The second part of Emancipation sees the terrorists carrying out a deadly attack on Deep Space Nine itself, but will it be enough for the slaves to earn their freedom? Tragedy strikes, and the slavers may yet take some form of revenge, leaving it up to the crew of Deep Space Nine to put a stop to the battles their caught in the middle of.

This second part was, like the first, fine. It felt much weaker than previous stories, and ends by wrapping up far too neatly and quickly in my opinion.

Though writer Mike W. Barr generally does a good job of capturing the voices and characters of Deep Space Nine’s cast, there’s a weird moment where Odo mentions his mother here that feels quite out of place; of course, when Barr was writing these stories, Deep Space Nine was in its infancy, and it’s possible he was acting on information he’d been given that didn’t quite make it to screen, or it was guesswork which didn’t pay off. In any case, it’s only a single moment, but it really stood out for me.

Finally, the letters page reveals that annoying fans who can’t accept new takes on their beloved sagas aren’t a new thing. Check out the excerpt of the insufferable letter above, which constantly refers to Star Trek: The Next Generation as ‘Nextrek’ and Deep Space Nine as ‘Deeptrek’. I wonder what he ended up calling Voyager. Voytrek, perhaps? In any case, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone refer to the different Star Trek shows in this way. Can’t possibly think why that annoying naming convention didn’t catch on…

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