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Benjamin Sisko is Starfleet officer who commanded station Deep Space 9 following the Cardassian withdrawal from Bajor in 2369. Sisko, a lieutenant commander, had been executive officer aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga at the time of the ship's destruction in the battle of Wolf 359. Sisko was subsequently assigned to the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on Mars, where he spent three years. One of his projects at Utopia Planitia included design work on the experimental Starship Defiant.Sisko was subsequently promoted to commander and assigned to station Deep Space 9.

Shortly after his posting to Deep Space 9, Sisko made contact with the mysterious life-forms identified as Bajor's legendary Prophets in the Bajoran Celestial Temple located in the Denorios Belt. As a result, religious leader Kai Opaka indicated that Sisko was the Emissary promised by prophecy as the one who would save the Bajoran people. Sisko was uncomfortable with his role as Emissary, but felt obligated to respect Bajoran religious beliefs.

Commanding DS9 brought its share of difficult decisions, tempered with Sisko's personal experiences. He was profoundly affected by his experience with the Borg. In 2370, when a protouniverse threatened the safety of his station, Sisko refused to arbitrarily destroy the protouniverse, because he felt to do so would be to act with the same indifference the Borg had shown to the Federation. Later that year, Sisko lost his friendship with academy classmate Calvin Hudson.when Hudson joined the Maquis, fighting the Cardassians in violation of Federation law.

Early in his career, Ensign Sisko was mentored by Curzon Dax,a Trill who would later become Jadzia Dax, science officer aboard Deep Space 9. Sisko met Curzon at Pelios Station and the two served on board the U.S.S. Livingston. Benjamin and Curzon had been friends for nearly two decades, and Sisko initially found it difficult to relate to his friend in the body of a beautiful young woman. In 2371, Sisko was abducted by Miles O'Brien (mirror) and taken to the mirror universe to help the Terran rebellion's fight against the Alliance. Sisko was disconcerted to learn that the counterpart of his late wife, Jennifer, was still alive in the mirror universe. It was Sisko's difficult job to convince Jennifer Sisko (mirror) to abandon her work for the Alliance, and to persuade her to instead join the Terran rebellion. Ben Sisko was a devoted family man who grew up in New Orleans on Earth. His father was a gourmet chef who ran a small bistro in New Orleans. The elder Sisko insisted the family dine together, so that his 'taste testers' could sample his new recipes. Benjamin met Jennifer, his future wife, at Gilgo Beach on Earth, around 2353, just after Sisko's graduation from Starfleet Academy. Ben and Jennifer subsequently married, and had a son, Jake, in 2355. Ben and Jennifer served together aboard the Starship Saratoga, until Jennifer's tragic death in the Battle of Wolf 359 in early 2367. Sisko cared for their son, Jake, as a single parent, first at Utopia Planitia, then later at station Deep Space 9. Ben had a sister who lived in Portland, Oregon on Earth. After Jennifer's death, Sisko was reluctant to form another relationship. It was not until late 2371 that he took an interest in freighter captain Kasidy Yates.

One of Ben's favorite recreational activities was a holosuite program of Earth's famous baseball players, such as Buck Bokai, Tris Speaker, and Ted Williams. Using this program, Ben and his son, Jake, enjoyed playing with these greats. The program also allowed Ben to cheer his hero, Buck Bokai, in the sparsely attended 2042 World Series that spelled the end of professional baseball. Ben was something of an aficionado of 21st century Earth history and he enjoyed collecting ancient African artifacts. One of Sisko's most remarkable recreational activities was his construction of a Bajoran solar-sail vessel of ancient design in 2371. Along with Jake, Sisko piloted it to Cardassia, a dramatic demonstration of how ancient Bajorans accomplished the same feat some eight centuries ago.
Benjamin Sisko was promoted to the rank of captain on stardate 48959.1, in late 2371.
Ben Sisko first appeared in 'Emissary' (DS9).

Jake Sisko is the son of Benjamin Sisko and Jennifer Sisko. Born in 2355, he lost his mother on the U.S.S. Saratoga during the battle of Wolf 359 in 2367. Jake came to live on station Deep Space 9 when his father took command of that facility in 2369.

