The Abandoned story
Quark purchases a salvaged ship from the Gamma Quadrant and discovers an infant on board. Directed by: Avery Brooks. Story by: D. Thomas Maio and Steve Warnek.
25 total · 4 choice · 8 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| belonging | choice | Jem'Hadar orphan torn over where to call his home |
| coping with living in a foreign culture | choice | Jem'Hadar orphan living aboard space station away from his people |
| figuring out what to do with one's life | choice | Odo tried to show Jem'Hadar orphan he didn't need to be a warrior, but the orphan wanted to be one anyway |
| genetically engineered soldier | choice | The Founders were suspected of having genetically engineered the Jem'Hadar to be loyal soldiers of The Dominion |
| accelerated growth rate therapy | major | Jem'Hadar orphan grew up a baby to adult at lightning speed |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Jake and the Dabo girl Mardah |
| drugs for military use | major | The Changlings used drugs to control an army of Jem'Hadar supersoldiers. |
| father and son | major | Benjamin pined for the days when Jake was a baby boy and invited Jake's girlfriend to dinner |
| pleasure in violence | major | The Jem'Hadar orphan's were particularly bloodthirsty because they had literally had this attribute encoded into their genes. |
| public safety vs. human rights | major | The Jem'Hadar orphan's presence on the space station posed a threat to the people living there. |