The Rules of Acquisition: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast

Another episode of Everybody Loves Kira! This time the advances are unwanted.  Kira has to go to some conference that her boyfriend convinced her to go to, but a shamed and fallen Dukat shows up to take her aboard his junky spaceship.  He gets a taste of the terrorist lifestyle, and Kira has to decide if she's left that all behind her or not (spoilers: she mostly has).  But also! We get the first appearance of Damar! Who doesn't actually do a whole lot cept sit on the bridge and maybe talk to Ziyal off screen a few times. In Voicemails (1:01:27) Greg has some more thoughts about about Our Man Bashir and we talk what "checklist" episodes we could take or leave. Give us a call and be featured on the podcast! 917 408 3898 And check out our patreon for more audio content, and where we've recently been having a lot of fun with our patron only discord server patreon.com/kickersofelves

We talk ships, but not starships!Odo has to confront his feelings when Kira's old friend Shakaar shows up and tries something new.  No one goes anywhere, no new aliens are confronted, but we have a lot to say about this one.  Is it, as Hugh says, "A pretty great episode of television, but not necessarily the best Star Trek"? Just how great is René Auberjonois? Pretty great.  Just what does one do with an Odo... when in a relationship?In voicemails (1:04:20) Both Warren (@10rant) and Adam P. Newton (@dryvetyme) have more to say about the holodeck and Our Man Bashir We've moved to a new release day to accomodate A Discovery Home Companion.  Look for the ROA on Wednesdays while the newest Star Trek show airs! And give us a call 917 408 3898 or check out the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/kickersofelves

We start off with a big announcement!But in the episode? Red squad did a bad thing.  It's not the enemy we have to fear... but ourselves?In which we learn that, actually, that admiral wasn't to be trusted. An admiral?! In Starfleet?We learn a lot about maybe how to deal with terrorists and not to let go of our freedoms in exchange for security. Or do we?   Voicemail (56:00)  Kate has some great feedback on Hippocratic Oath! And check out the new patreon for the show! Get in on some extra stuff (https://www.patreon.com/kickersofelves) And give us a call! 917 408 3898

Welcome to Earth!  After a terrorist attack, Benjamin, Jake, and Odo get recalled to run Earth Security and hang out in a New Orleans restaurant. That's right, Brock Peters as grandpa Joe Sisko!  Changelings have infiltrated the Federation, Starfleet is perhaps comprimised, and President Joe Camel needs convincing.   An episode that is strangely prescient for a tv show before the modern War on Terror.    A lot to cover in this first part of a two episode story. How does a society balance freedom with security?   Does this further dismantle Roddenberry's dream?  Just what living family members does Ben Sisko actually have?   And in Voicemails! (52:30)  It's all about the holodeck.  FAIR WARNING: We earn that explicit tag in this one.  Twiggy and Kristin from Toronto leave messages on Our Man Bashir, and we go into excruciating detail on holosuite hygiene, technology, and sexual ethics of the future.    Have thoughts of your own? Predictions for Star Trek: Discovery? Let us have em!   917 408 3898

Bashir, Julian Bashir. Definitely not James Bond, if it pleases the court, Your Honor.   It's the Bashir episode you've either been waiting for or dreading! Transporter mishaps and holodeck episodes: Star Trek standbys. The Ops crew has their bodies stuck in Quark's holodeck and their minds bit torrented throught the station.  It's up to cheesy superspy Julian and his legit-spy companion Garak to save them. Is there some worldbuilding and, daresay, some character work built into this episode?  Well, we have opinions.  James comes out and admits his feelings on all James Bond, not just Star Trek parody episodes. Who is Wade's favorite fascist novelist? We have LOTS of consideration of the ethics of the holodeck and sex work. "For all your teledildonic needs" but wait! Hugh… compliments Bashir’s acting?! Voicemails! (46:18)BuckyWTgoodHair lets us know why he thinks maybe Rejoined has aged the way it has. Eric calls, and points out how in Rejoined we reversed engineered an alien villain from a series of shows we never actually saw. Though we did all see the Stargate movie. Give us a call and let us know what you think! And check out A Discovery Home Companion if you haven't yet! 917 408 3898  

Treasure of the Klingon Sierra Madre.We love Kor!Do we love this episode as much as we were expecting to? Maybe not, but there is stuff to like [again, Kor]. Worf gets to go on an adventure with a Dahar master, because we all know how big a deal that is, right? Like the stories Kor tells in Quarks, maybe the story doesn't quite match up to how we remember it later. Klingon lore explored! Kinda. Will this episode have any relevance when Star Trek Discovery launches? Will we reference it on A Discovery Home Companion?We get mention of the Hurq and Kahless and Molor, but then it all devolves into people yelling in a cave about petty bs.  Just how valuable is this ancient batleth?  Does it have any special powers?  Who knows?! Well, we do. Listen to the podcast to find out just what we think In voicemails (42:00) we go back in time to revisit the Visitor again. Stefan from the Netherlands talks about soundtracks, and Tim from Northern California defends technobabble. Give us a call and vent us your thoughts!917 408 3898

