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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] The line is only from the script (although a relatively late version of it) and is mainly remembered because it's reproduced in the "Making of DS9" book. Even the original release of "Emissary" (the one with O'Brien on the E-D transporter room) didn't have that line. Once again, I'd ignore the script in favor of what we saw on screen. And leave open all the possibilities the on-screen scenes leave open. Here are some: 1) The Saratoga could well have been a late arrival in the battle, joining only after the Borg had done an initial round of slaughtering and were rebroadcasting their party line. That would better match Sisko's emotional state. Lack of debris prior to the scene would simply mean the previous volley was fired a few thousand kilometers off camera. 2) Hanson need not have died when his message cut off. I suspect the Borg started jamming all the messages at that point instead. Otherwise, wouldn't the E-D simply have called the next ship to find out what was going on? Not all the ships died simultaneously in a split second, even if "BoBW" might have left us with that impression. 3) The battle need not really have taken place in the Wolf 359 system (or close to Wolf 359 if it doesn't have a system), any more than the Battle of Agincourt took place near Agincourt. If battles were always named after the actual location, we'd have hundreds of engagements called "the Battle of Empty Space"! Much like Agincourt was the closest place *of noble worth* to the famous battle, Wolf 359 could have been named after the staging area instead of the "site" of the running battle. Not that I'd strongly believe in the latter. It just goes to show we can make this as complicated as we wish. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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