On Deep Space 9, Jake befriended young Nog, with whom he created a fictitious company, the Noh-Jay Consortium, for their ingenious 'business' dealings. Jake did well in his studies, and even tutored a young woman, Mardah, in entomology. Jake and Mardah, a dabo girl who worked at Quark's bar, became attracted to each other, to the consternation of Jake's father.

Jake enjoyed writing poetry and, to the surprise of his father, became a very good dom-jot player. In 2370, Jake told his father he didn't want to attend Starfleet Academy. Once Jake realized that he did not want to pursue a career in Starfleet, he began to flourish as a budding author. He was accepted to the prestigious Pennington School on Earth in 2371, and even offered a writing fellowship. Jake nevertheless deferred admission for a year, remaining instead with his father on Deep Space 9.
A younger Jake Sisko was played by Thomas Hobson for flashback scenes in 'Emissary' (DS9).

Jadzia Dax is a starfleet science officer assigned to Deep Space 9 in 2369, shortly after Starfleet took over the station. Jadzia Dax was a member of the Trill joined species.

Jadzia had wanted to become a host since she was a child and worked very hard at winning the honor. Neither of her parents nor her sister underwent symbiosis. Before joining with the Dax symbiont, Jadzia was a brilliant but shy young woman. She did extremely well in the initiate program, winning Premier Distinctions in exobiology, zoology, astrophysics, and exoarchaeology, and even won a third-level pilot certificate. Nevertheless, her training under field docent Curzon Dax went poorly, and Curzon recommended she be rejected for joining. Curzon's harsh evaluation helped Jadzia realize she needed to find her purpose in life before she could be a successful Trill host. Jadzia did not realize that the reason for Curzon's harshness was the fact that he was in love with her, a most inappropriate situation given their teacher-student relationship. Curzon felt guilty over his treatment of Jadzia, and later consented for her to become the Dax symbiont's next host upon his death in 2367.

As Jadzia, Dax had been a close friend of Benjamin Sisko, but she noted that such friendships are often difficult to maintain when a Trill has a new host, particularly one of a different gender. As is characteristic of Trills, Dax's hands are cold.

Although Jadzia believed she was Dax's seventh host, she learned in 2371 of a previously unknown host. This deeply held secret was revealed when Jadzia began experiencing vivid hallucinations and a dangerous drop in her isoboramine levels. These symptoms were found to have been caused by the deterioration of a memory block created by the Trill Symbiosis Commission in 2385 in hopes of suppressing knowledge of the existence of Joran Dax.

In 2370 Jadzia almost died when a Trill named Verad briefly stole her symbiont. Later that year, Jadzia honored Curzon's blood oath of vengeance against the Albino and accompanied Kor, Kang and Koloth to Secarus IV to kill him. She battled the Albino but could not bring herself to kill him.

As an attractive woman, Dax drew the attentions of many men, including Dr. Julian Bashir. Dax considered herself above such interests, although she once admitted that she thought Morn was cute. As of 2369, Dax had been attempting to master the Altonian brain teaser for 140 years. Dax was first seen in 'Emissary' (DS9).

Jadzia was regarded by her friends as something of a night owl. She often threw surprise birthday parties for DS9 personnel. Jadzia had several hobbies, including Galeo-Manada style wrestling, and collecting the music of lost composers. She and Ben Sisko played Earth chess together. Jadzia enjoyed the game of tongo. Perhaps as a result of the Dax symbiont's many lifetimes of experience, Jadzia Dax disliked what she regarded as blind compliance to society's norms, and she occasionally enjoyed indulging in 'inappropriate' behavior (such as playing tongo) for its shock value. Like Curzon, she had great fondness for Klingon food and Klingon music.

Dax learned a great deal about her past in 2371 when she underwent her zhian'tara ceremony. In the zhian'tara, a Trill's friends embody the personalities of the symbiont's earlier hosts, giving the joined Trill the opportunity to meet his or her earlier selves.

Kira Nerys is a Bajoran freedom fighter who was assigned as first officer and Bajoran liaison to station Deep Space 9 after the Cardassian withdrawal from Bajor in 2369. Kira was born in 2343 in the Dahkur province and spent the first 26 years of her life under Cardassian rule. Stubborn and independent, she joined the Shakaar resistance cell of the Bajoran underground in 2355 when she was 12 years old. Kira was interned at the Singha refugee camp during the Cardassian occupation. Although conditions there were brutal, she was able to play springball with her brothers. Her mother, an icon painter from Dahkur Province died of malnutrition in the Singha Refugee Camp in 2343. Kira spent much of her childhood as a freedom fighter for the Bajoran movement, although Cardassian intelligence reported her as 浾 minor operative whose activities are limited to running errands for the terrorist leaders.

