List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters
Encyclopedia
This is a list of minor characters from the science fiction
television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
. Characters are ordered alphabetically by family name, and only characters who played a significant recurring role in the series are listed.
Vedek. He was played by Philip Anglim
.
Bareil becomes romantically involved with Major Kira Nerys
of the Deep Space Nine
space station. He runs against Vedek Winn Adami for the role of Kai, but is forced to drop out to protect the reputation of the previous Kai, Opaka. Bareil is injured in a shuttle explosion, and Dr. Julian Bashir
has to replace his failing organs with cybernetics so that he can continue to advise Winn in negotiations with the Cardassians. His continued efforts in this weakened state cause brain damage, and eventually his death.
In the mirror universe, Bareil Antos is a petty thief who is close to the alternate Kira. He leaves his universe in a foiled attempt to steal an orb.
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Commerce Authority (FCA), portrayed by Jeffrey Combs
. He is the nemesis of Quark
, who he perceives as a threat to the Ferengi way of life, and often attempts to either destroy him or suplant Grand Nagus Zek (although at one time, he did help Quark rescue Ishka from the Dominion
). By sharp contrast, his mirror universe
counterpart was a very friendly and congenial person, with unrequited feelings for his universe's Ezri Tigan
, who ended up being murdered by the Intendant (mirror-Kira Nerys
).
Brunt (or his counterpart) appeared in eight episodes beginning with Season Three's "Family Business
."
Combs has described Brunt as "the IRS
guy from Hell".
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empire for a short time aboard Deep Space Nine
. She is accused of treason against the Star empire and imprisoned in the episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges." Kimara Cretak was first portrayed by Megan Cole in "Image in the Sand" and "Shadows and Symbols," and Adrienne Barbeau
in "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges."
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military officer portrayed by Casey Biggs
. As a glinn, he served under Gul Dukat aboard the freighter Groumall, and later as Legate Dukat's aide when the Cardassian Union joined the Dominion
and then captured Deep Space Nine
. As the Federation re-took the station, Damar learned that Tora Ziyal had been helping Kira
and others undermine them and promptly killed her. This earned him personal amnity from Kira. After Dukat's subsequent mental breakdown following his daughter's death, Damar was promoted to gul, and later to legate. As leader, he learned that the Dominion was merely using the Cardassians as pawns in its effort to conquer the Alpha Quadrant, so he switched sides and encouraged his people to fight the Dominion. As leader of the new Cardassian rebellion, he had to accept Federation
aid and advice from a "Starfleet advisor," Commander Kira Nerys. In his struggles as a resistance fighter, particularly when his wife and child were taken and killed by the Dominion, he came to understand the Bajoran perspective during Cardassia's occupation of Bajor. While fighting beside Commander Kira and Elim Garak
in a final push to retake Cardassia Prime, Damar was killed in action.
Damar appeared in 23 episodes beginning with Season Four's "Return to Grace."
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is a Trill
symbiont, that has been "joined" to nine humanoid Trills:
Other Dax hosts were:
entertainer appearing in a program run in one of Quark
's holosuites on the space station Deep Space Nine
. He is played by James Darren
.
Created by a holoprogrammer named Felix, Vic works as a Rat Pack
style crooner
in an idealized version of 1960s Las Vegas
. He is charismatic and extremely perceptive. He is used as an informal counselor by crew-members of Deep Space Nine, and he takes it upon himself to get Odo and Kira
together romantically, by giving Odo lessons on how to relax around women so that he can be more expressive around Kira. His program is altered by a "Jack in the box" created by Felix to keep things interesting in the episode "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang." This threatens Vic's holographic existence but intervention by the crew saves him.
A rarity among holographic characters, Vic is self-aware and knows he is a hologram (as do the Emergency Medical Hologram and Professor Moriarty
). Like the Doctor, Vic has the ability to turn his own program on and off. After Vic helps Nog deal with a traumatic battlefield experience, Nog arranges for Vic's program to run constantly so that Vic can experience a full life within his holodeck environment.
In the Mirror Universe
, Vic is an android, not a hologram. He is killed by the alternate Bashir.
Originally the role of Vic was offered to Frank Sinatra, Jr.
, but he turned it down, as he only wanted to play an alien.
The songs that Fontaine sings on Deep Space Nine are on the James Darren album This One's from the Heart
. One song not on the album is "The Alamo," which he sings to Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien right before they are going to replay the Alamo battle in the Holosuites.
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and four times by Cecily Adams
. Often referred to as "Moogie," she is the widow of Geldar, mother of Quark
and Rom
and grandmother of Nog. An unorthodox Ferengi
female, she flouts Ferengi law by wearing clothes and earning profit, much to the consternation of Quark who incurs the wrath of the FCA for her deeds. She became involved with Grand Nagus Zek, first serving as a power-behind-the-throne financial advisor, then influencing him toward instituting societal reforms, such as allowing Ferengi women to wear clothes and earn profit, and finally recommending her son Rom as Zek's successor when he retired as Grand Nagus. At one point she was kidnapped by the Dominion and used for prisoner exchange with a Federation-held Vorta
.
Ishka appeared in five episodes beginning with Season Three's "Family Business
."
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, portrayed by Chase Masterson
. She is a Bajoran
employed as a Dabo girl in Quark
's bar. After a brief romantic relationship with Julian Bashir
, she married Rom
and therefore ended the series as First Lady of Ferenginar.
Although initially played as a stereotypical "airhead," over the course of the series it was revealed that she was in fact an intelligent woman who chose to maintain a carefree attitude. She was a ringleader when Quark's employees attempted to start a union
, and also volunteered to play temporary host to one of Jadzia Dax
's former personalities. She once explained that Dabo girls actually have to be good at math, to ensure that the house always makes a profit.
Unlike most Bajoran characters, Leeta was never given a family name. The (non-canon) novels explain that this is because she was brought up in an orphanage during the Bajoran Occupation, and doesn't have a family name.
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, was for over three decades the housekeeper of Enabran Tain, the head of the Obsidian Order. Possibly, during their time together, Tain and Mila had a child, whom they named Elim Garak
. Due to Tain's position, it was decided to hide the fact that he was Garak's father. No confession from Tain, Mila, or Garak were made supporting this, but Garak does treat Mila as a mother as it is most likely that she was the only such figure in his life. In 2371, Tain considered having Mila killed because she knew too much about him. However, he did not go through with her execution. She was killed by Jem'Hadar
soldiers on the eve of Cardassia's liberation from the Dominion
. She appeared in several episodes as well as in the novel A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson.
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scientist who was assigned to study the Changeling who would become known as Odo. Mora studied and taught Odo at the Bajoran Center for Science during the Occupation of Bajor from 2358–2365. When Odo assumed the shape of a humanoid, he imitated Mora's hairstyle.
Odo initially resented Mora for failing to realize he was sentient. Under pressure from the Cardassian
s to get answers and not fully understanding what he was dealing with, Mora used some questionable methods in his experiments. Odo left the institute two years later. They would not reconcile their differences until 2373, when Mora arrived on Deep Space Nine to assist Odo in treating an infant changeling.
Mora Pol was played by actor James Sloyan
.
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. He is a Lurian male and the only member of his species seen in Star Trek. According to make-up
designer Michael Westmore
, on the first day of filming the series the director chose Morn randomly from among several prosthetic characters.
Although Westmore went to great lengths to ensure that Morn could talk in case the character ever had a line, he never spoke on camera (though he did laugh); this became a running gag
, with other characters commenting several times how talkative he was. Morn is credited with knowing the funniest joke in the universe, and in several episodes an incidental character is seen to start laughing as they leave his side. Quark sometimes breaks down laughing when he tries to retell the joke, and always gives up by saying that no one can tell it like Morn. Despite this, Morn rarely seems to get Quark's jokes, and when he does, it takes him a while.
Morn's existence as a fixture at Quark's bar is mocked in the episode "Who Mourns for Morn?
" when Quark sets up a holo-imager to project an image of Morn on his regular stool, quietly drinking. No one realizes that it isn't real (to the point of patrons greeting the image as they enter the bar) until Sisko and Dax ran into the bar with exuberance to let people know that Morn died. It's later revealed that he had not died but was, in fact, part of a scam.
Often, other characters refer to something Morn has done that, to the viewer, would seem very uncharacteristic for Morn. For example, when it became clear that war with the Dominion
was inevitable, Morn allegedly threw a chair at Quark, then ran naked across the promenade screaming "We're all doomed!" Following that, he supposedly rushed into a Bajoran temple and threw himself at the feet of a priestess, begging for forgiveness. Vic Fontaine, the holographic singer who is a recurring character in seasons 6 and 7, has stated that Morn's rendition of "New York, New York
" has to be seen to be believed. Lieutenant Commander Worf
claimed that Morn was a formidable sparring partner, and the pair fought in the holosuites on a weekly basis. Jadzia Dax also stated having nearly been romantic with Morn, except that Morn turned her down.
Very little is revealed about Morn or his species on the show. In "The Way of the Warrior," it was implied Lurians are usually found near the Hyundite Nebula; a hostile Klingon
suggested it was suspicious to find Morn so far from there. It was revealed in the episode "Who Mourns for Morn?" that he had been previously involved in some criminal activities, notably the Mother's Day Heist in which his crew stole 1,000 bricks of gold-pressed latinum. Like all Lurians, Morn has two stomachs; it was revealed that he was storing the latinum taken from the bricks in one of them, and it is explained by Quark that this is why his hair fell out.
Morn also appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation
episode "Birthright, Part I" and made a cameo in the Star Trek: Voyager
episode "Caretaker."
Essentially, Morn was something of a joke that the producers and writing staff were playing on viewers and cast members throughout the entire run of the program, for in spite of being constantly referred to as talkative and excitable, he was never actually SHOWN doing anything other than imbibe--and quietly so at that--at Quark's bar.
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. She is a professional botanist and the wife of Miles O'Brien
in both The Next Generation
and Deep Space Nine
.
Keiko married Miles O'Brien aboard the USS Enterprise-D
in the TNG episode "Data's Day". A year later, temporarily stuck in Ten-Forward, she gave birth to a daughter, Molly, with Worf
as midwife (TNG episode "Disaster"). When Miles was assigned to Deep Space Nine, Keiko's mother was still living in the city of Kumamoto
, Japan
. Keiko began talking of visiting her mother after seeing the condition of the space station when first arriving there.
Shortly after arriving at Deep Space Nine, Keiko soon decided to start a school. Jake Sisko
and Nog were the first students to enroll. Later, Keiko went on a botanical expedition to Bajor. Pregnant with her second child, an accident endangered mother and child on the way back to DS9. Doctor Julian Bashir
saved them both by removing the fetus and implanting it into Kira Nerys
' womb. In her honor, the child was named "Kirayoshi."
