Imagine my surprise when we encountered The Guac, an ancient avian race that flies around in hyperspace.

Franklin is friends with Garibaldi; Bashir is friends with O'Brien.  hmm…

@avclub-79557cb93066f4470b8cee6e9110f757:disqus They're both idealistic, bordering on self-righteous, willing to bend the rules for what they think is right, but intransigent when they think something is wrong.  Had their choice of posting and chose something on "the frontier" where they could treat lots of different…

@TheTuckPendletonMachine:disqus Well, if you insist. What do you want?

@avclub-04d524031f29c89d78cae864bd6f0de7:disqus Out to get ingredients to make some tostadas, thank you for asking.

There's a reason my…associates…sent me out on recruiting missions and left him behind, or…in between, as it were.

NEVER ask me that!

I was quite honored when they asked me to name that ship…

Hedgehogs?!?  You're on my list, newbie.

You know, if you have trouble sleeping and need something to do with your time, we're always looking for pilots for our ships.

Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy!

They certainly are.  They look like they shoud be the perfect distillation of my…associates'…philosophy.  But if they just keep fighting over and over with no resolution, it's just another kind of stagnation.

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BLUE

"a good person who made an unfortunate bargain with a sinister figure"

THE AV CLUB
Bad call, Morden

*SPOILERS*

Wait, @avclub-d80126524c1e9641333502c664fc6ca1:disqus , are you *that* BOB?  Even my…associates…might shy away from you.

I'm not sure TOS/TNG is the show in from which he was wedged.  Bashir bears a…passing resemblance to a certain Dr. Franklin.

Welcome Songbird!  What do you want?