Deep Space 9 Deep Space 9 , originally known as Terok Nor , was one of the most historically , politically , and strategically important space station s in the Alpha Quadrant during the latter half of the 24th century . The space station was constructed by the Cardassian s in orbit of Bajor during their occupation of the planet . Under Federation administration , following the Cardassian withdrawal , the station was relocated into the Bajoran system ' s Denorios belt . There DS9 became a vital commercial port and defensive outpost due to its location near the mouth of the Bajoran wormhole . It later became a key strategic location during the Dominion War , for both the Dominion and the Federation Alliance . History . Terok Nor . Terok Nor was the station ' s original Cardassian designation . ( ) Built by Bajoran slave labor during the Occupation of Bajor under the leadership of the Cardassian Union between 2346 and 2351 , its original purpose was to serve as a refinery for uridium ore that was mined from Bajor ' s surface , a process carried out in temperatures as high as 55 ° Celsius . ( ) Therefore , Terok Nor had extensive ore refining and transport facilities that occupied the large docking pylon structures and was built to accommodate up to seven thousand humanoid - sized people as well as process up to twenty thousand tons of ore a day . ( ) The station also served as a command post from which the Cardassian Prefect of Bajor , most notably Gul Dukat , oversaw the military aspects of the Occupation . In one of his recorded messages for the counter - insurgency program installed on the station , Dukat described Terok Nor as being " a paradise " compared to Bajor . ( ) Like the planet it orbited , the station operated on a twenty - six hour day . ( ) In 2365 , Gul Dukat took the unusual step of appointing a non - Cardassian as the chief of security aboard Terok Nor . Odo , a shapeshifter discovered on a derelict ship near Bajor some years before , had ties to both the Cardassians and the Bajorans on the station . ( ) In 2369 , the Cardassians decided to withdraw from Bajor after fifty years of occupation . Unable to move the station across interstellar distances , they left the outpost in its high orbit . Before departing , however , Cardassian soldiers rampaged across the station , removing or destroying a large portion of the station ' s equipment and killing several shop owners . ( ) Deep Space 9 . The Federation . Following the Cardassian withdrawal , the Bajoran Provisional Government petitioned for Federation members hip , and also for Starfleet assistance in repairing and maintaining Terok Nor . A complex arrangement was established , in which a Starfleet officer would have overall authority in running the station , while the station remained sovereign Bajoran territory . A representative of the Bajoran Militia would serve as the station ' s first officer and as liaison to the Bajoran government . The station was renamed " Deep Space 9 " , and Benjamin Sisko was appointed as commander , at Admiral Leyton ' s recommendation . ( ) As station commander , one of the most important facets of the station Sisko sought to develop was commerce . The Cardassians had allowed a small series of businesses and entertainment facilities to operate in the central , multi - level market area called the Promenade . Because almost all of the shops were owned by non - Bajorans , Sisko hoped to convince many of them to stay to help build a trade network through Bajoran space . In particular , Sisko convinced Quark , owner of Quark ' s , the largest establishment on the Promenade , to maintain his business on - station as an example for others , as well as to become a community leader and eventually chairman of the Promenade Merchants ' Association . ( ) The station quickly became an important facility for Starfleet . Over time , several hundred starships docked at the station for various reasons . The was the first Starfleet ship to dock at the station in 2369 , when it transported the majority of the station ' s Starfleet crew to take up their posts . The " Enterprise " also offloaded three runabout s . ( ) The " Enterprise " returned to DS9 several weeks later to help repair the Bajoran aqueduct systems that had been damaged during the Occupation . ( ) The docked at Deep Space 9 in 2371 on its way to the Badlands to search for the Maquis ship " Val Jean " . It was the last Alpha Quadrant locale the crew of " Voyager " visited before being transported to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker . ( ) Five years later , the station helped Starfleet Command to contact " Voyager " in the Delta Quadrant by providing interstellar phenomena forecast s . ( ) Discovering the wormhole . Only days after the Federation took control of the station , a momentous discovery changed DS9 ' s purpose forever . With encouragement from Kai Opaka , Sisko and his science officer , Lieutenant Jadzia Dax , searched for the mythical Celestial Temple of the Prophet s , hoping to find a cause or idea to help unify the Bajoran people . While aboard the runabout , Sisko and Dax found the only known stable wormhole in the Milky Way Galaxy , which crossed over seventy thousand light year s from Bajor in the Alpha Quadrant