DS9 Stories/News: Key Odo & Kira Moments Part II

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The following scenes are pivotal in depicting the evolution of the relationship between Odo and Kira, as their friendship deepens, survives crises, hits rocky patches and generally follows the path many of us are familiar with as they find their way eventually to love.

It is, IMO, the most intelligently written, natural and believable relationship, not only in the world of Star Trek, but in television. The fact that their friendship and romance captivates us, 15+ years after the debut of DS9, is a testament to the enduring nature of their love.

Enjoy The

Journey!

    

Crossfire

Hesitant to reveal his feelings, Odo loses his chance with Kira when Shakaar, her old Resistance leader, steps into the picture and sweeps her off her feet. A must see for those who revel in Odo-angst.

Things Past

In a scene eerily reminiscent of season 2′s “Necessary Evil,” Kira confronts Odo about a secret he’s kept for seven years. Early in his tenure as Security Chief under Cardassian rule on Terek Nor, Odo mistakenly executed three innocent Bajorans for an assignation attempt on Gul Dukat. The shame of that failure has eaten at him ever since and now it’s become public. This breach of trust puts even more strain on an already frayed relationship between Odo and Kira. Odo found a way to forgive Kira in “Necessary Evil.” Can Kira do the same now?

 The Darkness and the Light

Someone is killing all Kira’s old Resistance comrades. When two of her dearest Resistance friends come to the station to protect her and are subsequently murdered, Kira goes into warrior mode, but her advanced pregnancy betrays her and she winds up in the Infirmary. In what amounts to a soliloquy, Kira tells Odo how she became a Resistance fighter. He stands silently behind her. It’s a moment that reveals the deep, almost spiritual bond between them – a connection that’s manifested through their unspoken body language.

 The Begotten

A baby Changeling comes into Odo’s possession and it’s love at first sight. Odo is still a human at this point. But the baby is sick and eventually dies. It’s dying gift to Odo is the return of his Changeling abilities, but for Odo the change is bittersweet. In a parallel story, Kira finally delivers the baby she’s been carrying for the O’Briens. She’s been a reluctant surrogate, but now that the baby is with his parents, she feels empty and lonely. In their only scene together, Kira confides her sadness over ‘losing’ the baby that was never hers (telling point here – Kira reveals these feelings not to her lover, Shakaar, whom she’s just put on a shuttle to Bajor, but to her friend), and Odo admits he understands what she’s going through – “I think I know what you mean, Nerys.” It is the first time he has ever used her given name! They agree to take a walk and share their mutual grief. It’s a tender, affectionate moment as Kira slips an arm across Odo’s shoulders.

 Children of Time

The episode where Odo tells Kira he’s in love with her. A temporal anomaly causes the Defiant crew to meet their own descendants on a planet called Gaia. Kira had died in that time line, and this Kira will die as well without returning to DS9 for treatment. But a return to the station will wipe out the Gaia colony of nearly 8000 people. A classic no-win scenario, and the Odo from the Gaia time-line, who has had 200 years to mourn the loss of “his” Kira is determined to not let history repeat itself. A wonderful story that carries troubling implications.

 Behind the Lines

Heartsore and vulnerable over his unrequited love for Kira, and helplessly drawn by the lure of his own People, Odo is seduced to the “Dark Side” by the Female Founder. In doing so, he betrays Kira and the Federation. An angry and outraged Kira confronts Odo, but by now he is completely bewitched by the Founder and is indifferent to Kira. As Kira storms out of Odo’s quarters, the Female Founder appears and in perhaps the most bone-chilling scene in the entire series, asks Odo if Kira’s anger has bothered him. Odo’s serene, almost offhand answer, “No, not really…” leaves the viewer visibly shaken.

DS9 Stories/News: 10 Fun Facts about Deep Space Nine

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1) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was a spin-off of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and began while the latter was still on television. There were several crossover episodes between the two shows, and two of the Next Generation characters, the Irish Chief of Operations Miles O’Brien and the Klingon Worf, became regular members of the Deep Space Nine cast.

