In the Cards story
Jake wants to give his father a present to cheer him up, a 1951 Willie Mays baseball card, but runs into complications with a mysterious geneticist, Dr. Giger, and a Dominion ambassador group. Directed by: Michael Dorn. Story by: Truly Barr Clark & Scott J. Neal.
13 total · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| appeasement policy | major | Bajoran government entered into nonaggression treaty negotiations with the Dominion |
| coping with the rigors of command | major | Benjamin felt the pressure from an impending Dominion invasion |
| entrepreneurship | major | Nog took Jake under his wing and taught him how to trade so that Jake could acquire a coveted baseball card. |
| father and son | major | Jake tries to cheer up Benjamin by acquiring a baseball card for him |
| group morale | major | space station crew feeling somber owing the clouds of war with the Dominion gathering on the horizon |
| negotiation | major | Jake and Nog learned the art of negotiation in their efforts to acquire Willie Mays rookie card |
| divide and conquer | minor | Benjamin explained how the Dominion was employing a divide and conquer strategy with Bajor |
| germophobia | minor | Elias Giger refused to shake hands with Jake because of germs. |
| post-scarcity economy utopia | minor | Jake and Nog discussed how humans of the 24th century had no need for money, implying that nobody wanted for material security. |
| speculative effect | minor | Elias Giger was a proponent of the possibly crackpotted “cellular ennui” theory of why people get old and die. |