Starship Down

"Starship Down" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the seventh episode of the fourth season. The Defiant carries the senior staff of Deep Space Nine into the Gamma Quadrant for trade negotiations with a Karemma named Hanok. They are interrupted when a pair of Jem'Hadar ships burst in and fire on the Karemma ship. The Jem'Hadar chase the ship into the atmosphere of a nearby planet, and the Defiant takes off in pursuit. The Jem'Hadar open... more

"Starship Down" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the seventh episode of the fourth season. The Defiant carries the senior staff of Deep Space Nine into the Gamma Quadrant for trade negotiations with a Karemma named Hanok. They are interrupted when a pair of Jem'Hadar ships burst in and fire on the Karemma ship. The Jem'Hadar chase the ship into the atmosphere of a nearby planet, and the Defiant takes off in pursuit. The Jem'Hadar open fire on the Defiant, crippling it in the turbulent fluorine atmosphere of the planet. Jadzia Dax heads below to try to patch up the engines well enough so the ship can escape the planet's atmosphere. She is successful but is nearly blown up when the hull is breached. Dr. Bashir is forced to seal off the breached area with Dax still inside, to save the rest of the ship, but he seals himself in the breached section so he can help her. They remain trapped in a turbolift without communication with the bridge, where the rest of the crew presume... less