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Subject: Answers Date: Wed, Apr 22, 1998 18:49 EDT From: RonDMoore Message-id: <1998042222493500.SAA10921@ladder01.news.aol.com>

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I think we're close to agreement, however, I think that the slavery debate drove the secessionist movement, not vice versa. Secessionism had come up before, notably during the War of 1812 (and in New England of all places) but absent the slavery question I find it hard to believe that any of the southern states would've moved toward actual disunion.

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We will deal with it next year.

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Not that I'm aware of. I think this was something talked about by the fans, but not seriously on the DS9 staff.

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I don't think so.

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Zek, Brunt and Moogie will all be in "Profit and Lace." And you'll get a chance to see Quark... in a new way.

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Peter did the story as a freelancer. There is no truth to the rumor of a fight between Peter and Ira.

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Possibly, but nothing that I can think of at the moment.

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Won't know the answer to this until next season.

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Today is the last day of filming on Season 6, so officially, hiatus begins tomorrow. The writing staff will still be here, however, for a couple more weeks and then we'll all be taking off the last three weeks of May for vacation and recharge.

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As I said in a previous post, "In the Pale Moonlight" was originally designed as a Jake story. "Valiant" is a Jake & Nog story.

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I'm pretty sure that Grant didn't own slaves. I believe that Gen. Sherman once declared that he wasn't interested in fighting for the freedom of slaves at the beginning of the conflict, but even he continued the fight after the Emancipation Proclamation. The Proclamation is what turned the Civil War into a moral crusade and gave meaning to the bloodshed. Polish up that image of the North again. They weren't perfect and they certainly weren't pure in thought and deed, but thousands of men in blue died and thousands more were maimed in the cause of freedom, while the brave men in gray died defending the right to hold other men in shackles. As much as I admire the tactical brilliance of the southern generals and courage and honor of their soldiers, in the end their cause was not just and their sacrifice was in vain.

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Puh-leeze.

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I don't think we named them.

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The Sovereigns are the exclusive property of the Trek features and you won't be seeing any of them on DS9. Likewise, the Intrepid-class belongs to Voyager and you won't be seeing them either.

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It's possible, but we have no plans to bring back T'Rul at the present.