Star Trek Headcanon Reimagined, 9: Defiant

Last season, we learned some things about the Cardassians and the Ferenghi, as well as meeting the crew of the Cerritos on Lower Decks, and the crew of Voyager​. Now we find out that the real problem for The Federation is actually on the other side of the wormhole as The Founders and the Jem'Hadar enter the fray. Plus, transporter accidents, espionage, and the introduction of the Pakleds!

This is an intensely fun season of stories that weave together seamlessly.

Season 9:
Defiant​

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TOS - The Original Series, 1963-1967                TNG - The Next Generation, 1987-94
DS9  - Deep Space Nine, 1993-99                VOY - Voyager, 1995-2001 
LD - Lower Decks, 2020-24

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901: Jem'Hadar (DS9)
(Sisko, Jake, Quark, Nog, Odo, Kira, Dax, O'Brien, Bashir)

A father/son bonding trip between Sisko and Jake (as well as Quark and his nephew Nog) goes horribly awry when they are kidnapped by the new Big Bad of Deep Space Nine. Forget the Cardassians, the Jem'Hadar are nonfuckwithable warriors from the other side of the wormhole, and they're about to change the whole feel of the series.


902: A Piece Of The Action (TOS)
(Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, Uhura, Chekov)

"City On The Edge Of Forever" took place in New York City, during the Depression. This episode takes place on an alien world, but an alien world that has based their system of government on 1930s Chicago gangster rule. Kirk does a hilariously and probably intentionally bad gangster accent for most of the episode. This is a truly silly episode that encapsulates some of the potential that most of The Original Series aspired to but didn't quite reach.


903: Second Chances (TNG)
(Riker, Laforge, Crusher, Data, Worf,  Troi, Picard)

A transporter accident splits a crew member into two distinct entities which is going to have minor but long-reaching consequences for the entire universe.


904: Cupid's Errant Arrow/Much Ado About Boimler  (LD)
(Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford, Mariner, Freeman, Ransom, T'ana, Ramsey, Docent, Barbara)

Mariner suspects Boimler's girlfriend has ulterior motives for liking him. A stressed captain from another ship wishes to transfer to the more borning Cerritos. And sure, some transport accidents give you a cool clone with fake sideburns, but in Lower Decks they make it so that Bornier is slightly out of phase, so he's sent to The Farm for ... a better life? 


905 & 906: The Search (DS9)
(Sisko, Odo, Quark, Kira,  Bashir, Dax, O'Brien, Garak)

So, it turns out the Jem'Hadar are just soldiers who work for The Founders, and they are the unfuckwithable adversaries for the season. Starfleet uses their newest ship, The Defiant, to try and track them down. But the Jem'Hadar have other plans. Oh, and Odo ends up finally meeting aliens just like him. 


907: The Defiant (DS9)
(Riker, Kira, Sisko, Dukat, Bashir, Dax, O'Brien, Quark)

Here's some consequences from "Second Chances" that I wouldn't have predicted: Starfleet has their first cloakable ship and it's been hijacked by one of their own. Erm. Sort of one of their own.


908. Worst Case Scenario / Crisis Point (VOY)/(LD)
(Paris, Tuvok, Janeway, Torres, Seska, Doctor, Neelix, Les, Kim)

A Holodeck program pits the Starfleet members of Voyager against the Maquis members, and a few members of the crew find themselves trapped in the program.

On the Cerritos, a Holodeck adventure teaches Boimler something the audience has known for a while but will change the relationships between the Lower Decks crew.



 909 & 910: Improbable Cause/Die Is Cast (DS9)
(Garak, Odo, Bashir, Sisko, O'Brien, Dax, Kira, Eddington)

It has been inferred since the beginning of Deep Space Nine, that Garak, a Cardassian tailor, is actually a high ranking spy. So when his shop is blown up under mysterious circumstances, Bashir and Odo delve into his past.


911: The Adversary (DS9)
(Sisko, Dax, O'Brien, Eddington, Jake, Quark, Kira, Odo, Bashir)

Like Odo, The Founders are all changelings, so imagine the damage they could do if they infiltrated Starfleet and Deep Space Nine. Oh, shit, did that already happen?


912:  Doomsday Machine/Veritas (TOS)/(LD)
(Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, Sulu)
(Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford, Freeman, Ransom, Shaxs, Tana, Billups, Q)

After discovering several ravaged star systems, Enterprise encounters The Constellation, another Federation ship, but one that's been badly damaged. Like every Starfleet Captain they encounter, Constellation's has gone cuckoo pants. When the planet killing machine that damaged The Constellation starts to follow The Enterprise, Captain Cuckoo Pants takes over the ship before Kirk can get back on board. The planet killer is deduced to be from an alternate dimension. Wait...so...there are other Star Trek dimensions?

The Cerritos lower decks crew is put on trial to defend the actions of the bridge crew but something is very, very amiss.


913 & 914: Descent (TNG)
(Data, Picard, Riker, Crusher, Worf, LaForge, Troi, Lore, Hugh)

The Borg are back, and a couple of characters we haven't seen for a while resurface and threaten the Federation with imminent destruction.


915. The Samaritan Snare (TNG)
(Riker, Laforge, Troi, Picard, Wesley, Data, Pulaski, Worf)

Introducing, the Pakleds, an unevolved race that seeks the immediate satisfaction of technology and weapons. But, alas, Picard is away getting surgery, so it's up to Riker, Data, Troi, Worf, and Pulaski to rescue Laforge when the Pakleds take him hostage.


916. Return Of The Archons / No Small Parts (TOS)/(LD)
(Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Uhura)

We go all the way back to OG Kirk/Spock times as the most familiar crew of The Enterprise ends up on a planet where a cult is all prim and proper during the day but at night it's All Purge All The Time. How is this connected to a previous Starfleet mission?

On the Cerritos, we travel from "Return Of The Archons" to "The Samaritan Snare" to "Second Chances" references in this delightful episode where Boimler accidentally reveals a secret he shouldn't know.


917. The Chase (TNG)
(Picard, Riker, Worf, Crusher, Troi, Data, Laforge)

It's all about unity when the Federation, The Klingons, The Romulans, and The Cardassians chase down an ancient artifact on a strange planet.


918.  Deadlock (VOY)
(Janeway, Torres, Kes, Doctor, Chakotay, Paris, Neelix)

Two Voyagers? This seems like it could be a problem. Can one Janeway see through the rift in time and save her crew where the other Janway failed?


919 & 920. All Good Things (TNG)
(Picard, Crusher, Troi, Laforge, Worf, Data, Riker, Q, Yar, O'Brien)

Picard is having memory problems causing us to bounce around the Star Trek timeline a bit more than usual.