Deep Space Nine - Rundown space station located near a worm
hole orbiting the planet Bajor on the science fiction series STAR TREK:
DEEP SPACE NINE/SYN/1993-99. Built in 2351, the Deep Space Nine (a.k.a.
DS9) was originally used for mining operations run by the Cardassian
Empire after they conquered the Bajoran people. When the Cardassians
occupying forces relinquished their claim to the station and retreated the
system in 2359, the Federation took control of DS9 at the request of the
Bajorans and appointed Starfleet officer Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) as
the station's new commander.
His support staff included Major Kira Nerys
(Nana Visitor), a Bajoran liaison officer; Commander Odo (Rene Auberjonois),
a shape-shifting Security Chief; Chief of Operations Officer Miles O'Brien
(Colm Meaney); Head Physician Julian Bashir (Siddig El Fadil); and Trill
Chief Science Officer Jadzia "Old Man" Dax (Terry Farrell) whose
body was inhabited by a 300-year-old symbiont being.
Among the other
occupants aboard the DS9 were Quark, the fanged Ferengi proprietor of
Quark's Bar; Quark's brother Rom (Max Grodenchick) and his son Nog (Aron
Eisenberg); Garak, a Cardassian spy turned tailor who ran a clothing shop
on the station's Promenade; Keiko, Miles O'Brien's botanist teacher wife;
their daughter Molly; and Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton), the son of
Commander Sisko.
Before the Federation occupation of the station, DS9 was
called "Terok Nor" by the Cardassians. DS9 held approximately
300 personnel and visitors. Its shape resembled a ring within a ring with
three equally spaced hooked towers protruding from the top and bottom of
the outer circle.
The DS9 station was later retaken by the Cardassians who joined forces with The Dominion (a.k.a. "The
Founders"), a shape-shifting race of aliens from the Gamma
Quadrant. But, the station was again reclaimed by the Federation. See
also -
Captain Sisko's Baseball