In 2365, Kira was assigned to obtain a list of Bajoran collaborators from a chemist shop on station Terok Nor. The chemist, Vaatrik, discovered Kira during her search, and she was forced to kill him. Although she was a suspect in the killing, an investigation by station security chief Odo found her innocent. It was not until 2370 that Odo learned that Kira had deceived him. As a member of the Bajoran Shakaar resistance cell in 2357, Kira helped liberate the notorious Gallitep labor camp at which thousands of Bajorans had died under Cardassian bondage. Kira knew the terrorist Tahna Los when she fought in the Bajoran underground.

In 2369, Kira opposed the Bajoran provisional government's decision to enlist Federation assistance in maintaining Deep Space 9.

Kira had a deep, abiding faith in the Bajoran religion, and was personally struck by the tragedy of Kai Opaka's death in 2369. Her beliefs held that Benjamin Sisko was the Emissary of Bajoran prophesy, but she sometimes found it difficult to reconcile the fact that her commanding officer was a religious icon.

In 2370, she became romantically involved with Vedek Bareil. At Vedek Bareil's invitation, Kira was given the privilege of encountering an Orb. This encounter would have a profound effect on her life. Kira's involvement tragically ended in 2371 when Bareil died during Cardassian peace negotiations.

In 2371 Kira was kidnapped and taken to Cardassia where she was surgically altered to look like Iliana, a Cardassian operative from the Obsidian Order. She later discovered that her transformation was part of a plot to expose Legate Ghemor as a member of the Cardassian dissident movement.
Kira dislikes indulging in holosuite programs.
Kira first appeared in 'Emissary' (DS9).

Miles Edward O'Brien is a starfleet engineer, chief of operations at station Deep Space 9. Prior to being assigned to Deep Space 9 in 2369, Miles Edward O'Brien had been operating transporters for some 22 years, the last six of which were spent on the Enterprise -D.

Miles, who was born in the month of September, grew up with two brothers. During his youth, O'Brien did poorly in mechanical aptitude tests, but his later skills belied his test scores. His father, Michael, wanted him to be a concert cellist, but two days before he was to start at the Aldebaran Music Academy, Miles signed up for Starfleet.

Early in his Starfleet career, O'Brien had been the tactical officer aboard the U.S.S. Rutledge under the command of Captain Benjamin Maxwell. O'Brien's first experience with transporters came in 2347, when the Rutledge responded to the Cardassian massacre at planet Setlik III. O'Brien repaired a balky field transporter, preventing himself and 13 Starfleet personnel from becoming Cardassian prisoners of war. He also participated in the rescue of several survivors of that bloodly massacre. The experience of Setlik III scarred O'Brien deeply, and he continued to harbor bitterness against the Cardassians for many years. He was rewarded for his resourcefulness by being promoted to Rutledge tactical officer.

O'Brien was deathly afraid of spiders, until an incident where he had to crawl through a Jefferies tube past twenty Talarian hook spiders to perform a critical repair at Zayra IV. After that considerable act of courage, O'Brien said he wasn't quite so fearful of arachnids, and even kept a Lycosa tarantula named Christina as a pet. O'Brien once dislocated his left shoulder while kayaking on the holodeck. O'Brien was healed, almost miraculously, by a touch from the Zalkonian named John Doe.

O'Brien married Keiko Ishikawa on stardate 44390 in a ceremony in the Ten-Forward lounge aboard the Enterprise -D. Captain Jean-Luc Picard presided at the ceremony, and Data (who had first introduced Miles and Keiko to each other) served as Father of the Bride. O'Brien became a father a year later when Molly O'Brien was born.

O'Brien was promoted and assigned to be chief of operations on station Deep Space 9 in 2369, and moved there with his wife and daughter. O'Brien's technical expertise and skill at improvisation proved valuable, given the station's generally poor condition and the lack of technical resources at the distant post.

