by Veronica Beaudry

Created on: April 23, 2008

Deep Space Nine was the third of five Star Trek shows. It was the first, and only, Star Trek series that was set on a space station. It was also the only Star Trek series to have a commanding officer that was African American.

The characters of Deep Space Nine can be divided into three categories. First, there are the regular characters. These are the characters whose names appear in the opening credits and who appear in over 100 episodes (with the exception of Ezri Dax who was only in the seventh season). The second tier includes recurring characters that appeared in multiple episodes (anywhere from 3 episodes up to 91 episodes). The third group is the characters that were seen in less than three episodes.

The show's regular cast was made up of eight characters in the first three seasons and nine characters in the last four seasons. Most of the characters were military personnel and a few were civilians.

The Sisko Family

The station's commanding officer was a human Starfleet commander named Benjamin Sisko. Not long after his arrival to DS9, Commander Sisko discovered a stable wormhole that the Bajoran people referred to as the Celestial Temple. Sisko's discovery of the wormhole confirms a Bajoran prophecy that names Sisko as the Emissary of the Prophets. (The Prophets are the Bajoran gods.)

At first, Sisko did not like being seen as a religious icon, but as his time on DS9 continued he grew to love this role and took it quite seriously. His status as Emissary caused him problems with the Bajoran spiritual leader, Kai Winn, who was jealous of his communion with the Prophets and did not like having to share her role as Bajor's spiritual leader.

Jake Sisko was the commander's son and lived on the station with his father. Jake was the best friend, and eventual roommate, of a young Ferengi named Nog. Jake was a talented writer. He chose to pursue a career in writing instead of joining Starfleet, like his father hoped he would. Jake's first official writing job was as a reporter during the war against the Dominion. When Commander Sisko was promoted to captain, Jake had the privilege of placing the fourth pip (the rank insignia) on his father's collar.

Kira Nerys

Major Kira was the station's first officer as well as the Bajoran/Federation liaison. She was a tough woman who had grown up fighting for Bajoran independence during the Cardassian Occupation. She was very serious about her faith and would often butt heads with Kai Winn, who was more concerned with her own ambitions

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