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| - A pagh'tem'far was a sacred vision in Bajoran culture. Bajorans believed they were messages from the Prophets. In 2373 Benjamin Sisko began to experience a series of Pagh'tem'far after receiving a plasma shock in a holosuite. While the visions allowed him to see the future, the condition eventually began to threaten Sisko's physical health so he had to undergo surgery which stopped the visions. (DS9 episode: "Rapture") In 2376 after Elias Vaughn had an orb experience Deanna Troi suggested he might have experienced something close to a Pagh'tem'far. (DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One)
- In 2373, Benjamin Sisko received a series of pagh'tem'far after receiving a plasma shock in a holosuite. In these visions, he was in the ancient city of B'hala, and could see the past, present, and future. A swarm of locusts appeared in the sky and hovered over the city, before heading off towards Cardassia. The visions were prophetic of the later Dominion-Cardassian alliance, and the coming Dominion War. Sisko came to believe that Bajor must "stand alone", else the locusts would destroy it; on this basis, he interrupted the signing ceremony that would have established Bajor as a Federation member, derailing the world's entry into the Federation.
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| - A pagh'tem'far was a sacred vision in Bajoran culture. Bajorans believed they were messages from the Prophets. In 2373 Benjamin Sisko began to experience a series of Pagh'tem'far after receiving a plasma shock in a holosuite. While the visions allowed him to see the future, the condition eventually began to threaten Sisko's physical health so he had to undergo surgery which stopped the visions. (DS9 episode: "Rapture") In 2376 after Elias Vaughn had an orb experience Deanna Troi suggested he might have experienced something close to a Pagh'tem'far. (DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One) Several weeks later, Kira Nerys thought her experiences fighting with Torrna Antosso and the Perikian Republic could have been a Pagh'tem'far, although the fact she retained a wound from a battle with the Lerrit made her believe she had travelled back in time. (DS9 short story: "Horn and Ivory")
- In 2373, Benjamin Sisko received a series of pagh'tem'far after receiving a plasma shock in a holosuite. In these visions, he was in the ancient city of B'hala, and could see the past, present, and future. A swarm of locusts appeared in the sky and hovered over the city, before heading off towards Cardassia. The visions were prophetic of the later Dominion-Cardassian alliance, and the coming Dominion War. Sisko came to believe that Bajor must "stand alone", else the locusts would destroy it; on this basis, he interrupted the signing ceremony that would have established Bajor as a Federation member, derailing the world's entry into the Federation. While he was having the pagh'tem'far, Sisko showed some unusual synaptic potentials in his brain, which began to threaten his life when they depolarized his basal ganglia. Sisko insisted that he be allowed to complete the visions, but Jake Sisko, as his next-of-kin, authorized Doctor Julian Bashir to perform surgery to correct the condition. Afterward, Sisko claimed that he had nearly "understood it all." (DS9: "Rapture") Teero Anaydis, in one of his illegal mind control experiments, programmed Tuvok to respond to the code phrase "Pagh'tem'far B'tanay" ("This is a holy time, the time of the awakening") and implant the same mind control into all of the Maquis via mind meld, ultimately causing a mutiny. (VOY: "Repression")
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