When the Dominion War
began, Keiko and the children were evacuated from the war zones. They remained away for a time until the fields of battle had shifted far enough to make Deep Space Nine safe again. After the war, the O'Brien family relocated to Earth
when Miles became an instructor at Starfleet Academy
.
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, is the daughter of Miles
and Keiko O'Brien, and the older sister of Kirayoshi. She originally appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation
.
Molly was born in 2368, with Worf
delivering her, on the USS Enterprise-D
in the TNG episode "Disaster." She moved to Deep Space Nine
when Miles was assigned there.
In the DS9 episode "Time's Orphan," the O'Briens went on a picnic to Golana IV, where Molly accidentally fell into an abandoned time portal and emerged as an 18-year-old (played by Michelle Krusiec
). From her point of view, she had experienced approximately ten years of solitary existence. Back at Deep Space Nine, she was wild and uncontrollable, unable to cope with life on the space station; after a violent altercation in Quark
's, Starfleet
officials intended to place her in a mental health institution. The O'Briens returned to Golana IV, hoping to send Molly back through the time portal to the place and time she had become accustomed to, preferring her happiness over a possible lifetime of confinement. However, she was returned to the point where she had first entered, allowing the adult Molly to help her child counterpart return home, erasing the adult Molly from history in the process.
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, was the Kai or spiritual leader of the Bajoran
s through the latter years of the Cardassian
occupation and the first few months after it ended in 2369. Opaka recognized Benjamin Sisko
as the long-awaited Emissary of the Prophets, although he did not return her enthusiasm.
In response to a prophetic Orb experience, Opaka left Bajor for the first time to pay an unannounced visit to DS9. Journeying with Sisko and Kira through the wormhole, she was killed in a runabout crash on the Ennis penal moon, and was then resurrected by the artificial microbes present there. The microbes were specifically designed to only work on the moon, forcing her to stay behind. She took this as an opportunity to help end the prisoners' fanatical clan war.
During the Cardassian occupation, Opaka had been a collaborator: she gave away the whereabouts of a rebel base and her son was killed in the subsequent attack. The Cardassians had threatened to destroy some Bajoran towns so by betraying the rebels (including her own son) she saved thousands of Bajoran lives. Later on, Bareil Antos dropped out of the election for Kai in an effort to keep this secret from ruining Opaka's legacy. This led to the election of the more controversial Winn Adami.
In the Deep Space Nine relaunch
novels, Opaka was rescued from the Ennis moon by zealous aliens called the Ascendants, after which she roamed the Gamma Quadrant as a healer. She is found by Jake Sisko
and returned to Bajor, where she refuses to resume the post of Kai.
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, was the Field Commander of Starfleet forces during the Dominion War
and was the coordinator of Starfleet's defense of the Bolian and Bajoran
fronts in the early stages of that war.
His command post was on Starbase 375, where he was in direct command of the 7th Tactical Wing. During the first three months of the war, Ross was under severe pressure to halt the advance of the Dominion. Ross did this by making Captain Sisko his adjutant, in order to relieve himself of making minor tactical plans and reports. This action gave Ross the initiative to find the "Argolis Cluster Sensor Array." This sensor array was the Dominion's line of sight over all the Bajoran and Bolian fronts at the start of the War. Ross, along with Sisko, planned the attack on the Argolis Array and succeeded in the destruction of the array in late March 2374. As the war progressed, Ross took a much more tactical role rather than strategically planning the war effort.
After the first battle of Chin'toka, Ross was posted aboard Deep Space Nine
to command the Allied forces presently hemmed in at Chin'toka.
It was later revealed that Ross was one of the few Starfleet personnel to know of the existence of Section 31
. Although he collaborates with Section 31 in one of their operations, like Julian Bashir
he staunchly maintains that he is not a member of the organization.
During the Battle of Cardassia, Ross led the Starfleet wing of the assault fleet. He devised the planned assault on Cardassia and, soon afterwards, presided over the signing of the Treaty of Bajor at which he gave a speech to the delegates.
His flagship (featured in the 7th season episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges") is the Intrepid Class USS Bellerophon.
Ross appears in twelve episodes beginning with the Season Six episode "A Time to Stand
."
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A onetime farmer in Bajor's Dahkur Province, Shakaar returned to his fields in 2369 after 25 years of fighting the Cardassian
occupiers, only to enter politics as his world's secular leader in 2371. As the head and namesake of Kira's
resistance cell, he agreed to let her go on her first raid at age 13 to fill in a vacancy in the ranks, and reteamed with her years later during a near-violent showdown with Kai Winn over the return of promised soil reclamators.
After that encounter and the support he received for his handling of it, Shakaar handily won the position as Bajor's second post-occupation First Minister, edging Winn out of her acting role. Shakaar realizes he has fallen in love with Kira a year after his election, during his successful push to cut Bajor's UFP
admission timetable in half, though that act was later postponed by Emissary Benjamin Sisko's pagh'tem'far (sacred vision) that advised against it. As his and Kira's affair played out, he had a hard time accepting her carrying the O'Brien
s' transplanted second child to term after an accident in 2373.
Soon afterward, he and Kira part ways romantically, although she still respects him as Bajor's best leader. Shakaar is used to death threats and he routinely ignores them, but a True Way alien operative nearly kills him twice during the Federation conference on DS9
, first by sending his turbolift car into free fall, and later by almost getting his quarters depressurized. According to Dukat
, Shakaar slept with every woman in his resistance cell except Kira—but Dukat's jealousy of the Major should be taken into account.
Shakaar's relationship with Kira ended in 2373 after a visit to the Kendra shrine on Bajor revealed that they were not meant to walk the same path.
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, was played by Brock Peters
(who also played Admiral Cartwright in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
).
Joseph ran a restaurant in New Orleans called "Sisko's Creole Kitchen" (DS9
: "Image in the Sand"), with a particular specialty each night (generally seafood). While Nog was at Starfleet Academy, he commuted from San Francisco to dine, as Sisko obtained Ferengi tube grubs especially for Nog. Joseph's grandson, Jake Sisko
, often worked at the restaurant, and Benjamin worked there after the Pah Wraiths collapsed the wormhole.
Joseph was first married to a woman named Sarah, but when their son Benjamin was a year and a half old, Sarah left, eventually moving to Australia
and dying in a shuttle accident. Joseph remarried soon after, and Benjamin and his stepmother had such a close relationship Joseph could not bring himself to disclose the truth to his son: that Sarah was, in fact, a Prophet that took physical form. This discovery was made by Benjamin and Jake in the episode "Image in the Sand
."
Though Joseph Sisko does eventually reveal to Benjamin the truth about Sarah, he vows to take his gumbo
recipe "to the grave."
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. An operative in the secret police
organization known as Section 31
, Sloan appeared in three episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "Inquisition," "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges," and "Extreme Measures."
In 2374, Sloan placed Dr. Julian Bashir
in a psychologically intense holodeck
scenario designed to test his loyalties to the Federation
. Satisfied that Bashir was a steadfast Starfleet
officer, Sloan offered Bashir a position in Section 31, knowing of the doctor's fondness for 20th century espionage fiction. Bashir adamantly refused, but Sloan was content to let him consider the offer.
In 2375, Sloan attempted to recruit Bashir for a mission to gather information on Koval
, chairman of the Romulan
Tal Shiar. Bashir initially declined, but agreed with Captain Sisko that this would allow them to learn more about Section 31's operations and possible connections to Starfleet Command. However, unbeknownst to both of them, Sloan had already enlisted the assistance of Admiral William Ross and thus succeeded in strengthening covert ties to one highly-placed Romulan and subverting the career of another. Sloan appeared to perish at Koval's hand, but later appeared in Bashir's quarters to thank him for playing his part and living up to Sloan's high expectations of him.
Later that year, Bashir discovered evidence that Section 31 was responsible for infecting Odo with a genocidal virus intended to bring an end to the Dominion War
. With the assistance of Miles O'Brien
, Bashir lured Sloan to Deep Space Nine and captured him. Rather than risk handing Bashir the cure, Sloan triggered a neuro-depolarizing device in his brain, effectively killing himself. After stabilizing Sloan, Bashir and O'Brien linked their minds to his in a last-ditch effort to secure information that would lead to a cure. While inside Sloan's mind, Bashir was offered secret information that could supposedly bring about the end of Section 31. This was Sloan's way of delaying Bashir from escaping with the knowledge needed to save Odo's life, and the lives of the Founders.
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, was the former head of the Obsidian Order and the biological father of Elim Garak
. However he never admitted this fact publicly, believing that his son was a "weakness [he] couldn't afford."
Tain was the head of the Obsidian Order for twenty years, and the only head of the Obsidian Order to live long enough to retire. As the head of the Order, Tain trusted no one, with the exception of his housekeeper, Mila. He was known for his ruthlessness, and many said that he lacked a heart. Tain was also Garak's immediate superior, whom he trained and molded into a mirror image of himself. Nevertheless, Tain was directly responsible for exiling Garak after being betrayed by him in some way.
Tain attempted to stage a comeback by destroying the Founders' homeworld with a combined fleet of Obsidian Order and Tal Shiar ships. His plan was compromised by a Changeling infiltrator, and the fleet was destroyed by the Jem'Hadar
. Tain was assumed to have perished when his warbird
exploded, but he was actually captured by the Dominion
and detained at Internment Camp 371.
In 2373, Tain modified the camp barracks' life support
system to send a subspace
signal to Garak, indicating he was alive. By the time Garak reached him, he was dying of heart trouble. On his deathbed, after being sure all his enemies were dead, Tain asked Garak to escape and seek vengeance on the Dominion for what it had done to him. Garak agreed, but only if Tain asked him as his father. Tain died after acknowledging that Garak was his son.
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/ half Bajoran
daughter of Gul Dukat
and Tora Naprem. She spent most of her early life with her mother, and thus her name is structured as are all Bajoran
names (with the family name first). Her given name, Ziyal, is a popular Cardassian
name. She was played by Cyia Batten
in "Indiscretion
" and "Return to Grace
," by Tracy Middendorf
in the episode "For the Cause," and by Melanie Smith from "In Purgatory's Shadow" to "Sacrifice of Angels."
Ziyal was first introduced in the Season 4 episode "Indiscretion." In this episode, Gul Dukat accompanied Kira Nerys
to the crash site of the Cardassian prison transport Ravinok. On the crash site (in the Dozaria system) Kira found out Dukat went along because his mistress (Tora Naprem) was aboard the Ravinok. They discovered the grave of Tora Naprem, and Dukat confessed Tora Naprem and he had a daughter, Tora Ziyal, who was also on the transport. Dukat originally intended on killing Ziyal to protect his career, as it was an abomination for a Cardassian and a Bajoran to have a child, but Kira's arguments and his own paternal love convinced him not to kill his daughter. They found Ziyal in a Breen prison camp on the planet and freed her.
