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NOVEL
Fallen Heroes
Attribution

Introduction

From the back cover: When a troop of alien warriors demands the return of an imprisoned comrade -- a prisoner no one on Deep Space Nine knows anything about -- Commander Benjamin Sisko has a deadly fight on his hands. Under sudden attack from the heavily armed warriors, Sisko and his crew struggle desperately to repel the invaders and save the lives of everyone on board.

Meanwhile, a strange device from the Gamma Quadrant has shifted Ferengi barkeeper Quark and Security Chief Odo three days into the future to a silent Deep Space Nine. To save the station they must discover what caused the invasion to take place -- and find a pathway back through time itself.

Plot

A trader comes to Deep Space 9 and sells Quark some sort of device. When he activates it under Odo's supervision, it sends the two three days into the future, where everyone on the station is apparently dead.

At the same time, an unknown alien species attacks and boards Deep Space 9, claiming they are holding one of their people as a hostage. Armed with chemically-propelled projectile shooters and heavily armored, they overwhelm station security and cause massive destruction, killing all in their path in their quest for the alledged hostage.

References

Characters

Julian Bashir • Jadzia Dax • Kira Nerys • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • Nog • Keiko O'Brien • Molly O'Brien • Rom • Bata Huri • John Broome • Mari Ni Connal • Dahnu • Djonreel • Doran • Cory Ewin • Ashley Grayson • Moru

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Abraham • Bareil • B'Etor • Robert Burns • Dukat • Henry Ford • Elim Garak • Isaac • Janri Kash • Jenkins • Keldar • Abraham Lincoln • Locutus • Lursa • Moses • Opaka • Jean-Luc Picard • Rank • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego • William Shakespeare • Siras • Jennifer Sisko • Lwaxana Troi • Winn • Tasha Yar

Locations

Bajoran wormhole • Deep Space 9 • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's

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Bajor • Bajoran sun • Dresden • Durut Kun • Gamma Quadrant • Earth • Ordover system • Sol • Starbase 13 • Starbase Neil Armstrong • Wales

Species and cultures

Bajoran • Bekirr • Betazoid • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Lonat • Trill • Vulcan

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Borg • Born • Brekkian • Klingon • Prophets • Romulan • Stroptophan

Starships and vehicles

USS Orinoco • USS Rio Grande • Square Deal

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USS Clifford Simak • USS Enterprise • Margin • USS Saratoga • USS Thule

States and organizations

Bajoran Militia • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

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Spacelings

Other

30-06 • Ae Fond Kiss • Aerobics • Alice in Wonderland • Antimatter • Aphasia • Bajoran religion • Baseball • Baseball bat • Bogeyman • Bullet • Cardassian language • Chordat-77 • Cretite • Crossover bridge • Dabo • The Dear, Green Place • Duotronic • Englishman • Federation-Cardassian War • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • Ferrotite • GarTadGar-11 • Gokto Lottery • Gorgon • Hail Mary • Holosex • Holosuite • The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Irish whiskey • A Journey to the Center of the Earth • Jumja stick • King Lear • The King in Yellow • Kuluk • Kylarghian fire gem • Latinum • Louis XVI desk • Macbeth • Macduff • Master General • The Merchant of Venice • Narcotic • Occupation of Bajor • Particle accelerator • Petty Officer 1st Class • Petty Officer 2nd Class • Popular Starvoyaging • Prime Directive • Quasimodo • Rifle • Rumpelstiltskin • Arne Saknussen • Sassenach • Saxon • Scotsman • Sexually transmitted disease • Susurrora • Synthehol • Turach-tai • Uniform Alliance Act of Balor II • Universal translator • Uta Dul dynasty • Vertigo • Wars of Succession • Xenophobia • sodium

Animals

Bekirr • Digfish • Greeka • Krutu • Nectar spider

Technology

Fusion reactor • Phaser • Phaser grenade • Phaser rifle • Photon torpedo • Reactor pod • Replicator • Tractor beam • Universal translator • Weapon sail • Warp pod

Related stories

• The events of several first season Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes are mentioned, including "Babel", "If Wishes Were Horses", "The Forsaken" and "In the Hands of the Prophets".

Information

• The audiobook of this novel was read by Rene Auberjonois.
• When Dafydd ab Hugh was planning Fallen Heroes, he thought of breaking the number one rule of science fiction literature (not killing off a regular character) by finding a way to kill all the characters. (Voyages of Imagination)
• Fallen Heroes is often mentioned as being one of the best numbered Deep Space Nine novels. Christopher L. Bennett has called it "superb" and Greg Cox has described it as being "definitely worth checking out". Keith R.A. DeCandido has said its reputation as being one of the best numbered novels along with A Stitch in Time and The 34th Rule, is "well earned". [1]

Connections

• Fallen Heroes article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Fallen Heroes article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.