Roswell explained!It's all Ferengi, and very little Sisko in this episode where Quark, Rom, and Nog leave Deep Space Nine and go to Earth where they time travel back to the television tropes of the mid to late 20th century. Nog has a reverse bar mitzvah, giving away old Star Trek costumes, and Quark recieves a ship from his shifty cousin.  Shenanigans ensue and we get to hear some Ferengi as it is spoke. Wade wrote down a lot of Ferengi. Do we like this episode? Is it a good episode, but perhaps not to everyones tastes? 47:40 We go back to cover some a voicemail from Kristin. More about Jake Sisko, History's Greatest Monster. Oh, and maybe check out A Discovery Home Companion 917 408 3898

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Submarine fight! Farmer Hogget! -er Hanok.  It's a "routine trip" to the gamma quadrant, and we get reminded that it's a dangerous place when the warned of Jem'Hadar finally shows up.  James Cromwell guest stars in a bunch of makeup! It's a pretty good by the books Star Trek episode. The Defiant is under attack, and everybody from DS9 gets paired with a buddy to work on his or her character beats. Voicemail 51:30@BuckyWTGoodHair calls and talks "Worf NO" and "Hippocratic Oath" Give us a call at 917 408 3898 and have your voice heard!

Love isn't confusing, but Trill are. Dax's ex life's ex-wife shows up and things get heated.   But first some Magnolia subtweeting and a little more business up front. Other topics discussed: Quark doesn’t understand magic tricks. Is this gay, or just aliens being complicated (hint: it's both) Trill worldbuilding and rules. Why does the Reassociation taboo make sense?  And suddenly we have an idea for an amazing villain species Trek fans, more conservative than twitter would have you believe? The most on screen chemistry since we last saw Out of Sight. Why doesn’t history give this episode its due? History corner on gay representation in television. “Everybody brings their personal bull$#!t We go long, but end with big news for the podcast! We REALLY want to know what folks think of this episode!917 408 3898

Bajorans, love, and Breen!Kira gets a phone call, Worf is suspicious, and then Dukat and Kira go off to look for a crashed ship and get to know one another better.  OH and Dukat needs to find someone... A sidebar for our millenial viewers explaining Victor French, Michael Landon, and Highway to Heaven Tumblr Takedown: Cardies don’t have tails Dukat’s uncomfortable justification for how the Cardassians helped Bajor. All the uncomfortable things. Dax and Bashir and the Coen Brothers? Comedic bits and camraderie  Sisko deploys his weirdness!  (50:00) Voicmails! Kate helps us with DS9 books. We talk some Nog comics. What do Eastman and Laird have to do with trek comics? Absolutely nothing. And closing it out, Twiggy calls and makes Wade further ruminate on his feeble mortality. Sometimes you’re middle aged, sometimes you’re full twelve year old. All yelling and complaints (and whatever else you want to say): 917 408 3898

Jem'Hadar Junkies! Hugh watched Hippocratic Oath. You won’t believe what happened next! Hugh crawford gives a 10/10 to Julian Bashir! (Enough with the clickbait) What happens when couples fight? Julian and Miles crash on a planet and their relationship is tested. Meanwhile, Worf has some moral questioning and learning of his own to do regarding "shades of gray" on DS9. 55:20- Voicemails and Emails!  Eric from PA asks a question about The Visitor that we cut from our podcast on that episode.

The One Where Everyone Cries. Or: Catcher in the Wormhole. What can we say? Season 4 is pretty good so far. It's Benjamin Sisko's turn to come unstuck from time, but not unstuck from Jake.  This one is all about fathers and sons.  And Tony Todd, who is amazing as old Jake. 55:20 Time for voicemail We talk more Worf from Way of the Warrior

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Worf!  Season 4 starts off right.  Is the show about to get Urkel-ed? [nope]  When a bunch of Klingons show up on DS9, shenanigans are afoot. On screen and off. What's going on with Cardassia and all the characters in this "soft reboot" of the series.James Doohan is still awesome.  What 4 rules does Sisko break or bend for the Federation?Is Picard the worst captain?  The Root Beer Scene. It has a backstory! It almost didn’t happen.What was going on when this was made, and why does it feel so timely right now? We are all Worf   Voicemails, or Whatever We Call This Segment (1:15:00) A new caller asks about … The Orville Plutoburns has some preemptive thoughts on this episode