VERSIONE ITALIANA

PPR 721
SEQ 1/2
SAT 02.01.1993
RAI 29.06.1995
VHS 1
STO Rick Berman
Michael Piller
TPY Michael Piller
REG David Carson
MUS Dennis McCarthy
GUS Jean-Luc Picard/Locutus Patrick Stewart
Kai Opaka Camille Saviola
Jennifer Sisko Felicia M. Bell
Gul Dukat Marc Alaimo
Gul Jasad Joel Snetow
Nog Aron Eisenberg
Rom Max Grodénchik
Addetta al teletrasporto Maggie Hubbell April Grace
Capitano Vulcaniano John Noah Hertzler
Ufficiale Tattico Boliano Stephen Davies
Ufficiale Ops Lily Mariya
Ufficiale Conn Cassandra Bryam
Tenente dell'Enterprise Megan Butler
Monaco Donald Hotton
Monaco che canta Stephen Rowe
Doran Lynnda Ferguson
Curzon Dax Frank Owen Smith
Jake Sisko giovane Thomas Hobson
Battitore di baseball Kevin McDermott
Ufficiali cardassiani Steve Rankin, Parker Whitman, William Powell-Blair
Funzionario bajoriano Gene Armor
Dabo girl Diana Cignoni
Voce computer di Deep Space Nine Judi Durand
Voce computer dell'Enterprise Majel Barrett
IT L'emissario
DE Der Abgesandte

riassunto
Data Stellare 46379.1: Bajor, un pianeta in una zona di secondaria importanza, è stato sottratto al dominio cardassiano dopo 50 anni di occupazione. Il comandante della Flotta Stellare Benjamin Sisko si appresta ad assumere il comando della ex stazione spaziale cardassiana Terok Nor, ribattezzata Deep Space Nine, nei pressi del pianeta, insieme al Maggiore Kira Nerys, che rappresenta a sua volta il governo provvisorio bajoriano. Apparentemente, l'importanza strategica della stazione è trascurabile, ma ben presto si mettono in moto alcuni avvenimenti che potrebbero trasformare Deep Space Nine in un punto di straordinaria importanza per tutto il settore.


Note
Per completare le riprese di questo pilot sono stati necessari 25 giorni, circa il doppio del previsto.
Le spese di produzione del pilot ammontano a 12 milioni di dollari.
La capsula di salvataggio della Saratoga è stata disegnata da Jim Martin ed è stata costruita da Greg Jein.
Questo episodio è uscito in versione integrale in Italia nell'estate 1994 con il titolo Oltre l'ultima frontiera.
Nella versione trasmessa da RAI2 manca la scena di Odo che rientra dall'astronave cardassiana. Inoltre, dal momento che l'episodio è stato trasmesso tutto insieme unendo le due parti, le scene con i titoli della seconda parte in sovrimpressione sono state sostituite montando delle scene di apertura e chiusura del wormhole.


47
Un Cardassiano dice a Gul Jasad del del Settimo Ordine che il Quarto Ordine potrebbe arrivare in una giornata come rinforzo.
Mentre si trova all'interno del wormhole, tre riprese ravvicinate del monitor del Rio Grande mostrano chiaramente un pulsante 47 sulla parte destra.
Appena prima di trasportare Dax in sala controllo, dopo che è stata scortata all'esterno del wormhole, O'Brien stava controllando con Kira un monitor con la Scan Analysis 4077.


YATI
Quando la stazione subisce un paio di colpi dai Cardassiani, c'è una scena in cui delle travi di metallo rovinano su delle persone su una passatoia; successivamente una persona, scagliata in aria, atterra e schiaccia una di queste travi.


Citazioni
Sisko: We need a Community Leader, and it's going to be... you, Quark!
Quark: Ahahahah... Community Leader! Ahahahah...
Odo: Seems reasonable: you have all the character reference of a politician.

O'Brien: Computer, transfer energy from the inertial dampers to reinforce the subspace field.
Computer: Procedure is not recommended.
O'Brien: Damn it transfer the energy!
Computer: Unable to comply. Level 1 safety protocols have cancelled the request.
O'Brien: Cancelled?
Computer: Warning: subspace field collapse in 30 seconds.
[...]
O'Brien: Computer, you and I need to have a little talk...

Sisko: In a linear existence, we can't go back to the past to get something we've left behind, so it's lost.
Alien: It's inconceivable that any species could exist in such a manner: you are deceiving us.

Alien: You value your ignorance of what is to come?
Sisko: That may be the most important thing to understand about humans. It is the unknown that defines our existence.

