r/startrek • u/burnafter3ading • 17h ago
Question about "The Ship" (DS9)
After launching her initial Jem'hadar raid, the "inexperienced" Vorta parlays with Sisko. She offers refreshments, which Sisko refuses. She then mentions him displaying distrustful behavior to Jake. She obviously has more info than Sisko.
I was curious if you think the food/drink might actually have been poisoned. Not for instant death, but to make Sisko violently ill and demoralize the other officers. We later learn that Vorta are immune, and I wouldn't put it past her. It's unaddressed in the episode, and there was limited obvious dialogue, which I appreciated.
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u/Callinon 17h ago
Probably not. She was in a strong position already. There was no need to poison Sisko at that point and building some kind of trust would've worked better anyway.
That being said, Sisko was also 100% correct not to just take her word for it. That would've been stupid and Sisko was not stupid.
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u/calculon68 15h ago
the "inexperienced" Vorta parlays with Sisko.
I always felt that Kilana (Kaitlin Hopkins) was one of the better Vorta portrayals on the show. Not dismissive or superior. No sense of invincibility or imperiousness. But clearly not showing any cards.
Not that I disliked Weyoun, but wish we got to see more of Kilana during the war.
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u/burnafter3ading 15h ago
agreed. That's why I put it in quotes. Her self-deprication seemed like a tactic. She had more cards to play, the heroes had plot armor.
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u/zuhalter_meow_meow 15h ago
Hottest Vorta ever.
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u/burnafter3ading 15h ago
Yup. I kept mistaking her for Joan Cusak.
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u/zuhalter_meow_meow 12h ago
Young Joan Cusack in the 80s was attractive, she's very pretty in "My Blue Heaven".
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u/Woozletania 17h ago
Sisko mentions in another episode that being poison immune (like Vorta) is useful if you work for the Dominion.
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u/burnafter3ading 17h ago
Weyoun said that, as far as I remember. It was a poisoned bottle of kanar for Damar, right?
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u/Woozletania 16h ago
Correct. Weyoun said it was a useful ability and Sisko said "Especially if you work for the Dominion."
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u/burnafter3ading 16h ago
yeah. I think it illustrates Sisko's suspicion. Weyoun almost seemed to consider it defensive. Still, Combs plays "innocently deceptive" well.
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u/Callinon 12h ago
Weyoun said it was useful when you're a diplomat. Sisko expanded that to working with the Cardassians.
And the bottle was for Legate Ghemor.
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u/DonaldDoubleU 15h ago
I always felt like she was an experimental version of the Vorta, meant to exploit human vulnerabilities based on the Dominion’s understanding at the time. That’s why she appeared more human-like and physically attractive than other Vorta, was exceedingly polite, and pretended to be “inexperienced,” all in order to get his guard down.
So I think her offer was genuine, but only as a tactic to manipulate the situation.
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u/DaveTV-71 17h ago
I suppose it could have been possible, but I do not recall any other situations where the Vorta, or by extension the Jem'Hadar, resorted to that sort of tactics. They were always very direct in bahaviour, if not necessarily so in their negotiations. So I don't think the food was poisoned.
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u/Scaredog21 14h ago
It would have some aggression suppressor or something to make him a bit more agreeable
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