Deep Space Nine (fictional space station)

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For the television series, see Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Deep Space 9
Hear All, Trust Nothing
" (2022)
Information
Affiliation
Launched2346–2351
General characteristics
Class
  • Nor-class
  • Cardassian Space Station
Armaments
Circa Early 2370s
  • 48 rotary-mounted phaser arrays
  • 36 stationary-mounted phasers
  • 3 slide-mounted phasers
  • 48 torpedo launchers
  • 5,000 photon torpedoes
Defenses
Deflector shields
PropulsionImpulse thrusters
Mass10.1 million metric tons

Deep Space Nine (DS9; previously Terok Nor) is a fictional

Bajoran wormhole and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens.[1] It is run by a joint crew of Starfleet and Bajoran officers and it is the home port of a number of Starfleet runabouts, as well as the starship USS Defiant.[2]

The station is featured in the opening for all 176 episodes of Deep Space Nine, as well as part one of the

Hear All, Trust Nothing". Many story arcs introduced on Next Generation are extended by events that occur on the station. The station builds on the legacy of the Cardassian-Federation interactions introduced by that show and the first episode, "Emissary", includes a visit from the Enterprise-D
. Deep Space Nine provides the location for the crew to interact with the characters and elements established by the Star Trek universe, and introduces additional elements.

The station exists in a time and place also occupied by The Next Generation, Voyager, Lower Decks and the seventh through tenth films, the 2370s through early 2380s. This is itself part of the bigger

Star Trek universe, which was initiated by the original Star Trek TV show of the late 1960s created by Gene Roddenberry
.

Description

For the show's conceptual design of Deep Space Nine, it is over a kilometer in diameter, is composed of a broad outer

wormhole, where it would remain throughout the remainder of the series. This made the station three hours away from Bajor by shuttle, as described in three episodes,[4][5] although it was mentioned as being five hours away in another episode,[6] (presumably as Bajor was in far orbit of its sun relative to DS9's position). However, it would appear that the journey could be completed in a much shorter length of time if necessary by engaging warp drive within the Bajoran star system.[7]

Facilities

The promenade is the main public thoroughfare in which visitors and residents congregate. Common locations on the promenade depicted or mentioned in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine include Quark's Bar (the crew's most frequently seen off-hours location, which also includes holosuites), the infirmary, the replimat (a self-service replicator eatery), a Bajoran temple, Elim Garak's clothing shop, chief of security Odo's office, a Klingon restaurant, a mineral assay office, a candy kiosk, and, for a brief time during the first season, Keiko O'Brien's classroom.[8] There are normally about 300 permanent residents of the station, though the station can accommodate up to seven thousand.[9]

Station history

In the Star Trek universe, Deep Space Nine was originally a

Cardassian occupation of Bajor
in 2369; the Cardassians stripped items of value on their way out. The station had some major problems, including a trap left by the Bajoran resistance that nearly killed everyone on the station when it was accidentally activated by the new tenants.

In 2369, the Bajorans assumed control of the station. The Bajoran provisional government requested the assistance of the

Bajoran wormhole. The station was moved to the mouth of the wormhole to secure Bajor's claim to it, after which the station assumed great commercial, scientific and strategic importance.[1]

After the encounter with the Dominion in 2370, in which the Galaxy-class USS Odyssey was destroyed by just three Dominion vessels and owing to other threats, it became obvious that the station's existing occupation-era weapons would be woefully inadequate defending the station. The station's weapons and defensive systems were later heavily upgraded. The upgrades included the installation of multiple rotary torpedo launchers on the docking pylons and weapons sail towers, stowable phaser banks that retract when not in use and improved shields that extend 300 meters around the station. The total torpedo inventory was increased to 5,000.[11][12]

These upgrades were first used against the Klingons in their offensive against

Battle of Bajor.[14]

Aside from a failed Bajoran military coup, the Dominion's occupation, and a brief leave of absence from late 2374 to early 2375, Sisko, promoted to captain in 2371, remained in command of Deep Space Nine. In late 2375, at the end of the Dominion War, Colonel Kira Nerys assumed command.[15] Colonel Kira is still in command when the station is next seen on screen in 2381.[16]

Relaunch novels

Further information: List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novels § Relaunch novels

In the continuing story novels, DS9 was forced to jettison its power core due to the actions of Dominion rebels. As one of his first actions as chief of operations of the station, Nog had Empok Nor towed to the station's location, and used its power core as a replacement. The remainder of Empok Nor was broken down for scrap and spare parts.