to a point near the Idran system in the Gamma Quadrant . ( ) The presence of a stable wormhole inside the Bajoran system had an enormous impact on commerce throughout the region , making the system one of the most important locations in the entire Alpha Quadrant – a fact recognized by the Bajorans , the Federation , and the Cardassians . Major Kira Nerys , DS9 ' s first officer , ordered the station moved to the mouth of the wormhole in order to cement Bajor ' s claim . Despite the massive forces and pressures involved in moving the station with only six working thruster s , Chief of Station Operations Miles O ' Brien devised a risky method by which the deflector shield s were altered to lower the station ' s inertial mass to a level sufficient for movement at the speeds necessary to reach the wormhole . The station was positioned close to the mouth of the wormhole , approximately a thousand kilometer s from its event horizon . ( ) However , the Cardassians had not completely abandoned the system , maintaining surveillance of activities in the region ; they quickly found out about the wormhole ' s discovery and attempted to claim the wormhole for themselves . Gul Dukat ordered his warship through the wormhole , and was apparently trapped on the far side when the beings controlling the wormhole collapsed its entrance . A short time later , three additional warships , under the command of Gul Jasad of the Seventh Order , approached the station . Following a brief armed standoff , the wormhole reappeared , and the ships returned , with the " Rio Grande " towing Dukat ' s warship . With a firm Bajoran - Federation claim established on the wormhole , the Cardassians withdrew . ( ) The impact the wormhole had on the station was enormous . Rather than a minor orbital servicing station and transfer point , DS9 had the potential to become one of the top commerce stations in the entire quadrant , and one of Starfleet ' s most important outposts . Eager to explore the vast new territories of the Gamma Quadrant , dozens of races established trading relations with Bajor and began sending starships through the wormhole . At the same time , DS9 became the first point of contact in the Alpha Quadrant for any native species traveling from the Gamma Quadrant . Within the first two years , ships operating from or passing through DS9 made contact with at least twelve different cultures , including the Dosi , the Karemma , the Skrreea ns , the Hunter s and the , the Rakhari , the Wadi , and the Paradan s . ( , , ) Bajoran affairs . Deep Space 9 was also a unique place for the constant contact and cooperation between people from Bajor and the Federation , and therefore also became a point of tension at times . In late 2369 , DS9 became the center of a controversy between Bajoran religious fundamentalists , instigated by then - Vedek Winn Adami , and pro - Federation factions . The incident brought attention to the fierce contest to elect a new Kai following the disappearance and apparent death of Kai Opaka earlier that year . ( ) Winn protested the ideas taught in DS9 ' s school by volunteer teacher Keiko O ' Brien about the wormhole , creating a rift between some conservative Bajorans and the secular Federation representatives . ( ) In early 2370 , an extremist faction known as the Alliance for Global Unity , also known simply as " The Circle " , began an uprising against the Bajoran provisional government . During this " coup " , the station became a target of the insurgents as the Circle attempted to force all non - Bajoran influences to leave . All Federation and civilian personnel were ordered to evacuate the station , but Commander Sisko chose to remain behind with a group of volunteers , hoping to prevent the Circle ' s takeover . A division of the Bajoran Militia working under the direction of Minister Jaro Essa , the leader of the Circle , boarded the station and assumed control . General Krim and Colonel Day , commanding the force , engaged in a cat - and - mouse game with the small Starfleet contingent for two days . Evidence was eventually revealed to the Chamber of Ministers that the Cardassians were secretly arming the Circle , using the Kressari as intermediaries . With this damning revelation , the Circle ' s rebellion collapsed , and Krim returned control of the station to Sisko . ( ) In later years , there were occasional flare - ups where Bajoran and Federation interests clashed , but none were nearly as explosive . Over time , almost all resistance to Federation influence on DS9 and on Bajor disappeared as Starfleet continued to prove its good intentions . In addition , the increasingly prominent role of Sisko as the Emissary of the Prophets , a major figure in Bajoran religion , helped build acceptance for his position as station commander . " In an alternate timeline in which Benjamin Sisko was apparently killed in an accident aboard the , DS9 was transferred to Klingon control in 2373 . " ( ) The Maquis . In 2370 , the Cardassian freighter " Bok ' Nor " inexplicably exploded immediately after undocking from DS9 . A previously - unknown group in the Cardassian Demilitarized Zone , calling themselves the Maquis , claimed responsibility . The Maquis were dispossessed Federation citizens resisting