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ROBANN_88 posted...

Voyager did that with the Maquis

DS9 was forced to use the Maquis to set up Voyager. The funny thing is that due to the difference in writing quality, DS9 used them way better and more interestingly than Voyager who pretty much just forgot they existed.

ROBANN_88 posted...

Like, is the Bajoran-Cardassian conflict supposed to be common knowledge, or are they doing in medias res?

ROBANN_88 posted...

Were these Cardssian Wars a big deal?

Not in any show, no. I think by the time of TNG, they'd established a peace treaty and a DMZ and that's basically where DS9 starts off.

TNG established that Cardassia occupied Bajor, but it was mostly used for background of a recurring character named Ro Laren. IIRC, Ro Laren was meant to be in DS9, but they replaced her with Kira.

ROBANN_88 posted...

Same with that girl that apparently has a symbiote in her
(Is she like a Stargate Goa'Uld or what?)

There's one episode with the Trill in TNG, but they're fairly different from how they're portrayed in DS9. For example, the Trill in TNG is one of your classic Star Trek forehead aliens. They were going to have that in DS9 but - and I'm not making this up - the executives thought having a fucked up forehead would distract from Terry Farrel being hot, so she got spots instead.

Probably worked out for the best because Terry Farrel has sensitive skin that probably wouldn't have loved strapping a new forehead on every day.