Starship Down

This Story: Season 4 Episode 6 (production code 479)
DS9 Overall: Episode 79
Trek Overall: Story 340, Episode 360
Airdate: 13 Nov 1995
Writer: David Mack & John J. Ordover
Director: Alexander Singer

Notes

• There is a loose sequel to this episode later on in the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode “Hear All, Trust Nothing“.
• James Cromwell makes his only DS9 appearance as “Hanok“.  He was in two TNG episodes as other characters (The Hunted & Birthright).  He of course is most known as Zefram Cochrane from Star Trek: First Contact.  He also appeared as Cochrane in two Star Trek Enterprise episodes: “Broken Bow” & “In a Mirror, Darkly Pt I“.  Finally he appeared as Cochrane one final time in the Lower Decks episode “Grounded“.
• The author (David Mack) says that the idea for this episode came after having watched the movie “Das Boot” the night before he started writing this.
• Nana Vistor wears a Homestead Grays baseball cap.  This is famous Negro Leagues baseball team.
• One of the first DS9 episodes rely on CGI for visual effects.

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