the cession of their home colonies to Cardassian control , and were arming themselves with mostly Federation contraband weapon ry . A short time later , the Maquis also kidnapped Gul Dukat from the station while aboard for consultations with Commander Sisko regarding the situation in the DMZ . ( ) Although DS9 was not located in the DMZ itself , the Bajoran system ' s proximity to that area made the station a major target for related operations on occasion . Most notably , in 2372 the Maquis hijacked a shipment of twelve Federation industrial replicator s which were being sent to Cardassia to provide relief in the wake of the Klingon - Cardassian War . Michael Eddington , the senior Starfleet Security officer aboard DS9 , publicly defected to the Maquis in this incident , and later went on to unify the various Maquis cells under his leadership . ( ) The Dominion War . Deep Space 9 ' s greatest fame , however , came in its role of defending the Federation and the Alpha Quadrant from Dominion invasion . Around stardate 47950 , Benjamin Sisko and Quark , while on a camping trip in the Gamma Quadrant with Sisko ' s son , Jake , and Quark ' s nephew , Nog , were abducted by the Jem ' Hadar , the soldiers of the Dominion . A representative of the Dominion boarded the station and informed the crew that the Dominion would not tolerate " intrusions " into its territory – and intrusions were defined as any vessel that entered the Gamma Quadrant . After the starship was destroyed in battle against the Jem ' Hadar , DS9 was suddenly placed on the front line of a new interstellar conflict . ( ) Weeks later , Starfleet assigned the experimental warship to the station to provide an additional line of defense against the Dominion threat . In addition , Commander Sisko launched a crash program to upgrade and expand the station ' s own tactical systems , adding new , heavier shield generator s , more powerful phaser array s , and a large battery of photon torpedo es . These upgraded weapons actually saw their first use against Klingon warships in their abortive attack on DS9 in early 2372 . ( ) In addition to the threat of invasion by the Jem ' Hadar , the Dominion also posed another , more sinister threat – infiltration by Changeling s , the Founder s of the Dominion . Because these beings could assume any form and avoid detection by almost all normal sensor s , the potential damage from espionage and sabotage was enormous . DS9 ' s crew helped pioneer several methods that tried to combat this threat , including phaser sweep s and blood screenings . ( ) When the Dominion finally entered the Alpha Quadrant in 2373 , the first battle was , surprisingly , " not " fought at DS9 as anticipated . A large fleet of more than fifty Jem ' Hadar warships bypassed the station and moved instead to annex the Cardassian Union – at the invitation of Gul Dukat . DS9 became a marshaling point for both Klingon ships , retreating from their former Cardassian conquests , and for Starfleet , as well as a squadron of Romulan warbirds that joined the fleet . However , the Dominion chose not to launch an immediate attack on the station , and the fleet dispersed . ( ) After securing the Cardassian territories , the Dominion began sending weekly supply convoys , including dozens of fresh warships , through the wormhole . Without sufficient forces , station personnel could only watch as more and more troops and warships poured into the Alpha Quadrant . As the Dominion also began securing nonaggression pact s with several regional powers , Captain Sisko , with approval from Starfleet Command , began to blockade the entrance to the wormhole with self - replicating mine s . In response , the Dominion launched a massive assault fleet to capture the station and take control of the wormhole . In the ensuing battle , DS9 accounted for the destruction of over fifty Jem ' Hadar and Cardassian ships . Additionally , the " Defiant " was successful in completing the minefield , sealing off the wormhole . However , Dukat committed additional ships to mount another assault , and facing overwhelming numbers , Sisko decided to abandon the station . DS9 was also a diversion ; while the Dominion and Cardassian forces were committed to capturing it , a combined Federation and Klingon attack force destroyed the Dominion shipyards on Torros III . ( ) When the station was retaken by the Cardassians and their Dominion allies , it reverted back to its original Cardassian designation , Terok Nor , and was once again commanded by Dukat . Although it was officially still owned by the Bajoran government , for all intents and purposes it was once again a Cardassian station . ( ) The station soon came to be the site from which Dukat , Weyoun and other Dominion personnel directed the Dominion War . However , because the minefield operated independently from the station , Terok Nor played no other important role in the Dominion war effort aside from serving as a command and resupply outpost . A Ruling Council , including Odo , was later formed . ( ) Spurred on by the suicide of Vedek Yassim , Kira Nerys formed a resistance group that included herself , Jake Sisko , Rom , and Leeta . They were also assisted by Quark and Tora Ziyal . ( ) Facing an invasion on several fronts , Starfleet was unable to mount a counteroffensive to retake the station for several months . In mid - 2374 , the allies launched Operation Return , from Starbase 375 , aimed at recapturing the station and preserving the minefield . Under the command of Captain Sisko , the allies won a major victory despite heavy losses . At the same time , Kira and Rom attempted to sabotage the antigraviton emitter in order to preserve the minefield . They were unsuccessful , but did disable the station ' s weapons , leaving it defenseless . Captain Sisko took the " Defiant " into the wormhole in a desperate last stand against the overwhelming Dominion reinforcements . Sisko was contacted by the Prophets , who agreed to stop the Dominion forces to protect their Emissary . With the reinforcements gone and Federation and Klingon forces on their way , the Dominion abandoned the station . ( ) After the return to Federation control , DS9 became the headquarters of the combined allied Ninth Fleet . ( ) For the remainder of the war , DS9 functioned as a major repair and resupply depot for Starfleet , Klingon , and later , Romulan forces . In addition , the major offenses that culminated in the First Battle of Chin ' toka and the Battle of Cardassia were launched from DS9 . ( ) Post - war . In 2376 , the crew of Deep Space 9 predicted that a pulsar would pass close to the MIDAS array . Lieutenant Reginald Barclay of the Pathfinder Project fired a tachyon beam at the pulsar , resulting in a micro - wormhole which allowed brief contact with the in the Delta Quadrant . ( ) Station layout . Deep Space 9 ' s structure was unusual by Federation standards , classified by Starfleet as a " hybrid planar - columnar triradial structure " . Its basic form consisted of a central core assembly containing most primary systems , connected by crossover bridge s to a series of two concentric rings for habitat and docking facilities , and a series of three sweeping pylons containing ore - processing and additional docking facilities . The station had at least five transporter rooms . ( ) In 2369 Kira Nerys suggested that the Klaestron s must be allies with the Cardassians because they knew about the station layout of Deep Space 9 and must have received that information from them . ( ) Central core . The central core was a roughly cylindrical structure consisting of several terraced platforms containing various key facilities . At the extreme dorsal end of the core was the operations center and the subspace communication s antennae , as well as the deflector shield generators . Below this assembly was the three - level Promenade , a public area for commerce and recreation . The Promenade also housed the station ' s infirmary , the security office , the Bajoran temple , and Quark ' s . The lower sections of the core contained engineering and support facilities , including at least one large industrial replicator , the computer core , and multiple deuterium fuel tanks . At the extreme ventral end sat the six fusion reactor s . Command level . The command level was part of the central core of Deep Space 9 . It was the primary operations center for the station , and contained primary access to all major operations of the station including science , tactical , and flight control . It also contained the office of the commanding officer . In 2369 , when Chief Miles O ' Brien repaired the replicator s on the command level but not the malfunctioning replicators at Quark ' s , Quark tried to gain access to the station layout to display all repaired replicators , but this information was restricted to security clearance five and above . Quark was able to use two isolinear rod s to display the information and bypass the security code , acquiring the locations of the repaired replicators . ( ) Habitat ring . The habitat ring was the inner ring of the station ' s structure , intended primarily for the housing of most of the station ' s semi - permanent residents . Spaced along the ring were also six landing pad s , used by Starfleet ' s runabout s and other small craft . The station itself could accommodate seven thousand people ; the station only housed three hundred in 2369 . ( ) Also mounted along the habitat ring were three large protrusions , upon which a large portion of the station ' s armaments were mounted , as well as its tractor beam s . The habitat ring is also the place where the weapons were stored . They were located in level five , section three and restricted to security clearance seven and above . ( ) The guest quarters of the visiting Federation ambassador s Taxco , Vadosia , and Lojal were located in corridor H - 12 - A in the habitat ring . The ambassadors , guided by Doctor Julian Bashir , experienced a plasma surge , caused by overloading the station ' s computer in 2369 . ( ) While on the station in 2375 , Sarina Douglas was assigned quarters in the habitat ring , corridor H6 , section 27 Epsilon . ( ) Docking ring . The docking ring was the outer ring of the station ' s structure , and was used primarily for moving and storing goods and for starship docking facilities . Twelve large docking port s were distributed around the perimeter , and numerous cargo bay s were connected to these facilities . In addition , a series of six