Thirty-two years ago today deep space nineSisko's quick introduction to Sisko gives us star trek A unique hero
In the first bold move it proved to be one of many. Seven seasons of action– deep space nine Open with star trekThe hero's new hero stares into the horrifying face of his old hero, Jean-Luc Picard, corrupted and mutated into Locutus of the Borg. It sets the stage for an amazing meeting with the newest protagonist of the franchise. And more than three decades later Those opening scenes aboard the USS. Saratoga It is still one of the star trekThe most haunting andsalvos turn shaking–
Thirty-two years ago today, January 3, 1993 deep space ninePilot “Ambassador”It doesn't open on the titular space station that would become Commander Sisko's home at the time, but the title card does. pull Back to the biggest thing back then. And one of Starfleet's lowest points: that Wolf Battle 359 in next generationThe fourth season's opening concludes with one of the greatest. pull An all-time thriller in “The Best of Both Worlds” where the series kept the murder of Wolf 359 off-screen. Now, star trek It's ready to show it. and put a new protagonist at the center of that fear. It's an amazing gimmick. which immediately tells the viewer that this is something new. star trek The series won't go the way they expect it to.
Scene on the boat Saratoga As it prepared to become one of the many destroyers that assembled to stop the Borg, Wolf 359 held up a stunning mirror to nothing. pull currently star trek Used to scenes of Starfleet officers thriving under pressure. In the face of impossible odds But there are stark facts about how to do it. DS9 Describe the events of that battle. TNG never shown at Saratoga There was no chance against Locutus, and Starfleet's calmness and composure were not given the time to gain the upper hand in the face of the ship immediately incapacitating and killing its crew on the bridge. This isn't an attack where they roll around on the bridge and get up. Most had just died, as Sisko and the sole survivor, Lieutenant Bolian, realized that the ship was lost.
The scene outside the bridge was even worse: after years of painting them, organization As a ship with a thriving civilian complement There is always someone to protect you when flying into battle. The path of Saratoga—Miranda class ship which was small compared to the size of the galaxy class—full of cries and groans. Injured civilians fighting for life pods Of course, everything came to a climax. It came at a personal cost to Sisko from Starfleet's hubris when he returned to his quarters to find his wife, Jennifer, dead among the rubble and his son, Jake, barely alive. while he himself was dragged by the force of his wailing in sorrow. Go to the shuttle according to Saratoga Explosions, fireworks of destruction reflected in the Sisko viewport. vengefully Staring out in just four and a half minutes star trek Fans just watched their starlet face a tragedy unlike anything they'd ever seen before. And importantly, they saw it through the eyes of a man who probably acted more like any of us than the ideals of someone like Kirk or Picard would.
It is this tragic and fragile humanity that informs the Sisko we meet throughout the rest of the story. “Emissary”—Creates a focus that is far removed from what we typically think of. star trek The protagonist, he is a touchy-feely man dealing with both the people he works with when assigned to Deep Space Nine and with Starfleet itself when he finds himself face-to-face with Picard. (Now he's a hero again and doesn't expect to be challenged in any way. (Not to mention the way Sisko does.) He is still very much shaped by Wolf 359's trauma without fully processing it or compartmentalizing it—and it almost took an actual act of God for him to. start doing that When he came face to face with the wormhole entity the Bajorans worshiped, the god of their souls was almost entirely compromised by the fact that Sisko was unable to move on from the loss of Jennifer.
It's an unvarnished view of Starfleet in the shadows of what had been one of its lowest points up until that point. that ever appeared on the screen: A low point that can only be guessed as to what it corresponds to. deep space nine I myself will go into action later in the meantime. Domination War– and that unvarnished view came in the form of Cisco himself. A man who was allowed to be vulnerable and flawed in ways that defied what we expected of him. (And yet Most of it is still expected. Just look at the friction. Even many years ago on the way discovery Take on the role of Michael Burnham, who celebrates like one of them. star trek Protagonist Much of it was shaped by Sisko's legacy. Because). It is a shape that is formed from the minute deep space nine It continues and one thing that continues to define the show all these years later.
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