ben Sisko, still a Prophet, then sends it into a timeless void, telling it that by trying to conquer Bajor "you picked the wrong planet."
  • ...and then the displaced Jem'Hadar from "Sacrifice of Angels" are set loose on it.
• Corbin Entek's response to Iliana Ghemor in ''Fearful Symmetry", when she angrily tells him he knows nothing about her. His reply is a Long List of observations and details that entirely and casually deconstruct Iliana's entire character.
• Rugal Pa'Dar's stubborn refusal to die or give in to despair during the sometimes-terrifying events of The Never-Ending Sacrifice deserve a general mention here. As for more specific examples:
  • Escaping Ogyas III.
  • Taking care of Hulya on Ithic and becoming her de facto (and later, de jure) father.
  • Successfully petitioning to become a Federation citizen.
• Ezri demanding that Sirella show her the respect that she is due as a member of the House of Martok.
• Ro Laren has been butting heads with Admiral Akaar since he arrived - apparently, he was NOT a fan of hers back in her Starfleet days, an attitude only amplified when she joined the Maquis. After the assassination of First Minister Shakaar by Hizaki Gard, while the indications are that he's fleeing back home to Trill, she has a gut instinct that Gard is still on the station. How she handles this is to effectively take over Ops, and reveal that not only is Gard still on the station, but in Ops - and, particularly concerning to the Starfleet admiral, using a piece of Starfleet technology to remain hidden.
  • Tiring of Akaar's hostility towards her and other DS9 staff in the middle of the parasite crisis, Ro tells Akaar off. The crisis ends a few moments later when the parasites give up control of their hosts and die all at about the same time, and Akaar begins to reconsider his attitude towards Ro.
• The Ferengi Pharh has one in the "The Left Hand of Destiny, Book Two." When Pharh is dying Martok tells him not to show fear as Klingons don't fear gods. With his last breath Parah responds "they fear us."