Kira: Shields Up!
O'Brien: What shields?

Kira: If you don't take that hand off my hip, you'll never be able to raise a glass with it again.
Quark: Ohhh... I love women in an uniform.

ENGLISH VERSION

“Emissary”
ST: DS9 Episode No.’s: 1 and 2
ST: DS9 Production No’s.: 401 and 402
Original Air Date (USA): 01/03/1993 and 09/24/1993
Stardate: 46379.1

Three years since the devastating attack on the Federation fleet at Wolf 359 by the Borg, a reluctant Commander Benjamin Sisko and his even more reluctant son are transferred to the newly acquired space station Deep Space Nine in orbit of the Bajoran homeworld. Commander Sisko is ordered to oversee the repair of the giant space station, which was constructed by the Cardassian Empire during their military occupation of Bajor.

The Starship Enterprise is docked at Deep Space Nine, and Commander Sisko has a tense meeting with Captain Jean-Luc Picard, whom he blames for the death of his wife at Wolf 359. Picard informs Sisko that his mission aboard the space station is a critical one, and that he is to assure the Bajorans are accepted into the Federation. After the tense confrontation, the two part on less than friendly terms. Sisko looks to Major Kira, his Bajoran First Officer for insight into the Bajorans. She explains that his only chance for success is for the Bajorans to unite. She suggests that he seek out Kai Opaka, the Bajoran spiritual leader. She says that only Opaka could unite the Bajoran factions who have resumed old arguments now that the Cardassian occupation is over and Sisko departs for the Bajoran homeworld to find her. Upon meeting her, Kai Opaka reveals to Sisko that his arrival has a deep spiritual purpose to her people, but will not reveal exactly what it is. She gives Sisko a powerful and mystical orb, relating to him that his destiny is to retrieve eight other orbs which were stolen by the Cardassians. In a demonstration of the orb's power, Kai Opaka is able to transport Sisko back to the beach where he first met his wife many years ago.

The Enterprise disembarks and a Cardassian warship soon arrives at the station. The Cardassian leader, Gul Dukat, immediately tries to convince Sisko to relinquish the orb, but Sisko denies any knowledge of it or other orbs. Later, Dax researches the orbs' history and informs Sisko that they all appeared to origniate in the nearby Denorios belt.

Dax and Sisko set out to investigate the Denorios belt in a Runabout. Upon their arrival, they are propelled through a giant cosmic event... they have discovered a wormhole. The Runabout exits out of the wormhole and into what they soon realize is the Gamma Quadrant, over 70,000 light years from Bajor. Realizing this may be the manner in which the orbs appeared over Bajor, Sisko and Dax enter the wormhole to return home. However, they land on a remote planet inside the Wormhole where an orb attacks Dax and transports her back to Deep Space Nine.

Left alone on the strange planet, Sisko is contacted by the alien beings behind the orbs, and who first perceive him as a deadly threat. The aliens do not understand how lifeforms can exist in linear time, and use images from Sisko’s life, including the day he met his wife and the battle where she was killed. Sisko is able to successfully communicate with the aliens, and they soon begin to understand each other.

Chief O'Brien begins the seemingly impossible task of maneuvering the space station to the mouth of the wormhole, but a Cardassian ship reaches it first. However, the wormhole collapses around the Cardassian ship, stranding it in the Gamma Quadrant. The aliens detect the Cardassian ship's presence and informs Sisko. They continue to communicate with Sisko, indicating that he is trapped in the past, at the moment in time when his wife was killed aboard the Saratoga. Realizing the pain he has been holding all these years, the aliens guide him through the circumstances leading up to his wife's death and help him to finally grieve for his loss and to realize that it is time to let go of her.

Aboard Deep Space Nine, Major Kira is contacted by Cardassian Captain Gul Jasad, who accuses the station crew of destroying the missing Cardassian ship. Kira denies the accusation, but Jasad does not believe her and attacks the station. The battle escalates and the space station is damaged. Kira decides that it is time to surrender when the wormhole suddenly reappears, and Sisko's Runabout tows the Cardassian ship out of danger. The battle swiftly ends, and the Bajorans are able to lay claim to the wormhole.

Later, a healed Sisko briefs Picard about the events of the past few days. Picard compliments Sisko on a job well done, for he has put Bajor on the map and that the station will soon become a leading center of commerce and exploration, as well as one of the Federation’s most impotant posts. Sisko decides to keep his post on Deep Space Nine, now that he has grieved for his wife and looks forward to his new future aboard the station.