The informant is subsequently executed by the Dominion, causing Captain Benjamin Sisko, the commander of Deep Space Nine, to caution that Starfleet might not grant Worf his own command after this incident, but adds that had he been forced to choose between his duty and his wife, he would have done the same thing.

Sisko met Ezri for the first time while he was still on extended personal leave on Earth and Ezri subsequently assisted the Sisko family in their search for a new Bajorian orb.

* Sisko was something of a shady pirate, but later started the Terran Rebellion, although he was subsequently killed.

Dukat storms out, and Sisko awards custody of the boy to Pa ' Dar, who reassures Sisko that Dukat will never reveal what happened now that he too has been humiliated.

Sisko decides to investigate further and has the man held in custody.

Tandro tries to use the Federation-Klaesron treaty, which allows for extradition to get Commander Sisko to release Dax to their custody.

After receiving orders from Sisko not to carry out the honor killing, Worf arranged for his brother to have cosmetic surgery and his memory wiped so he could start a new life with no ties to the House of Mogh.

When Sisko eventually returned with a fleet of Federation ships to retake the station, Worf and Martok lobbied Gowron to send Klingon ships to join the battle.

Under the leadership of Damar, the Cardassian Union, along with the Dominion, continued to gain ground over the Klingon-Federation alliance, and even after Benjamin Sisko and Elim Garak tricked the Romulans into breaking their nonaggression treaty with the Dominion and joining the alliance (" In the Pale Moonlight ") they still managed to keep the upper hand.

Despite the refusal of Admiral Ross and Captain Sisko to drink bloodwine with Martok in the halls of Cardassian Central Command, the Federation and Klingons remain allies.

Circa stardate 51721. 3 ( September 20, 2374 ), Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko and Elim Garak tried to trick the Romulans into joining the war against the Dominion by faking recordings of a Dominion strategy meeting discussing the plan to conquer the Romulans along with the Klingons and Federation.

Benjamin Sisko, impersonating his Mirror Universe counterpart, claims that he is going to negotiate with the Romulans to secure their aid for the Terran Rebellion, suggesting that the Romulans are a significant power.

The creators of Deep Space Nine wanted a strong-willed Bajoran character who would engender interpersonal conflict with the station's commander, Benjamin Sisko.

Threatened with Dominion penetration into the inner sphere of the Federation, the Alliance forces were at a disadvantage, but were saved when the Romulan Star Empire entered the war on their side in response to an alleged, but faked Dominion plan of assaulting the Empire that Sisko and Garak created.

The Prophets exist as timeless beings, with their first ( known ) encounter with corporeal beings ( specifically, Benjamin Sisko ) resulting in a long and confusing conversation as to how linear time works.

Benjamin Sisko, a human Starfleet officer, filled this role when he made first contact with the beings believed by the Bajorans to be the Prophets, and the enigmatic beings spoke to him on several other occasions, either to deliver a message or fulfill a task.

Although his role was never entirely clear ( and Sisko himself was visibly uncomfortable with it for the first few years ), the Bajorans respected and admired Sisko as their Emissary, and he carried Bajor through several hardships.

Along with Commander Sisko, Quark was also among the first to encounter the genetically engineered soldiers of the Dominion, the Jem ' Hadar.

Afterward, Sisko took a position at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on Mars, overseeing the development of new ships, including the USS Defiant, which was created specifically to contend with the Borg threat.

Sisko's first contact with the aliens is awkward and difficult for both parties ; but the encounter helps Sisko recognize that he has never allowed himself to move beyond the bitterness and grief of losing his wife, as well as his anger towards Picard.

Sisko at first clashes with Major Kira and on more than one occasion has to rein her in by asserting his authority.

Their relationship reached a new level of personal comfort when Sisko was injured during a battle with the Dominion and Kira did her best to care for him ; telling him a story and praying to the Prophets in process.

Indeed, Sisko would call Jadzia " old man ", the same nickname he had used with Curzon.

Upon meeting Ezri, Sisko promised to help her through the transition of being joined as well as helping her come to terms with the reality of her situation and Sisko found comfort in having his friend back, if even indirectly.

The wormhole's discovery cements in Opaka's and other Bajorans ' minds the notion that Sisko is the Emissary of the Prophets, a title and set of responsibilities with which Sisko is initially ill at ease.

In 2369 Sisko is assigned to the Bajoran sector to command Deep Space Nine and to help Bajor's recovery from the recently-concluded Cardassian occupation, shepherding them toward possible membership in the United Federation of Planets.

Commander Benjamin Sisko is assigned by Starfleet as station commander of " Deep Space Nine " in orbit of Bajor, previously used by the Cardassian Union during its occupation of the planet, now repurposed to help Bajor to enter into the Federation.

With the help of Odo, the station's chief of security, Sisko manages to convince the Ferengi barkeeper, Quark, to remain aboard the station, helping to keep the station as an active waypoint for ships as well as providing Jake a friend in Quark's nephew, Nog.

After his vision, the Kai tells Sisko that she believes him to be the " Emissary ", a messiah figure who will help Bajor, and gives him the Orb to study further.

When the Enterprise arrives in response to Kira's earlier call for help, Sisko informs Picard that he plans to remain station commander indefinitely.

He tells Sisko his presence on the border is a joke ; his assignment has been to help colonists whose land the Federation gave to Cardassia adjust to the new circumstances.

Dukat explains that Cardassian Central Command is unaware of his presence on DS9, but he has come unofficially to help Sisko find the truth about the destruction of the freighter.

After a bomb is detonated in the school, Commander Sisko is forced to seek help from Vedek Bareil, a Bajoran spiritual leader who has a different ideology than Winn.

Sisko promises to help Haneek and her people find a new homeland, and when several more Skrreean ships come through the wormhole, they are welcomed warmly.

Sick of the losses the Federation is taking in the war, Sisko enlists Garak's help in getting the Romulans to join the Federation against the Dominion.

She fills Sisko in on Garak's plan, hoping he will help out of loyalty to the Intendant, but he is unmoved.

Sisko and Kira urge him to help bring stability to Bajor, but shortly thereafter Li is caught trying to stow-away on a departing freighter.

Sisko seeks Starfleet's help, but the Prime Directive prevents it from interfering.

Benjamin Sisko and Li Nalas help stop DS9 from being commandeered by the Bajorans, while Kira and Dax try to put an end to the Circle.

In the mean time, Mareel has realized that the man she loves truly is gone and decides to help Sisko.

Kira is waiting for Odo when he returns to his own office, and she solicits his help in her plan to eliminate Sisko and O ' Brien.

Although she tells Sisko to leave her behind, he and Kira help her walk across a ledge on the rock face.

Smiley once again recruited Sisko in order to help them finish construction of the Defiant in time.