This month, as well as this year, has been a turbulent but significant moment of the 21st Century. We don\u2019t know how it will affect our future. In the third season of \u201cStar Trek: Deep Space Nine,\u201d the writers imagined how a significant moment in the 2020s could lead to the creation of Starfleet and the Federation. The trio look at Sisko, Bashir, and Dax\u2019s unplanned adventure in 2024 in the two-parter \u201cPast Tense.\u201d How did Ben and Julian\u2019s experience in the so-called sanctity district contrast to Jadzia\u2019s time in the sky rise office building? What meaning does this episode have for us today?