Quodo in Every Episode discussion: "The Ship"

[chacusha]

This week we're discussing... episode 5x02 "The Ship"!

Episode synopsis: While on a survey mission, Sisko and a team of officers come across a crashed Jem'Hadar warship. Tragedy occurs when he and Kilana, the Vorta head of the team that arrives to recover certain contents of the ship, are unable to come to an agreement about the fate of the ship.

What The Boys are up to in this episode: Odo and Quark appear in a single scene, where Odo is arresting Quark for importing several substances without a license, and arresting Bashir for providing the medical rationale for the illegal import.

One screencap from this episode:


Transcript: http://chakoteya.net/DS9/500.htm

Quodo fics tagged with this episode: There is one fic tagged with background Quodo in the tag: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40935966

Tell us:
- What did you think about this episode?
- Have you written a fic set during/after this episode?
- Have you read any of the fics linked above? Let us know if they fit! Do you know of any other fics set in or that build off this episode that weren't linked above?
- What do you see as the Quodo potential for this episode?

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Comments

[chacusha]

Random thoughts:

- Kind of fascinating banter between O'Brien and Muniz here.

- I'm already loving this B plot with Odo, Quark, Bashir, and Kira. The fact that Odo has his hand on Quark's shoulder the entire time is sending me. Oh wait, this isn't even a B plot -- it's just an Obligatory Scene to fit in the four characters who aren't on the survey mission. Amazing scene.

- Oh no Benzite on the shuttle, we hardly knew you.

- It's very interesting how much effort they put into establishing a familiar dynamic between O'Brien and Muniz in order to establish the stakes throughout the episode, even with essentially a redshirt character. Like, the medic and the shuttle crew go down in a blink of an eye, but Muniz remains the focus of the episode for so long that it's believable that the rest of the team are at their limit here and their morale is breaking down, and his death manages to have impact.

- Downer episode, but I love this portrayal of the difference between the Dominion and the Federation, and that the tendency of the Dominion to leap straight to deceptive tactics tends to clash hard with the Federation's open and honest approach.


Quodo potential:

- Odo: It seems that Quark took the opportunity to import illegal Regalian liquid crystals along with the fleaspiders. The crystals are a highly intoxicating and sometimes dangerous aphrodisiac.
Quark: What's love without danger?

Okay, first, lmao. Second, this is just asking for a sex pollen Quodo plot, right?! Maybe accidental dousing or maybe established relationship where Quark has the great idea to use this in the bedroom with Odo (lol).

- The reason why I was so amused about Odo's hand constantly on Quark's shoulder is that the fic I'm currently posting involves Odo constantly touching Quark, and I was worried it was a somewhat contrived plot convenience, but Odo is apparently Just Like That, lol. But yeah, in this case, Quark seems really unphased by it. I feel like there's some potential for Quark's POV about how he feels about Odo being handsy with him, basically.


I read through the fic linked above, and it is indeed background Quodo with (age-swapped) Garak/Bashir in the foreground, so I wouldn't count it. Reading it did remind me, though, that Odo is apparently a solid in this episode! I hadn't realized.