Book Club: The Story We Didn’t Know We Wanted

Positively Trek 273: Book Club: The Story We Didn’t Know We Wanted

Dayton Ward: Pliable Truths

When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine hit our television screens in 1993, we were introduced to the planet Bajor, the end of the Cardassian Occupation, and a cast of colorful characters that were very different from the sanitized Starfleet environment of the Enterprise-D on Star Trek: The Next Generation. But what happened just before “Emissary”? How did Starfleet establish a presence in the Bajoran system? How was the withdrawal negotiated? Why did O’Brien decide to transfer to DS9? All of these questions and more are finally answered, over 30 years later, thanks to Dayton Ward’s latest Star Trek novel.

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson are once again joined by New York Times Bestselling author Dayton Ward to discuss his new novel, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths. We talk about the story of the transition from TNG to DS9 that we have been waiting decades to read!

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Chapters

Opening (00:00:00)

Spoiler-free Discussion (00:02:37)

Admiral Nechayev (00:12:04)

The Aftermath of “Chain of Command” (00:15:11)

“The Great Escape” (00:23:33)

The USS Oceanside (00:33:38)

Remember That Guy? (00:37:57)

Patreon Shout Out (00:41:59)

O’Brien’s Big Move (00:42:28)

Picard’s Relationship with Bajor (00:48:54)

Ensign Ro Laren (00:51:34)

Setting up Deep Space Nine (00:55:59)

An Explosive Ending (00:58:25)

Closing (01:06:46)

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Bruce Gibson

Guest

Dayton Ward

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)