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Benjamin Sisko

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Character
Name: Benjamin Sisko
Occupation: Commander of Space Station; Emissary of the Prophets
Relationships: father of Jake; married to Jennifer (deceased) & later Kasidy Yates; friend of Dax
Fandom: Star Trek: DS9
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Benjamin Sisko by J-Redd, (2009), Watercolour pencils & inks on 2.5" x 3.5" bristol board
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Benjamin Sisko is a major character in Star Trek: DS9, played by Avery Brooks. He's a human Starfleet Officer, commander of the space station Deep Space 9.

He lost his wife in Wolf 359 during the Borg attack, for which he blames Jean-Luc Picard. After being assigned to command Deep Space 9 in the bajoran sector, he moved there with his son Jake. Throughout the course of the show, he grew very close to his command crew on the Station, especially his Bajoran First Officer Kira Nerys, with whom he had a complicated relationship at the beginning of the first season. He's also friends with the Trill Jadzia Dax, who he knows from her previous host Curzon Dax.

From a fan in 2003:

Benji ends up on DS9 despite himself, and stays when he realises that everyone there is as mad as he is he might be able to do some good. Despite the Beard Of EvilTM, he's definitely one of the good guys, even if his ethics are grey in places. His best moment was lying to bring the Romulans into the Dominion War, narrowly beating the time he forced his crew to play baseball. A family man, he brought up his son Jake alone after his wife Jennifer died in the Borg attack at Wolf 359 (see The Next Generation for that one) before finally marrying cargo-ship captain Kassidy Yates. The biggest problem in Ben's life is the fact that the religious population of the nearby planet Bajor believe him to be the Emissary of their gods (the Prophets), who are in fact aliens who live in the local wormhole. Season 7 attempts a not-entirely-convincing retcon where his mother was possessed by a Prophet at the time of his conception - the woman he always thought was his birth mother was in fact his father's second wife. Ben ends the series by, err, ascending to a Higher Plane. Umm. Yeah. [1]

Some Brief Canon Facts

  • moonlights from Starfleet as a Bajoran religious icon
  • exploits the Prophets wormhole aliens to gain unfair advantage in the Dominion War
  • his mother isn't who he thinks she is
  • has a son named Jake
  • lost his first wife to the Borg
  • his close friendship with the previous host of the Dax slug makes him call Jadzia, "Old Man"
  • a baseball fanatic, he always keeps a baseball on his desk
  • a very good cook
  • might be dreaming the entire series...

Fandom

Fanfiction

Unusually for the Captain character, Sisko is not particularly popular in fanfiction. Where he appears at all, he often plays a supporting role in ensemble adventures, or acts as a mentor to his son Jake or to those under his command. Some gen fanfiction explores the revelations about his background from season 7 or the life of his alternate, Benny Russell, from 'Far Beyond the Stars'.

In pairing-centric stories, he's sometimes paired with Kasidy, his second wife in canon, or his friend, Jadzia. Slash stories are relatively rare, with no particular pairing dominating.

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References

  1. ^ from teh nos' (nostalgia_lj) wrote in crack_van, DS9 - TrekCrack for Grown Ups ; archive link (2003-12-24)
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