2) Bond Girl ex-model Famke Janssen was originally offered the role of Jadzia Dax. The character was planned as an alien from a low-gravity world, forced to use a wheelchair and fly around her quarters, but the concept was eventually scrapped. However, the idea was eventually recycled and used for the character of Elaysian Melora Pazlar.

3) After production of Deep Space Nine ended, the show’s sets were dismantled and the bridge of the Defiant was put into storage. But the famed command centre wasn’t destined to gather cobwebs – it was re-dressed and re-used as both the bridge of an alien cargo ship and a Klingon battlecruiser on Star Trek: Voyager and the bridge of the ECS Fortunate on Star Trek: Enterprise.

4) Deep Space Nine stars Alexander Siddig and Nana Visitor got married for real in 1997, after season four of the show aired. Some time later, the sub-plot detailing Kira carrying the O’Briens’ baby was scripted to explain away Visitor’s pregnancy, and in one episode, a pregnant Kira screams at Dr. Bashir, “This is all your fault!” – an in-joke about the fact that Visitor and Siddig were expecting a child in real life!

5) All of the ranks used in Star Trek are rooted in authenticity – they’re based upon actual military ranks. Starfleet ranks are the same as the one used in the US Navy, and Bajoran ranks follow those of the US Army, Air Force, and Marines. But in the world of the Cardassians, things are a little more historically-inclined – their ranks are based on those of the ancient Roman Empire.

6) The character that finally evolved into Vic Fontaine was originally written for Frank Sinatra Jr., but despite being a fan of the show, the singer and conductor turned it down after declaring that he was only interested in appearing as an alien. In a weird name coincidence, his dad, ol’ blue eyes himself, was rumoured to be the inspiration behind the fictional character Johnny Fontane in Mario Puzo’s novel The Godfather.

7) The man behind Dr Julian Bashir, Alexander Siddig, is the nephew of British cinema legend Malcolm McDowell. The Clockwork Orange star expressed an interest in appearing on the Deep Space Nine, but only if Siddig went behind the camera and directed. It never happened – but the respected film actor did manage to squeeze in an appearance as Dr. Tolian Soran in the 1994 flick Star Trek Generations.

8) Sharp-eared Niners may have noticed a smattering of classic comedy in the season four episode Homefront. When Bashir and O’Brien talk to Quark dressed as WWII RAF pilots, most of O’Brien’s jargon originates from the Monty Python sketch RAF Banter. It’s not the only time Python’s influenced the DS9 script, either – in the episode The Dogs of War, Zek uses the phrase “the shoals of bankruptcy” – which is taken from the Monty Python song Accountancy Shanty, found in the Python film The Meaning of Life.

9) A spot of Sisko-related trivia now: His middle name is Lafayette, and the actor behind the Captain, Avery Brooks is the only actor to appear in all 175 episodes of the series. Incidentally, Wolf 359, the battle site between the Borg and the Federation where Sisko lost his wife, is a real star that is 7.5 light-years from Earth,

10) The drinking vessels used in DS9 aren’t quite what they seem. The square glasses used in Quark’s bar are actually upside-down candle holders, and the tankards used for Klingon blood wine are actually measuring cups, normally used for baking. One more drink-related fact – one of the characters who frequents Quark’s bar is called “Morn”, which is an anagram of “Norm”, named after the Cheers regular who also had a reserved seat at the bar of his favorite establishment…

DS9 Stories/News: Deep Space Nine “Facts”

Producers noted virtually no negative reaction to the romantic pairing and eventual wedding between Worf and Dax, which was essentially interracial. Producers cited that on the generally open minded nature of the Star Trek fan base.

As was the case with all other Star Trek programs, the series depicted a number of mixed race romances, notably married couples O’Brien and Keiko, and Rom and Leeta.

Aron Eisenberg was approaching his mid 20s when cast as Nog, who began on the series in his pre to early teens. In addition, Eisenberg was only 17 years younger than Max Grodénchik who played Nog’s father Rom.

