175 - Present Tense

Published: June 20, 2020, 5:41 a.m.

b'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?'