Even though her mixed heritage made living on either Cardassia or Bajor unrealistic due to the inherent prejudices, she ended up spending time on Bajor attending a university there, but after living on there for a short time, Ziyal moved to DS9, where she felt more comfortable and at ease among the station's diverse population with the added bonus of being closer to Major Kira whom she considered a big sister. Shortly after returning to DS9, she entered into a relationship with Elim Garak
, which, even though it seemed like a relationship of convenience since they were the only two Cardassians on the station, they grew to have real feelings for one another, much to her father's disdain and condemnation. She lived there until she was killed by Gul Dukat's first officer Damar, because he overheard her confession to freeing Rom
, Kira, Jake and Leeta from prison after they were caught trying to sabotage the station's then-Cardassian/Dominion occupying force's disarmament of the wormhole's Federation minefield that stopped the Gamma quadrant's Dominion reinforcements to the Alpha Quadrant (Season 6 episode "Sacrifice of Angels"). Dukat underwent an immediate and near catatonic mental breakdown with this news.
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occupation of Bajor, and claimed to have been beaten for her religious teachings. She had a contemptuous attitude toward Bajorans who fought in the underground resistance cells, because she felt she did not get proper credit for helping to fight for Bajor's liberation. She was played by Louise Fletcher
.
Winn makes her first appearance objecting to the teachings of Keiko O'Brien in the Deep Space Nine school, in the episode "In the Hands of the Prophets." In particular, she objects to Keiko's teaching of only the scientific information about the Bajoran wormhole
, instead of teaching the religious mythos regarding it. Winn views the science-based teachings as blasphemy, and eventually her influence results in all of the Bajoran students being pulled from the school. Later, a bomb is detonated inside the school. Commander Benjamin Sisko
meets with Vedek Bareil on Bajor and asks him to reprimand Winn before she stirs up more violence, but he declines to enter into the conflict. Winn also directs one of her supporters to assassinate Bareil, who is Winn's chief rival in the Vedek Assembly. The failed assassination attempt is made during a speech Bareil is giving calling for an end to conflicts over the school. Winn's involvement, although suspected by Major Kira Nerys
, is never proven.
Ever the ambitious opportunist, Winn later aligned herself with an extremist group called "The Circle." The Circle's goal was to eliminate all external influences from Bajor, including the Federation
, which would have served Winn's purposes in getting rid of Commander Sisko, whom she resented as the Emissary of the Prophets
. The reward for her support would have been the guarantee of becoming Kai.
Eventually it was discovered that "The Circle" was actually being supplied by the Cardassian
s. Major Kira managed to sneak into the council chambers and presented the evidence to the Council of Ministers. When Kira announced she has the thumb scan of a Cardassian Gul signing off on a shipment of weapons to the Kressari, who in turn sent them on to The Circle, Winn immediately changed sides telling Minister Jaro that if he truly believes the Cardassians were not supplying the weapons, he should not mind an examination of the evidence.
In the episode "The Collaborator," the election for the next Kai approaches. Winn seeks out and obtains information about the Kendra Valley Massacre, which she uses to manipulate Major Kira into investigating Vedek Bareil Antos, who happens to be in a relationship with Kira at the time. Ultimately, Bareil is forced to withdraw, resulting in Winn's election as Kai. Although Bareil is later proven innocent by Kira, he chooses not to reveal the truth, which is that Kai Opaka had actually been responsible for the massacre---a move that resulted in forty-three deaths, including that of her own son, but which had saved thousands of other Bajoran lives. Over the years, Bareil faithfully kept the secret to protect the Bajoran people and preserve their religion.
When the first minister of the provisional government dies, Winn gets herself appointed to the political office, and tries to reclaim soil reclamation equipment loaned by the Federation. She wants to have it used to reclaim soil for cash crops for sale off-planet, while a group of farmers led by Shakaar, a former resistance leader, are trying to reclaim soil to produce food for Bajor; Shakaar and his people had been promised the reclamators, but Winn, now leading the government, reneges on the previous leadership's promise. A brief insurrection, with Shakaar's people preparing to fight security forces sent out by Winn, results in the security force leader and Shakaar burying the hatchet. Shakaar challenges Winn for the position of first minister in the upcoming election.
Throughout her service as both Vedek and Kai, Winn always proved to be selfish, arrogant, and power-hungry. She would do anything, and betray anyone to advance her own career and agenda. She is also jealous of other people receiving visions from the Prophets, especially the alien, Sisko the Emissary.
In the final days of the Dominion War
, Winn finally received what she believed to be a vision from the Prophets, who tell her that a guide will soon appear to her. In reality, this vision was from the Pah Wraiths, and the "guide" was Gul Dukat
, who had been surgically altered to look like a Bajoran.
Dukat and Winn soon became lovers, and he convinced her that to restore Bajor, she must release the Pah Wraiths, who he claimed were the true prophets of Bajor. To do this, Winn obtained the Kosst Amojan, a forbidden text, but found that the pages were blank. Her servant Solbor discovered what she and Dukat were planning. He revealed Dukat's true identity and threatened to expose them. As Winn killed him to prevent this revelation, a drop of blood fell from the knife Winn stabbed him with, and onto the blank pages of the Kosst Amojan, revealing the text. Later when Dukat attempted to read the Kosst Amojan himself, he was blinded (the text could only be read by the Kai), and cast out onto the streets by Winn. After studying the text, Winn discovered there is only one way to release the Pah Wraiths from the Fire Caves and hesitantly allowed Dukat to rejoin her.
Back on Deep Space Nine in Vic Fontaine's holosuite programe, the Prophets send Sisko a premonition about a dangerous situation on Bajor. In the series finale "What You Leave Behind" and after the battle of Cardassia, Sisko traveled to the Fire Caves on Bajor to confront Winn and Dukat. While Dukat and Sisko fight, Winn realized she has made the wrong choices and that she had been blinded by her own ambitions. In an effort to correct all that she had done and redeem herself, she attempted to throw the book of the Pah Wraiths into the fire and destroy it. Before she could do so, Dukat disintegrated her using powers given to him by the Pah Wraiths.
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, is a civilian freighter captain. She is introduced to Benjamin Sisko
by his son Jake
, who feels it is time for Sisko to start dating again after the death of his first wife Jennifer at Wolf 359
.
Jake's attempt at matchmaking is successful, and Kasidy and Sisko become lovers, even after her arrest and eventual imprisonment for aiding the Maquis
. Following her release from prison, the two resume their relationship.
Eventually, Kasidy becomes Sisko's second wife and, at the end of the series, she becomes pregnant with their child. When Sisko leaves to join the Prophets, he tells her that he will be away for a while, but would eventually return to her.
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Zek attempted retirement shortly after the discovery of the wormhole
near Bajor. He arrived on DS9 and during a business meeting announced Quark
would be his successor, and then appeared to have died. Eventually it is discovered that Zek faked his death by entering into a trance his attendant Maihar'du taught him. The whole set-up was a test to see if his son Krax was ready to take over, but Krax failed miserably: by trying to seize power (assisted by Rom); by attempting to kill Quark instead of acquiring it quietly; by learning all the favorable deals and assuming power by subterfuge and cunning, in keeping with 'Rule of Acquisition' number 168: "Whisper your way to success".
Zek visited the Bajoran Prophets
within the wormhole in an attempt to gather information about the future which he could use to increase his profits. Instead, the Prophets 'devolved' Zek's personality to that of a proto-Ferengi, before his people had dedicated their lives to the acquisition of wealth. During his time in this state, Zek made many radical reforms to his people's laws and government directing his people away from their greedy ways, including reformatting the long-standing Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
. He was eventually changed back and his reforms nullified after Quark
successfully appealed to the Prophets' fear of interaction with other corporeal life forms that might come to their domains to investigate the change.
During a Tongo tournament on Ferenginar, Zek received a tip from Ishka, who is the mother of Quark and Rom
, which helped him make a comeback to win the tournament. They eventually fell in love. They were briefly broken up by Quark at the prodding of Liquidator Brunt who was plotting to depose Zek and succeed him as Nagus. Ultimately the effort failed: Quark became aware of the plan, stopped Brunt's takeover, and got Zek and Ishka back together again. (DS9
: "Ferengi Love Songs
")
Zek, suffering from failing memory, bequeathed all his financial dealings to the financially brilliant Ishka, eventually caving in to her not-so-subtle prods for female rights. He was once again deposed, this time by Brunt, after he amended the Ferengi constitution to allow females to wear clothes in public, but was later reinstated after the populace learned of the new and exciting business opportunities such reforms would pave. Under Ishka's influence, he further reformed the Ferengi political and economic system into a significantly less syndicalist model.
Eventually, he and Ishka retired to Risa after naming Rom as his successor.
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television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
. Characters are ordered alphabetically by family name, and only characters who played a significant recurring role in the series are listed.
Bareil Antos
Bareil Antos was a BajoranBajoran
In the Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Bajorans are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequently also featured in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and...
Vedek. He was played by Philip Anglim
Philip Anglim
Philip Charles Anglim is an American actor best known for his performance as Joseph Merrick in the stage and television versions of The Elephant Man, a role for which he received a Best Actor nomination in the 1979 Tony Awards...
.
Bareil becomes romantically involved with Major Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys , played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Backstory:Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers , and her parents' names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru...
of the Deep Space Nine
Deep Space Nine (space station)
Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...
space station. He runs against Vedek Winn Adami for the role of Kai, but is forced to drop out to protect the reputation of the previous Kai, Opaka. Bareil is injured in a shuttle explosion, and Dr. Julian Bashir
Julian Bashir
Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Bashir is the chief medical officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant.-Overview:...
has to replace his failing organs with cybernetics so that he can continue to advise Winn in negotiations with the Cardassians. His continued efforts in this weakened state cause brain damage, and eventually his death.
In the mirror universe, Bareil Antos is a petty thief who is close to the alternate Kira. He leaves his universe in a foiled attempt to steal an orb.
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Brunt
Brunt is a liquidator with the FerengiFerengi
The Ferengi are a fictitious extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe. They first appeared in "The Last Outpost", the fifth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, during which they made first contact with the United Federation of Planets in 2364 on the planet Delphi Ardu,...
Commerce Authority (FCA), portrayed by Jeffrey Combs
Jeffrey Combs
Jeffrey Alan Combs is an American actor known for his horror film roles and his appearances playing a number of characters in the Star Trek franchise.-Early life:...
. He is the nemesis of Quark
Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by...
, who he perceives as a threat to the Ferengi way of life, and often attempts to either destroy him or suplant Grand Nagus Zek (although at one time, he did help Quark rescue Ishka from the Dominion
Dominion (Star Trek)
In the Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state consisting of many different races. The Dominion wages war on the United Federation of Planets and its allies in the late 24th century, acting as an antagonist in the TV show Star Trek: Deep Space...