thrusters were mounted on the edge of the ring . These thrusters were intended mainly for maintaining orbital position . Six large , sweeping docking pylon s emerged from the docking ring ; three from the dorsal and three from the ventral surfaces of the docking ring to give DS9 its characteristic spindly shape . At the extreme end of each pylon was an additional docking port ( for a total of six on the pylons ) , which could accommodate larger starships up to those approximately the size of the " Galaxy " class . The majority of the pylons ' internal structure was used up by ore processing facilities . The docking ports where the docking pylons intersected the main structure had the capability of launching probe s . ( ) One of the airlocks located along the perimeter of the docking ring was airlock 17 . ( ) The docking ring corridor leading through an airlock to the featured an identification panel as well as an armed security guard . ( ) Weapons fire directed at section 17 of the outer docking ring could cause the station to lose main power to the shields . ( ) A51 . A51 was a restricted area aboard Deep Space 9 that housed the station ' s deflector array controls and several EPS conduits . Rom opened a service hatch labeled " A51 | Restricted Area | Authorized Personnel Only " when attempting to disable the deflector array before the Dominion could fire an antigraviton pulse at the self - replicating mine field that was preventing Dominion ships from coming through the wormhole . ( ) Support vessels . Deep Space 9 had a number of support vessels on hand . From 2369 to 2375 , sixteen runabout s and two starships had been assigned to Deep Space 9 at some point . Several were destroyed or lost . During the first two years of their service , the runabouts were instrumental in the defense of the station and exploration of the Gamma Quadrant . The runabouts were even responsible , under the command of Commander Sisko and Lieutenant Dax , for the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole . In 2371 , with the threat of the Dominion becoming a concern , Starfleet Command assigned the to Deep Space 9 . A few years later , in 2375 , the " Defiant " was destroyed in the Second Battle of Chin ' toka . On stardate 52861 , Vice Admiral William Ross delivered the to the station , albeit a little late . This caused Captain Sisko to comment that was " . . . no way to start a relationship . " Starfleet Operations also gave Captain Sisko special dispensation to rename the " Sao Paulo " to " Defiant " . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The station ' s original name , Terok Nor , was first referred to in . According to the scripts for that episode , , , , , , , , the pronunciation for Terok Nor was " TAIR - awk nor " . However , for the episode , the pronunciation was " TEHR - uk NOR " . Finally , in the script for , the pronunciation for Nor was " NORE " . The scripts of the six - part war arc in season six always referred to DS9 as Terok Nor . In an omitted line of dialogue from the first draft script of , Q referred to DS9 as " that dreary space station . " According to " " ( p . 43 ) in 2369 , the station moved from a geosynchronous orbit around the planet Bajor to a solar orbit around the star Bajor ( B ' hava ' el ) shortly after it was recommissioned as Deep Space 9 . According to the " " ( " The Dominion War : Strategy and Battles , 2373 - 75 " ) , Deep Space 9 was captured by the Dominion on December 23 , 2373 . The Federation and its allies reclaimed the station , in " Operation : Return " , on , 2374 . Designing the station ( exterior ) . The task of designing the space station Deep Space 9 – which had to be a new , iconic and alien - looking image that could be quickly recognized when seen on a small television screen – was a long , involved process that took several different directions before evolving into the final design we now take for granted . Production designer Herman Zimmerman was the man assigned to come up with this fresh and unique look that would be the centerpiece of the next " Star Trek " show to follow " " . Zimmerman was given three months in which to design the station , a huge amount of time in comparative terms insofar as the normal amount of time to design something like this for a TV show is about two to three weeks . According to Mike Okuda , one of the first things that the producers said to him about the basic design of the station was that " " they wanted it not to look Starfleet , they wanted it to look weird " . " ( " Deep Space Nine : A Bold Beginning " , DS9 Season 1 DVD special features ) One of the earliest ideas for the station was that it was to be a - type structure which had been built up by many different cultures over many centuries , all using different technology , and that each part of the station was to have a different layout to every other part . The final design was arrived at when Rick Berman saw a gyroscope - type design by Zimmerman , and suggested " breaking " the hoops at the top and bottom . The physical model of Deep Space 9 was designed by Herman Zimmerman and Rick Sternbach . Contributing artists included Ricardo Delgado , Joseph Hodges , Nathan Crowley , Jim Martin , Rob Legato , Gary Hutzel , Mike Okuda , and