A new race of people, a matriarchal society called the Skreeans, come thru the worm hole and when DS9 meets them, they immediately want to help them, as they've been repeatedly oppressed and enslaved by various races.
The Skreeans tell DS9 they're looking for their new homeland, as per their religious tenets. So the group sets out looking for a planet for them, but the Skreeans suddenly decide that Bajor is the place they are supposed to settle.
The Bajoran Provisional government decides they cannot support a race of three million-plus people, as they're still reeling from the Cardassian invasion of their planet. So DS9 has found them a nice planet to settle on, and they inform them of such.
And then the Skreeans go from grateful, kind matriarchs to sullen, petulant and very ungrateful.
Incidentally, the males of this society are all grunting morons who do nothing but grab and fight and act generally stupid. And after Bajor gives them the no-go on settling there, one of the stupider gruntier males takes a defunct ship and tries to land on Bajor anyway. Why? Who knows. What is one ship and one Skreean landing on Bajor going to change? But the males are definitely not the thinkers in this race.
So the ship blows up and that idiot dies and the episode ends as the Skreeans leave DS9 and the lead Skreean gives Major Kira some major attitude as she disembarks. Not exactly a "thanks for all the free food, free shelter and kindness you gave us in finding us a new home."
I have to say, the Skreeans portray themselves as "peaceful farmers" repeatedly throughout this episode, and yet at least half their society is a bunch of grunting, fighting males. The lead actually even says at one point that fighting is their favorite pasttime. Then after Bajor denies their request to settle there, they act like ungrateful bitches.
Why would ANYONE want these people integrated into their society?
Maybe Bajor made a mistake, maybe not, but the Skreeans acted like assholes and we're very unlikeable in the end. The leader tells Kira she thinks the two societies could've helped each other and supported each other, but "now we'll never know."
But I think even if Bajor had let the Skreeans settle, eventually Bajorans would've done something to piss off the Skreeans, then it would've been too late. The whole society is settled there and they're all stuck together. Now...civil war.
The Skreeans tell DS9 they're looking for their new homeland, as per their religious tenets. So the group sets out looking for a planet for them, but the Skreeans suddenly decide that Bajor is the place they are supposed to settle.
The Bajoran Provisional government decides they cannot support a race of three million-plus people, as they're still reeling from the Cardassian invasion of their planet. So DS9 has found them a nice planet to settle on, and they inform them of such.
And then the Skreeans go from grateful, kind matriarchs to sullen, petulant and very ungrateful.
Incidentally, the males of this society are all grunting morons who do nothing but grab and fight and act generally stupid. And after Bajor gives them the no-go on settling there, one of the stupider gruntier males takes a defunct ship and tries to land on Bajor anyway. Why? Who knows. What is one ship and one Skreean landing on Bajor going to change? But the males are definitely not the thinkers in this race.
So the ship blows up and that idiot dies and the episode ends as the Skreeans leave DS9 and the lead Skreean gives Major Kira some major attitude as she disembarks. Not exactly a "thanks for all the free food, free shelter and kindness you gave us in finding us a new home."
I have to say, the Skreeans portray themselves as "peaceful farmers" repeatedly throughout this episode, and yet at least half their society is a bunch of grunting, fighting males. The lead actually even says at one point that fighting is their favorite pasttime. Then after Bajor denies their request to settle there, they act like ungrateful bitches.
Why would ANYONE want these people integrated into their society?
Maybe Bajor made a mistake, maybe not, but the Skreeans acted like assholes and we're very unlikeable in the end. The leader tells Kira she thinks the two societies could've helped each other and supported each other, but "now we'll never know."
But I think even if Bajor had let the Skreeans settle, eventually Bajorans would've done something to piss off the Skreeans, then it would've been too late. The whole society is settled there and they're all stuck together. Now...civil war.