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	Bajoran Kai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kai would be roughly similar in rank to the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Earth.
		Later Opaka had to be left behind on a prison planet when she had been infected by nano-machines on the planet.
		Vedek Bareil withdrew his name from consideration to save the memory of Kai Opaka from embarrassment following the discovery of information that she had collaborated with the Cardassians to save the lives of thousands of Bajorans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bajoran_Kai (687 words)

	Opaka - Memory Alpha
		Kai Opaka the spiritual leader of Bajor in the latter days of the Cardassian Occupation and the early days of Bajor's independence from Cardassian rule.
		Opaka was born under Cardassian rule during the half-century long occupation of the her world.
		During a trip to the Gamma Quadrant, Opaka died in a runabout crash on a moon.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Opaka (443 words)

	DS9 Encyclopedia & Lexicon - Episode Guide: Battle Lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		He doesn't know if the Kai is in any danger, but if the runabout's computer were functional, he might be able to do a full analysis.
		That is not who I am." Opaka gently reaches out to read Kira's pagh; Kira bursts into tears, suddenly unable to bear the pain and horror of her past sins.
		Sisko goes with Bashir to talk to the Kai, who is not surprised to learn of the failed attempt at a ceasefire.
	ds9encyclopedia.0catch.com /epguide/battleli.htm (2798 words)

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		Besides, everyone knows you were Kai Opaka's personal choice to succeed her." Bareil says he could never replace Opaka.
		Winn also accessed information on the Kendra Valley massacre, in which 43 Bajoran freedom fighters, including Kai Opaka's son, were ambushed and killed after Bek gave the Cardassians the location of their camp.
		Opaka knew where the resistance cell was located, because her son was a member.
	ds9encyclopedia.0catch.com /epguide/collabor.htm (3124 words)

	List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Only a few weeks later, Opaka was tragically lost to Bajor in a move she foresaw as prophecy when she left Bajor for the first time ever to tour DS9 unannounced.
		Journeying through the wormhole, she was killed in a Runabout crash on the Ennis/Nol Ennis penal moon and then resurrected by the artificial microbes present on the moon.
		She saw this as an opportunity to help heal the spirit of the undying combatants there as a fulfilment of her own personal prophecy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kai_Opaka (3644 words)

	DS9 Encyclopedia & Lexicon - Recurring Characters
		Opaka died in the crash but was resurrected by artificial microbes; however, due to their environment-specific nature, she was unable to leave.
		Opaka appeared in orb visions to Bareil in "The Collaborators", and in orb shadows to Sisko in "Accession".
		Kai Winn negotiated a peace treaty with Cardassia in "Life Support", taking advantage of Bareil's sense of duty by continuing to rely on his advice despite his precarious condition, and showing no regret of her role in his eventual death.
	ds9enc.www2.50megs.com /recur.htm (13076 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: Star Trek Deep Space Nine #13: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Kai is killed and the officers are captured by a race of battle-scarred humanoids trapped in an endless war.
		Kai Opaka, the spiritual leader of the Bajoran people, insists on accompanying Sisko on a runabout that is exploring the Gamma Quadrant.
		Opaka seems to have some clue as to what is going to happen early on when she admits that she has been preoccupied with prophecy.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6304342365 (1411 words)

	Star Trek Lives - Personnel - Kai Opaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Compelled by the Prophets, Opaka visited Deep Space 9 later that year, and prevailed upon Sisko to allow her to travel through the Bajoran wormhole and visit the Gamma Quadrant.
		On that trip, Opaka was killed when the runabout Yangtzee Kiang, carrying Opaka, Sisko, Bashir, and Kira Nerys, crashed on a moon in the Gamma Quadrant.
		Kai Opaka was first seen in "Emissary" (DS9).
	www.startreklives.de /personnel/baj_opaka.htm (154 words)

	Strekonline.com
		Bareil's main opposition in his bid to become kai was political rival Vedek Winn, who attempted to have Bareil assassinated by engineering an incident on Deep Space 9 that would draw Bareil to the station.
		Bareil was favored to become the new kai in 2370, but withdrew from the election when he became tied to the infamous Kendra Valley massacre.
		Bareil knew that Opaka had allowed the Cardassians to kill 42 Bajorans (including her own son) to prevent them from killing over a thousand other Bajorans in the Kendra Valley.
	www.strekonline.com /ds9/database/bareil.htm (432 words)

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		On the eve of the Choosing to determine the next Bajoran Kai, a former Bajoran collaborater named Kubas Oak returns to the station and is promptly arrested.
		She deduces that he was covering up for Kai Opaka, who gave the Cardassians the location of the base because if she had not, they would have wiped out the entire valley killing 1200 innocent Bajorans.
		Perhaps it's because Opaka is for all intents and purposes dead and therefore beyond justice, or perhaps it's because Opaka was so irreproachable in all other ways that Kira found it easier to forgive her.
	www.geocities.com /area51/cavern/7053/ds9/episodes/ep44.html (734 words)

