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After Varani's performance, the Bajorans in the bar
(including Kira) clap as humans do. In earlier and later episodes, they
clap with their palm to the back of their hand. |
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This episode marks the second reference to the Dominion. |
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Bolka was a Minister in the Bajoran Chamber of Ministers
in the 24th century. Kira Nerys contacted him regarding Varani's
proposal to rebuild the Jalanda Forum. He was resistant to the idea. |
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Draylon II was a class M planet, uninhabited and ripe for
colonization. It had a stable orbit, temperate climate, and very low
surface radiation. It is near Sefalla Prime. 3 million Skrreea settled
on Draylon II because they were not allowed to settle on Bajor. |
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Entomology is the study of insects. However, it is
usually expanded to include the study of arachnids. Jake Sisko tutored
Mardah in entomology in 2370. Nog thought that she was studying "bugs"
to learn how to be a chef. |
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Jake Sisko recommends icoberry torte to Tumek. |
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Interceptor One was a Bajoran interceptor in service
during the 2370s. General Hazar ordered Interceptor One to stop a
Skrreean ship from landing on Bajor. |
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The Jalanda Forum was a prestigious Bajoran music hall
located in Jalanda City. The Forum was destroyed during the Cardassian
Occupation. Kira Nerys attempted to sway the Provisional Government to
rebuild the Forum, on behalf of one of its former musicians, Varani. |
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Skrreean language has a very unique syntax and
grammatical structure, which caused the universal translator to struggle
with it initially before it could establish a translation matrix. |
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Kentanna was the mythical land that awaited the Skrreean
people on the other side of "the eye of the universe". They believed it
would provide them with salvation when they fled the T-Rogorans, who had
occupied the Skrreean homeworld, following a Dominion invasion. |
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Maaza stalks are a food, a celery-like vegetable.
Commander Benjamin Sisko ordered seven maaza stalks from a replicator
for Skrreea leader Haneek and her family. |
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The Northwest Peninsula was an uninhabited region of
Bajor which had fertile soil. It would have been an ideal place to farm
prior to the Occupation of Bajor by the Cardassian Union. Toxins plagued
the soil after the Cardassian withdrawal, and it was on this basis that
the Bajoran Provisional Government denied the Skrreeans' request to
immigrate to the peninsula. |
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Reegrunions are a humanoid species. Plix Tixiplik was a
Reegrunion who was among those shown on the wanted posters in Constable
Odo's security office aboard Deep Space 9. Nog thought the name was odd. |
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Trilar Peninsula was an area of Bajor, the irrigation
system of which the Chamber of Ministers, particularly Minister Rozahn,
once argued about for over two days. |
