146. Valiant

Summary

Just after leaving a starbase with a diplomatic message for the Grand Nagus, the runabout carrying Nog and Jake is attacked by Jem'Hadar fighters, but the two are rescued by the USS Valiant, a Defiant-class ship manned by a crew of Red Squad cadets who were out on a training cruise when the war broke out. Nog is made Chief Engineer by Captain Watters, who plans to complete the Valiant's mission of obtaining technical data on a Dominion battleship. Once this is accomplished, however, Watters decides to destroy the battleship. Jake voices his objections to Nog and is arrested. The Valiant's attempt is unsuccessful, and most of its crew are killed as the ship meets its fate. Jake, Nog, and one cadet barely manage to escape.

Summary provided by The DS9 Encyclopedia and Lexicon by kind permission of Tracy Hemenover.