). By sharp contrast, his mirror universe
Mirror Universe (Star Trek)
The Mirror Universe is a fictional parallel universe in which the plots of several Star Trek television episodes take place...
counterpart was a very friendly and congenial person, with unrequited feelings for his universe's Ezri Tigan
Ezri Dax
Ezri Dax , played by Nicole de Boer, is a counselor aboard Deep Space Nine in the seventh season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Casting:The role of Ezri Dax was created when Terry Farrell decided to leave the show and her character was subsequently killed by Dukat.When Nicole de Boer read for the...
, who ended up being murdered by the Intendant (mirror-Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys , played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Backstory:Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers , and her parents' names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru...
).
Brunt (or his counterpart) appeared in eight episodes beginning with Season Three's "Family Business
Family Business
Family Business, although played with a set of specialized cards, is more like a board game in the way it is played. "The game of mob vengeance" is for 2 to 6 players, each of whom plays with 9 mobsters from real historical gangs:...
."
Combs has described Brunt as "the IRS
Internal Revenue Service
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guy from Hell".
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Cretak, Kimara
Kimara Cretak is a representative of the RomulanRomulan
The Romulans are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe. First appearing in the original Star Trek series in the 1966 episode "Balance of Terror", they have since made appearances in all the main later Star Trek series: The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager...
empire for a short time aboard Deep Space Nine
Deep Space Nine (space station)
Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...
. She is accused of treason against the Star empire and imprisoned in the episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges." Kimara Cretak was first portrayed by Megan Cole in "Image in the Sand" and "Shadows and Symbols," and Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Jo Barbeau is an American actress and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay in the sitcom Maude...
in "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges."
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Damar
Damar is a CardassianCardassian
The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime...
military officer portrayed by Casey Biggs
Casey Biggs
Casey Patrick Biggs is an American actor, best known throughout the Star Trek community for his recurring role as the Cardassian Damar, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Biography:...
. As a glinn, he served under Gul Dukat aboard the freighter Groumall, and later as Legate Dukat's aide when the Cardassian Union joined the Dominion
Dominion
A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities that were nominally under British sovereignty, constituting the British Empire and British Commonwealth, beginning in the latter part of the 19th century. They have included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland,...
and then captured Deep Space Nine
Deep Space Nine (space station)
Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...
. As the Federation re-took the station, Damar learned that Tora Ziyal had been helping Kira
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys , played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Backstory:Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers , and her parents' names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru...
and others undermine them and promptly killed her. This earned him personal amnity from Kira. After Dukat's subsequent mental breakdown following his daughter's death, Damar was promoted to gul, and later to legate. As leader, he learned that the Dominion was merely using the Cardassians as pawns in its effort to conquer the Alpha Quadrant, so he switched sides and encouraged his people to fight the Dominion. As leader of the new Cardassian rebellion, he had to accept Federation
United Federation of Planets
The United Federation of Planets, also known as "The Federation" is a fictional interplanetary federal republic depicted in the Star Trek television series and motion pictures...
aid and advice from a "Starfleet advisor," Commander Kira Nerys. In his struggles as a resistance fighter, particularly when his wife and child were taken and killed by the Dominion, he came to understand the Bajoran perspective during Cardassia's occupation of Bajor. While fighting beside Commander Kira and Elim Garak
Elim Garak
Elim Garak is a fictional character from the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in which he is portrayed by Andrew J. Robinson. In the series, Garak is an exiled spy from the Cardassian empire and a former member of a prestigious Cardassian intelligence group called the Obsidian Order...
in a final push to retake Cardassia Prime, Damar was killed in action.
Damar appeared in 23 episodes beginning with Season Four's "Return to Grace."
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Dax
DaxDax (Star Trek)
Dax is the name of a fictional being in the Star Trek universe, a Trill symbiont. It's a very long-lived slug-shaped sentient worm-like life form that lives inside the bodies of a succession of Trills, a race of humanoid aliens. The symbiont merges with its host by a process called "joining" after...
is a Trill
Trill (Star Trek)
The Trill are a fictional species of symbiotic life forms, depicted in the Star Trek media franchise. First introduced in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the species became a major part of the spin-off series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which featured a Trill named Dax as one of its...
symbiont, that has been "joined" to nine humanoid Trills:
- Lela Dax
- Tobin Dax
- Emony Dax
- Audrid Dax
- Torias Dax
- Joran Dax portrayed by Jeff McBrideJeff McBrideJeff McBride is an American magician from Monticello New York. He is known for his sleight of hand skills and specializes in the manipulation of playing cards, coins, and other small objects. His stage performances blend elements of kabuki, a Japanese theater form, with traditional conjuring...
and Leigh McCloskeyLeigh McCloskeyLeigh Joseph McCloskey is an American film and television actor.-Career:McCloskey was classically trained as an actor at the Juilliard School in Lincoln Center, New York. As an actor, he is perhaps most widely known for his role as Mitch Cooper on the CBS soap opera Dallas... - Curzon Dax portrayed by Frank Owen Smith
- Jadzia DaxJadzia DaxJadzia Dax , played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine....
portrayed by Terry FarrellTerry Farrell (actress)Theresa Lee "Terry" Farrell is an American actress and former fashion model. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Becker.-Early life:... - Ezri DaxEzri DaxEzri Dax , played by Nicole de Boer, is a counselor aboard Deep Space Nine in the seventh season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Casting:The role of Ezri Dax was created when Terry Farrell decided to leave the show and her character was subsequently killed by Dukat.When Nicole de Boer read for the...
portrayed by Nicole de BoerNicole de BoerNicole de Boer is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Ezri Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1998 to 1999 and as Sarah Bannerman on The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007.-Career:...
Other Dax hosts were:
- Verad Dax portrayed by John GloverJohn Glover (actor)John Soursby Glover Jr. is an American actor, perhaps best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.-Personal life:...
- Yedrin Dax portrayed by Gary FrankGary Frank (actor)Gary Frank is an American actor who won an Emmy Award for his performances on the TV seriesFamily...
Fontaine, Vic
Vic Fontaine is a holographicHolodeck
A holodeck, in the fictional Star Trek universe, is a simulated reality facility located on starships and starbases. The first use of a "holodeck" by that name in the Star Trek universe was in the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Encounter at Farpoint", although a conceptually...
entertainer appearing in a program run in one of Quark
Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by...
's holosuites on the space station Deep Space Nine
Deep Space Nine (space station)
Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...
. He is played by James Darren
James Darren
James William Ercolani , known by his stage name James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer.-Career:...
.
Created by a holoprogrammer named Felix, Vic works as a Rat Pack
Rat Pack
The Rat Pack was a group of actors originally centered on Humphrey Bogart. In the mid-1960s it was the name used by the press and the general public to refer to a later variation of the group, after Bogart's death, that called itself "the summit" or "the clan," featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean...
style crooner
Crooner
Crooner is an American epithet given to male singers of pop standards, mostly from the Great American Songbook, either backed by a full orchestra, a big band or by a piano. Originally it was an ironic term denoting an emphatically sentimental, often emotional singing style made possible by the use...
in an idealized version of 1960s Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
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. He is charismatic and extremely perceptive. He is used as an informal counselor by crew-members of Deep Space Nine, and he takes it upon himself to get Odo and Kira
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys , played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Backstory:Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers , and her parents' names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru...
together romantically, by giving Odo lessons on how to relax around women so that he can be more expressive around Kira. His program is altered by a "Jack in the box" created by Felix to keep things interesting in the episode "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang." This threatens Vic's holographic existence but intervention by the crew saves him.
A rarity among holographic characters, Vic is self-aware and knows he is a hologram (as do the Emergency Medical Hologram and Professor Moriarty
Elementary, Dear Data (TNG episode)
"Elementary, Dear Data" is the 29th episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Overview:Geordi asks the holodeck to make a Sherlock Holmes villain that can defeat Data, creating a foe more powerful than originally planned.-Plot:...
). Like the Doctor, Vic has the ability to turn his own program on and off. After Vic helps Nog deal with a traumatic battlefield experience, Nog arranges for Vic's program to run constantly so that Vic can experience a full life within his holodeck environment.
In the Mirror Universe
Mirror Universe (Star Trek)
The Mirror Universe is a fictional parallel universe in which the plots of several Star Trek television episodes take place...
, Vic is an android, not a hologram. He is killed by the alternate Bashir.
Originally the role of Vic was offered to Frank Sinatra, Jr.
Frank Sinatra, Jr.
Franklin Wayne Sinatra , professionally known as Frank Sinatra, Jr., is an American singer, songwriter and conductor....
, but he turned it down, as he only wanted to play an alien.
The songs that Fontaine sings on Deep Space Nine are on the James Darren album This One's from the Heart
This One's from the Heart
This One's From the Heart is a collection of songs James Darren sang on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the hologram Vic Fontaine. One song he performed on the show was "The Alamo," which was written specially for the show by Jay Chattaway, and does not appear on the CD.-Track listing:# "The Best Is...
. One song not on the album is "The Alamo," which he sings to Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien right before they are going to replay the Alamo battle in the Holosuites.
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Ishka
Ishka is played once by Andrea MartinAndrea Martin
Andrea Louise Martin is an American and Canadian actress and comedienne. She has appeared in films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, on stage in productions such as My Favorite Year, Fiddler on the Roof and Candide, and in the television series, SCTV.-Personal life:Martin, the oldest of three...
and four times by Cecily Adams
Cecily Adams
Cecily April Adams was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the daughter of comic actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis, and the sister of actress/TV executive Stacey Adams...
. Often referred to as "Moogie," she is the widow of Geldar, mother of Quark
Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by...
and Rom
Rom (Star Trek)
Rom is a recurring character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is played by Max Grodénchik.Rom is a Ferengi, the son of Keldar and Ishka. He is Quark's younger brother, and the father of Nog.-Overview:...
and grandmother of Nog. An unorthodox Ferengi
Ferengi
The Ferengi are a fictitious extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe. They first appeared in "The Last Outpost", the fifth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, during which they made first contact with the United Federation of Planets in 2364 on the planet Delphi Ardu,...
female, she flouts Ferengi law by wearing clothes and earning profit, much to the consternation of Quark who incurs the wrath of the FCA for her deeds. She became involved with Grand Nagus Zek, first serving as a power-behind-the-throne financial advisor, then influencing him toward instituting societal reforms, such as allowing Ferengi women to wear clothes and earn profit, and finally recommending her son Rom as Zek's successor when he retired as Grand Nagus. At one point she was kidnapped by the Dominion and used for prisoner exchange with a Federation-held Vorta
Vorta
Vorţa is a commune in Hunedoara County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Certeju de Jos, Coaja, Dumeşti, Luncşoara, Valea Poienii, Visca and Vorţa.-References:...
