Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) is part of the Star Trek Universe. It's the only Star Trek series to be set aboard a space station rather than a starship. It first aired in 1993 and ran for seven seasons, being well-received by critics and winning several TV awards.
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Enterpise s01e18 Rogue Planet, Is the planet the same one the changelings are from in DS9?
The shape shifters on the rogue planet are they actually the changelings that create the dominion ?
Seems a big coincidence to have two rogue planets with shape shifters on it.
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Does DS9's “Prodigal Daughter” imply that Trill is not a Federation world?
In DS9's "Prodigal Daughter", Morica Bilby is asking money of the Tigan family. As the Federation gave up on the concept of currency, does this imply that Trill is not a Federation world, hence its ...
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How is the Gamma Quadrant called by its inhabitants?
Gamma Quadrant is a term invented and used by the sentient beings of the Alpha Quadrant - yet, how do the "natives" of the Gamma Quadrant call the area of space they inhabit?
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Why was Jadzia Dax written out of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine so late?
At the end of season 6 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:
At the start of season 7:
This results in quite a few episodes in the first half of season 7 featuring Ezri heavily (including three full ...
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Did less idealistic, more realistic themes enter the Star Trek franchise before Deep Space Nine?
Even today, Star Trek is generally perceived as an optimistic, idealistic show, even though this perception is too simplistic. When did more realistic ideas enter on a regular basis? Only with DS9 or ...
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How long would it take the Defiant to travel from DS9 to Earth (or vice versa)?
I'm having some problems understanding the distances involved in Star Trek, but primarily around the size/shape of federation space.
One key question I have is the position of DS9 -- the "deep space" ...
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Why didn't Star Trek: The Next Generation change their uniforms when ST:Deep Space 9 came out?
DS9 came out during the 6th season of TNG. From the onset of the show, DS9 used uniforms that looked like this:
However, TNG continued the use of this uniform(taken from episode 10 of season 7):
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Which Defiant was shown in ST: First Contact?
In Memory Alpha, the page on the U.S.S. Defiant states that two Defiant-class ships had that name; the prototype Defiant, and a successor, the U.S.S. Sao Paulo, which was assigned to DS9 and renamed ...
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Why can the wormhole aliens communicate with and learn from humans at all?
We know that the aliens living inside the wormhole adjacent to DS9 and Bajor (also known as "Prophets" by the Bajoran clergy) have no concept of linear time as we know it. That is, their conciousness ...
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What rank was Miles O'Brien? [duplicate]
In Star Trek TNG we see Chief O'Brien wearing officer pips on his collar yet everywhere I read he is described as being enlisted. Being in the military myself I know that Chief is an enlisted rank ...
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Why is Miles O'Brien never promoted?
So, I've been rewatching Star Trek:TNG, and Miles O'Brien is there occasionally. He's a Chief in TNG, and he's a Chief in DS9. Now, I was in the Navy, and I've always assumed that rankings in the ...
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Why was Terok Nor renamed Deep Space Nine?
Terok Nor, the Cardassian space station in orbit of Bajor, was abandoned when the Cardassian occupation ended. This left the Bajorans in control of the station and they assumed ownership of it. ...
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At what point was Betazed re-taken in the DS9 Dominion war?
In the Pale Moonlight (and to my mind, the best of all DS9 episodes), it is mentioned that the Dominion capture Betazed.
As the war takes a better turn for the Federation, I don't recall any mention ...
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Do the Klingons or Romulans have starbases as the Federation/Cardassians do?
Is there any mention anywhere of Klingon or Romulan Starbases which resemble those of the Federation? We know that they have outposts and colonies. I could only think of the Cardassians having ...
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How and where are those giant starbases built in Star Trek? How long does it take to build one?
We know ships are built in shipyards and take few months to be finished. But how are those giant starbases built ? Those screened on screen seem to be a hundred times larger than the Enterprise, so my ...
