Stardate not given: It's
several decades in the future. Jake
Sisko is an old man,
living in his grandfather's house on the Louisiana
bayou. On a rainy night, a visitor arrives - a young
woman who aspires to be a writer. Jake tells her the
story of why he hasn't written in years. Long ago, he
was on a trip with his father in the Defiant when an accident in the engine room
caused his father to disappear before his eyes. Yet
when Ben Sisko began appearing to him in the flesh,
for a few minutes at a time, with years between
appearances, it became clear that he was not dead,
but trapped in subspace. Jake went on with his life,
married, became a famous writer - but was forever
haunted by his father's disappearance, and became
obsessed with rescuing him. Now, Jake has finally
found a solution...but what will it cost him?
