The ship's motto, spoken
by Winston Churchill over 400 years before DEEP SPACE 13's
launch, speak to the grave task of defending one's charges:
"We shall defend our
islands, whatever the cost may be."
This first plaque was the
commissioning plaque for the first DS13, destoryed by terrorists
on Stardate 131108.

This next plaque is the commissioning
plaque for the new station, commissioned on Stardate 171001.

The Unit Patch as worn by
station personnel on the right shoulders of their duty uniforms.

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