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Guide to the characters of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Part 2
There are well over 300 characters in the series Star Trek Deep Space Nine (DS9) and that is well beyond the scope of this article. Many of the main characters appear in enough episodes that a very brief description will suffice to help someone who has never watched the show understand who they are, and yet there are many characters that reappear over and over in the course of the series that should probably be touched upon as well. These recurring characters are not as important to the series in an overall sense but are very important to the stories that they appear in.
Humans:
Captain Benjamin Sisko (Main Character): Commanding officer of DS9. Started the show as Commander and was promoted somewhere around the middle of the run. Also known as the Emissary of the Prophets by the Bajorans. Sisko hates being apart of Bajoran Religious life.
Jake Sisko(Supporting Character): Captain Sisko’s teenage son who practically grows up before our very eyes on the show and eventually becomes a journalist.
Doctor Julian Bashir(Main Character): Prodigal Genius that requested the asignment to DS9 so he could practice “Frontier Medicine”.
Mile O’Brian(Main Character) and Keiko(Supporting Character): Married on the Enterprise this couple is relocated to DS9 and Chief O’Brian is promoted to Chief of Operations from Transporter Chief.
Kassidy Yates(Supporting Character): Freighter Captain and Captain Sisko’s love interest
Klingons:
Lt. Commander Worf(Main Character): Tranfered from the Enterprise to be the liason officer with the Klingon’s.
Kurn (Supporting Character): Worfs brother former member of the Klingon High Council. Kurn is dishonored by Worf and the house of Mog is dissolved by the Klingon High Council.
Alexander Roshenko(Supporting Character): Worf’s Son Raised by Worfs adopted Human parents on Earth later joins Worf on DS9.
Gowron(Supporting Character): Leader of the Klingon High Council Killed by Worf in an honorable challenge.
General Martock(Supporting Character): After the dissolution of Worf’s House of Mog Martock adopts worf into his own house. Later is given the high council leadership by Worf.
Lursa And B’Etor (Supporting Characters): Klingon Sisters from the house of Duras.
Bajorans:
Major Kira(Main Character): Second in command of DS9 and Former resistance leader during the Cardasian occupation of Bajor.
Vedeck Bareil(Supporting Character): One of the Vedecks of Bajor (Religious leaders simillar to Catholic
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Memorable TV aliens from Star Trek – Part 1
One of the nice things about the Star Trek series were all of the nifty aliens we got to see week-in and week-out. A majority of them were just your usual humanoid species with the usual two arms and two legs and on the rare occasion you’d get something unique like the silicon-based Horta or giant Amoeba creatures capable of swallowing starships whole. Being a fan of only the original, The Next Generation, and Deep Space Nine I’m kind of restricted in my preferences, but I still think they’re good choices:
The Ferengi
These guys remind me of what would happen if a society was founded on the concept of bureaucracy, corruption, and greed. They live by a strict code not a code of honor, but of acquisition. Acquiring wealth is the primary focus of all Ferengi males and the focus of all Ferengi females is to please their males until the last season of DS9 when a revolution occurred, but you’ll have to watch it to learn more.
The Q Continuum
It’s amazing how a race of seemingly omnipotent creatures can be so clueless. They spend so much time running around the universe trying to teach people lessons and end up being taught a few on their own. They’re the eternal answer to the question “What would you do if you could do ANYTHING?”
The “Founders” of The Dominion
A race of liquid shape shifters capable of assuming any shape. The most famous of them was Odo of DS9. They look down on any of the “solid” races and seek to enslave them all. Their loyalty is only to themselves. Everything else is expendable.
The Cardasians
More warlike than the Klingons and sneakier than the Romulans, the Cardasians remind me a great deal of the old Soviet Union. They would invade other worlds and try to bleed them dry before moving on. They’re ruthless and efficient and have a very structured society (of course, they do go through no less than three revolutions in four years on DS9).
The Bajorans
A highly religious society that has had to deal with one foreign occupier after another for years and now wants nothing more than to be left alone. They don’t like the presence of the Federation in their space, but know that they’d be easy pickings for another government if the Federation left (remind anyone of any countries popular in the news these day?)
Humanity
I’m talking about the people that live on Earth. They don’t have poverty, money problems, or border conflicts. They’re a perfectly ordered society that only wants peace and prosperity to rule throughout the galaxy That’s about as alien as you get if you compare them to the Earth’s current residents.
TV show reviews: Star Trek – Part 3
We watched the first episode of DS9 now that we’re done with TNG. My thoughts on the first eppy are as follows:
* Incredible acting with ALL of the cast EXCEPT for Avery Brooks (Sisko) and his now departed wife (character-wise). Those two could not be more emotionless. Their portrayals of grief, happiness, love, romance, and sadness were so forced it actually annoyed me to the point that I was mocking Sisko’s constant hand gestures, which as much as he tried, didn’t add any realness to his expressions. The other cast members really shined, even the minor ones.
* I like the comedic nature of Bashir, the humbleness of Dax, and the hardheaded Bajoran Kira (which had many similarities to Ro). Odo is still hard to read for me, I haven’t found any appeal to him yet other than his powers as a Changeling. His persona seemed extremely serious and detached in the first episode.
* The first episode wasn’t that captivating to me, except for some of the minor action. I was dying for it to be over, it was too drawn out and long.
Of course, these are my initial reactions to the first episode. My boyfriend swears that everyone loves Avery’s acting, but I do not and I hope that it improves or I will not be too thrilled with him being the main character. (I’m already missing Picard) I’m also sure people will say it will get better, and I’m sure it will… just my first experience wasn’t too great. I felt that way about TOS, and goes to show how I changed my mind towards the middle of the series.
Background on my Star Trek experience: I’ve seen the series in ST order for the first time. I’m not done yet! The ones I’ve seen are in this order – Enterprise, The Original Series, The Original Series Movies, The Next Generation, The Next Generation Movies, and the first episode of Deep Space Nine which is what this review is about solely. I will write more as I progress into the series.
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