.
Ishka appeared in five episodes beginning with Season Three's "Family Business
Family Business
Family Business, although played with a set of specialized cards, is more like a board game in the way it is played. "The game of mob vengeance" is for 2 to 6 players, each of whom plays with 9 mobsters from real historical gangs:...
."
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Leeta
Leeta is a recurring character on Deep Space 9Deep Space Nine (space station)
Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...
, portrayed by Chase Masterson
Chase Masterson
Chase Masterson, born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is an American actress and singer.-Career:...
. She is a Bajoran
Bajoran
In the Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Bajorans are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequently also featured in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and...
employed as a Dabo girl in Quark
Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by...
's bar. After a brief romantic relationship with Julian Bashir
Julian Bashir
Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Bashir is the chief medical officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant.-Overview:...
, she married Rom
Rom (Star Trek)
Rom is a recurring character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is played by Max Grodénchik.Rom is a Ferengi, the son of Keldar and Ishka. He is Quark's younger brother, and the father of Nog.-Overview:...
and therefore ended the series as First Lady of Ferenginar.
Although initially played as a stereotypical "airhead," over the course of the series it was revealed that she was in fact an intelligent woman who chose to maintain a carefree attitude. She was a ringleader when Quark's employees attempted to start a union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
, and also volunteered to play temporary host to one of Jadzia Dax
Jadzia Dax
Jadzia Dax , played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine....
's former personalities. She once explained that Dabo girls actually have to be good at math, to ensure that the house always makes a profit.
Unlike most Bajoran characters, Leeta was never given a family name. The (non-canon) novels explain that this is because she was brought up in an orphanage during the Bajoran Occupation, and doesn't have a family name.
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Mila
Mila, played by Julianna McCarthyJulianna McCarthy
Julianna McCarthy is an American actress. McCarthy was an original cast member of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, starring as matriarch Liz Foster from 1973 to 1982. She reprised the role in 1984, 1985–86, 1993, 2003–2004, and 2008...
, was for over three decades the housekeeper of Enabran Tain, the head of the Obsidian Order. Possibly, during their time together, Tain and Mila had a child, whom they named Elim Garak
Elim Garak
Elim Garak is a fictional character from the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in which he is portrayed by Andrew J. Robinson. In the series, Garak is an exiled spy from the Cardassian empire and a former member of a prestigious Cardassian intelligence group called the Obsidian Order...
. Due to Tain's position, it was decided to hide the fact that he was Garak's father. No confession from Tain, Mila, or Garak were made supporting this, but Garak does treat Mila as a mother as it is most likely that she was the only such figure in his life. In 2371, Tain considered having Mila killed because she knew too much about him. However, he did not go through with her execution. She was killed by Jem'Hadar
Jem'Hadar
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Jem'Hadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. Genetically engineered for strength and resolve, they are also short-lived and believe that "victory is life." They are bred to perceive the Founders, enigmatic...
soldiers on the eve of Cardassia's liberation from the Dominion
Dominion (Star Trek)
In the Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state consisting of many different races. The Dominion wages war on the United Federation of Planets and its allies in the late 24th century, acting as an antagonist in the TV show Star Trek: Deep Space...
. She appeared in several episodes as well as in the novel A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson.
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Mora Pol
Doctor Mora Pol was the BajoranBajoran
In the Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Bajorans are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequently also featured in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and...
scientist who was assigned to study the Changeling who would become known as Odo. Mora studied and taught Odo at the Bajoran Center for Science during the Occupation of Bajor from 2358–2365. When Odo assumed the shape of a humanoid, he imitated Mora's hairstyle.
Odo initially resented Mora for failing to realize he was sentient. Under pressure from the Cardassian
Cardassian
The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime...
s to get answers and not fully understanding what he was dealing with, Mora used some questionable methods in his experiments. Odo left the institute two years later. They would not reconcile their differences until 2373, when Mora arrived on Deep Space Nine to assist Odo in treating an infant changeling.
Mora Pol was played by actor James Sloyan
James Sloyan
James Joseph Sloyan is an American actor. He is married to actress Deirdre Lenihan with whom he has two children, Daniel and Samantha.- Early years :...
.
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Morn
Morn is played by Mark Allen ShepherdMark Allen Shepherd
Mark Allen Shepherd is an actor, best known for his role as Morn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager, even though his name is never in the credits.Shepherd received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from...
. He is a Lurian male and the only member of his species seen in Star Trek. According to make-up
Facial prosthetic
A facial prosthetic or facial prosthesis is an artificial device used to change or adapt the outward appearance of a person's face or head....
designer Michael Westmore
Michael Westmore
Michael George Westmore is an American make-up artist best known for his work in various Star Trek productions, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and four feature films.Born in Los Angeles, California, Westmore is the son of Monte Westmore,...
, on the first day of filming the series the director chose Morn randomly from among several prosthetic characters.
Although Westmore went to great lengths to ensure that Morn could talk in case the character ever had a line, he never spoke on camera (though he did laugh); this became a running gag
Running gag
A running gag, or running joke, is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling....
, with other characters commenting several times how talkative he was. Morn is credited with knowing the funniest joke in the universe, and in several episodes an incidental character is seen to start laughing as they leave his side. Quark sometimes breaks down laughing when he tries to retell the joke, and always gives up by saying that no one can tell it like Morn. Despite this, Morn rarely seems to get Quark's jokes, and when he does, it takes him a while.
Morn's existence as a fixture at Quark's bar is mocked in the episode "Who Mourns for Morn?
Who Mourns for Morn? (DS9 episode)
- Plot :The crew is shocked to learn that Morn has been killed in an ion storm. True to form, Quark sees an opportunity for profit and throws a memorial party at his bar. Sisko interrupts with surprising news — Morn has left Quark his entire estate...
" when Quark sets up a holo-imager to project an image of Morn on his regular stool, quietly drinking. No one realizes that it isn't real (to the point of patrons greeting the image as they enter the bar) until Sisko and Dax ran into the bar with exuberance to let people know that Morn died. It's later revealed that he had not died but was, in fact, part of a scam.
Often, other characters refer to something Morn has done that, to the viewer, would seem very uncharacteristic for Morn. For example, when it became clear that war with the Dominion
Dominion (Star Trek)
In the Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state consisting of many different races. The Dominion wages war on the United Federation of Planets and its allies in the late 24th century, acting as an antagonist in the TV show Star Trek: Deep Space...
was inevitable, Morn allegedly threw a chair at Quark, then ran naked across the promenade screaming "We're all doomed!" Following that, he supposedly rushed into a Bajoran temple and threw himself at the feet of a priestess, begging for forgiveness. Vic Fontaine, the holographic singer who is a recurring character in seasons 6 and 7, has stated that Morn's rendition of "New York, New York
Theme from New York, New York
"Theme from New York, New York" is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York , composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli...
" has to be seen to be believed. Lieutenant Commander Worf
Worf
Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in seasons four to seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appears in the films based on The Next Generation. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star...
claimed that Morn was a formidable sparring partner, and the pair fought in the holosuites on a weekly basis. Jadzia Dax also stated having nearly been romantic with Morn, except that Morn turned her down.
Very little is revealed about Morn or his species on the show. In "The Way of the Warrior," it was implied Lurians are usually found near the Hyundite Nebula; a hostile Klingon
Klingon
Klingons are a fictional warrior race in the Star Trek universe.Klingons are recurring villains in the 1960s television show Star Trek: The Original Series, and have appeared in all five spin-off series and eight feature films...
suggested it was suspicious to find Morn so far from there. It was revealed in the episode "Who Mourns for Morn?" that he had been previously involved in some criminal activities, notably the Mother's Day Heist in which his crew stole 1,000 bricks of gold-pressed latinum. Like all Lurians, Morn has two stomachs; it was revealed that he was storing the latinum taken from the bricks in one of them, and it is explained by Quark that this is why his hair fell out.
Morn also appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
episode "Birthright, Part I" and made a cameo in the Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
episode "Caretaker."
Essentially, Morn was something of a joke that the producers and writing staff were playing on viewers and cast members throughout the entire run of the program, for in spite of being constantly referred to as talkative and excitable, he was never actually SHOWN doing anything other than imbibe--and quietly so at that--at Quark's bar.
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O'Brien, Keiko
Keiko O'Brien, born , is played by Rosalind ChaoRosalind Chao
Rosalind Chao is a Chinese American actress. Chao's most prolific roles have been as a star of CBS' AfterMASH portraying South Korean refugee Soon-Lee Klinger for both seasons, and the recurring character Keiko O'Brien with 27 appearances on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The...
. She is a professional botanist and the wife of Miles O'Brien
Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)
Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
in both The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
and Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
.
Keiko married Miles O'Brien aboard the USS Enterprise-D
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
The USS Enterprise is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series...
in the TNG episode "Data's Day". A year later, temporarily stuck in Ten-Forward, she gave birth to a daughter, Molly, with Worf
Worf
Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in seasons four to seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appears in the films based on The Next Generation. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star...
as midwife (TNG episode "Disaster"). When Miles was assigned to Deep Space Nine, Keiko's mother was still living in the city of Kumamoto
Kumamoto, Kumamoto
is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Greater Kumamoto has a population of 1,460,000, as of the 2000 census...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Keiko began talking of visiting her mother after seeing the condition of the space station when first arriving there.
Shortly after arriving at Deep Space Nine, Keiko soon decided to start a school. Jake Sisko
Jake Sisko
Jacob "Jake" Sisko, played by Cirroc Lofton, is a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is the son of Deep Space Nine's commanding officer, Benjamin Sisko.-Overview:...
and Nog were the first students to enroll. Later, Keiko went on a botanical expedition to Bajor. Pregnant with her second child, an accident endangered mother and child on the way back to DS9. Doctor Julian Bashir
Julian Bashir
Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Bashir is the chief medical officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant.-Overview:...
saved them both by removing the fetus and implanting it into Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys , played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Backstory:Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers , and her parents' names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru...
' womb. In her honor, the child was named "Kirayoshi."
When the Dominion War
Dominion War
The Dominion War is an extended plot concept developed in a number of story arcs of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an American science-fiction television series produced by Paramount Pictures...
began, Keiko and the children were evacuated from the war zones. They remained away for a time until the fields of battle had shifted far enough to make Deep Space Nine safe again. After the war, the O'Brien family relocated to Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
when Miles became an instructor at Starfleet Academy
Starfleet Academy
In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet Academy is where the future's recruits to Starfleet will be trained. It was created in the year 2161, when the United Federation of Planets was founded...
.
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O'Brien, Molly
Molly O'Brien, played by Hana HataeHana Hatae
Hana Rebecca Hatae is a former Japanese American child actress. Her first role was as Molly O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine...