	Battle Lines - Memory Alpha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A runabout carrying Kai Opaka crashes on a planet of eternal war, where it is impossible for the combatants to die.
		Kai Opaka insists on investigating a narrow band subspace signal while in the USS Yangtzee Kiang (a Runabout) in the Gamma Quadrant in 2369.
		Following the arrival at an inhabitable moon, Benjamin Sisko, Kira Nerys, Julian Bashir and Opaka are then shot down by an automatic orbital defense system orbiting the moon.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Battle_Lines (391 words)

	Star Trek LCARS Episode Database - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode Guide - Season 1
		Kai Opaka reveals that Sisko's arrival has a deep spiritual purpose, but is unable to reveal exactly what it is. She entrusts Sisko with a powerful and mystical orb, telling him his destiny is to reclaim eight other orbs stolen by the Cardassians.
		To demonstrate the orb's power, Kai Opaka uses it to transport Sisko to the beach where he first met his wife.
		Later, he speaks with Kai Opaka, who informs Sisko that this is not the last time he will work with the Bajoran prophets to secure the future of the space station inhabitants.
	www.cygnus-x1.net /links/lcars/epsd-DS91.php (15416 words)

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		Besides, everyone knows you were Kai Opaka's personal choice to succeed her.
		SISKO The election of the Kai is strictly an internal matter to Bajor.
		55 CONTINUED: KIRA (Cont'd) Kai Opaka's son and forty-two other Bajoran freedom fighters were ambushed and killed because Bek gave the Cardassians the location of their encampment.
	www.st-minutiae.com /academy/literature329/444.txt (7627 words)

	DS9 Encyclopedia & Lexicon - Episode Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sisko, Bashir, Kira, and Kai Opaka are stranded on a moon where an eternal war is raging.
		Kira goes on the run with her old resistance cell in defiance of Kai Winn; O'Brien enjoys a winning streak at darts.
		Sisko must choose whether to heed the Prophets' warning against marrying Kasidy; Ezri and Worf are captured by Breen; Kai Winn thinks she sees the Prophets; Dukat arrives in disguise.
	ds9encyclopedia.0catch.com /epguide.htm (2977 words)

	KAI WINN IN THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA
		Bareil withdrew his candidacy, and Winn was elected kai in 2370.
		In 2371 Kai Winn surprised her political opponents when she concluded a historic peace accord with the Cardassians.
		The souffle was to honor Kai Winn's success in concluding a peace treaty with the Cardassians.
	www.littlereview.com /goddesslouise/articles/stency.htm (749 words)

	Stromy of Vulcan's Galactic Webpage - Star Trek Station
		Sisko, at the suggestion of Kira, travels to Bajor and visits Bajoran spiritual leader Kai Opaka, who tells Sisko that he is to be the emissary of the people to the temple of their gods.
		Opaka gives him the Orb, and the news that Sisko - whether he likes it or not, whether he even knows it or not - will find the temple.
		Opaka dies on impact, but before Kira has long to grieve, warriors appear and take the crash survivors back to their camp.
	members.fortunecity.com /jo7683sa/startrek/ds9-1.html (3584 words)

	ipedia.com: Bajoran Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		As the Cardassians are written to resemble Nazis, the Bajorans are written to resemble Jews, a people defined by their spirituality and suffering for it.
		The Bajoran religion is a major unifying force on the planet; the spiritual leader, or Kai, wields a great deal of moral and political authority, although the planet's de jure political leader is the First Minister.
		The Bajoran religion is based upon the revelations of the Bajoran Prophets, who come to be known as the timeless beings residing in the Bajoran Wormhole, or Celestial Temple.
	www.ipedia.com /bajoran.html (509 words)

	A Letter To Nerys (DS9)
		Kai Yarka ran for his office proclaiming that he was a man who sought holiness, not a holy man. He wants to rebuild the office through humility, and statesmanship.
		He's said that while he's Opaka's successor, he is not her, nor is he those that came before her.
		Kai Opaka had lived in crystal memory, her only sins ones of love for her son.
	www.southroad.com /brightfame/stories/alettertonerys.html (4058 words)

	Star Trek - Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - The Collaborator
		Bajor is about to elect a new spiritual leader, and Kira's lover, Vedek Bareil, is the leading candidate, having been Kai Opaka's personal choice to succeed her.
		After Winn becomes the new Kai, Kira again finds Bareil and presents proof that he did not give Bek the order, then tells him that she has figured out the truth.
		All this time, Bareil was covering for the real collaborator — Kai Opaka, who sacrificed her son to save the Bajoran villagers.
	www.geocities.com /uss_patriot_2/DS9_44.htm (542 words)

	Odo-Kira Archive: Battlelines
		Opaka holds her close, and tells her the Prophets are only waiting for her to forgive herself.
		He is about to tell Opaka when the Kai pre-empts him by announcing her decision to remain behind and help the warring factions make peace.
		Opaka tells Kira that it is time for this world to begin its healing, just as Kira was brought here to begin hers.
	www.fortunecity.com /tatooine/gargoyle/506/battlelines.html (340 words)

