The Ship story
While exploring in the Gamma Quadrant, Sisko, Dax, Worf, and O'Brien see a Jem'Hadar warship crash on a planet's surface. Directed by: Kim Friedman. Story by: Pam Wigginton & Rick Cason.
12 total · 3 choice · 5 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of a friend | choice | Central to the story was the space station crew, Benjamin and Miles especially, coming to terms with the death of young Crewman Muniz. |
| mistrust | choice | A Sisko-Vorta diplomatic impasse happened because of lack of trust and therefore people died. |
| mutual trust | choice | Sisko-Vorta diplomatic impasse happened because of lack of trust and therefore people died |
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | major | Miles tended and befriended the mortally wounded Muniz. |
| cracking under pressure | major | everyone was cracking a bit under pressure in their own peculiar way |
| to tell the truth vs. to offer a comforting lie | major | Worf wanted to tell Muniz the truth that he was going to die. Miles, on the other hand, wanted to keep Muniz's spirits up. |
| trust in a potential foe | major | Benjamin and Kilana's mutual mistrust resulted in the deaths of Muniz and a Changeling |
| working together under stress | major | crew nearly cracked under the pressure of being hold up in crashed ship under attack by Jem'Hadar |
| euthanasia | minor | Worf urged Miles to put Muniz out of his misery |
| male bonding | minor | Miles and Muniz |