O'Brien almost died in 2370 after being exposed to nanobiogenic gel while helping the T'Lani and Kellerun governments to neutralize their deadly harvester weapon. He drank coffee, Jamaican blend double strong, double sweet. Later that year, O'Brien was assigned to assist in preparations for the peace talks between the Paradan government and the rebels with whom the government had been at war. The Pardan government abducted O'Brien and replaced him with a cloned replicant that was physically identical to O'Brien. The replicant, who was programmed by the government to assassinate members of the rebel negotiating team, was given O'Brien's memories, and had no way to know that he was not the original.

O'Brien died of severe delta-series radioisotope contamination in 2371, when he was timeshifted several hours into a future in which the Romulan government destroyed Deep Space 9. The timeshifting was triggered by interaction of temporal displacement waves from a nearby cloaked Romulan warbird with the radioisotopes in O'Brien's body. Ironically, O'Brien's death made it possible for his future self to travel back in time to his original 'present', where the future O'Brien successfully warned station personnel of the impending Romulan attack. The future O'Brien thereby effectively changed places with the present O'Brien, and continued his life in this altered reality. This means that every appearance of O'Brien since 'Visionary' (DS9) has been the alternate O'Brien from the future, since the original died in that episode. The alternate O'Brien from the future fit in well, showing virtually no difference from the original O'Brien. During a rather remarkable winning streak at darts, this O'Brien suffered a rotator cuff tear and was forced to have humeral socket replacement surgery. It ended his winning streak, but allowed him to finally complete his beloved kayaking program.

Besides engineer, husband, and father, O'Brien briefly served as a substitute schoolteacher when his wife visited her mother on Earth. O'Brien's off-duty pastimes also included music, and he was seen playing the cello in a string quartet in Ten-Forward aboard the Enterprise -D on at least one occasion. O'Brien like to kayak on the holodeck and enjoyed racquetball, although perhaps not quite so much as did Dr. Julian Bashir. O'Brien was first seen as the battle bridge conn officer in 'Encounter at Farpoint' (TNG), but it was many episodes until he got a last name. He did not get a first and middle name, Miles Edward, until 'Family' (TNG).

Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien is a starfleet botanist, formerly assigned to the Enterprise -D, later reassigned to Deep Space 9.

Born Keiko Ishikawa, she married fellow crew member Miles O'Brien in 2367. Their wedding, held aboard the Enterprise -D in the Ten-Forward Lounge, was a mixture of Japanese and Irish traditions. Keiko gave birth to a girl, Molly O'Brien, a year later. Molly was born in Ten-Forward during a ship-wide systems failure. Keiko was briefly reduced to a child after passing through an energy field in 2369. (Young Keiko was played by Caroline Junko King.)

Keiko accepted a transfer to station Deep Space 9 in 2369 when her husband was assigned there as chief of operations. Keiko was appalled at the living accommodations on the station, but remained there for the sake of her husband's career. Keiko and her husband visited Earth that same year for her mother's 100th birthday. As a child, Keiko helped her grandmother with her Japanese brush painting. It had been the young Keiko's special task to fill the old chipped cup that her grandmother, whom she called Obachan, used to clean the brush.

Keiko found adapting to life on the station difficult. She was dissatisfied by the lack of professional opportunities for a botanist on the station, and was concerned about the lack of educational facilities for her daughter. Keiko was able to address this last issue when Commander Sisko granted her permission to establish a schoolroom on the station. Keiko operated the school until early 2371, when enrollment dropped dramatically, possibly because of fears of a possible Dominion attack. Shortly thereafter she accepted an assignment as chief botanist on a agrobiology expedition to Bajor. The assignment kept Keiko and her daughter, Molly, away from the station for much of that year.
The words Picard spoke in the O'Brien wedding ceremony are almost identical to the ceremony performed by Captain Kirk in 'Balance of Terror' (TOS), a deliberate homage by episode writer Ronald Moore. Keiko's first appearance was in 'Data's Day' (TNG).

Quark is a entrepreneur who ran Quark's bar, on station Deep Space 9. Quark grew up on planet Ferenginar with his father Keldar, his mother Ishka and his younger brother Rom. Inheriting his mother's good business sense, Quark left his homeworld in 2351 as soon as he reached his Age of Ascension. As a young man, Quark was apprenticed to a district sub-nagus. He behaved as a proper, subservient Ferengi, and was very popular with the sub-nagus, and felt he was well on his way to success. However, Quark became involved with the sub-nagus's sister, and was ousted from his apprenticeship because of it.

