Armageddon Game
| "Armageddon Game" | |
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| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Winrich Kolbe |
| Written by | Morgan Gendel |
| Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
| Production code | 433 |
| Original air date | January 30, 1994 |
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"Armageddon Game" is the 33rd episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It is the 13th episode of the second season.
Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien have spent the past week helping two races, the T'Lani and the Kellerun, dismantle deadly biological weapons known as "Harvesters" which were used by both sides in a centuries-long war. After countless tests, Bashir finally finds a method which successfully neutralizes a Harvester, prompting relief and celebration among all involved. O'Brien assures the T'Lani and Kellerun ambassadors that all files related to the Harvesters have been destroyed so as to prevent them from ever being created again, allowing the two races to put the war behind them. He and Bashir then inform Commander Sisko that they plan to stay for a celebration once they finish destroying the remaining stockpiles of Harvesters and will return to Deep Space Nine in two days.
When the moment comes to destroy the final Harvester tube, however, two Kellerun soldiers enter the laboratory and begin shooting the scientists, T'Lani and Kellerun alike. Bashir and O'Brien manage to overpower the guards in the frenzy that ensues, but a drop of the Harvester liquid falls on O'Brien's skin. The doors locked and communications with their runabout jammed, they are forced to beam down to the surface of the planet they are orbiting, a planet whose population was devastated by Harvesters.
The T'Lani and Kellerun ambassadors inform Sisko that O'Brien and Bashir died in an accident and provide a recording purportedly showing the deaths of the entire science team from an automated security routine. Meanwhile, Bashir and O'Brien are stranded in an abandoned town. Taking refuge in one of the buildings, they decide to try to find a way of contacting the T'Lani to inform them of the Kelleruns' apparent betrayal. Back on the station, the entire crew watches the recording of the "accident", in which Bashir, O'Brien, and the scientists are vaporized instantly, and begin to address the need to replace them while they grieve their loss.
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