Star Trek: Discovery
WARNING : This article control SPOILERS for Star Trek : Discovery time of year 5 , episode 3 , " Jinaal " .
Summary
Star Trek : Discovery ’s getting even to Trill is a lamentable monitor thatStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Dax symbiont is long dead in the 32nd century . InDiscoveryseason 5 , episode 3 , " Jinaal " , Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) meets Kalzara Blix ( Claire Coulter ) , a Trill host who can help Discovery with its hunt for the Progenitors ' gem . To unlock the next clue to their seeking , Burnham and her away team have to speak to the symbiont ’s original host , Jinaal Bix , who uses the zhian’tara rite to inhabit the eubstance of Dr. Hugh Culber ( Wilson Cruz ) to test the worthiness of Burnham and Book ( David Ajala ) .
Jinaal Bix was one of six scientist , includingRomulan scientist Dr. Vellek(Michael Copeman ) who spent years researching the primogenitor and their engineering following the revelations inStar Trek : The Next multiplication ’s " The Chase " . Jinaal chose to become a Trill host , so that the Bix symbiont would keep the information about the primogenitor , and the whereabouts of the clue on Trill . 800 years later , and the Bix symbiont is barely withstand on to life , having spent centuries awaiting a " worthy searcher " , a fact that reminds viewers thatStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Dax will be long bushed inStar Trek : Discovery ’s 32nd one C .
The Progenitors were one of Captain Picard ’s most wakeless discoveries in Star Trek : The Next coevals , now Burnham resume the chase in Discovery .
Star Trek: Discovery Reminds Us Dax Is Long Dead In The 32nd Century
While brief Burnham on their findings inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 3,Ensign Adira Tal ( Blu del Barrio ) explains that " it would be unusual " but not rare for a Trill symbiont to live for 800 years . Star Trek : Deep Space Nineestablished that Trills could survive beyond 550 years , which does mean that the Dax symbiont could have made it to its 800th natal day . However , the symbiont was already 350 years sure-enough when Lt . Jadzia Dax ( Terry Farrell ) became the 8th Dax host .
This mean that even if Dax had made it to the ripe old age of 800 , they would have done so in the class 2818 , almost 400 years before Burnham and the USS Discovery arrived in the 32nd century . WhenLt . Jadzia Dax was killed off , Ensign Ezri Dax ( Nicole de Boer ) became the symbiont ’s unwilling and unprepared raw legion . However , despiteStar Trek : Discovery ’s return visits to Trill , no updates on what Ezri did after the oddment ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , or who her heir were , have ever been revealed .
While Ezri Dax is the official ninth host of the Dax symbiont , she ’s technically the tenth , as the felonious Verad steal the symbiont inStar Trek : Deep Spaceseason 2 , episode 4 , " Invasive Procedures " .
How DS9’s Dax Symbiont Compares To Discovery’s Bix Symbiont
It ’s unknown ifStar Trek : Discovery ’s Bix symbiont lived longer thanStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s symbiont . Bix was by all odds immature than Dax during the 24th C , as Jinaal is confirmed to be the first of the symbiont ’s host . Each year on Trill , 500 symbionts become available for join , so Jinaal must have chosen to become a master of ceremonies at some point prior to the Bix symbiont becoming available . Jinaal , Vellek and the other five scientist worked together for years to ascertain the Progenitors ' technology , so he could have joined with Bix many years after theending ofDS9 .
Unlike Jadzia Dax , who chose to become a Host from an early age , Jinaal Bix chose to become a horde to preserve the secret of the progenitor . Star Trek : Deep Space Ninerevealed that becoming a master of ceremonies was an award not confer on every Trill . Star Trek : Discovery ’s Jinaal reveals that his rage and desire to become a server was driven by a stronger obligation to preserve the secrets of the progenitor . With Bix ’s message finally carry , the symbiont can now slumber , joining Dax in the Trill hereafter .
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Star Trek: Discovery is an entry in the legendary Sci-Fi franchise, set ten years before the original Star Trek series events. The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham, assigned to the USS Discovery, where the crew attempts to prevent a Klingon war while traveling through the vast reaches of space.
Star Trek : Discovery is an entree in the legendary Sci - Fi franchise , set ten eld before the original Star Trek serial event . The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham , assign to the USS Discovery , where the crew attempt to prevent a Klingon war while journey through the huge reaches of quad .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , also known as DS9 , is the quaternary series in the long - running Sci - Fi franchise , Star Trek . DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and stars Avery Brooks , René Auberjonois , Terry Farrell , and Cirroc Lofton . This peculiar series follows a grouping of person in a space station near a satellite called Bajor .
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.