In 2363, Quark had a brief affair with Natima Lang, a Cardassian woman with unorthodox political views, who admired him for illegally selling food to Bajoran nationals on Terok Nor. Lang left Quark after learning that he had used her personal access code to steal money. Quark regarded Lang as the great love of his life and always regretted having betrayed her trust.

Quark worked on a Ferengi freighter ship for eight years before opening a bar on the Cardassian mining station, Terok Nor.

During the Cardassian occupation of planet Bajor, Quark ran a black market business for Bajoran nationals on the station. When the Cardassians left in 2369, Quark reluctantly stayed to manage his bar. Quark, a Ferengi national, felt unfairly persecuted by station security chief, Odo. Later that year, Quark served as Grand Nagus when Grand Nagus Zek apparently died. The appointment was only temporary, however, because Zek had faked his death to test his son, Krax.

In 2370, during an attempt to find a list for an acquaintance, Pallra, Quark was shot with a compressed tetryon beam weapon and suffered life-threatening injuries to his thoracic cavity. Fortunately, he recovered. Also in 2370, Grand Nagus Zek gave Quark the opportunity to be the first Ferengi to open business negotiations with a race from the Gamma Quadrant. Unfortunately, the scandalous revelation that Pel, Quark's prot嶲� in the venture, was female, resulted in the loss of Quark's profits.

Early in 2371, Quark found himself briefly thrust into Klingon politics when he accidentally killed Kozak, a patron at his bar. Quark temporarily became head of the House of Kozak, and husband to Grilka. In that capacity, he helped to insure Grilka's financial security by fending off a plot by D'Ghor to gain control of Kozak's assets.
Armin Shimerman also played Letek, one of the first three Ferengi in 'The Last Outpost' (TNG); Bractor, another Ferengi, in 'Peak Performance' (TNG); and the gift box face in 'Haven' (TNG). Quark was first seen in 'Emissary' (DS9).

Rom is Quark's brother and father to Nog. Rom helped Quark run the bar at station Deep Space 9. Rom grew up on his homeworld of Ferenginar with his father Keldar, his mother Ishka and his older brother Quark. Quark never treated him with much respect. On Rom's Naming Day, Quark substituted old vegetables for his presents, then sold the presents for more than their father had originally paid for them. Rom was a mechanical genius but wasn't very good at acquiring profit seeming to inherit his father's lack of business sense. Rom stayed at home on Ferenginar for ten years after Quark departed, finally moving away in 2361.

In 2369 when Keiko O'Brien opened a new school on the station, Rom initially opposed to his son, Nog, attending, but later relented.

Though Quark treated him as a half-wit, Rom often showed amazing initiative. He demonstrated a keen ability to break into Quark's security systems, much to Quark's shock. Rom served as Quark's bodyguard during Quark's brief tenure as Grand Nagus in 2369. In true Ferengi tradition, Rom plotted to eliminate his brother, but was halted when the previous Nagus, Zek, was found to be still alive. Quark applauded Rom's treachery, making him assistant manager of policy and clientele.

In 2371 when his son Nog petitioned to join Starfleet, Rom was very supportive of the idea.
Max Grodenchik had previously played Par Lenor in 'The Perfect Mate' (TNG) and Sovak in 'Captain's Holiday' (TNG). Rom was first seen in 'Emissary' (DS9).

Nog, nephew of Quark and son of Rom, who lived on Deep Space 9 in 2369. The young Ferengi was apprehended by Odo stealing from the assay office on Deep Space 9's Promenade in 2369. Nog became good friends with young Jake Sisko on the station, and the two boys once created a fictitious company, the Noh-Jay Consortium, for their commercial exploits. When Nog's father, Rom, forbade Nog to attend school on the station, Jake taught him how to read. In 2371, Nog underwent the Ferengi Attainment Ceremony. He asked Benjamin Sisko to be his role model and asked Sisko to recommend him for admission to Starfleet Academy. Following Nog's decision to join Starfleet, he studied in earnest for the Starfleet Academy Preparatory Program, despite his uncle Quark's opposition.
Nog was first seen in 'Emissary' (DS9).