, is the daughter of Miles
Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)
Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
and Keiko O'Brien, and the older sister of Kirayoshi. She originally appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
.
Molly was born in 2368, with Worf
Worf
Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in seasons four to seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appears in the films based on The Next Generation. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star...
delivering her, on the USS Enterprise-D
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
The USS Enterprise is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series...
in the TNG episode "Disaster." She moved to Deep Space Nine
Deep Space Nine (space station)
Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...
when Miles was assigned there.
In the DS9 episode "Time's Orphan," the O'Briens went on a picnic to Golana IV, where Molly accidentally fell into an abandoned time portal and emerged as an 18-year-old (played by Michelle Krusiec
Michelle Krusiec
Michelle J. Krusiec born October 2, 1974 in Fallon, Nevada, is an American actress of Taiwanese ancestry.Krusiec was recruited to be one of six globe-trotting travel reporters for the Discovery Channel new series called Travelers...
). From her point of view, she had experienced approximately ten years of solitary existence. Back at Deep Space Nine, she was wild and uncontrollable, unable to cope with life on the space station; after a violent altercation in Quark
Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by...
's, Starfleet
Starfleet
In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet or the Federation Starfleet is the deep-space exploratory, peacekeeping and military service maintained by the United Federation of Planets . It is the principal means by which the Federation conducts its exploration, defense, diplomacy and research...
officials intended to place her in a mental health institution. The O'Briens returned to Golana IV, hoping to send Molly back through the time portal to the place and time she had become accustomed to, preferring her happiness over a possible lifetime of confinement. However, she was returned to the point where she had first entered, allowing the adult Molly to help her child counterpart return home, erasing the adult Molly from history in the process.
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Opaka Sulan
Opaka Sulan, played by Camille SaviolaCamille Saviola
-Early life:Saviola was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, the daughter of Mary and Michael Saviola. She grew up near Yankee Stadium and graduated from Music and Arts High School then attended college for one year before dropping out to get into acting...
, was the Kai or spiritual leader of the Bajoran
Bajoran
In the Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Bajorans are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequently also featured in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and...
s through the latter years of the Cardassian
Cardassian
The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime...
occupation and the first few months after it ended in 2369. Opaka recognized Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Early life and career:...
as the long-awaited Emissary of the Prophets, although he did not return her enthusiasm.
In response to a prophetic Orb experience, Opaka left Bajor for the first time to pay an unannounced visit to DS9. Journeying with Sisko and Kira through the wormhole, she was killed in a runabout crash on the Ennis penal moon, and was then resurrected by the artificial microbes present there. The microbes were specifically designed to only work on the moon, forcing her to stay behind. She took this as an opportunity to help end the prisoners' fanatical clan war.
During the Cardassian occupation, Opaka had been a collaborator: she gave away the whereabouts of a rebel base and her son was killed in the subsequent attack. The Cardassians had threatened to destroy some Bajoran towns so by betraying the rebels (including her own son) she saved thousands of Bajoran lives. Later on, Bareil Antos dropped out of the election for Kai in an effort to keep this secret from ruining Opaka's legacy. This led to the election of the more controversial Winn Adami.
In the Deep Space Nine relaunch
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch
The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch is an unofficial name for a series of non-canon novels released since 2000 detailing events involving the characters, species and settings portrayed in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine....
novels, Opaka was rescued from the Ennis moon by zealous aliens called the Ascendants, after which she roamed the Gamma Quadrant as a healer. She is found by Jake Sisko
Jake Sisko
Jacob "Jake" Sisko, played by Cirroc Lofton, is a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is the son of Deep Space Nine's commanding officer, Benjamin Sisko.-Overview:...
and returned to Bajor, where she refuses to resume the post of Kai.
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Ross, William J.
Vice Admiral William J. Ross, played by Barry JennerBarry Jenner
Barry Francis Jenner is an American actor.He had early roles on two daytime programs, as Tony Cooper on Somerset and as Evan Webster on Another World , where he was involved with Olive Gordon in an infamous storyline plot to kill long-time character John Randolph...
, was the Field Commander of Starfleet forces during the Dominion War
Dominion War
The Dominion War is an extended plot concept developed in a number of story arcs of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an American science-fiction television series produced by Paramount Pictures...
and was the coordinator of Starfleet's defense of the Bolian and Bajoran
Bajoran
In the Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Bajorans are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequently also featured in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and...
fronts in the early stages of that war.
His command post was on Starbase 375, where he was in direct command of the 7th Tactical Wing. During the first three months of the war, Ross was under severe pressure to halt the advance of the Dominion. Ross did this by making Captain Sisko his adjutant, in order to relieve himself of making minor tactical plans and reports. This action gave Ross the initiative to find the "Argolis Cluster Sensor Array." This sensor array was the Dominion's line of sight over all the Bajoran and Bolian fronts at the start of the War. Ross, along with Sisko, planned the attack on the Argolis Array and succeeded in the destruction of the array in late March 2374. As the war progressed, Ross took a much more tactical role rather than strategically planning the war effort.
After the first battle of Chin'toka, Ross was posted aboard Deep Space Nine
Deep Space Nine (space station)
Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...
to command the Allied forces presently hemmed in at Chin'toka.
It was later revealed that Ross was one of the few Starfleet personnel to know of the existence of Section 31
Section 31
In the Star Trek fictional universe, Section 31 is an autonomous intelligence and defense organization. It is presented as a special security operation, manned by Federation citizens, that is not subject to the normal constraints of Starfleet ethical protocols...
. Although he collaborates with Section 31 in one of their operations, like Julian Bashir
Julian Bashir
Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Bashir is the chief medical officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant.-Overview:...
he staunchly maintains that he is not a member of the organization.
During the Battle of Cardassia, Ross led the Starfleet wing of the assault fleet. He devised the planned assault on Cardassia and, soon afterwards, presided over the signing of the Treaty of Bajor at which he gave a speech to the delegates.
His flagship (featured in the 7th season episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges") is the Intrepid Class USS Bellerophon.
Ross appears in twelve episodes beginning with the Season Six episode "A Time to Stand
A Time to Stand (DS9 episode)
- Synopsis :Three months after the events of Call to Arms, the Federation-Klingon alliance is badly losing the Dominion War. After hearing news that the Seventh Fleet was almost obliterated, Captain Benjamin Sisko and his command crew are assigned to pilot a captured Jem'Hadar attack ship into...
."
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Shakaar Edon
Shakaar Edon was a resistance leader, farmer, and later First Minister of Bajor. He was played by Duncan RegehrDuncan Regehr
Duncan Peter Regehr is a Canadian writer, multi-media artist, and film and television actor. He has also been a figure skater, an Olympic boxing contender, and a classically trained Shakespearean stage actor in his native Canada, before heading to Hollywood in 1980...
.
A onetime farmer in Bajor's Dahkur Province, Shakaar returned to his fields in 2369 after 25 years of fighting the Cardassian
Cardassian
The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime...
occupiers, only to enter politics as his world's secular leader in 2371. As the head and namesake of Kira's
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys , played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Backstory:Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers , and her parents' names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru...
resistance cell, he agreed to let her go on her first raid at age 13 to fill in a vacancy in the ranks, and reteamed with her years later during a near-violent showdown with Kai Winn over the return of promised soil reclamators.
After that encounter and the support he received for his handling of it, Shakaar handily won the position as Bajor's second post-occupation First Minister, edging Winn out of her acting role. Shakaar realizes he has fallen in love with Kira a year after his election, during his successful push to cut Bajor's UFP
United Federation of Planets
The United Federation of Planets, also known as "The Federation" is a fictional interplanetary federal republic depicted in the Star Trek television series and motion pictures...
admission timetable in half, though that act was later postponed by Emissary Benjamin Sisko's pagh'tem'far (sacred vision) that advised against it. As his and Kira's affair played out, he had a hard time accepting her carrying the O'Brien
Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)
Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
s' transplanted second child to term after an accident in 2373.
Soon afterward, he and Kira part ways romantically, although she still respects him as Bajor's best leader. Shakaar is used to death threats and he routinely ignores them, but a True Way alien operative nearly kills him twice during the Federation conference on DS9
Deep Space Nine (space station)
Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...
, first by sending his turbolift car into free fall, and later by almost getting his quarters depressurized. According to Dukat
Dukat (Star Trek)
Gul Dukat is the main antagonist of the fictional television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is a member of the fictional Cardassian species, and leader in the Cardassian Union. At times he is an enemy, whilst at others an ally of the series' protagonist Benjamin Sisko. He was played by actor...
, Shakaar slept with every woman in his resistance cell except Kira—but Dukat's jealousy of the Major should be taken into account.
Shakaar's relationship with Kira ended in 2373 after a visit to the Kendra shrine on Bajor revealed that they were not meant to walk the same path.
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Sisko, Joseph
Joseph Sisko, father of Captain Benjamin SiskoBenjamin Sisko
Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Early life and career:...
, was played by Brock Peters
Brock Peters
Brock Peters was an American actor, best known for playing the role of Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird...
(who also played Admiral Cartwright in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the fourth feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series and completes the story arc begun in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and continued in Star Trek III: The...
and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise and is the last of the Star Trek films to include the entire main cast of the 1960s Star Trek television series. Released in 1991 by Paramount Pictures, it was directed by Nicholas Meyer and...
).
Joseph ran a restaurant in New Orleans called "Sisko's Creole Kitchen" (DS9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
: "Image in the Sand"), with a particular specialty each night (generally seafood). While Nog was at Starfleet Academy, he commuted from San Francisco to dine, as Sisko obtained Ferengi tube grubs especially for Nog. Joseph's grandson, Jake Sisko
Jake Sisko
Jacob "Jake" Sisko, played by Cirroc Lofton, is a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is the son of Deep Space Nine's commanding officer, Benjamin Sisko.-Overview:...
, often worked at the restaurant, and Benjamin worked there after the Pah Wraiths collapsed the wormhole.
Joseph was first married to a woman named Sarah, but when their son Benjamin was a year and a half old, Sarah left, eventually moving to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and dying in a shuttle accident. Joseph remarried soon after, and Benjamin and his stepmother had such a close relationship Joseph could not bring himself to disclose the truth to his son: that Sarah was, in fact, a Prophet that took physical form. This discovery was made by Benjamin and Jake in the episode "Image in the Sand
Image in the Sand (DS9 episode)
"Image in the Sand" is the title of a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, the opener for the series' seventh and final season. Its episode number is 151, and it first aired on September 30, 1998...
."
Though Joseph Sisko does eventually reveal to Benjamin the truth about Sarah, he vows to take his gumbo
Gumbo
Gumbo is a stew or soup that originated in southern Louisiana during the 18th century. It consists primarily of a strongly-flavored stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener, and the vegetable holy trinity of celery, bell peppers, and onions...
recipe "to the grave."
