Hello all, Ric here with a video concerning the destinations of the characters of Deep
Space Nine as depicted in apocrypha and canon to speculate where their lives may have taken
them past the ending episodes of “What We Leave Behind”.
As before with the Voyager crew, there are often several different paths penned by multiple
authors but generally these fall into two categories, the Star Trek Destiny timeline,
or First Splinter timeline as it’s called based on the books, and the Star Trek Online
Timeline, based on the games and short stories, sometimes they agree on points, sometimes
not, so I’ll recount both to paint an idea of a character’s future, with canon mentions
of course trumping all.
Starting off with the Captain of Deep Space Nine, the Emissary himself, Benjamin Sisko.
After being saved by the prophets from the Fire Caves on Bajor, he was pulled into their
Celestial Temple for an indeterminate amount of time, but even upon arriving there, he
knew he would be returning at some point in the future.
In books, this occurred relatively quickly, with him arriving back in 2376, on the day
of his and Kasidy Yates’ daughter’s birth.
While in the temple however, he was able to reach out to people and influence certain
events through Prophetic visions, much as the Prophets did on occasion.
Subsequent events have him move to his planned home on Bajor with her and his family and
continue his role as emissary for at least a year, turning down a promotion to admiral.
Moving into the timeline of Destiny now, we have the renewed Borg invasion of 2381 that
prompted him to return to active duty in Starfleet as captain of the USS New York.
This time of conflict also coincided with the loss of his father which caused him to
reconsider his position in Starfleet, but ultimately he remained.
He and his family eventually ended up on the galaxy-class USS Robinson and were still there
by 2386.
Star Trek Online has none of this, having him still within the Celestial Temple by 2411
and Deep Space Nine under the command of Captain Kurland, here.
Next up, Kira Nerys.
So in both continuities, Bajor joined the Federation, the only difference being the
date.
As such, Bajoran Militia personnel were offered positions in Starfleet, and Kira maintained
her Starfleet commission and became the commanding officer of Deep Space Nine.
Here she remained in the position, juggling her duties to Bajor with the new requirements
of a Starfleet officer and walking the political line that the commander of the Station needed.
In 2378, she stepped down from the position and began her training as a Vedek, completing
the training in 3 years.
Eventually, by 2409, she had ascended to the position of Kai of Bajor.
At first I was not sold on this idea, I could see her remaining in Starfleet and DS9 and
although her faith is incredibly important to her, I can’t see her putting up with
the demands of being such a prominent figure in it.
There is a short story covering her position as Kai in this time which sort of makes it
a bit more believable and I’ll link it in the description, but I do like how she is
very much…
still Kira about the whole thing.
Miels Edward O’Brien.
Well, in the far future of Star Trek, he was remembered as an integral part of Starfleet,
which is great.
But a little closer to the ending of DS9 saw him accept a teaching position on Earth at
Starfleet Academy as a professor of Engineering.
With the destruction wrought on Cardassia at the hands of the Dominion however, the
Federation began working to help them rebuild, including the Andak project in 2376.
This was an agricultural initiative to restore the long abused natural biomes of Cardassia
for sustainable farmland, headed by Keiko O’Brien, which meant the family had to relocate
there.
Now, the books also go on to have Deep Space Nine destroyed and a replacement built, which
had O’Brien return as Chief Engineer in 2383 and received a promotion to Master Chief
Petty Officer.
Yes.
O’Brien became Master Chief, interpret that as you will.
Now, Ezri Dax is an interesting one as she spends her initial time remaining on DS9 learning
more about the previous Dax hosts and developing based on their experiences.
This prompts her to switch divisions to command and begin her path to captaincy, drawing on
the hundreds of years of knowledge from Dax to do so.
In 2380, the USS Aventine, Starfleet’s first Quantum slipstream vessel prototype was fielded
and Ezri selected as the second officer.
However in the Borg battles of the Destiny timeline, both the captain and XO were killed,
so she ended up in command far earlier than she expected.
This is where she remained, taking a promotion to lieutenant commander, then commander and
finally captain over the years.
In 2401, STO continuity, she and Bashir retire in protest from Starfleet, over the Federation’s
inaction to get involved in the Klingon-Gorn War and return to Trill together, where Bashir
opens a private practice.
Eventually, Ezri resumes her old posting on the Aventine and by 2410, she is still in
command of the ship and undertaking missions alongside her husband and their children.
The Destiny timeline has her and Bashir split up as he embarks upon a very different path.
Speaking off…
Julian Bashir.
So this one diverges quite a bit.
I’ve already alluded to his path in Ezri’s potential future, but in the Destiny timeline,
he and Ezri sadly split up, boo.
Bashir remained aboard DS9 in this timeline of events, eventually rekindling his romance
with Sarina Douglas who was now in Starfleet Intelligence and secretly a Section 31 agent.
