The Maquis, Part I story
Federation colonists reject a treaty with Cardassia and take matters into their own hands, forming a terrorist group called 'The Maquis'. Directed by: David Livingston. Story by: Rick Berman and Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and James Crocker.
10 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| international politics | choice | Federation/Cardassian treaty hung in the balance of how Benjamin handled the Maquis terrorist attack on Cardassian vessel |
| arms trade | major | Benjamin raised possibility that Cardassian vessel may have been carrying weapons colonists; to Sakonna attempted to arrange a long term arms deal with Quark to supply the Maquis |
| duty vs. friendship | major | Benjamin refused to support his old friend Calvin Hudson in joining the Maquis cause |
| friendship | major | Benjamin and Calvin Hudson reminisced about the good old days on New Berlin |
| loyalty to a friend | major | Benjamin refused to support his old friend Calvin Hudson in joining the Maquis cause |
| terrorist or freedom fighter | major | The Maquis were terrorists in the eyes of the Cardassians and liberators in the eyes of the Federation colonists. |
| transnational conflict over a claimed territory | major | Federation colonists in territory seeded to Cardassian Union wanted to belong to the Federation and vice versa |
| betrayal | minor | Calvin Hudson betrayed his old friend Benjamin at the end of the episode by defecting to the Maquis |
| lookism in society | minor | Kira chided Jadzia for dating an alien whose brain was visible |
| unrequited love | minor | Quark at Sakonna |