Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Summary[]
In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Harbinger you play a young Tirrion envoy of the elite Federation Diplomatic Corps, in training to be an ambassador between your people and the Federation. Upon arriving at Deep Space 9, you discover a murder has taken place, and your talents are needed to aid the crew in solving it. Mysterious aliens have also arrived on board, who may be friend or foe, and they have trouble speaking any language known to your people. You must struggle to solve the murder and find out how to communicate with the aliens, all to save the Gamma Quadrant from annihilation.
Background information[]
- Hilary J. Bader was the story consultant and contributed some of the game's plot.
- The stardate given by Envoy Bannik, combined with Sisko's rank of captain with his goatee and unshaven head, firmly places the game between "The Adversary" and "The Way of the Warrior".
- This game is primarily an intellectual puzzle game, similar to Myst and other such games. The designers appear to have made a conscious effort to make the game feel like an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, complete with the opening credits mimicking those of the series, including the traveling comet with its tail of ice crystals.
- To explain why Deep Space 9 has so few people on board, a plasma storm is around the station forcing the station to run on with skeleton crew. There are technical reasons for so few characters as the game engine mainly due to the use of "pre-rendered" images.
Credits[]
- Game Design
- Mark Buchignani
- Sarah W. Stocker
- Additional Game Design
- Ken Eklund
- Hilary J. Bader
- David Bunnett
- Don Daglow
- Executive Producer
- Don Daglow
- Executive Art Director
- David Bunnett
- Technical Director
- Mark Buchignani
- Lead Programmer
- Mark Buchignani
- Additional Programming
- Alyssa Finley
- Lead Writer
- Sarah W. Stocker
- Story Consultant
- Hilary J. Bader
- Interactive Writing Team
- Ken Eklund
- Sarah W. Stocker
- Additional Dialogue
- Hilary J. Bader
- Associate Producer
- Marla Cosgrove
- 3D & 2D Art & Animation Team Leaders
- William A. Dwyer
- Marina Goldberg
- 3D Art & Animation Team
- Kenn Berry
- Bill Boyer
- Olga Chudnovsky
- David Clemons
- Hugo Kobayashi
- Gigi Lorick
- Joshua J. Nelson
- Nels J. Potts
- Martin Servante
- Marta K. Swinney
- 3D Character Modeling & Animation Team Leaders
- Christopher Gray
- T. Grellinger
- 3D Character Modeling & Animation Team
- Bill Boyer
- Peter A. Davis
- Tim C. Dean
- Bob Deaver
- Scott Foust
- Jay A. Fitt
- Kristopher Johnson
- 2D Art & Animation Team
- Michael Barber
- Uday Kadkade
- Jim Larsen
- Kim Moriki
- Al Roughton
- Storyboard Artist
- Uday Kadkade
- Audio & Video Team Leader
- Andrew Boyd
- Audio & Video Team
- William Beckman
- Sean Carson
- Original Music
- Steven Scherer
- Production Assistant
- 3D Character Models
- Imagination Works
- Tom Knight
- Helene Knight
- Matthew Donino
- Steve R. MacDonald
- Original Character Designs
- Christopher Gray
- T. Grellinger
- Additional Character Design
- David Clemons
- Uday Kadkade
- Additional 3D Animation
- Zachary Rymland
- Cynthia Levine
- Casting
- Hungarian Radio
- Susan & Friends
- Audio Recording
- Boomtown Keller & Cohen
- Engineers
- Mary Ann Zahorsky
- Arjan McNamara
- Art Team Interns
- Maxwell Brace III
- Sanjay Patel
Viacom New Media[]
- Executive Producer
- Andrew Lipson
- Producer
- Thomas Gibson
- Associate Producer
- Caroline Petrook
- Game Analyst
- Jackson Young
- Production Assistant
- Rolanda Bakared
- Production Support
- Teasha Kirchner
- Viacom New Media Marketing Team
- Monique Doubet
- Amy McPoland
- Paula Doyle
- Viacom Consumer Products
- Suzie Domnick
- Kristine Ross
- Randi Kagan
- Juliet Dutton
Development Support Team, Chicago[]
- Development Support Manager
- Scott Lawrence
- Assistant Manager
- John Podiasek
- Technical Supervisor
- Baki 'The Curse' Allen
- Lead Tester
- Tim Shymkus
- Testing Team
- Don 'The Thrill' Hill
- James 'T' Raff
- Francis Brooke
- Shawn 'Moondoggie' McFadden
- Mike 'Gus' Lee
- Butch 'Celebrity Tester' O'Malley
- Dave 'Pretty Boy' Casso
- Gus 'Gus' Peterson
- 'Mean' Jor McGee
- Andreja Djokovic
- Chase Ayers
- Glenn Levy
- Sanjay Rana
- Dave Gohman
- Hardware Compatibility Testers
- Mike 'Monkey Boy' O'Connell
- Chuck 'Harley-Boy' Zenkus
Featuring the voices of[]
- Avery Brooks as "Captain Sisko"
- Rene Auberjonois as "Odo"
- Terry Farrell as "Lieutenant Dax"
- Armin Shimerman as "Quark"
- Nana Visitor as "Major Kira"
- Judi Durand as "The Computer"
Voice actors[]
- Mark Keller as "Envoy Bannik (β)"
- Roger L. Jackson as "Scythian (β)s" / "Karrig (β)"
- Andrea Cirie as "Jani Tharen (β)"
- Nicole Donery as "Ensign Desma Yarrow (β)"
- Mary West as "Vedek Rasmus Selin (β)"
- Paul Shikowitz as "Ensign Carlton"
- Christopher Grey as "The Lykotians"
Special thanks[]
- Stephen Gass
- Melinda Fishman
- Jim Hanson
- Joe Helksen
- Harry Langineer
- Andrew Boyd
- Steve Borstead
- Beth Fenn
- Glen Frazier
- Katie Jack
- John Jansen
- Pat Killingsworth
- Stephen L. Kozlowski
- Chris Lang
- Erica London Pace
- Tamara Rogers
- Mary Schaffer
- Paul Shikowitz
- Masami Yamada and Stars
External links[]
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger at Wikipedia
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger at TrekCore
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger at the Internet Movie Database
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger at Gamefaqs