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Who was in charge of Deep Space Nine during the “The Search”
In the third season of DS9, the entire station's compliment of commanding officers leave for the Gamma Quadrant. I do not believe this is an isolated incident, there seem to be several times ...
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Is there an in-universe explanation for how mobile communicators stop listening in TNG?
In Star Trek The Next Generation, DS9, and Voyager, it seems common for officers to touch their communicators to initiate a conversation but it's unclear when the person on the other side stops ...
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The Founders, The 'Ancient Humanoids', the Preservers - are they linked? [duplicate]
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Did The Founders evolve from the race that seeded the Alpha Quadrant?
The Star Trek canon had several references to 'ancient' originating or protective species.
Among ...
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Why did the Female Changeling surrender?
At the end of Deep Space 9, Odo beams down to the surface of Cardassia to negotiate with the Female Changeling. She argues that
If I [surrendered], it would be a sign of weakness... an invitation ...
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How can Odo speak?
So we know that Odo has no respiratory system or digestion system, but given this how it that has a voice box and can speak? Are we suppose to assume that he designed (for lack of a better word) his ...
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What are the size limits of a Federation replicator?
Are there any size limits on the items that a replicator can produce? Has there been shown any different sizes of replicators capable of replicator large objects? What are the smallest and largest ...
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Why did Peter Allan Fields leave “Deep Space Nine”?
I know that staff turnover on a long-running (and complicated) television show like "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" is common, but does anyone know any specific details behind the departure of producer ...
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Why do the other changelings look like Dr Mora?
It is mentioned in The Forsaken that when he first took humanoid form, Odo mimicked the hairstyle of Dr Mora, the Bajoran scientist who was studying him. In a season 2 episode, The Alternate, we get ...
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Did the prophets ever manifest themselves in the Star Trek universe?
We know that Captain Sisko meets with the Prophets on multiple occasions and they appear to him as colleagues, but is there ever a time where they physically manifest themselves into humanoid beings ...
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How much of Deep Space Nine's arc was planned in advance?
There are all kinds of things in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's arc that seem like they could have been decided on the fly or have been planned from day one. How much of it was mapped out? Some ...
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How does Jadzia Dax not remember Joran in Equilibrium?
If Jadzia possesses all the memories of her previous hosts, she must certainly remember the memories that Curzon would have experienced during his zhian'tara ritual, which means she should have known ...
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In “Past Tense”, why does Major Kira so quickly accept a random guess for the year to transport back to?
Towards the end of episode 3x12, "Past Tense, Part II", Chief O'Brien offers up a random year (a 1 in 3 chance essentially) for their final transport that they should travel back to, and Kira ...
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Are all Jem'Hadar implicit killers at birth?
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Abandoned", the child Jem'Hadar is essentially programmed from birth to become a killer. Are all the Jem'Hadar programmed this way, or do they evolve ...
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Is there a list available of all of the rules of acquisition?
The Ferengi follow 285 Rules of Acquisition, such as:
1. Once you have their money, you never give it back.
3. Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.
6. Never allow family to stand ...
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A Starfleet officer walks into Quark's [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to reconcile the cashless Human\Federation society with human traders and merchants
...and tries to buy a drink.
From You are Cordially Invited, Season 6, Episode ...
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What happens to Odo when he is hit by a phaser?
At the end of Deep Space Nine, Season 2, Episode 23 - Crossover (which takes place in the Mirror Universe) Prime Universe Dr. Bashir is fleeing from Mirror Universe Odo and Bashir shoots him with a ...
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Why do people step to positions to be transported, even if there isn't a transporter pad?
After watching (I'm sure quite too) many Star Trek episodes, I've noticed a number of occasions where the characters seem to step away or onto a more specific location to get transported, even if they ...
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What does Rom mean by “If that's what's written, that's what's written”?
