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682 WORLD WAR Il THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE SUPPLEMENT made Worf a member of the World War Il. Global conflict on planet Earth from 1939 to 1945 House of Martok. (“Soldiers of in which a group of nations called the Axis sought to gain planethe Empire” [DS9)). In late 2373 tary dominance over other nations that called themselves the Worf and Jadzia became Allies. The Hirogen, studying Earth violence in 2374, were fasci-~ engaged to be married. ("Call to nated with World War Il and used it as a basis for a holodeck sim[ Arms” [DS9]). Worf never felt ulation to examine human behavior. SEE: Allied Forces; i _ | fully comfortable with his son, Einstein, Albert; French Resistance; Nazi Germany; United Alexander, and the two became States of America. (“The Killing Game, Parts | and II" [VGR)) further estranged when Alex/ \ ander went to live with Worf's “Worse Case Scenario.” Voyager episode #67. Written by Kenneth : 3 parents on Earth, Worf reacted Biller. Directed by Alexander Singer. Stardate 50953.4. First aired in UITY \ angrily when Alexander subse- 1997. The crew discovers a secret holographic program depicting The B & quently joined the Klingon De- Seska and the Maquis leading an insurrection aboard Voyager, and FS) fense Force and the two served Tuvok and Paris become trapped in it. Seska returns in this episode, TALEO, together aboard the bird-of-prey even though she's only a hologram. GUEST CAST: Martha Hackett 54 LK.S. Rotarran, but the two as Seska. SEE: deus ex machina; “Dictates of Poetics”; st began to heal their relationship holodeck and holosuite programs: Insurrection Alpha; when Alexander agreed to join Insurrection Alpha; narrative parameters file; Rukani; security his father as a member of the access code; Seska; T'Hain; Voyager, U.S.S. House of Martok. (“Sons and | Daughters” [DS9)). Ever since he ~~ Wright, Richard. (1908-1960). Twentieth-cenwas a boy, Worf had always tury Earth author. Through his influential novel, wanted a traditional Klingon wedding, possibly as a way of com- Native Son, Wright was among the first writers pensating for the fact that he was raised in human society. In to protest the second-class economic and 2374, on stardate 51247, Worf got his wish when he and Dax were social status accorded to African-Americans in married in a traditional Klingon ceremony on Deep Space 9. Inthe ~~ American society. Science-fiction writer Benny ceremony, his son Alexander was Worf's Tawi’Yan, or sword bear- Russell drew inspiration from Wright's work er. (“You Are Cordially Invited” [DS9]). On stardate 51597.2, Worf (“Far Beyond the Stars" [DS9)) commanded a mission into Dominion territory to extract a vital Starfleet operative from possible Dominion capture. The mission “Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night." Deep Space Nine was a failure when the informant was killed by Jem'Hadar forces episode #141. Written by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler. Directed after Worf chose to care for his wife, who had been critically by Jonathan West. No stardate given. First aired in 1998. Kira goes wounded, instead of making the rendezvous with the informant back in time to lean that her mother was a “comfort woman" who SEE: Lasaran, Glinn. Captain Sisko subsequently entered anoth- had a relationship with Gul Dukat during the occupation. GUEST er serious reprimand in Worf's record after the incident, meaning CAST: Leslie Hope as Kira Meru; Marc Alaimo as Dukat, Gul; that Worf had little chance of ever being granted acommand of his David Bowe as Basso Tromac; Wayne Grace as Legate; Tim own by Starfleet. (“Change of Heart” [DS9)). Worf was deeply in deZarn as Halb Daier; Thomas Kopache as Kira Taban; John love with Jadzia, but his dream of raising a family with her was ~~ Marzelli as Scavenger; Marc Marosi as Gul. SEE: Alamo, Battle of shattered in 2374 when Jadzia was tragically killed by a Pah- the; Bajoran lilac; Basso Tromac; comfort woman; Deep Space wraith inhabiting the body of Gul Dukat. (“Tears of the Prophets” 9; Dukat, Gul; Halb Daier; Iponu; Kira Meru; Kira Nerys; Kira [DS9)). After her death, Worf worried that Jadzia had not died in Pohl; Kira Reon; Kira Taban; Orb of Time; Saratoga, U.S.S.; battle, and might therefore be denied entry to Sto-Vo-Kor in the Singha refugee camp; Terok Nor; ultritium. afterlife. ("Image in the Sand" [DS9]). He therefore volunteered for a dangerous mission, dedicating the glorious victory to her name Wykoff, Dr. (Casey Biggs). Psychiatrist on Earth's North so that she might have a place among the honored dead. In this American continent during the mid-20th century. Wykoff was effort, Worf was assisted by his friends Julian Bashir, Miles assigned to the case of writer Benny Russell when Russell was O’Brien, and Quark, who also risked their lives to honor Jadzia. incarcerated for believing too strongly in the reality of a science(“Shadows and Symbols" [DSS]). Upon his return, however, Worf fiction story he had written. Russell's story had been a continuawas faced with an unexpected challenge: the emotionally difficult tion of his novella, “Deep Space Nine." In this new adventure, task of meeting the new host to the Dax symbiont. Worf’s discom Ben Sisko had voyaged to a planet called Tyree in search of a relic fort was so great that Ezri Dax nearly refused a posting to Deep called the Orb of the Emissary. Wykoff urged Russell to repudiate Space 9 out of respect for Worf's feelings. She agreed to stay only his visions by erasing what he had written, but Russell refused. after Worf indicated that he believed Jadzia would have wanted (“Shadows and Symbols" [DS9)). Casey Biggs also played Damar. him to accept her as the new host. (“Afterimage” [DS9]). In 2375, Worf briefly rejoined the crew of the Enterprise-E to prevent the Ba'ku people from being forcibly removed from their homeworld by the Sona. (Star Trek: Insurrection). During the final weeks of the Dominion war, Worf became appalled that Chancellor Gowron was squandering the lives of Klingon warriors in pursuit of person al political gain. Worf urged the chancellor to reconsider his strategies, but was rebuffed. Soon, Worf realized that Gowron's politi cally motivated decisions threatened the survival of the empire itself. Worf challenged and slew Gowron in a bat'leth fight for honor, and in so doing, earned the right to lead the high council. Nevertheless, Worf believed that the interests of his - people would be best served with Martok leading the empire, so Worf <> stood aside and Martok became chan- ¥ cellor. (*Tacking into the Wind" [DS9)). [i After the Dominion war, Worf became r the Federation ambassador to Qo'noS. Ji (“What You Leave Behind" [DS9]).