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Sloan, Luther
Luther Sloan was played by William SadlerWilliam Sadler (actor)
William Thomas Sadler is an American actor who works in film and television. His television and motion picture roles have included Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, convict Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption,...
. An operative in the secret police
Secret police
Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy and beyond the law to protect the political power of an individual dictator or an authoritarian political regime....
organization known as Section 31
Section 31
In the Star Trek fictional universe, Section 31 is an autonomous intelligence and defense organization. It is presented as a special security operation, manned by Federation citizens, that is not subject to the normal constraints of Starfleet ethical protocols...
, Sloan appeared in three episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "Inquisition," "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges," and "Extreme Measures."
In 2374, Sloan placed Dr. Julian Bashir
Julian Bashir
Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Bashir is the chief medical officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant.-Overview:...
in a psychologically intense holodeck
Holodeck
A holodeck, in the fictional Star Trek universe, is a simulated reality facility located on starships and starbases. The first use of a "holodeck" by that name in the Star Trek universe was in the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Encounter at Farpoint", although a conceptually...
scenario designed to test his loyalties to the Federation
United Federation of Planets
The United Federation of Planets, also known as "The Federation" is a fictional interplanetary federal republic depicted in the Star Trek television series and motion pictures...
. Satisfied that Bashir was a steadfast Starfleet
Starfleet
In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet or the Federation Starfleet is the deep-space exploratory, peacekeeping and military service maintained by the United Federation of Planets . It is the principal means by which the Federation conducts its exploration, defense, diplomacy and research...
officer, Sloan offered Bashir a position in Section 31, knowing of the doctor's fondness for 20th century espionage fiction. Bashir adamantly refused, but Sloan was content to let him consider the offer.
In 2375, Sloan attempted to recruit Bashir for a mission to gather information on Koval
Koval
Koval is a Ukrainian language surname. The words means literally "forge", is commonly used to describe a blacksmith and is the equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world...
, chairman of the Romulan
Romulan
The Romulans are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe. First appearing in the original Star Trek series in the 1966 episode "Balance of Terror", they have since made appearances in all the main later Star Trek series: The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager...
Tal Shiar. Bashir initially declined, but agreed with Captain Sisko that this would allow them to learn more about Section 31's operations and possible connections to Starfleet Command. However, unbeknownst to both of them, Sloan had already enlisted the assistance of Admiral William Ross and thus succeeded in strengthening covert ties to one highly-placed Romulan and subverting the career of another. Sloan appeared to perish at Koval's hand, but later appeared in Bashir's quarters to thank him for playing his part and living up to Sloan's high expectations of him.
Later that year, Bashir discovered evidence that Section 31 was responsible for infecting Odo with a genocidal virus intended to bring an end to the Dominion War
Dominion War
The Dominion War is an extended plot concept developed in a number of story arcs of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an American science-fiction television series produced by Paramount Pictures...
. With the assistance of Miles O'Brien
Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)
Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
, Bashir lured Sloan to Deep Space Nine and captured him. Rather than risk handing Bashir the cure, Sloan triggered a neuro-depolarizing device in his brain, effectively killing himself. After stabilizing Sloan, Bashir and O'Brien linked their minds to his in a last-ditch effort to secure information that would lead to a cure. While inside Sloan's mind, Bashir was offered secret information that could supposedly bring about the end of Section 31. This was Sloan's way of delaying Bashir from escaping with the knowledge needed to save Odo's life, and the lives of the Founders.
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Tain, Enabran
Enabran Tain, played by Paul DooleyPaul Dooley
-Personal life:Dooley was born Paul Dooley Brown in Parkersburg, West Virginia, the son of Ruth Irene , a homemaker, and Peter James Brown, a factory worker. Dooley was a cartoonist as a youth and drew a strip for a local paper in Parkersburg. He joined the Navy before discovering acting while at...
, was the former head of the Obsidian Order and the biological father of Elim Garak
Elim Garak
Elim Garak is a fictional character from the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in which he is portrayed by Andrew J. Robinson. In the series, Garak is an exiled spy from the Cardassian empire and a former member of a prestigious Cardassian intelligence group called the Obsidian Order...
. However he never admitted this fact publicly, believing that his son was a "weakness [he] couldn't afford."
Tain was the head of the Obsidian Order for twenty years, and the only head of the Obsidian Order to live long enough to retire. As the head of the Order, Tain trusted no one, with the exception of his housekeeper, Mila. He was known for his ruthlessness, and many said that he lacked a heart. Tain was also Garak's immediate superior, whom he trained and molded into a mirror image of himself. Nevertheless, Tain was directly responsible for exiling Garak after being betrayed by him in some way.
Tain attempted to stage a comeback by destroying the Founders' homeworld with a combined fleet of Obsidian Order and Tal Shiar ships. His plan was compromised by a Changeling infiltrator, and the fleet was destroyed by the Jem'Hadar
Jem'Hadar
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Jem'Hadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. Genetically engineered for strength and resolve, they are also short-lived and believe that "victory is life." They are bred to perceive the Founders, enigmatic...
. Tain was assumed to have perished when his warbird
Warbird
Warbird is a term used, predominantly in North America, to describe vintage military aircraft.- Naming :Although the term originally implied piston-driven aircraft from the World War II era, it is now often extended to include all military aircraft, including jet-powered aircraft, that are no...
exploded, but he was actually captured by the Dominion
Dominion (Star Trek)
In the Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state consisting of many different races. The Dominion wages war on the United Federation of Planets and its allies in the late 24th century, acting as an antagonist in the TV show Star Trek: Deep Space...
and detained at Internment Camp 371.
In 2373, Tain modified the camp barracks' life support
Life support
Life support, in medicine is a broad term that applies to any therapy used to sustain a patient's life while they are critically ill or injured. There are many therapies and techniques that may be used by clinicians to achieve the goal of sustaining life...
system to send a subspace
Subspace (Star Trek)
In the Star Trek fictional universe, subspace is a feature of space-time which facilitates faster-than-light transit, in the form of interstellar travel or the transmission of information. Subspace obeys different laws of physics...
signal to Garak, indicating he was alive. By the time Garak reached him, he was dying of heart trouble. On his deathbed, after being sure all his enemies were dead, Tain asked Garak to escape and seek vengeance on the Dominion for what it had done to him. Garak agreed, but only if Tain asked him as his father. Tain died after acknowledging that Garak was his son.
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Tora Ziyal
Tora Ziyal is the half CardassianCardassian
The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime...
/ half Bajoran
Bajoran
In the Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Bajorans are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequently also featured in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and...
daughter of Gul Dukat
Dukat (Star Trek)
Gul Dukat is the main antagonist of the fictional television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is a member of the fictional Cardassian species, and leader in the Cardassian Union. At times he is an enemy, whilst at others an ally of the series' protagonist Benjamin Sisko. He was played by actor...
and Tora Naprem. She spent most of her early life with her mother, and thus her name is structured as are all Bajoran
Bajoran
In the Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Bajorans are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequently also featured in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and...
names (with the family name first). Her given name, Ziyal, is a popular Cardassian
Cardassian
The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime...
name. She was played by Cyia Batten
Cyia Batten
Cyia Batten is an American dancer, model and film/television actress as well as former Pussycat Dolls dance troupe. She has worked as a professional dancer all over the world for various projects including The Pussycat Dolls and Carmen Electra, Teatro Comunale di Firenze and others.She has had...
in "Indiscretion
Indiscretion (DS9 episode)
"Indiscretion" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the fifth episode of the fourth season. It is rated 4.4/5 on the official Star Trek Website....
" and "Return to Grace
Return to Grace (DS9 episode)
"Return to Grace" is an episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the fourteenth episode of the fourth season. It is rated 4.1/5 on the official Star Trek Website and it marks the first appearance of the recurring character Damar.-Plot:...
," by Tracy Middendorf
Tracy Middendorf
Tracy Lynn Middendorf is an American television, movie, and stage actress.-Personal life:Middendorf was born in Miami Beach, Florida. She attended Pickens High School in Jasper, Georgia. In 1987, during her senior year, she left Jasper to take drama classes in Miami, and later attended SUNY Purchase...
in the episode "For the Cause," and by Melanie Smith from "In Purgatory's Shadow" to "Sacrifice of Angels."
Ziyal was first introduced in the Season 4 episode "Indiscretion." In this episode, Gul Dukat accompanied Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys , played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Backstory:Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers , and her parents' names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru...
to the crash site of the Cardassian prison transport Ravinok. On the crash site (in the Dozaria system) Kira found out Dukat went along because his mistress (Tora Naprem) was aboard the Ravinok. They discovered the grave of Tora Naprem, and Dukat confessed Tora Naprem and he had a daughter, Tora Ziyal, who was also on the transport. Dukat originally intended on killing Ziyal to protect his career, as it was an abomination for a Cardassian and a Bajoran to have a child, but Kira's arguments and his own paternal love convinced him not to kill his daughter. They found Ziyal in a Breen prison camp on the planet and freed her.
Even though her mixed heritage made living on either Cardassia or Bajor unrealistic due to the inherent prejudices, she ended up spending time on Bajor attending a university there, but after living on there for a short time, Ziyal moved to DS9, where she felt more comfortable and at ease among the station's diverse population with the added bonus of being closer to Major Kira whom she considered a big sister. Shortly after returning to DS9, she entered into a relationship with Elim Garak
Elim Garak
Elim Garak is a fictional character from the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in which he is portrayed by Andrew J. Robinson. In the series, Garak is an exiled spy from the Cardassian empire and a former member of a prestigious Cardassian intelligence group called the Obsidian Order...
, which, even though it seemed like a relationship of convenience since they were the only two Cardassians on the station, they grew to have real feelings for one another, much to her father's disdain and condemnation. She lived there until she was killed by Gul Dukat's first officer Damar, because he overheard her confession to freeing Rom
Rom (Star Trek)
Rom is a recurring character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is played by Max Grodénchik.Rom is a Ferengi, the son of Keldar and Ishka. He is Quark's younger brother, and the father of Nog.-Overview:...
, Kira, Jake and Leeta from prison after they were caught trying to sabotage the station's then-Cardassian/Dominion occupying force's disarmament of the wormhole's Federation minefield that stopped the Gamma quadrant's Dominion reinforcements to the Alpha Quadrant (Season 6 episode "Sacrifice of Angels"). Dukat underwent an immediate and near catatonic mental breakdown with this news.
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Winn Adami
Kai Winn Adami held the title of "Vedek" during the CardassianCardassian
The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime...
occupation of Bajor, and claimed to have been beaten for her religious teachings. She had a contemptuous attitude toward Bajorans who fought in the underground resistance cells, because she felt she did not get proper credit for helping to fight for Bajor's liberation. She was played by Louise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher is an American actress best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and as Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She also guest starred on the science fiction television series Heroes...
