Rocks and Shoals story
Sisko and his tired crew crash on a planet where they encounter a band of Jem'Hadar. Directed by: Mike Vejar. Story by: Ronald D. Moore.
16 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| loyalty to a leader | choice | Jem'Harad soldiers were loyal to Vorta and the Founders to a fault; Limara'Son regretted his disobedience to Remata'Klan |
| sacrifice for one's beliefs | choice | Jem'Hadar went to their deaths willingly; Bajoran mystic hanged herself in protest |
| betrayal | major | Keevan betrayed his Jem'Hadar soldiers and sent them to their certain deaths in battle |
| coming to terms with one's own death | major | Keevas thought for a while he was facing death. The Jem'Hadar went willingly to their deaths in battle. |
| honor | major | the Jem'Hadar chose to died in battle with honer as opposed to Keevas who surrendered with a view to living out the war in a prisoner of war camp |
| questioning one's loyalties | major | Benjamin tried to make Remata'Klan question his unwavering loyalty to Keevas |
| ruthlessness | major | Keevas ruthlessly sent the Jem'Hadar soldiers to their deaths |
| cowardice | minor | Keevan plotted to spend the war in a Federation prisoner of war camp |
| drugs for military use | minor | Keevas was nearly out of the Ketracel-white drug he needed to keep his Jem'Harad soldiers under control. |
| human vs. captivity | minor | Garak and Nog taken captive by Jem'Hadar |