The name Deep Space Nine originated from an early working title, and predated the decision to set the series on a space station. Producers intended on coming up with a new title after the show was fully developed, but stayed with the Deep Space Nine name feeling it had an intriguing quality to it.

Fans of the series were referred to as “Niners”.

O’Brien and later Worf were the only two regulars on a Star Trek series to be carried over from another.

Terry Farrell was the only regular Star Trek actor or actress not to return in any way after their character was killed off.

This is the only “Star Trek” TV series not to have any human female as part of the main cast.

Worf and Jadzia Dax were the first pair of regular Star Trek characters to be married to each other. Tom Paris and B’Lanna Torrez eventually got married on Star Trek: Voyager, and later Riker married Troi in _”Star Trek: Nemesis” (2002)_. O’Brien was only a recurring character at the time of his marriage on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and his wife Keiko was not a regular character on either TNG or DS9.

O’Brien was the first regular Star Trek character to be established as being married from the start of a Trek series. (He had gotten married on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Data’s Day as a recurring character on the show). In addition, Sisko was the first Star Trek Captain to be permanently married when he wed Kassidy Yates.

Despite being credited as a regular, Cirroc Lofton appeared in only 85 of the show’s 173 episodes. Morn, the most frequent recurring character, appeared in 92 episodes.

In the episode “By Inferno’s Light”, several of the main characters are imprisoned in a Dominion POW camp. One of the characters, Elim Garak, must overcome his fear of claustrophobia to try and get them out. This has a lot of comparison with Charles Bronson‘s character in The Great Escape.

Although all Star Trek series dealt with complex social issues, Deep Space Nine had darker undertones and seriously dealt with genocide, terrorism, bigotry, racism, shell shock and the consequences of war much more than other Star Trek series.

According to numerous episodes, time on the Deep Space Nine space station is based on the length of a standard Bajoran day, which is 26 hours.

The appearance of the Trill symbiont is different from when it initially appeared on the episode The Host. In that episode, the symbiont’s appearance was made to resemble a caterpillar with the head of an octopus. According to Make-Up Supervisor Michael Westmore, the symbiont was re-made for this series to be more “stream-lined” to make it easier to handle. Also, the appearance of the Trill hosts had changed as well. In “The Host”, the Trill people had semi-ridged foreheads and no body spots, but in this series, they have normal foreheads, and body spots. In “The Host,” the Trill was also terrified of being transported, insinuating that it would damage the symbiont, but neither Jadzia nor Ezri ever mentioned concerns with being transported.

Executive Producer/Co-Creator Michael Piller said that when coming up for an idea for the series concept of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, there were initially three ideas toted around: Another starship adventure, a space station concept, and a remote frontier colony. The frontier colony idea was briefly considered, with the idea that since Star Trek was compared to Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. in outer space, the new series would be compared to Gunsmoke, but on a remote planet. The frontier colony idea was eventually dropped since it would’ve required a lot of on-location shooting, and the space station idea was ultimately developed instead.

The primary design of Deep Space Nine is based off a gyroscope, but with the top and bottom parts removed. Some of the earlier designs of DS9 by Herman F. Zimmerman had complete hoops, also like a gyroscope.

Benjamin Sisko is the only Captain in a Star Trek series that didn’t start out as a Captain at the beginning of the series. From Seasons 1-3, Sisko held the rank of Commander. It wasn’t until the Season 3 finale, The Adversary, where he was finally promoted to Captain.

Carl Weathers auditioned for the role of Captain Benjamin Sisko.

The character Elim Garak is a former spy who works as a tailor on the station. In many of ‘John Le Carré”s spy novels a tailor is one of the main characters (and is often also acting as a spy). “The Tailor of Panama” and “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” are two examples.

The role of Jadzia Dax was initially offered to Famke Janssen, whose character makeup from The Perfect Mate inspired the change in Trill character makeup from a forehead prosthetic. Both she and Michelle Forbes (see above) turned down the roles in order to remain available to appear in feature films.

The name of the alien race “Ferengi” is derived from the Persian word for “foreigner”, which is Farangi.

