Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Past Tense I
Season 3 Episode 11
The Defiant ferries Sisko and his senior staff
to Starfleet HQ on Earth for a Gamma Quadrant symposium. A strange phenomenon
intercepts the transporter beam carrying Sisko, Dax and Bashir to Earth,
sending them into the early 21st century, though they still arrive in San
Francisco. Sisko and Bashir are picked up and sent to a sanctuary district,
a large high-security ghetto occupied by the unemployed, homeless and mentally
ill. Dax befriends information mogul Chris Brynner, who assists her in
the search for her friends. Sisko and Bashir learn that they have arrived
mere days away from a historical event known as the Bell Riots, sparked
when a violent uprising in the San Francisco sanctuary district was quashed
with even more force by the National Guard, though the hostages taken by
the sanctuary dwellers were kept safe by a man named Gabriel Bell. Trying
not to interfere, the two time travelers stumble into the street brawl
that initiates the riots - and due to their presence, Gabriel Bell winds
up dead trying to keep Bashir from being hurt. The violence escalates,
and the sanctuary's residents begin their rebellion. Hostages are taken
from the local government office, and only one man can keep them from harm
at the hands of the angry sanctuary denizens: Commander Sisko, assuming
the role of Gabriel Bell.
Updated 06/17/07 09:36:24 AM
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