He then goes on to create a cure for the growing Andorian reproductively problem in 2385, but
it involves classified research and genetic alteration, which gets him discharged from
Starfleet.
He then goes on to infiltrate Section 31 by accepting their recruitment attempts and exposes
the organisation to the public and bests the Control Program running it all.
While I don’t object to the whole Section 31 thing, I do think that I prefer his chronology
winding him up on the Aventine.
This is where Star Trek Online has him, as the Chief Medical officer.
However, with the recent alterations to the First Splinter Timeline, the existence of
the USS Aventine is now in question with Admiral Janeway’s USS Dauntless appearing to be
the prototype for Federation slipstream travel.
Worf has recently had his future rewritten in the Prime timeline, and if they hold true
to what they’ve written, then he is the Captain of the Enterprise E now, or at least,
as of 2387.
After DS9, we know he accepted the role of the Federation Ambassador to Qo’Nos and
left with Martok to undertake that role.
In 2379 , he returned to the Enterprise for Riker and Troi’s wedding and remained aboard
for the subsequent Shinzon Incident.
After the loss of Commander Data, and Riker departing for the Titan, he elected to remain
aboard in the role of First Officer.
With Picard stepping away to manage the Romulan evacuation in 2382, Worf was appointed for
the position as captain, however objections were raised over his past reprimand, but it
was ultimately decided that it would foster relations with the Klingon Empire if he accepted.
Currently, this is where we leave him as his fate and that of the Enterprise E are still
unannounced as of this video.
In later life however, he is often depicted returning to Qo’nos to resume his role as
ambassador between the Klingon Empire and Federation.
Odo is an interesting one, as he does return to the Great Link to cure them of the Section
31 affliction and spread his experiences of solid life among them.
This brings a slight level of compassion to the Great Link, and therefore the Dominion,
allowing for a less militant approach on occasion, however the Dominion is still the Dominion
and change does not come overnight.
He makes the occasional foray back through the wormhole to visit Bajor, but for the most
part his duties are bound up with the Dominion and his people.
In 2410 however, he returns to the stage at the head of a Dominion fleet and enters the
Alpha Quadrant… to help the Federation and Bajor against the return of the Hur’q, his
desire to foster cooperation between the two galactic powers still very much the focus
of his work.
Additionally, as changelings are fundamentally immortal, it is a role that he is suited to
take on as the millennia old Dominion is going to be a slow force to turn around, and they
have fostered much resentment that they have to undo.
And I couldn’t not mention Nog.
His last appearance saw him promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade where he continued to serve on
Deep Space Nine under Kira’s command.
According to various books, he takes on roles in both Security and Engineering, and eventually
leaves the station around the mid-2380s.
From here he becomes involved in the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, serving on several ships
in that wing, including the USS Challenger and works with both Montgomery Scott and Geordi
LaForge.
For a time in 2397, he is the Chief Engineer on the Enterprise E, and by 2410, he is a
captain.
He then goes on to command the USS Chimera and take part in numerous events in that timeline.
Whatever events the shows ultimately canonise, it is fact that he must have accomplished
great feats in his tenure within Starfleet, as by the 32nd-century, some 800 years after
him, there is a vessel named the USS Nog NCC-325070.
So clearly he had a notable career.
So with those characters all wrapped up, there is a final point I’d like to put out there.
The Star Trek book chronology has recently been categorised as its own timeline in the
official canon, while the Prime Timeline has continued on in its own series of books.
This was done so as not to overwrite and invalidate the Destiny timeline and I’m currently compiling
notes on those books, but it does mean that any character’s future is up in the air
now however inspiration is often taken from these apocryphal tales.
Ezri Dax and Julian Bashir seem to currently be the most potentially altered by future
events, what with Dax’s whole ship being in question, that would fundamentally alter
the direction of their tale.
Personally, I don’t mind as long as they remain together, I’m a soft-hearted for
their romance story.
Personally, when it comes to the fates of Sisko and Kira, I enjoy the endings for them
that have Sisko return and live out his life on Bajor with his family.
If I had it my way, this is where we would stay, in his role as Emissary and enjoying
his peaceful retirement while helping Bajor.
On the flip side of this, I like the notion that Kira would remain in Starfleet, taking
command of DS9 and all that entails, a native Bajoran, leading the important station.
It creates a bit of a switch between Sisko and Kira, with Benjamin finding a home and
purpose on Bajor, with Kira swapping out and finding a place watching over it, within Starfleet.
There are other characters, like Quark and Jake and Garak, but that’s enough for one
video, covering the rest would bloat this one even more and there are always more characters
to examine.
I’m saying I’ll probably do a part 2 to this one to cover them, but for now, thank
you for watching this video, I’ve been Ric and I’ll see you next time for another one,
goodbye!
Oh, I almost forgot about Morn, well, he-…