The character ‘Benjamin Sisko’ was ranked #50 in TV Guide’s list of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time” (20 June 2004 issue).

Wolf 359, mentioned as the battle site between the Borg and the Federation where Sisko lost his wife, is a real star that is 7.5 light-years from Earth.

Malcolm McDowell once said he’d like to appear on DS9, but only if his nephew – Alexander Siddig (who plays DS9′s Dr. Bashir) – would direct the episode. Unfortunately, this never panned out, mostly due to scheduling conflicts.

The Bajoran monetary system uses the Lita as currency. The Lita is actually the name of the currency of Lithuania.

The tankards used for Klingon bloodwine are actually measuring cups used in baking.

In a scene where Bashir and O’Brien come out of the holo-suite and talk to Quark dressed as WWII RAF pilots, most of O’Brien’s jargon comes from a Monty Python sketch, RAF Banter.

Armin Shimerman was a regular on both this series and Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the same time.

Although we only rarely see it, there is an ATM in Quark’s bar. It dispenses the various types of currency used by major races visiting the station: Federation credits, Bajoran litas, Cardassian leks, and Ferengi latinum.

The square glasses used in Quark’s bar are actually candle holders turned upside down.

According to an April 2003 interview, Avery Brooks was initially required by contract to appear with hair in order to prevent confusion with his Spenser: For Hire character, Hawk. In later seasons, as Sisko became established, Brooks was allowed to shave his head and re-grow his beard.

In one episode, while Kira is still pregnant the O’Briens’ baby, she screams at Dr. Bashir (Alexander Siddig) “This is all your fault!” This is an in-joke referring to the fact that actress Nana Visitor and Siddig were expecting a child in real-life.

The uniforms initially worn on DS9 were designed to look different from those worn on its parent show, Star Trek: The Next Generation Beginning with the movie Star Trek: Generations, however, these new uniforms were adopted by the TNG crew and Starfleet as a whole. From the mid-5th season of DS9 and Star Trek: First Contact another type of uniforms were issued by Starfleet, while Star Trek: Voyager (having no way of knowing about the change) retained the earlier version, distinguishing the two series from each other again. It is also worth mentioning that the DS9-style uniforms are very similar to the ones worn by Starfleet cadets in TNG, most notably in The First Duty.

The guy who is often in Quark’s bar is named “Morn”, which is an anagram for “Norm” from Cheers, who was often in the bar. Like Norm, Morn always sat in the same seat at the bar.

Reportedly, Gene Roddenberry was made aware of plans for DS9 not long before his death in 1991, making this the last Star Trek TV series that he was connected with.

Martin Sheen was considered for the role of Sloan, the Section 31 operative.

Both Armin Shimerman (Quark) and Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat) have appeared as one of the first actors to portray members of their respected species, and both appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Shimerman played the the Ferengi officer Letek on the TNG episode “The Last Outpost” (#1.04), while Alaimo played the Cardassian officer Gul Macet on the TNG episode “The Wounded” (#4.17).

The subplot of Kira carrying the O’Briens’ baby was to explain away Nana Visitor‘s pregnancy.

Stars Alexander Siddig and Nana Visitor were married in real life in 1997 (after the show’s fourth season).

In the episode “Man Alone,” the planet Alderaan is listed as a recent place visited by a murder victim. Alderaan is the planet destroyed by the Death Star in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.

In the episode Trials and Tribble-ations, Crew from Deep Space Nine are hijacked into the episode Trouble with Tribbles from Star Trek. The set of the original Enterprise was re-created for this episode in detail except for the orange grating often seen in engineering areas. Apparently, the company that made it had discontinued its production.

The spots on Jadzia Dax were not stenciled. Instead, they were drawn on personally by Michael Westmore each day, a process which took over an hour.