.
Winn makes her first appearance objecting to the teachings of Keiko O'Brien in the Deep Space Nine school, in the episode "In the Hands of the Prophets." In particular, she objects to Keiko's teaching of only the scientific information about the Bajoran wormhole
Wormhole
In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would be, fundamentally, a "shortcut" through spacetime. For a simple visual explanation of a wormhole, consider spacetime visualized as a two-dimensional surface. If this surface is folded along a third dimension, it...
, instead of teaching the religious mythos regarding it. Winn views the science-based teachings as blasphemy, and eventually her influence results in all of the Bajoran students being pulled from the school. Later, a bomb is detonated inside the school. Commander Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Early life and career:...
meets with Vedek Bareil on Bajor and asks him to reprimand Winn before she stirs up more violence, but he declines to enter into the conflict. Winn also directs one of her supporters to assassinate Bareil, who is Winn's chief rival in the Vedek Assembly. The failed assassination attempt is made during a speech Bareil is giving calling for an end to conflicts over the school. Winn's involvement, although suspected by Major Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys , played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Backstory:Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers , and her parents' names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru...
, is never proven.
Ever the ambitious opportunist, Winn later aligned herself with an extremist group called "The Circle." The Circle's goal was to eliminate all external influences from Bajor, including the Federation
United Federation of Planets
The United Federation of Planets, also known as "The Federation" is a fictional interplanetary federal republic depicted in the Star Trek television series and motion pictures...
, which would have served Winn's purposes in getting rid of Commander Sisko, whom she resented as the Emissary of the Prophets
Prophet (Star Trek)
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Prophets, also known as Wormhole Aliens, are non-corporeal beings who inhabit the artificially constructed Bajoran wormhole which connects a distant point in the Gamma Quadrant to the Alpha Quadrant, near the planet of Bajor and the space station Deep Space...
. The reward for her support would have been the guarantee of becoming Kai.
Eventually it was discovered that "The Circle" was actually being supplied by the Cardassian
Cardassian
The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime...
s. Major Kira managed to sneak into the council chambers and presented the evidence to the Council of Ministers. When Kira announced she has the thumb scan of a Cardassian Gul signing off on a shipment of weapons to the Kressari, who in turn sent them on to The Circle, Winn immediately changed sides telling Minister Jaro that if he truly believes the Cardassians were not supplying the weapons, he should not mind an examination of the evidence.
In the episode "The Collaborator," the election for the next Kai approaches. Winn seeks out and obtains information about the Kendra Valley Massacre, which she uses to manipulate Major Kira into investigating Vedek Bareil Antos, who happens to be in a relationship with Kira at the time. Ultimately, Bareil is forced to withdraw, resulting in Winn's election as Kai. Although Bareil is later proven innocent by Kira, he chooses not to reveal the truth, which is that Kai Opaka had actually been responsible for the massacre---a move that resulted in forty-three deaths, including that of her own son, but which had saved thousands of other Bajoran lives. Over the years, Bareil faithfully kept the secret to protect the Bajoran people and preserve their religion.
When the first minister of the provisional government dies, Winn gets herself appointed to the political office, and tries to reclaim soil reclamation equipment loaned by the Federation. She wants to have it used to reclaim soil for cash crops for sale off-planet, while a group of farmers led by Shakaar, a former resistance leader, are trying to reclaim soil to produce food for Bajor; Shakaar and his people had been promised the reclamators, but Winn, now leading the government, reneges on the previous leadership's promise. A brief insurrection, with Shakaar's people preparing to fight security forces sent out by Winn, results in the security force leader and Shakaar burying the hatchet. Shakaar challenges Winn for the position of first minister in the upcoming election.
Throughout her service as both Vedek and Kai, Winn always proved to be selfish, arrogant, and power-hungry. She would do anything, and betray anyone to advance her own career and agenda. She is also jealous of other people receiving visions from the Prophets, especially the alien, Sisko the Emissary.
In the final days of the Dominion War
Dominion War
The Dominion War is an extended plot concept developed in a number of story arcs of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an American science-fiction television series produced by Paramount Pictures...
, Winn finally received what she believed to be a vision from the Prophets, who tell her that a guide will soon appear to her. In reality, this vision was from the Pah Wraiths, and the "guide" was Gul Dukat
Dukat (Star Trek)
Gul Dukat is the main antagonist of the fictional television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is a member of the fictional Cardassian species, and leader in the Cardassian Union. At times he is an enemy, whilst at others an ally of the series' protagonist Benjamin Sisko. He was played by actor...
, who had been surgically altered to look like a Bajoran.
Dukat and Winn soon became lovers, and he convinced her that to restore Bajor, she must release the Pah Wraiths, who he claimed were the true prophets of Bajor. To do this, Winn obtained the Kosst Amojan, a forbidden text, but found that the pages were blank. Her servant Solbor discovered what she and Dukat were planning. He revealed Dukat's true identity and threatened to expose them. As Winn killed him to prevent this revelation, a drop of blood fell from the knife Winn stabbed him with, and onto the blank pages of the Kosst Amojan, revealing the text. Later when Dukat attempted to read the Kosst Amojan himself, he was blinded (the text could only be read by the Kai), and cast out onto the streets by Winn. After studying the text, Winn discovered there is only one way to release the Pah Wraiths from the Fire Caves and hesitantly allowed Dukat to rejoin her.
Back on Deep Space Nine in Vic Fontaine's holosuite programe, the Prophets send Sisko a premonition about a dangerous situation on Bajor. In the series finale "What You Leave Behind" and after the battle of Cardassia, Sisko traveled to the Fire Caves on Bajor to confront Winn and Dukat. While Dukat and Sisko fight, Winn realized she has made the wrong choices and that she had been blinded by her own ambitions. In an effort to correct all that she had done and redeem herself, she attempted to throw the book of the Pah Wraiths into the fire and destroy it. Before she could do so, Dukat disintegrated her using powers given to him by the Pah Wraiths.
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Yates, Kasidy
Kasidy Danielle Yates, played by Penny Johnson JeraldPenny Johnson Jerald
Penny Johnson Jerald is an American actress. She played Beverly Barnes on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Sherry Palmer on the Fox action/drama series 24.-Career:Trained at the Juilliard School,...
, is a civilian freighter captain. She is introduced to Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Early life and career:...
by his son Jake
Jake Sisko
Jacob "Jake" Sisko, played by Cirroc Lofton, is a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is the son of Deep Space Nine's commanding officer, Benjamin Sisko.-Overview:...
, who feels it is time for Sisko to start dating again after the death of his first wife Jennifer at Wolf 359
Battle of Wolf 359
The Battle of Wolf 359 is a fictional space battle in the Star Trek universe between the United Federation of Planets and the Borg Collective in the year 2367...
.
Jake's attempt at matchmaking is successful, and Kasidy and Sisko become lovers, even after her arrest and eventual imprisonment for aiding the Maquis
Maquis (Star Trek)
In the American Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Maquis are a 24th Century paramilitary organization or terrorist group first introduced in the 1994 episode "The Maquis" of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, who subsequently also appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and...
. Following her release from prison, the two resume their relationship.
Eventually, Kasidy becomes Sisko's second wife and, at the end of the series, she becomes pregnant with their child. When Sisko leaves to join the Prophets, he tells her that he will be away for a while, but would eventually return to her.
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Zek
Zek was the Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance throughout most of the 24th century. He was played by Wallace ShawnWallace Shawn
Wallace Michael Shawn , sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, author, voice artist, and intellectual. His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre , Vizzini in The Princess Bride , and debate teacher Mr...
.
Zek attempted retirement shortly after the discovery of the wormhole
Wormhole
In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would be, fundamentally, a "shortcut" through spacetime. For a simple visual explanation of a wormhole, consider spacetime visualized as a two-dimensional surface. If this surface is folded along a third dimension, it...
near Bajor. He arrived on DS9 and during a business meeting announced Quark
Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by...
would be his successor, and then appeared to have died. Eventually it is discovered that Zek faked his death by entering into a trance his attendant Maihar'du taught him. The whole set-up was a test to see if his son Krax was ready to take over, but Krax failed miserably: by trying to seize power (assisted by Rom); by attempting to kill Quark instead of acquiring it quietly; by learning all the favorable deals and assuming power by subterfuge and cunning, in keeping with 'Rule of Acquisition' number 168: "Whisper your way to success".
Zek visited the Bajoran Prophets
Prophet (Star Trek)
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Prophets, also known as Wormhole Aliens, are non-corporeal beings who inhabit the artificially constructed Bajoran wormhole which connects a distant point in the Gamma Quadrant to the Alpha Quadrant, near the planet of Bajor and the space station Deep Space...
within the wormhole in an attempt to gather information about the future which he could use to increase his profits. Instead, the Prophets 'devolved' Zek's personality to that of a proto-Ferengi, before his people had dedicated their lives to the acquisition of wealth. During his time in this state, Zek made many radical reforms to his people's laws and government directing his people away from their greedy ways, including reformatting the long-standing Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
Rules of Acquisition
The Rules of Acquisition, in the fictional Star Trek universe, are a set of guidelines intended to ensure the profitability of businesses owned by the ultra-capitalist alien race known as Ferengi.-Background:...
. He was eventually changed back and his reforms nullified after Quark
Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by...
successfully appealed to the Prophets' fear of interaction with other corporeal life forms that might come to their domains to investigate the change.
During a Tongo tournament on Ferenginar, Zek received a tip from Ishka, who is the mother of Quark and Rom
Rom (Star Trek)
Rom is a recurring character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is played by Max Grodénchik.Rom is a Ferengi, the son of Keldar and Ishka. He is Quark's younger brother, and the father of Nog.-Overview:...
, which helped him make a comeback to win the tournament. They eventually fell in love. They were briefly broken up by Quark at the prodding of Liquidator Brunt who was plotting to depose Zek and succeed him as Nagus. Ultimately the effort failed: Quark became aware of the plan, stopped Brunt's takeover, and got Zek and Ishka back together again. (DS9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
: "Ferengi Love Songs
Ferengi Love Songs
"Ferengi Love Songs" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the twentieth episode of the fifth season.-Plot:Depressed over his lot in life — especially being blacklisted by the Ferengi Commerce Authority — Quark goes to his homeworld of Ferenginar for some comfort from his mother, Ishka...
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Zek, suffering from failing memory, bequeathed all his financial dealings to the financially brilliant Ishka, eventually caving in to her not-so-subtle prods for female rights. He was once again deposed, this time by Brunt, after he amended the Ferengi constitution to allow females to wear clothes in public, but was later reinstated after the populace learned of the new and exciting business opportunities such reforms would pave. Under Ishka's influence, he further reformed the Ferengi political and economic system into a significantly less syndicalist model.
Eventually, he and Ishka retired to Risa after naming Rom as his successor.
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