Elim Garak is a resident of Deep Space 9, the only Cardassian citizen left on the station after the Cardassian retreat from the Bajoran system in 2369. Garak owned a clothing shop on the station's Promenade. Some people on the station regarded Garak as a Cardassian spy, including Dr. Julian Bashir, despite Garak's efforts to befriend him. Despite his protestations to Bashir, Garak maintained some contact with Cardassian intelligence. Garak fell victim to internal Cardassian politics and was forced into exile on station Terok Nor in 2368, where he began life anew as a simple tailor. Garak, however, never gave up hope of eventual political rehabilitation.

Garak, whose first name was Elim, was once a member of the powerful Obsidian Order, until his former mentor, Enabran Tain, had him exiled to station Terok Nor in 2368. As a member of the Obsidian Order, Garak had volunteered to have a cranial implant placed into his skull, to help him resist torture if captured by an enemy. Garak found exiled life on Terok Nor (later Deep Space 9) to be intolerable, so he activated the cranial implant and left it on. The implant served as a powerful narcotic on which Garak became physically dependent until 2370, when the unit malfunctioned, nearly costing Garak his life. Dr. Bashir was able to remove the device. Although Tain had been responsible for Garak's exile and even tried to have Garak killed, Garak found isolation so bitter that in 2371 he jumped at the opportunity to serve again with Tain. Garak participated in Tain's disastrous joint attack by the Obsidian Order and the Romulan Tal Shiar against the Founders of the Dominion. Garak was the only Cardassian survivor of that battle.

Elim Garak exhibited extreme distrust against fellow Cardassian, Dukat, although the genesis of their discord was not known at the time of this writing. It is known that Garak played a part in the downfall and eventual trial of Gul Dukat's father at some time in the past.

Garak returned briefly to Cardassia in 2371 to help rescue Kira Nerys, who had been taken prisoner by the Obsidian Order.

Garak's quarters on DS9 were Chamber 901, Habitat Level H-3.
Garak was first seen in 'Past Prologue' (DS9).

Odo is security chief aboard Cardassian space station Terok Nor who continued that function when Starfleet took over the facility in 2369.

Odo was a shape-shifter, one of the Founders of the Gamma Quadrant's Dominion. Odo was discovered as an infant in the Denorios Belt, but those that rescued him had no idea where he came from, or what species he belonged to.

When discovered, Odo was a shapeless mass of organic broth. He spent several years at the Bajoran Institute of Science being studied by Dr. Mora Pol, who helped Odo assimilate himself into humanoid society. Being the only one of his kind, he attempted to fit into society by being 'the life of the party'. He'd turn himself into any object requested by the partygoers, which only increased his feelings of isolation and loneliness. Odo regarded Mora as a father figure, yet felt smothered by his condiment and constant scrutiny. He left the institute and rebelled against Mora's influence for years. Odo got his name from the Cardassian word odo'ital., something of a cruel joke, since it translates into 'nothing'.

Odo came to Terok Nor in 2365, and became an unofficial arbitrator for the Bajoran nationals on the station. Later that year, station administrator Gul Dukat asked Odo to investigate a murder on the station. Kira Nerys was a suspect in that case. Dukat was so impressed with Odo's work that made Odo chief of security for the station.

In 2366, as part of his duties as Terok Nor's security chief, Odo was made an officer of the Cardassian court. This would become advantageous in 2370, following the arrest of Starfleet Officer Miles O'Brien by the Cardassian government. using his position as an officer of the court, Odo was able to have himself assigned as O'Brien's nestor.

Odo maintained a humanoid form while at work on the station, but he had to return to his natural form, a viscous orange fluid, every 16 hours. (Odo had to return to his liquid form every 18 hours.) Refusing to carry a weapon. Odo had a great respect for the rights of all life-forms, however simple or evolved. He didn't need to eat and only had an approximation of a mouth and digestive system. Once, not long after he first assumed humanoid form, he tried eating, but did not find it satisfying because he had no taste buds. Odo had no sense of smell. He patterned his own hairstyle after the scientist assigned to study him at the research center on planet Bajor. He did not even know how to gamble, but did try to take on new challenges. Odo sometimes joined Miles O'Brien when he ran his kayaking holographic simulation program, and O'Brien used to give him old Earth detective novels to read. Odo never took a mate, claiming that he would not to want to make the compromises that a relationship would demand. Odo also had an uncompromising view of law enforcement, believing that 'laws change, but justice is justice'. Odo let his guard down slightly with Ambassador Lwaxana Troi in 2369 when the two were trapped together in a turbolift on the station. In their different ways, both Odo and Troi were loners, and their enforced proximity caused them to share each other's vulnerabilities.

