George Primmin Lieutenant George Primmin was a Human male who served as a Starfleet officer in Starfleet Security during the late - 24th century . Starfleet career . Primmin became a security officer in 2363 . ( ) As a lieutenant , in 2369 , he was assigned by Starfleet Security to the Bajoran space station Deep Space 9 to ensure a deuridium shipment from the Gamma Quadrant passed through the station safely . Constable Odo , the station ' s Bajoran security chief , took Primmin ' s assignment there as an insult , believing Starfleet had no faith in his abilities . The Constable initially offered his resignation because of the issue , but soon came to respect Primmin after the Starfleet officer discovered a subspace crossover shunt , placed there by the Kobliad criminal scientist Rao Vantika . Had the device been activated , it would have crippled the station for close to an hour , thereby giving Vantika time to steal the deuridium shipment . ( ) Shortly after these events , Primmin was the only senior officer left after the Wadi transported Sisko , Dax , Bashir , and Kira into Chula , one of their game environments . Primmin initially thought that the senior staff partied with the Wadi all night , until Odo alerted him that they were missing and ordered Primmin to sweep the station to locate them . ( ) Memorable quotes . " " It ' s not the way they taught us at the Academy , is it , sir . If you want my opinion . . . " " < br > " " Actually , I don ' t . You and I are guests of the Bajorans , Lieutenant . You don ' t have to forget what you learned at the Academy , you just don ' t throw it in anyone ' s face here . If you ' re really smart , you might even learn a few new things about station security from our Constable . Clear ? " " < br > " " Very clear , sir . " " < br > " " What the hell are you doing in there ? I told you to sweep the docking bay again . " " < br > " " I took a cue from you . " " < br > " " How long have you been a security officer , Lieutenant ? " " < br > " " Six years . Why ? " " < br > " " Lost many Commanders ? " " < br > " " Lost ? " " < br > " " Because you ' ve lost one now . Sisko ' s off the station , missing . All of the senior officers may be missing . I want a sweep of this station , and if the others are missing too , I want to know the last time anybody saw them . I ' m going to contact all ships that have departed since last night . Understood ? " " < br > " " Yes , Constable . " " < br > " " I think we better go take a look . " " < br > " " No , wait a minute , Odo . You can ' t just go storming onto their ship without their permission . " " < br > " " Oh , is that Starfleet policy ? " " < br > " " That ' s right . " " < br > " " Well , I ' m not in Starfleet . Set the coordinates to midway down the second deck corridor . Is it against Starfleet rules to press a few buttons ? " " < br > " " Energizing . " " < br > Appendices . Background information . The invention of the Primmin character came about because Colm Meaney was about to become absent , unable to appear as Chief Miles O ' Brien . Michael Piller noted , " " We had always talked about this Primmin character because Colm was going away to do a movie . " " ( ) Robert Hewitt Wolfe recalled , " " We needed someone there for people to talk to , and we wanted to show what the chain of command was , as far as station security is concerned . The Primmin story did that . " " ( " Robert Hewitt Wolfe - Writer / story editor " , ) The script for " The Passenger " states the pronunciation of Primmin ' s name as " " PRIH - muhn " " . It goes on to describe him as , " " a Starfleet security officer in his mid - thirties . He has a friendly face , an easygoing smile and a passing resemblance to a teddy bear . " " This would put Primmin ' s year of birth around 2334 . Primmin became a suspect in " The Passenger " while the episode was being written . " " What we didn ' t realize , until I started going into my rewrites , was that Primmin would be a good red herring , " " said Michael Piller . ( ) Primmin was played by actor James Lashly . Primmin was included in " Move Along Home " as Colm Meaney remained unavailable , still filming a movie . Following the making of " Move Along Home " , Robert Hewitt Wolfe stated about Primmin , " " I like that character . He ' s sort of the good ol ' boy . I don ' t know if he ' ll be back ; we have no plans to do so right now . " " ( " Robert Hewitt Wolfe - Writer / story editor " , ) Though Primmin only appeared in two episodes of " Deep Space Nine " s first season and was not seen again during the series ' run , a similar character , Michael Eddington , later debuted in season three premiere and became a recurring character . Eddington was another Starfleet security officer , and Odo initially had the same reaction to him as he does to Primmin in " The Passenger " . In his review of " The Passenger " , " Star Trek " author Keith R . A . DeCandido wrote that he would have liked to have seen more of Primmin in future episodes , particularly in relation to the conflict with Odo , and also thought the character was , " " the only compelling element of a very run - of - the - mill plot . " " Apocrypha . In the Pocket DS9 novel " The Big Game " , Starfleet posts a communique for a Human fugitive named L ' sthwan which Primmin then briefs to Odo . Though the communique is very vague , the crew of Deep Space 9 become concerned that L ' sthwan might be on the station when a Romulan female who had arrived to play in The First Annual Deep Space Nine Poker Tournament is murdered while in a practice poker session . Despite Primmin ' s objections , Odo participates in the game , and is able to capture L ' sthwan . Following this , Odo asks Primmin to guard him in the station ' s brig . Primmin ' s mirror universe counterpart is also mentioned as being a member of the Terran Rebellion in the novella " Saturn ' s Children " .