Jack ( 24th century ) Jack was a genetically - engineered Human born during the 24th century . History . Jack ' s parents took him , as a child , to undergo an illegal procedure called accelerated critical neural pathway formation which dramatically increased his intelligence beyond what Humans would call genius level . Jack also had superior physical abilities , such as enhanced agility . However , the procedure also turned Jack into a violent , anti - social , aggressive man who went on to have serious problems fitting into mainstream Federation society . Jack was taken into psychiatric care and lived with others like himself . In 2360 , Jack was introduced to other genetically - engineered Humans Sarina Douglas , Patrick and Lauren at a Federation Institute for special needs individuals unable to function in normal society . He would spend fifteen years with them . During this time , a Doctor Karen Loews was assigned to him and the others in the group . She separated Jack and his group from the others in order to treat them differently . Due to his assertive personality , Jack was the unofficial leader of the group . ( ) In 2374 , after it was revealed that Doctor Julian Bashir had undergone the same procedure , Doctor Loews took Jack , along with Patrick , Lauren , and Sarina to Deep Space 9 . Dr . Loews believed that meeting someone like them who had managed to fit in to mainstream society would be helpful to them . Jack , however , objected , pointing out that Bashir only fit in because he hid his abilities and pretended to be " normal " . Jack even threatened Sarina ' s life at one point . Along with the others , Jack studied Gul Damar ' s speech calling for peace talks between the Dominion and the Federation . Together , just by watching the speech , they were able to determine the entire story of Damar ' s rise to power without ever having heard any of it before . Bashir was very impressed , and encouraged their thirst for knowledge about the Dominion . They asked to watch the holographic recordings of the peace talks , and determined that the Dominion was stalling for time to solve their shortages of ketracel - white . However , they also pointed out that , should the Federation refuse to sign the treaty , the Dominion would lose their only chance to secure a new supply of ketracel - white and , given the inevitable shortage , would have no choice but to send all the Jem ' Hadar to their deaths in a devastating all - out suicide strike against the Federation . Grateful to them , Starfleet provided Jack and the others with classified reports and war plans . They quickly determined that the Dominion was certain to win the war and that the only way to prevent the loss of billions of lives was to surrender immediately . Unsurprisingly , Captain Benjamin Sisko rejected this immediately . Jack , Patrick , and Lauren attempted to take Starfleet ' s classified information directly to the Dominion , knocking Bashir out and leaving him in Sarina ' s custody , so they could win the war more quickly , thus saving lives . Jack miscalculated , however , as Sarina released Bashir , who then stopped him from meeting with Weyoun . Starfleet , however , remained willing to listen to any ideas they had on how to win the war . ( ) In 2375 , Julian Bashir developed a procedure that would cure Sarina of her inability to properly communicate with others . With Patrick impersonating a Starfleet admiral , Jack and the others went to Deep Space 9 , where their help proved invaluable for Bashir to perform the procedure successfully . Jack also had fanciful ideas about preventing what he saw as the inevitable collapse of the universe in around sixty trillion years . He believed that by altering the cosmological constant via the use of a vast number of subspace field generator s placed throughout the universe , this collapse could be avoided . ( ) Memorable quotes . " " You know why they brought us here , don ' t you ? Why they carted us halfway across the quadrant ? They ' re going to experiment on us . " " < br > " " Stop it , Jack . " " < br > " " They want to find out what makes our genetically engineered brains tick . They ' re going to cut our heads open and see what comes out ! " " < br > " " He was genetically enhanced when he was a boy , just like all of you . " " < br > " " No , no . He ' s not like us . I never saw him at the Institute . He wasn ' t locked away for being too smart . He ' s passed himself off as normal . He ' s Mister Normal Starfleet man . Mister Productive Member of Society . Well , maybe we can learn to be just like him . Wear little uniforms . Yes , sir . No , sir . Thank you , sir . " " < br > " " I ' m not trotting anything out . All I ' m saying is there ' s a reason we ' ve been barred from certain professions . But that doesn ' t mean we can ' t be productive members of society . " " < br > " " Here it comes . The we can still contribute speech . No . No , no , no , no . I will not forget what was done to me . I will not be part of a society that put me away for being too smart . " " < br > " " Methought I heard a voice cry , Sleep no more ! Damar does murder sleep ! " " " " We ' re mutants . " " < br > " " Genetically engineered mutants . Can ' t you tell ? " " < br > " " The fact is that the universe is going to stop expanding and it is going to collapse in on itself . We ' ve got to do something before it ' s too late . " " < br > " " How much time do we have left ? " " < br > " " Sixty trillion years , seventy at the most . " " < br > " " Oh , no . " " < br > Appendices . Background information . Jack was played by actor Tim Ransom . The