DS9 Stories/News: The Bestest Captain Week (3)

The Women in Sisko’s Life

Jennifer Sisko

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Jennifer Sisko was the first wife of Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko. The two met on Gilgo Beach in 2354 and were married soon after. Later that year, Jennifer and Benjamin attended the Mazurka Festival on New Berlin with Cal and Gretchen Hudson. (DS9: “Emissary“, “The Maquis, Part I“)

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Jennifer and Benjamin planned to have a child and their son Jake was born in 2355. (DS9: “Explorers“, “Move Along Home“, “Fascination“)

Jennifer and Jake accompanied Ben on his assignment to the USS Saratoga, where she was killed when that ship was destroyed by the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367. Jennifer’s death devastated Ben and it would be years before he began to move on emotionally. In fact, his bitterness and anger over her death, specifically toward Captain Jean-Luc Picard, whom the Borg assimilated and forced to lead their invasion of Earth as Locutus, almost led him to resign his Starfleet commission, before he accepted that he was trying to escape his memories of Jennifer’s death rather than Starfleet itself. (DS9: “Emissary“, “The Way of the Warrior“)

Jennifer’s image was later used in a vision projected to Ben by the Prophets in 2369. (DS9: “Emissary“)

Jake mentioned the death of his mother when he and Nog talked to the Bajoran Varis Sul. (DS9: “The Storyteller“)

Jennifer’s death haunted Ben for years. He had trouble sleeping around the fourth anniversary of her death.

THE DEATH OF JENNIFER SISKO AND THE DESTRUCTION OF U.S.S. SARATOGA AT WOLF 359

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One of the ideas Jake had for Anslem was to make it semi-autobiographical, with the main character’s mother dying. (DS9: “The Muse“)

In an alternate timeline in which Benjamin Sisko suffered temporal displacement, Melanie read an autobiography of Jake that mentioned his mothers death. (DS9: “The Visitor“)

Jennifer Sisko was played by actress Felecia M. Bell.

Jennifer Sisko (Mirror)

Professor Jennifer Sisko was a Terran who worked for the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. Jennifer was married to Benjamin Sisko, but they separated in 2366. When another Benjamin Sisko arrived from a mirror universe in 2371, he was able to convince Jennifer to switch sides and join the Terran Rebellion. (DS9: “Through the Looking Glass“)

Professor Jennifer Sisko

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She was able to get her position as a scientist by coming from one of the few privileged Terran families and “cooperated” with Alliance officials.

She was married to Captain Benjamin Sisko, but their relationship encountered a never-ending torrent of problems; such as Sisko’s liking of other women, fighting, his ship the Denorios, Sisko’s constant promise to change, never listening to her, never wanting to talk, caring only about himself etc. This led Jennifer to adopt a cold attitude and hard veneer towards him and they separated in 2366.

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Five years later, Sisko began the Terran Rebellion, and Intendant Kira Nerys of Terok Nor assigned her the task of creating a new transpectral sensor array that would allow Alliance ships to locate every rebel base in the Badlands and “disarm” the rebels. Jennifer, though knowing it was more likely the rebels would be massacred, felt upset over all the death and destruction the rebels had caused, the worsening treatment for the Terran population in response to the rebellion, especially the knowledge that Sisko himself was leading the rebellion.

This compelled her to work on the array, believing that the fighting must end and that the rebels could reach a peaceful settlement when confronted and life for Terrans everywhere could be improved.

The rebellion received word from their sources that Jennifer was nearly finished in her development of the array. To make sure Jennifer never finished the project and hoping to gain a rebel with knowledge, Sisko took a small fighter to Terok Nor convinced he could convince her to switch sides, but was intercepted by the Cardassians and killed. Jennifer felt nothing after hearing about his apparent death.

Suddenly, Sisko, seemingly alive and well, was captured after a second attempt to reach Terok Nor and summoned Jennifer as he wished to meet with her. During the argument, Sisko shook her to the core by pointing out she was a prisoner of the Alliance, but unlike the mine slaves, she didn’t know it.

