No more side quests! We're entering the Omega Relay. Some announcements!

Badda-Bing Badda-Bang:

It's a holosuite episode. The club is invaded by gangsters? Sisko doesn't like Vic? Oooh a casino heist. The Vegas that should have been, perhaps. The challenges of historical fiction. This may count as an O'Brien Suffers episode by default. Go Birds. Putting Starfleet officers in a heist may almost be a cheat code. What is a self-aware program in Star Trek?

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges:

Bashir gets to be real spy now. Section 31, Jude's favorite. We slip sideways into Voyager a bit. Doctor-Spy Bashir. Romulan interrogation techniques. Double agents! Jude doesn't like Starfleet mixed with cynical spycraft. The Dominion War vs other challenges so far. The effects of GWOT on Trek.

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Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault.

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

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Field of Fire:

Bashir seals a pilot's fate. A... gun? Only Odo would know how to investigate a firearm death. Jude tries to derail the episode. Teleporting bullets. Ezri has a lifetime ban on Steam. Worf is surprisingly cool. Why Hannibal works and Joran doesn't. This episode just doesn't work. Should you really be able to 3D print a perv gun that can shoot through walls? "emotions" feels like a really boring motivation, and the resolution feels really awkward. Starfleet Flock Cameras.

Chimera:

The O Boys on a runabout. A new changeling. A new way to have a Link? Also a new slur. Odo has always been a fair and honest man??? A surprisingly X-Men episode.

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Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music attribution:

Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault.

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

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This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @aaron.compleatdiscography.page

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We avoid talking about DS9 for even longer this time. Skip to 16:21 if you don't really care about our hosts' hyperfixations. Zathras was too tired to cut it down.

Prodigal Daughter: Miles O'Brien, Private Eye. Ezri hasn't been home in a while. Manipulative parents. "He's got a Shaggy vibe." Awkward family dinners. This episode's mob stuff is disappointing.

Emperor's New Cloak: Directed by LeVar Burton! Time for some Ferengi bullshit. How does the Great Exchequer work? We invent a religious schism. There's a mirror Ezri already? Excellent miming. Vic Fontaine is not a hologram? Fanfic resolved. Rom continues to be the GOAT.

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Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music attribution:

Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault.

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @aaron.compleatdiscography.page

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S07E09: Covenant

S07E10: It's Only a Paper Moon

Justen talks about Hadestown for a surprising amount of time.

Covenant:

Odo is very co-dependent. It's always a weird time at Empok Nor. It's easy to recognize Pah Wraith cultists. Of course it's goddamn Dukat. Dukat is a freshman in philosophy 101. A commune, huh? Two types of cults. Kira hits Dukat between the eyes. Dukat might... actually believe his own spoonshit? This show earned the weird. Justen loses it.

It's Only a Paper Moon:

Nog is returning home finally! Nog has MASSIVE ptsd. Nog moves in with Vic. The nightclub owner is a surprisingly good therapist. And also seems to have more control over his own program than most holos.

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Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music attribution:

Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault.

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

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We take an Odyssey getting to the first episode, sorry. Zathras is a zathras of constant sorrow.

Once More into the Breach:

Holosuite Alamo... (listen to Lions Led by Donkeys to get the real story). Aging Klingons. DS9 takes the time to dig deep on some species. Worf understands the words but not the meaning.

The Siege of AR558

Sisko, Ezri, Bashir, Nog, and Quark. Bill Mumie! Humans, the most dangerous species. Quark's tender side. The butcher's bill.

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Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music attribution:

Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault.

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @aaron.compleatdiscography.page

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Chrysalis

Bashir's genebros are back! Bashir strays super close to a Stephen Franklin Memorial Medical Award. Jack is That Fucking Guy.

Treachery, Faith, and the Great River

This episode definitely shows just how many writers were involved in it. Weyoun wants to defect? Counting the Weyouns taking two hands now. Jude takes 10 minutes to talk through the A-Plot only to drop some Ferengi Nonsense on us. Nog brings Ferengi talents to his Starfleet work. Nog has faith in Adam Smith.

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Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music attribution:

Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault.

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @aaron.compleatdiscography.page

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Afterimage: We have to get through this to get to the fun sports one, but it's a good Ezri episode. Jude gets sniped by the word Destiny, for some odd reason. Garak has just a tad of PTSD going on. Bashir and Quark call dibs (gross). Ezri gets a promotion, and then also is put in charge of the crew's mental health, so... yay?

Take Me Out to the Holosuite: Vulcans do shore leave by being racist at humans. Worf is especially unhinged. Chief O'Brien's rotator cuff. Team unity. Goo umpire. Ben's got a chip on his shoulder. Sorry, Justen, I'm not finding the Federation anthem. There's a Ferengi who is good at baseball, and it's not who you expect.

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Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music attribution:

Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault.

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @aaron.compleatdiscography.page

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Season seven! Jude does some predictions. Justen coins a new word.

Image in the Sand: Three plotlines organized by direness. Kira has been promoted to Colonel!Discussion of ranks. A Pah Wraith cult. It's the 90s, armbands = evil. A Romulan? on OUR station? Damarr is now just drinking in the Fuhrer-bunker. Get used to the evil Dominion command center. Romulans have chronic backstabber syndrome. The return of the warcrimes airhorn. Worf isn't doing so well. He believes that Jadzia did not enter Sto Vo Kor, and because the Defiant is on escort duty he doesn't have the chance to win a great battle. Oh look, a (suicidal) solution! Sisko is stewing. Oh look, a prophecy! Ben's mom... was not his mom? A new ORB. Jake annihilates a pah wraith cultist with a bag of clams. ...Dax?

Shadows and Symbols: Turns out that Ezri was the only Trill on the ship when worm Dax needed emergency joining. We have to reiterate: cutting your palm is really stupid. Kira's standoff with the Romulans. The quest for the orb mommy. A questionable plan. Damarr, do not bring a sex worker to the Fuhrer bunker. The evilest wine mom. Noodle incident. Desert hunt. The return of Benny Russell. A new vision from the Prophets. Kira solves the Cuban Missile Crisis by saying "I have God on my side."

Way too many rejected titles this week.

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Ana can be found at @ana.babylonpod.page, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music attribution:

Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault.

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @aaron.compleatdiscography.page

Find out more at http://babylonpod.page