The Maquis, Part II story
Federation colonists reject a treaty with Cardassia and take matters into their own hands by planning to destroy a weapons depot at the Cardassian Bryma colony. Directed by: Corey Allen. Story by: Rick Berman and Michael Piller.
14 total · 3 choice · 7 major · 4 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 |
| terrorism | choice | The Maquis were terrorists in the eyes of the Cardassians and liberators in the eyes of the Federation colonists. |
| terrorist or freedom fighter | choice | The Maquis were terrorists in the eyes of the Cardassians and liberators in the eyes of the Federation colonists. |
| arms trade | major | Federation was accused of smuggling arms to colonists; Cardassians smuggled weapons into demilitarized zone |
| betrayal | major | Calvin Hudson betrayed his old friend Benjamin by defecting to the Maquis; Cardassians betrayed Dukat by leaving him to die in the hands of his Maquis captors |
| duty vs. friendship | major | Benjamin refused to support his old friend Calvin Hudson in joining the Maquis cause |
| friendship | major | Benjamin and Calvin Hudson effectively ended their friendship over Hudson joining the Maquis |
| loyalty to a friend | major | Benjamin refused to support his old friend Calvin Hudson in joining the Maquis cause |
| sacrifice for an adversary | major | Benjamin headed a mission to rescue Dukat from the Maquis when the Cardassians left him for dead |
| transnational conflict over a claimed territory | major | Federation colonists in territory seeded to Cardassian Union wanted to belong to the Federation and vice versa |