When Sisko escaped and met Jennifer in a hallway, Jennifer decided to join the rebellion and escaped with Sisko off the station. Jennifer by this point, had realized that Sisko wasn’t her Sisko, and bid good-bye to him as he journeyed back to his universe. She later learned of Sisko’s true nature from Miles O’Brien. Jennifer, now serving the rebellion, used her knowledge to counteract the development of other Alliance weapons. (DS9 episode: “Through the Looking Glass“)

In 2372, she aided in the development of the Defiant and helped create the strategy that eventually overcame the Alliance forces on Terok Nor, allowing the rebels to take the space station and capture Kira Nerys. Though Jennifer and Smiley were confident the Defiant would be ready for the imminent Alliance counterattack, the Defiant encountered several significant technical faults that prevented it from becoming operational..

Desperate for any ideas, Jennifer had the idea of recruiting Sisko, the USS Defiant‘s designer, to help complete the repairs by kidnapping his son, Jake Sisko. Jennifer then came to primary-Deep Space 9, using a multi-universal transporter, seemingly there to deliver the good news and to catch up with Sisko. Jake instantly bonded with Jennifer, and she used it to convince Jake to come with her to the Mirror Universe for a visit. Sisko later followed, and agreed to repair the Defiant in time for the attack.

Meanwhile, Sisko chastised her for using such unorthodox methods and demanded that she leave Jake alone, but refused as she had already grown feelings for him. It seemed future plans would be made between them, but the Alliance fleet arrived earlier than expected, so Sisko left to command the finished-Defiant while Jennifer escorted Jake to the transporter to transport him back to his universe. Before she could, however, Kira Nerys escaped rebel custody and held Jennifer and Jake hostage.

Kira intended to present Jennifer to Regent Worf as a gift while planning to kill Jake as she had no use for him. But just as she fired her phaser, Jennifer lept out in front of him and took the shot instead. Kira then fled the station while Jake got Jennifer to the infirmary. Jennifer shared one last talk with Sisko, where they admitted they loved each other, and she died. (DS9 episode: “Shattered Mirror“)

When Kira Nerys encountered the Bareil Antos of the mirror universe in 2374, Sisko told her that it was confusing meeting Professor Sisko, as he knew she wasn’t his wife, although he almost came to believe she was. (DS9: “Resurrection“)

Like her counterpart, Jennifer Sisko was portrayed by Felecia M. Bell.

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Shortly after, Sisko met Fenna, who he told Jadzia Dax was the first person he’d “felt really drawn to” since Jennifer’s death. (DS9: “Second Sight“)

Fenna was the alter ego of Nidell who was created when Nidell lost control of her psychoprojective telepathy. Fenna was actually a being of pure energy, a doppelganger for Nidell.

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Fenna

While Nidell and her husband, Gideon Seyetik, visited Deep Space 9 on the USS Prometheus in 2370, Fenna appeared on the Promenade. Fenna, outgoing and passionate, was the direct opposite of Nidell.

Benjamin Sisko fell in love with her.

He was surprised when he met Nidell on the Prometheus and found out what was happening. Her manifestation was killing Nidell due to the extreme stress of projecting Fenna. When Fenna realized she was a projection of Nidell, she returned to Nidell to save her life. (DS9: “Second Sight“)

Fenna was played by actress Salli Elise Richardson.

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When Ben began dating Kasidy Yates he was initially uncomfortable being with her, as it was his job that got Jennifer killed and he did not want the same to happen to her. (DS9: “Indiscretion“)

Kasidy Danielle Yates-Sisko was a freighter captain and wife of Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko. Yates commanded the Xhosa on freight runs, initially as an independent transporter, but later for the Bajoran Ministry of Commerce. Her primary missions were to export cargo from Bajor to its colonies.

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Yates normally got out of bed at 0500 hours, and usually fell asleep before 0100 hours. (DS9: “Indiscretion“)

Yates was introduced to Benjamin Sisko by his son Jake, who felt that his father needed a girlfriend. Yates and Sisko shared a common interest in baseball, and Yates’ youngest brother played for the Pike City Pioneers on Cestus III. Yates later played for Sisko’s baseball team, the Niners, against the Logicians. (DS9: “Family Business“, “Take Me Out to the Holosuite“)

As their relationship went on, Yates decided to take an opportunity to work for the Bajorans. This allowed her to move to Deep Space 9 permanently. However, she also used this opportunity to smuggle cargo to the Demilitarized Zone for the Maquis.

