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ABOUT THE
SHOW |
SHIPS & CHARACTERS
SEASON
1 |
SEASON 2 |
SEASON
3 |
SEASON 4 |
SEASON
5 |
SEASON 6 |
SEASON
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On a distant outpost at the edge
of the final frontier, an untested crew embarks on an
unprecedented journey.
For six days during Stardate 43997, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
the Starship Enterprise was held captive by a sinister race
called the Borg. The Borg altered the captain's appearance and
mind and forced him to lead an attack against the Federation,
during which the U.S.S. Saratoga was all but destroyed. One of
the Saratoga's officers, Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko,
managed to escape with his young son Jake. Unfortunately, his
wife did not survive.
Three years later, a reluctant Sisko and his even more reluctant
son are transferred to the space station Deep Space Nine in
Bajoran territory. Now a Commander, Sisko has been ordered to
oversee the repair of the giant space station, which was heavily
damaged during a period of Cardassian military occupation.
After his arrival, Sisko begins to meet his crew. He first
encounters Chief Operations Officer Miles O'Brien, who has been
transferred from the Enterprise, and Kira Nerys, a Bajoran who
helped lead her people's painful fight against the Cardassians.
Kira agrees to act as Sisko's first officer, but has
reservations about the Federation's presence on the Bajoran
space station. Soon afterward, he meets Odo, a shape shifter and
security officer who exhibits his chameleon-like talents while
apprehending a Ferengi thief. Quark, the Ferengi owner of the
local watering hole and gambling establishment, arrives to bail
out the thief — his young nephew, Nog. Sisko agrees to free Nog
only if Quark will remain aboard and continue to operate his
recreation center for the station's residents and visitors.
The Enterprise docks at Deep Space Nine, and Sisko has a tense
meeting with Picard, whom he blames for the death of his wife.
Picard tersely informs Sisko that his mission aboard the space
station is to assure the Bajora enter the Federation. Sisko
indicates that while he will do his job as long as he is there,
he may resign his post. The two part on less-than-friendly
terms. Sisko looks to Kira for insight into the Bajora, and she
tells that his only chance for success is for the Bajora, a
somewhat diverse group, to find reason to unite. She suggests
that he seek out Kai Opaka, the Bajoran spiritual leader, and
Sisko immediately sets out to find her. 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.
Back on Deep Space Nine, Sisko greets his new crew of medical
and science officers, including Dr. Julian Bashir, a cocky and
ambitious young doctor, and Jadzia Dax, a beautiful Trill.
Sisko's relationship with Dax is complicated by the fact that,
as a Trill, she lives by inhabiting different host bodies. She
and Sisko were close friends while she inhabited her previous
body — that of an old man. In the laboratory, Sisko shows Dax
the orb and explains they must find the eight others. When Sisko
leaves, Dax experiences the orb's immense power when it takes
her back to an earlier time, just as it did with Sisko.
Before long, the Enterprise disembarks and a Cardassian warship
arrives at the station. The Cardassian leader, Gul Dukat,
immediately tries to convince Sisko to relinquish the orb, but
Sisko denies knowing anything about it or the other orbs. Later,
Dax researches the orbs' history and informs Sisko that they may
come from the nearby Denorios belt.
Dax and Sisko set out for the Denorios belt in a runabout.
Without warning they are propelled through a giant tear in the
fabric of space — a wormhole. After a spectacular light show,
the pod slips out of the wormhole and into another corner of
space — 70,000 light years from Bajor. Realizing this may be the
venue the orbs entered their system, Sisko and Dax re-enter the
wormhole to return home and study the implications. However,
they land on a remote planet where an orb captures Dax and
transports her back to Deep Space Nine. Dax immediately informs
the others of her journey, exciting all of them with the
possibilities the discovery presents. Kira demands that they
transport Deep Space Nine to the mouth of the wormhole so the
Bajorans may claim and operate the wormhole and gain power over
the Cardassians. But Odo, who was discovered in the Denorios
belt and does not know of his origins, has mixed feelings about
the wormhole and the link it may provide to his past.
Left alone on the strange planet, Sisko communicates with the
awesome force behind the orbs, who first perceive him as a
threat. The force does not understand linear time, and presents
Sisko with a barrage of images from his life, including the day
he met his wife, Jennifer, and the battle where she was killed.
Sisko is able to communicate with the alien images of Jake and
his late wife. Soon after, Sisko and the force begin to
understand each other.
O'Brien begins the task of maneuvering the space station to the
mouth of the wormhole, but a Cardassian ship reaches it first.
However, the mouth of the wormhole collapses around the alien
ship, stranding it in a remote part of the galaxy. The alien
force detects the Cardassian ship's presence and informs Sisko
that they are no longer alone. However, the force continues to
communicate with Sisko, indicating that he is trapped at the
moment in time when his wife was killed aboard the Saratoga.
Realizing his pain has been holding him back, Sisko allows the
force to guide him through the circumstances leading up to his
wife's death and helps him to finally grieve for his loss.
Aboard Deep Space Nine, Kira is contacted by Cardassian leader
Gul Jasad, who accuses the station crew of destroying the lost
Cardassian ship. The crew denies the accusation, but Jasad
declares war, prompting Kira to launch an attack against the
enemy. The battle escalates and the space station is damaged,
but the wormhole suddenly reappears. Sisko's runabout is seen
towing the Cardassian ship out of danger, and the fighting
ceases.
Later, a changed Sisko speaks with Picard about the events of
the past few days. He decides to keep his post on Deep Space
Nine, and Picard agrees. 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
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