Later, DS9 would host

Ferenginar.[17]

In the year 2383, DS9—while under the command of Captain

Starfleet Command and the Federation Council agreed to build a new station in the Bajoran system and name it Deep Space Nine.[18]

Crew and inhabitants

Command crew

  • Benjamin Sisko, Commanding Officer (2369–2375)
  • Kira Nerys, First Officer; Bajoran attaché (2369–2375), later Commanding Officer (beginning 2375)
  • Constable Odo, Chief of Security (through 2375)
  • Worf, Strategic Operations Officer (2371–2375)
  • Julian Bashir, Chief Medical Officer (2369–2375)
  • Jadzia Dax, Science Officer (2369–2374)
  • Ezri Dax, Station Counselor (2375)
  • Miles O'Brien, Chief Operations Officer (2369–2375)

Other crew

  • Martok, Klingon attaché (2373–2375)
  • Rom, brother of Quark; later an Engineer in the Bajoran militia (2372–2375)
  • Nog, son of Rom; later a Starfleet officer (2373–2375)

Notable civilian residents

  • Quark, owner of Quark's, a bar on the station's promenade
  • Jake Sisko, writer and journalist; son of Benjamin Sisko
  • Obsidian Order
    operative
  • Keiko O'Brien, wife to Miles O'Brien; school teacher and botanist
  • Morn
    , one of Quark's recurring customers throughout the series

Mirror Universe

"Terok Nor" is also a

Terran slaves.[19]

In this fictional parallel universe, in 2372, the Terran Rebellion wrests control of the station away from the Alliance. The Alliance, determined to recapture the station, sends a fleet under Regent Worf to fight the rebels. The rebels are able to build their own Defiant, based on schematics for the Defiant in the primary universe, and they use it to defeat the Alliance fleet. Terok Nor remains a base of operations for the Terran Rebellion for at least the next three years.[20]

Production design

The station model was principally designed by

Rob Legato, Gary Hutzel, Michael Okuda, and executive producer Rick Berman also contributed to the design. The miniature was fabricated by Tony Meininger.[21]

At a 2006 auction held by the New York City branch of Christie's of London, the original 6' diameter "hero model" of Deep Space 9 went for US$110,000.[22][23] This was the principal model for filming, and was made primarily of fiber and resin with built in fiber-optic lighting.[23]

Herman Zimmerman compared the design of the station as having Art Deco influences, but also having a geometric design flavour to create a "Cardassian" style.[24] One of the design motiffs was to put things in sets of three, such having three concentric rings for main station structure, and sets of vertical pylons.[24]

The interior sets that depicted the station were on the Paramount lot.[25]

Reception

In 2017, Space.com rated the Deep Space Nine fictional space station as the tenth best spacecraft of the Star Trek franchise.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^
    syndicated
    .
  2. syndicated
    .
  3. Fuller, Bryan; Beimler, Hans. Director: Vejar, Mike (May 19, 1997). "Empok Nor". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    . Season 5. Episode 24.
  4. ^ "Looking for par'Mach in all the Wrong Places", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Season 5.
  5. ^ "The Begotten"
  6. ^ "The Alternate" Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Season 2, Episode 12.
  7. ^ Writers:Behr, Ira Steven; Wolfe, Robert Hewitt. Director: Landau, Les (February 17, 1997). "By Inferno's Light". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Season 5. Episode 15.
  8. ^ Writers: Sanford, Gerald; Piller, Michael. Director: Lynch, Paul (January 17, 1993). "A Man Alone". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Season 1. Episode 4.
  9. ^ Writers: Essoe, Gabe; Miles, Kelley; Rappaport, Frederick. Director: Landau, Les (November 28, 1993). "Sanctuary". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Season 2. Episode 10.
  10. ^ Episode "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
  11. ^ Episode "The Jem'Hadar"
  12. ^ Episode "The Way of the Warrior"
  13. ^ Episode "Call to Arms"
  14. ^ Episode "Sacrifice of Angels"
  15. ^ Episode "What You Leave Behind"
  16. Hear All, Trust Nothing
    "
  17. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch
  18. ^ Star Trek: Typhon Pact – Plagues of Night and Star Trek: Typhon Pact – Raise the Dawn
  19. ^ Episode "Crossover"
  20. ^ Episode "Shattered Mirror"
  21. ^ The Star Trek Encyclopedia
  22. ^ "Auction far exceeding expectations" from StarTrek.com, October 6, 2006. Archived October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ a b "DEEP SPACE NINE MODEL". www.christies.com. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  24. ^
    ISBN 978-0-671-50106-8
    . Page 56
  25. ISBN 978-0-671-87430-8
    .
  26. ^ "The 15 Best Ships on Star Trek, from V-ger to the Vengeance". Space.com. September 22, 2017.

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