In 2372, she unwittingly aided the Maquis in the theft of twelve industrial replicators that were intended for Cardassia. Yates was suspected of working for the Maquis by Odo and by Deep Space 9′s head of Starfleet security Michael Eddington, who was himself secretly working for the Maquis at the time. Yates was tricked into taking her ship on another smuggling run, drawing a suspicious Captain Sisko and the USS Defiant into the Badlands long enough for Eddington to defect to the Maquis with the replicators.

Yates accepted sole responsibility for her ship’s smuggling activities, and after allowing her crew to rejoin the Maquis she returned to Deep Space 9 to face punishment. She was sent to prison for her actions. (DS9: “For the Cause“)

After her release in 2373, Yates and Sisko picked up where they had left off, with Sisko accepting her back to the station and into his life without a second thought. (DS9: “Rapture“) Yates subsequently returned to work for the Bajorans.

In 2374, Yates agreed to act as convoy liaison officer aboard the Defiant while it served as escort for the PQ-1 convoy, as she knew many of the freighter captains involved with the mission. However, she complained that she had no idea the job would involve writing twenty log entries a day and filling out formal reports for Starfleet every night. She joked that the reason she didn’t join Starfleet was because she couldn’t do the paperwork.

Yates was still present aboard the Defiant when it received a distress call from Captain Lisa Cusak, and she took part in shifts with the Defiant crew in keeping an open communication line to the stranded Captain. However, Sisko felt uncomfortable having Kasidy, a civilian, aboard the Defiant, and she was worried by his unfriendly behavior. He later apologized and promised to make it up to her over dinner. (DS9: “The Sound of Her Voice“)

In 2375, Sisko proposed to Yates, and she accepted, causing much celebration among the Bajoran people, who began to plan a grand wedding for their Emissary of the Prophets. (DS9: “Penumbra“) Sisko initially backed out of the marriage, having been warned by the Prophets that he and Kasidy could not walk the same path. Sisko decided to ignore the warning and the two were married by Admiral William Ross in a private ceremony on Deep Space 9. (DS9: “‘Til Death Do Us Part“)

The first few weeks of their marriage were not all clear sailing, however. Shortly after their wedding, Yates destroyed some of Sisko’s home-grown bell peppers in a failed attempt to cheer him up by cooking for him. Sisko attempted to keep Yates and her freighter out of the escalating Dominion War by having the Bajoran Freight and Shipping Authority take her off the active list, much to her annoyance; he later relented. (DS9: “The Changing Face of Evil“)

Later in 2375, Yates discovered that she and her husband were going to have a baby. The pregnancy was unplanned, and Sisko surmised that his last contraception injection must have expired without him returning to the infirmary for another. Yates worried that something might happen to the baby following the Prophets‘ earlier warning to Sisko that marrying Kasidy would bring him sorrow. Sisko reassured his wife that nothing would happen to their baby, giving her his word as the Emissary. (DS9: “The Dogs of War“)

During a battle with the Pah-wraith-possessed Dukat in the Bajoran Fire Caves, Sisko sacrificed his life to defeat the evil Kosst Amojan and joined the Prophets in the Celestial Temple, leaving Yates and their unborn child behind. Sisko later appeared to Kasidy in a vision, and promised her that he would be back, “maybe (in) a year, maybe yesterday.” (DS9: “What You Leave Behind“)

In the script of “Family Business“, in which Kasidy Yates first appears, she is described as “an attractive human woman in her mid-thirties. Kasidy is the captain of her own ship, an independent interstellar freighter, and she bears herself with the confidence befitting her position. She is, however, a civilian, which allows her to be a little more relaxed with her crew than if she were in Starfleet.”

