What about all the guys on Borath? Hell, they cloned Kahless, sort of. Or the guys at that festival where future Alexander shows up to save Worf.

Pipe with horns no doubt. I forgot all about monkey boy! It has been a while since I read that, but I remember it being great. Kind of like Terminator 100 years later and on acid. And that is an astute point about the food, I remember monkey boy trying to bash open a sealed tin can.

In O'Brien's case he also has the added weight of experience of military conflict. It is easy to understand that someone who fought in hand to hand combat with Cardassians might have issues with Cardassians after the war, (see: Setlik III massacre), even in the context of the supposedly enlightened future. I can't…