script for " Statistical Probabilities " describes Jack as , " " . . . an agitated man of about thirty - five , pacing back and forth and ranting half to himself . He ' s JACK , and as we ' ll learn , he ' s a maladjusted product of twenty - fourth century genetic engineering . " " This would put his year of birth around 2339 . The characters of Jack , Patrick , Lauren and Sarina were collectively referred to as the " Jack - pack " by the " Deep Space Nine " writing team , with each character having a specific personality trait . Jack , for example , was thought to have had noteworthy literary roots . Indeed , the inspiration for Jack ' s character came from a popular work of fiction . " " In the break session , we thought of the Jack character as , the hero of ' s novel who talks a mile a minute and quotes philosophy by heart , " " explained staff writer David Weddle . " " The final character that René [ Echevarria ] developed is quite far from that , but that ' s one of the basic ideas he started from . " " ( " " , p . 513 ) Actor Tim Ransom had previously auditioned for a number of roles in " Star Trek " unsuccessfully , including that of Doctor Bashir . When auditioning for the role of Jack , he put in a lot of effort to get it right . " " The producers had told me that Jack was a bit manic , so I figured he ' s the equivalent of a guy who drinks forty cups of coffee a day . " " Ransom recalled . " " I brought that energy into the room and I think that ' s what got me the job . " " ( " " , p . 514 ) During rehearsals , Ransom had issues with his costume . " " Those " [ tight pants ] " , man ! " " he laughed . " " It was hard enough to stand up straight let alone to do all of that bending around and other stuff . And I " didn ' t " do the backflip . I wish I could lay claim to that and I hate to destroy the illusion , but that was a stunt double . " " ( " " , p . 514 ) The initial idea for " Chrysalis " was for it to be an episode centered around Jack . " " It was going to be a ' Jack ' show , where we ' d do something like , " " Echevarria explained , referring to ' s story about a mentally - disabled man who is turned into a genius via a scientific experiment , only to ultimately revert . " " Jack would become normal . And we tried for days to break this story . It boiled down to the fact that it was a tragedy that this guy becomes normal , which kind of glamorizes mental illness . That ' s a very common sort of Hollywood story . ' Oh , aren ' t they cute - don ' t rob them of their originality and make them " normal " . ' Which is bull . So we were stymied . Time was running out and we were just sitting there . And then all of a sudden Hans [ Beimler ] said , ' What if it ' s about Sarina ? A love story with her . ' And " boom " , that was it . " " ( " " , p . 613 - 614 ) The musical scene in " Chrysalis " posed a problem for tone - deaf Ransom , so much so that his lines had to be dubbed over in post - production . As he later recalled , " " Faith and Hilary and Michael are singers . I , however , am barely comfortable singing in the shower ! So that was a frustrating shooting day - but not as frustrating as the looping session when we actually tried to lay the tracks in . The other three had enough talent to do it , so I ' m the only one on there who had to be dubbed . René " [ Echevarria ] " is a good friend of mine , but I curse his name for writing that scene . That was so frigging hard ! " " ( " " , p . 615 ) In his review of " Statistical Probabilities " , " Star Trek " author Keith R . A . DeCandido enjoyed Ransom ' s portrayal of Jack ' s manic affect , particularly praising his body language , however felt that the " scary " side of the character didn ' t come across very well . " " There ’ s a disconnect between how he ’ s written — as menacing and dangerous — and how he ’ s performed , " " DeCandido wrote . " " I honestly had totally forgotten that he was supposed to be scary and dangerous — notably seen in when he deliberately injures Lowes — because Ransom doesn ’ t really sell that element of his character . Still , he sells the rest of it superbly . . . " " The shattered data PADD with which Jack uses to cut Doctor Loews ' hand was later sold off in the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction for US $ 960 . 00 , complete with special effects blood . Apocrypha . Jack appears in a number of non - canon works . In the novel " A Stitch in Time " , Jack visits Elim Garak ' s shop and tells him he plans to persuade Starfleet to appoint Bashir commander of Deep Space 9 , feeling a genetically enhanced person should be leading the station during the war . Jack and the others petition the Federation Council , but no one takes them seriously . In the " " novel " Abyss " , set in 2376 , Section 31 Agent Cole tells Bashir that many genetically enhanced people living in the Federation would consider Jack to be a " social butterfly " compared to them . Cole also predicts that if the rogue genetically engineered 31 agent Ethan Locken starts a war , Starfleet would abandon Jack and the others . As written in the " " novel " Cathedral " , Doctor Bashir becomes affected by the cathedral / anatheme artifact which causes him to experience a vision whereby he is placed in a cell with Jack and the others . Jack subsequently helps Bashir to escape . The " " novel " Zero Sum Game " reveals that Jack , Lauren and Patrick are working for Starfleet Intelligence and by the year 2382 , have discovered several revelations about the Breen . Jack also has a card in the " Star Trek Customizable Card Game " , which describes him as a " Maladjusted misfit " .