

Kirk (although only in a vision from the Prophets based on Sisko meeting him in " Trials and Tribble-ations"). Seven of Nine and the Doctor make cameos, as does James T. William Riker, Geordi La Forge, Kathryn Janeway, Q, the Guardian of Forever, Hugh, and many others are mentioned. Jean-Luc Picard plays a supporting role in book two, as does Thomas Riker.


However, a temporal anomaly results in the crew of the Defiant being able to access Deep Space 9 in the past, both around the Day of Withdrawal – when one of the Red Orbs was first used – and when DS9 was destroyed. By triggering a subspace explosion, Weyoun is able to cause the end of the universe by bringing the two wormholes together. The Ascendancy, led by Kai Weyoun 5, worships the 'True Prophets' from the red wormhole, whom the other Prophets broke away from centuries in the past. In evacuating the station, the USS Defiant unintentionally engages in a slingshot maneuver that sends it twenty-five years into the future, where the Federation is at war with the Bajoran Ascendancy. Having discovered the orbs, the crew accidentally brings them together in Quark's Bar, triggering the creation of a red wormhole that destroys the station.

She is apparently working with Quark and the now-deceased Andorian to sell an Orb – specifically, one of the three mythical Red Orbs of Jalbador, which it is said will destroy the world if united. While investigating the recent murder of an Andorian dealer, the crew of DS9 learn that Vash has returned to the station.
