Visionary (DS9 episode)
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"Visionary" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
, the seventeenth episode of the third season. It maintains a fan rating of 4.5 out of 5 on the official Star Trek Website.
experiences several time shifts, each five hours into the future, witnessing a bar brawl, his own death twice, and the destruction of the station. He deliberately subjects himself to more radiation in order to time shift to the future to see exactly what causes the destruction. However, the radiation is too much, and O'Brien of the past dies, while the O'Brien of the future goes back in time to tell Commander Sisko
that there is a cloaked Romulan D'deridex-class warbird circling the station, plotting to destroy it.
At the end of the episode, O'Brien uses his little knowledge of the future to torment the profit-hungry Quark
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
, the seventeenth episode of the third season. It maintains a fan rating of 4.5 out of 5 on the official Star Trek Website.
Plot
Poisoned by radiation, Chief O'BrienMiles O'Brien (Star Trek)
Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
experiences several time shifts, each five hours into the future, witnessing a bar brawl, his own death twice, and the destruction of the station. He deliberately subjects himself to more radiation in order to time shift to the future to see exactly what causes the destruction. However, the radiation is too much, and O'Brien of the past dies, while the O'Brien of the future goes back in time to tell Commander Sisko
Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Early life and career:...
that there is a cloaked Romulan D'deridex-class warbird circling the station, plotting to destroy it.
At the end of the episode, O'Brien uses his little knowledge of the future to torment the profit-hungry Quark
Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by...
.
Arc significance
- O'Brien installs his dart board (cf. "Prophet Motive") in Quark's, where it would stay for the rest of the series.
- A Romulan delegation visits the station to collect intelligence on the Dominion (cf. "The Search").