According to Ronald D. Moore, Yates’ character was not developed initially with a Maquis affiliation in mind. The connection was pitched by a freelance writer. (AOL chat, 1997)

Penny Johnson said of Yates, “She’s a woman who’s very strong in her beliefs, she’s good at what she does, she is a wonderful, extraordinary woman for Benjamin Sisko, she’s loving, romantic, I think she’s sexy, I think she’s powerful, I think she’s a wonderful role model, and her full arc is from seeing her just as a person to a woman to a blossoming lover, and then to a real friend for life.” (Hidden File 05, DS9 Season 7 DVD, Special Features)

Kasidy Yates was portrayed by Penny Johnson.

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Then There is Dax

Benjamin’s mentor during his younger days was Trill Ambassador Curzon Dax. After meeting Dax on Pelios Station in the 2350s, Dax and Sisko were close for almost twenty years. While defending Dax against charges of murder in 2369, Sisko described the Trill’s influence on him: “[He] taught me to appreciate life in ways I’d never thought about before. He taught me about art, and science and diplomacy. Whatever sense of honor I have today, he nurtured.” (DS9: “Dax“)

When Curzon died in 2367, his symbiont was passed on to a woman named Jadzia. Despite the new appearance of Dax, Sisko insisted on calling her “old man.” (DS9: “Emissary“) Though it was initially difficult for him to adjust to Dax’s new appearance, Jadzia and Sisko became friends again quickly. (DS9: “A Man Alone“)

Sisko soon considered Jadzia one of his closest friends. On at least two separate occasions, when faced with the possibility of her death, Sisko did whatever it took to save her. (DS9: “Invasive Procedures“, “Equilibrium“) When Jadzia called off her wedding to Worf in 2374, it was Sisko who told her that she was being unreasonable, finally convincing her to proceed with the nuptials. (DS9: “You Are Cordially Invited“)

Jadzia was killed by Gul Dukat later that year, and Sisko was forced to say goodbye to her. Taking a moment before her funeral, Sisko told her that he needed her most now, and painfully regretted that she was gone. (DS9: “Tears of the Prophets“)

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Sisko also had a brief romantic encounter with the alternate version of Jadzia. (DS9: “Through the Looking Glass“, “Shattered Mirror“)

About Sisko’s Relationships

Soon after graduating the Academy in 2354, Ben met his future wife Jennifer on Gilgo Beach on Earth. Sisko was carrying lemonades through the hot sand and stopped on Jennifer’s towel to cool his feet. When Jennifer learned that Sisko was a young ensign, she was reluctant to go out with him, because her mother had warned her about dating young ensigns. However, she relented, and her mother turned out to love Sisko. The two were married, and their son Jake was born a year later. Jennifer and Jake accompanied Sisko on his assignment to the USS Saratoga. When the ship was destroyed in a battle with the Borg, Jennifer was killed. (DS9: “Emissary“)

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A woman named Fenna was Sisko’s first attraction after his wife’s death. In 2370, Sisko met her on the Promenade and was instantly taken with her. Unfortunately, he later discovered that Fenna was only a mental projection of Nidell, a telepathic woman married to Professor Gideon Seyetik. (DS9: “Second Sight“)

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In two trips to the mirror universe, Sisko met the alternate version of his wife, Jennifer.

Sisko was introduced to Kasidy Yates in 2371 by his son. The two began dating after they discovered a shared interest in baseball. (DS9: “Family Business“) Yates later began smuggling supplies to the Maquis, and Sisko was forced to arrest her in 2372. (DS9: “For the Cause“) After Yates served her sentence, she returned to Deep Space 9 a year later, and the two resumed their relationship. (DS9: “Rapture“)

The two were engaged in 2375. (DS9: “Penumbra“) The Prophets warned Sisko that the two were not destined to walk the same path, causing Ben to call off the wedding; however he soon relented and the couple was married in a small ceremony conducted by Admiral William Ross. (DS9: “‘Til Death Do Us Part“) Shortly thereafter, Kasidy became pregnant. (DS9: “The Dogs of War“) After being taken by the Prophets to the Celestial Temple, Sisko appeared to Kasidy in a vision, telling her that he would someday return, and that he loved her. (DS9: “What You Leave Behind“)

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