	First Season Memories From Deep Space Nine
		Opaka's Death: Nana has a very amazing ability to produce this raw emotion, this total sadness that Kira feels over the death of her Kai.
		Welcoming Kai Opaka: Kira becomes irate when she discovers that Gul Dukat’s files list her as a minor operative of the resistance movement who only ran errands for the terrorist leaders.
		The instant Kai Opaka touches Kira’s pagh, Nana seems to magically transform into a child who clings to the religious matriarch for dear life.
	www.members.tripod.com /visitor_space/ds9list1.html (3804 words)

	STARTREK.COM : Detail
		Kai Opaka, Bajor's spiritual leader, pays a surprise visit to the station — her first journey away from her home planet.
		Sisko, Kira, and Bashir escort her on a tour of the station, and although the Kai seems preoccupied, she expresses her desire to go through the wormhole.
		They discover a small, meteor-pocked moon, around which orbits a network of artificial satellites, one of which fires an energy blast at the Runabout, severely disabling the vessel.
	www.startrek.com /startrek/view/library/episodes/DS9/detail/68108.html (869 words)

	"Children Of The Prophets" by Judith MacQuinn - DS9 Star Trek story for teens and young adults. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		They were most adamant in their vehemence that the visiting dignitary, Kai Opaka, be retrieved and brought back to Bajor with haste, despite the fact that Odo had no idea where the Kai currently was.
		The Kai's abandonment was a heart-breaking failure for Kira; despite what Opaka had said to her on the prison moon.
		The Kai wasn't dead, but she might as well be and the thought of having to leave her behind was intolerable to her.
	home.earthlink.net /~scifix/storymj.htm (4941 words)

	Star Trek Lives - Personnel - Bareil Antos
		Bajoran spiritual leader who was a leading candidate to become the next kai after the departure of Kai Opaka in 2369.
		Bareil was opposed in his bid to become kai by political rival Vedek Winn, who attempted to have Bareil assassinated.
		Winn engineered an incident on Deep Space 9, sparking protests about the teaching of science in Keiko O'Brien's schoolroom, an effort to draw Bareil to the station, where he was the target of Winn's assassination plot.
	www.startreklives.de /personnel/baj_bareil.htm (156 words)

	The Collaborator
		Kira must investigate the man she loves when she learns he may be the Cardassian collaborator responsible for the massacre of forty-three Bajorans.
		Kira stops her ship from leaving, then finds out that Winn has been investigating the Kendra Valley Massacre, in which forty-three Bajoran freedom fighters, including Kai Opaka's son, were killed by the Cardassians.
		All this time, Bareil was covering for the real collaborator -- Kai Opaka, who sacrificed her son to save the Bajoran villagers.
	www.digisys.net /users/cosmo/ds9episodes/ds9044.htm (537 words)

	The Collaborator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		When Kira investigates at Vedek Winn's request, she learns that Bareil was covering for the real collaborator - Kai Opaka, who chose to sacrifice the lives of a few to save a great many.
		The people of Bajor are not children who have to be protected from the decisions made by their religious leaders; Bareil's decision to cover for the revered Opaka just makes me glad he isn't going to the be the next Kai, Winn or lose.
		It's time for Kira to rethink her adoration of both Bareil and Opaka; Kira revered the Kai, and since Bareil was her chosen successor, Kira loves Bareil.
	www.littlereview.com /getcritical/ds9reviews/collbrtr.htm (435 words)

	LCARSCom.Net \| The LCARS Computer Network \| A Star Trek Fan Site
		The adjustment period aboard Deep Space Nine continues as transplants from across the galaxy attempt to come to terms with their new life and each other.
		Kai Opaka, Bajor's spiritual leader, pays a surprise visit to the station -- her first journey away from her home planet.
		The worst part is, anyone with these microbes would die if taken away from the moon -- including Kai Opaka.
	www.lcarscom.net /ds91.htm (14198 words)

	Amazon.com: Deep Space Nine Companion (Star Trek Deep Space Nine): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		When Sisko says that he cannot help her people until they are unified, the kai responds that she cannot give him what he denies himself, and that he must look for solutions from within.
		The lighting for the scene in which Sisko meets Kai Opaka, for example, was triggered by a pleasant memory from Rush's past.
		"Kai Opaka is sitting next to Sisko by a pool of water, and she grabs his ear to explore his pagh." Observant viewers will recall that in the scene, Opaka is backlit by bright light, with a softer source of illumination highlighting her face.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671501062 (10058 words)

	TWoP Forums -> They are of Bajor: Bajorans, Prophets, Pagh-Wraiths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Bajor and the people and gods (or wormhole aliens) who lived there, including Kai Winn, Kai Opaka, that boring guy Kira slept with, and that even more boring guy Kira slept with.
		I'm pissed off that we only saw Kai Opaka once after she crash landed on that planet in the Gamma Quadrant.
		I was also disappointed that kai Opaka didn't come back either.
	forums.televisionwithoutpity.com /index.php?showtopic=3123399 (905 words)

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