Covenant

This Story: Season 7 Episode 9 (production code 559)
DS9 Overall: Episode 159
Trek Overall: Story 416, Episode 440
Airdate: 23 Nov 1998
Writer: René Ecchevaria
Director: John Kretchmer

Notes

• The final episode on the DS9 sister station Empok Nor.  It was visited previously in the episodes “Empok Nor” & “The Magnificent Ferengi“. It always puzzled me why this existed (in universe) – you’d think it would be used in some capacity, not exist as this “abandoned hulk”.
• The events of the episode “Tears of the Prophets” are recalled here – this is a loose sequel to the Dukat portion of that story.  Events of numerous other episodes mentioned too, but Tears felt the most relevant.
• This episode is based off the 1997 “Heaven’s Gate” cult which believed that the followers’ bodies would be transported to a space ship traveling behind a comet. In real life, one of the followers was Nichelle Nichols’ brother.

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