The Jem'Hadar
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| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| "The Jem'Hadar" | |
 A Jem'Hadar soldier |
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| Episode no. | 46 |
|---|---|
| Prod. code | 446 |
| Airdate | June 12, 1994 |
| Writer(s) | Ira Steven Behr |
| Director | Kim Friedman |
| Guest star(s) | Aron Eisenberg as Nog Alan Oppenheimer as Keogh Molly Hagan as Eris Cress Williams as Talak'talan |
| Year | 2370 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Tribunal" |
| Next | "The Search" |
"The Jem'Hadar" is the final episode in the second season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It introduces the Jem'Hadar and the Vorta, two species of the Dominion.
Quick Overview: The crew of Deep Space 9 meets a force more powerful than the Federation.
[edit] Plot summary
Commander Sisko and his son Jake get ready for a camping trip to a planet in the Gamma Quadrant. Jake wants his best friend Nog to come along, and Sisko barely agrees when it means he'll have to deal with Nog's uncle Quark coming as well. Still, they made plans, so Sisko ferries the group to the planet and they set up camp.
They are startled when a woman comes running out of the forest, pursued by a troop of fierce soldiers. Jake and Nog get away but Sisko, Quark, and the woman are captured and held behind a force field in a cave. The woman, whose name is Eris, is wearing a mechanical collar that keeps her from disabling the force field with mental powers. She tells Sisko that the soldiers are Jem'Hadar, bred and put into service by the Dominion, who rule this section of the Gamma Quadrant.
The Jem'Hadar have notified the crew of Deep Space Nine that their commander has been taken prisoner. Major Kira leads O'Brien, Dax, Odo, and Dr. Bashir on a mission to rescue the prisoners, accompanied by Captain Keogh and the U.S.S. Odyssey, a Galaxy-class starship. The Dominion is a threat not to be taken lightly.
The DS9 crew rescues Jake and Nog. Meanwhile, Quark has managed to use his lock-picking skills to remove the collar from Eris. She then disables the force field and the three prisoners make a run for it. O'Brien beams them up and heads back to the station.
One of the Jem'Hadar ships turns toward the Odyssey. As the DS9 runabout escapes, the Jem'Hadar ship makes a kamikaze run and collides with the starship, destroying it. The DS9 crew returns to the station safe, but with the knowledge that they have a powerful new enemy.
[edit] External links
- The Jem'Hadar article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
- The Jem'Hadar article at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