In the Season 6 episode Favor the Bold, Rom and Quark have the following conversation while Rom is in a holding cell:
Rom: You've got to finish what I started. The fate of the entire Alpha
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Do we ever see the aliens from “If Wishes Were Horses” again? (DS9)
Title kind of covers it. Do they ever make a second appearance? Do we ever learn who they are?
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Does a new species always need to contribute a technology advancement in order to be assimilated by the Borg?
Does a new species always need to contribute a technology advancement in order to be assimilated by the Borg, or do the Borg assimilate less advanced races as well, thus trading collective IQ for ...
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Did any of TOS 5 year mission first contacts aliens show up in later Star Trek episodes as Borg?
Are there any examples of Star Trek TOS aliens being assimulated by the Borg in any of the following versions of the Star Trek TV/Movie franchise?
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Did Sisko ever return from his tutelage with the Prophets?
While re-watching Deep Space Nine and listening to the commentaries, I was struck by the fact that Sisko's "Apotheosis" was one of the goals of the entire show (IIRC, Braga really wanted this). Are ...
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What is the significance of the different styles of, and emblems on, Klingon baldrics?
I've been watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, and just recently transitioned into season two. Among several more significant changes, I've noticed that Worf's baldric has changed.
Season 1
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What credentials does Commander Sisko really have? [closed]
I'm now part way through the first season of Star Trek DS9, and I've been wondering what kind of credentials does Commander Sisko have to be running a space station anyway? If this is explained later ...
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Why was Kai Opaka written out of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine so early?
Kai Opaka (played by Camile Saviola) appeared in the first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in what looked like a fairly important role, but was then written out in her next appearance (‘Battle ...
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Has Worf ever been to Minsk?
Memory Beta lists Worf's 'home town' where he grew up as Minsk, Memory Alpha states no such thing, and in fact he was from Gault (a farm world). The question is, has he ever been to Minsk?
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Why does Worf want O'Brien to go to Minsk?
I've just watched the last 20 minutes of an episode of Deep Space 9, and towards the end Worf is very insistent that O'Brien and his wife move to Minsk. Is there any in or out of universe reason for ...
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Does Starfleet accept cadets based on quotas?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wesley Crusher is shown to be a genius. In addition to this, he had a great deal of Starfleet experience, as he was a sort of intern on the flagship of the ...
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Were there any hints to Bashir's unusual nature before its revelation?
I can't be coy any further:
I saw an interview with the actor (Alexander Siddig) who indicated that he'd NOT been told about the idea before the episode where it is revealed. But I imagine that the ...
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Why transporters are not used during evacuation?
I was watching "The Reckoning" episode and I started to wonder why the transporters were not used during emergency. It looked like routine
1 Scan for life scans
2 Lock on them
3 Beam them out to ...
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Did Odo create his communicator or hide it?
Odo has a working communicator:
Is that a part of himself (like his clothes)? Or is it real but he conceals it?
I imagine it is the latter (would be hard for him to create) but I don't know if it ...
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What is the penalty for violating the “Prime Directive” without Federation sanctioned justification?
I previously asked about the circumstances that allowed forgoing the "Prime Directive". The answer stated "All these people have violated the Prime Directive more than once: Kirk, Picard, Riker, Worf, ...
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What are the exchange rates/units of circulation of latinum?
Watching a lot of DS9 lately and am curious about latinum (gold pressed) raitos. I’ve heard bar, strip and slip.
Are there more?
How do they translate (ie: how many slips = 1 strip).?
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Did The Founders evolve from the race that seeded the Alpha Quadrant?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 6 episode 20 entitled "The Chase," we find out some genetic components were seeded throughout the Alpha Quadrant by an ancient race of beings, known in canon ...
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Will I be able to follow the story if I skip The Next Generation & watch Deep Space 9 directly?
Star Trek: Enterprise is the last TV series, but I've watched it first because it shows initial story (2100s). I've just finished watching season 4 of Star Trek: Enterprise.
For 2200s, I've watched ...
