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After Doctor Aurellan Markalis appears to betray her colleagues, she rejoins Rhys Darcen and his fellow augments to learn their next move using a deadly biological agent. Meanwhile, Captain Limis Vircona's shuttle crashlands on a desolate planet. While awaiting rescue, she recalls her first mission with Starfleet Intelligence when she first became aware of the existence of Section 31.

Takes place concurrently with DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite".

Memorable quotes[]

"Can you transfer power from auxiliary circuits or from some non-essential system."
"Define 'non-essential'."
"Anything not relating to propulsion."
-- Limis and Lisa Neeley when the captain's yacht is on the verge of crashing into an asteroid.
"I don’t plan on dying of malaria in this jungle."
— Limis while contemplating how to send a distress call
"Seamus is in really bad shape. I don’t know that he’ll make it through the night. Not even Vulcans would be as cavalier as you are being."
— Markalis to Rhys Darcen
"But how do you know you are not attracted to the same gender if you’ve never been in a successful romantic relationship?"
"You just know."
"I never believed that."
-- Snežana Ilochko and Markalis
"Before you start complaining, I just saved you from a court martial."
— Neeley after slugging one of her subordinates to prevent him from attacking Limis

Background information[]

  • Title refers to a quote from Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man (1791), where Paine stated, "Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good." [1]

References[]

Characters[]

Sam BowersRhys DarcenElim GarakGrimaudSnežana IlochkoRonnie KozarLimis VirconaCharles H. LoganAurellan MarkalisLisa NeeleySeamus O'DellIleana RoshanakRebecca SullivanErhlich Tarlazzi

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Lambda PazCaptain's yacht

Locations[]

Argolis ClusterKalandra sectorTagra IVVolan III

Races and cultures[]

BajoranCardassianHumanTellarite

States and organizations[]

Cardassian UnionSection 31Starfleet IntelligenceUnited Federation of Planets

Other references[]

Betreka Nebula IncidentFederation-Cardassian WarKalandra Campaign

External Links[]

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