Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7, Episode 17 - "Penumbra"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Penumbra," all Captain Sisko wants at the end of the war is a nice little place on Bajor to call his own and the hand of Kasidy Yates in marriage. He's going to hear from the Prophets on that one.
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