The Jem'Hadar story
Sisko, Jake, Nog, and Quark go camping on a Gamma Quadrant world, but are captured by mysterious soldiers called the Jem'Hadar and meet a force, the Dominion, to rival the Federation. Directed by: Kim Friedman. Story by: Ira Steven Behr.
11 total · 6 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| facing an overpowering adversary | major | Federation faces The Dominion |
| father and son | major | Benjamin takes Jake on a camping trip in the Gamma Quadrant |
| foreign point of view | major | Quark insisted on Benjamin reappraising his negative opinions of Ferengi on account of humans having had WMDs and concentration camps in the past. |
| greed for riches | major | Quark was pestering Benjamin about letting him use space station monitors to advertise merchandise to triple his profits. |
| human vs. captivity | major | Benjamin and Quark held captive by Jem'Hadar |
| male bonding | major | Benjamin and Quark on camping trip |
| civilization vs. savagery | minor | Quark accused humans of double standards in this respect |
| human vs. environment | minor | Quark had a difficult time with the bugs on the camping trip. [forest] |
| kids' science project | minor | Jake was working on a science project |
| pleasure in nature | minor | Benjamin's love of nature on camping trip contrasted with Quark's hate thereof. |