executive producer Rick Berman . The original six - foot diameter model was built by Tony Meininger . The model of Deep Space 9 ( Lot # 493 ) was sold at the auction on October 6 , 2006 for US $ 132 , 000 , including the buyer ' s premium ( the winning bid was US $ 110 , 000 ) . The station was the very last model in the series to be replaced with an CGI model , which occurred in the very last pullback scene in ; up until then , all footage shown of the station was of the physical studio model . The CG model was built at Station X Studios by Meni Tsirbas . David Stipes recalled , " " Meni had created a Deep Space Nine station several years ago , and we talked at different times , but this was the chance to get involved . This was their one and only shot , but it ' s the final pay - off shot , and it ' s really beautiful . He ' s such a brilliant artist . It ' s all being done on LightWave , and it ' s great . The live action footage of Kira and Jake was " projected " by the LightWave software onto a polygon surface that was placed in the window of the CG DS9 station . We pull out of the DS9 window , until the station turns into a star . It ' s quite spectacular , because it ' s about 50 seconds long . That ' s the end of the show . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 32 , No . 4 / 5 , page 91 ) The " " asserts that Deep Space 9 was equipped with Type - IX , - X , and - XI phasers . The Type - XIs were said to have been installed into retractable platforms stowed in the habitat ring . They make their first appearance in . The job of designing this new weaponry fell to the recently hired illustrator John Eaves . Herman Zimmerman gave Eaves detailed schematics of the station , and told him to find surface points where there were no moving parts , windows or existing weaponry , and to design never - before - seen , but plausible , phaser array s and torpedo launcher s to be positioned in such places . Designing the station ( interior ) . As Herman Zimmerman explains , " " Having determined what the outside of the station was going to look like , then we had an enormous job making the interior sets to match what the exterior looked like , so that believably , we were inside this alien , bizarre , highly technical and not necessarily understood by our Starfleet personnel , space station " . " ( " Deep Space Nine : A Bold Beginning " , DS9 Season 1 DVD special features ) . Zimmerman designed a list of ground rules about the look of the interiors : Cardassians like geometric symmetry , they prefer circles to squares or ovals , they like things in groups of three , and they favor dark colors ( especially khakis and dark green ) . Apocrypha . In book one of the " " trilogy , Deep Space 9 is destroyed when a second Celestial Temple ( a Pah - wraith wormhole ) is opened inside Quark ' s , beginning a horrific chain of events that sees the near extinction of several of " Star Trek " s most notable races ( specifically , the Klingon s , Cardassian s , and Human s ) , along with the destruction of Earth , the , the Federation , and the universe itself . However , the timeline is repaired thanks to Benjamin Sisko and the crew of Deep Space 9 , who manage to disrupt the formation of the second wormhole by causing a Cardassian ship from the present to collide with a Klingon ship from that alternate future while inside the red wormhole , resulting in the wormhole being disrupted while DS9 and the temporally - relocated " Defiant " exit from the traditional wormhole . In " " , Deep Space 9 appeared in one mission , during a Borg invasion of the Bajoran system . In the game , Deep Space 9 was seen orbiting Bajor like it did in , possibly suggesting that the station moved back to Bajor after the Dominion War from the Bajoran wormhole . During the events of " Plagues of Night " the station is destroyed by a series of bombs placed around the various reactor cores . The perpetrator was initially unknown , but was eventually revealed to be an Andorian officer working with the Typhon Pact , although it is specified that the explosive force was miscalculated and the bombs were only ever intended to be a distraction while the Pact ' s forces tried to use the prime wormhole in secret rather than actually destroy the station . Those on the station at the time of its destruction included Kira Nerys , Kassidy Yates - Sisko , and Ro Laren . It was established in " Raise the Dawn " that the station was lost , although only around a thousand people died out of the over six thousand present on the station at the time , none of them major characters , and Starfleet Command will build a with the same name based on Federation designs . The new DS9 debuts two years later in " : Revelation and Dust " . In " Star Trek Online " , Deep Space Nine appears as a main hub for players to interact at by the Bajoran Sector . It is one of two social hubs in the game where the two opposite factions , the Klingons and the Federation , can interact without combat . Deep Space Nine also serves as a Hub for Endgame play for the game . The station is now commanded by Captain James Kurland , with Commander Karen Andrews as first officer and the Klingon representative and Omega Force leader being Admiral D ' Vak , son of Alexander Rozhenko .