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<TD WIDTH="220" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="3" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'The Ascent'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 507)<BR>by Ira Steven Behr<BR>and Robert Hewitt Wolfe</TD>
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Odo and Quark, who normally have an adversarial relationship, are forced to cooperate when their Runabout goes down on an unknown planet. 

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Avery Brooks (<B>Captain Benjamin Sisko</B>), Rene Auberjonois (<B>Constable Odo</B>), Michael Dorn (<B>Lieutenant Commander Worf</B>), Terry Farrell (<B>Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax</B>), Cirroc Lofton (<B>Jake Sisko</B>), Colm Meaney (<B>Chief Miles O'Brien</B>), Armin Shimerman (<B>Quark</B>), Alexander Siddig (<B>Doctor Julian Bashir</B>), Nana Visitor (<B>Major Kira Nerys</B>), Max Grodenchik (<B>Rom</B>), Aron Eisenberg (<B>Nog</B>)

<BR><BR><B>Directed by Allan Kroeker 
<BR>Co-Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore
<BR>Executive Producers Rick Berman and Ira Steven Behr
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<BR>25th November, 1996

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<BR>*Featuring Captain Benjamin Sisko, Lieutenant Commander Worf, Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax, Chief Miles O’Brien, Doctor Julian Bashir, Major Kira Nerys, Constable Odo and Quark

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