Odo yearned desperately to learn of his origins, and hoped for years meet another individual of his species. When Crodin of the planet Rakhar gave him a shape-shifting necklace, Odo began to suspect that he might find other shape-shifters in the Gamma Quadrant. In early 2371, Odo found his people on a sunless planet in the Omarion Nebula in the Gamma Quadrant. He learned that he was a member of a species of shape-shifters who were the elusive Founders of the Dominion. To learn about the galaxy, the Founders had sent a hundred infant members of their species far out into space, and placed a desire to return home into their genetic makeup. Odo was one of these infants. Odo's encounter with his fellow shape-shifters gave him a greater measure of self-confidence. He even stopped using his bucket for regeneration periods, instead reverting to his gelatinous state in his quarters, where he began to experiment with the sensations of turning into different shapes and textures. Later that same year, Odo was afforded the unique opportunity to participate in Jadzia Dax's zhian'tara. But because of his shape-shifter nature, rather than just temporarily embodying the personality of Curzon Dax, Odo, in fact, became joined with him. The arrangement was very satisfactory for both beings, and for a time they refused to be separated. Even after Odo was persuaded to give up the Curzon personality, he retained memories of being joined with Curzon.

Odo was a security officer for most of his humanoid existence, but he had never found it necessary to fire a weapon or take a life, as he abhorred the humanoid practice of violence. Nevertheless, in 2371, he became the first of his species to harm another Founder when he accidentally killed the Founder posing as Ambassador Krajensky aboard the U.S.S. Defiant.
Rene Auberjonois had previously played Colonel West in 'Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'. Odo first appeared in 'Emissary' (DS9).

Julian Bashir is a starfleet medical officer, born 2341, assigned to station Deep Space 9 in 2369, shortly after the Cardassian withdrawal from the Bajoran system.

In 2352, young Julian and his father, who was a diplomat, were stranded during a planetary ion storm on planet Invernia II. Father and son were forced to watch one of the local inhabitants succumb to a disease which could have been treated with a local herb. The incident left a lasting impression on Julian, and was in part responsible for his decision later to study medicine. In addition to his medical training, Bashir took engineering extension courses at Starfleet Medical. While studying to become a physician he fell in love with Delon Palis, a ballet dancer whom he never forgot. Bashir was a brilliant physician, having graduated second in his class. Fancying himself to be an adventurer, he requested posting to Deep Space 9 because he wanted to practice on the frontier. As a young man on Deep Space 9, Bashir found himself attracted to the beautiful Jadzia Dax. Unfortunately, Dax did not return the affection, although the two had a good professional working relationship. Bashir's interest in Dax became a source of embarrassment on stardate 46853, when unknown aliens from the Gamma Quadrant, seeking to study humanoid life, created a replica of Dax who was as attracted to Bashir as he was to her. Bashir became romantically involved with Ensign Melora Pazlar when he helped her to adapt to Deep Space 9's gravity in 2370. Bashir enjoyed playing racquetball and was the captain of the racquetball team at Starfleet Medical Academy. He sometimes played racquetball on Deep Space 9 with Miles O'Brien. He took an interest in Elim Garak and despite his initial distrust, Bashir began to respect Garak's insights.

In 2371 Bashir's research in biomolecular replication was recognized when he was nominated for that year's Carrington Award, becoming the youngest nominee in the history of the award.
Dr. Julian Bashir's middle name is Subatoi.
Bashir was first seen in 'Emissary' (DS9).

Ezri Dax
2372 -- Enrolled in Starfleet Academy medical program, with emphasis on psychology.

2374 -- Assigned to U.S.S. Destiny for field training, with title of assistant ship's counselor. Joined to Dax symbiont during medical emergency. Took leave of absence to recuperate.

2375 -- Accepted position as station counselor on Deep Space Nine, with promotion to lieutenant junior grade. Captured by Breen during unauthorized rescue mission to Badlands, then held captive by Dominion for execution until released by Cardassian resistance. Served aboard U.S.S. Defiant during final battle of Dominion war.

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