Subsequently, Deep Space Nine became a major stopping off point for traffic travelling to the Gamma Quadrant via the wormhole. Chief Miles O'Brien was able to modify the station's shield system to allow it to be moved at modest sub light speed, and DS9 was moved to the mouth of the wormhole where a Bajoran officer claimed the anomaly for the Bajoran government - over the objections of the Cardassians.
An artificial anomaly created by a race of sentient beings, this wormhole is unique in being completely stable. įate had other plans for DS9 however within days of Commander Sisko taking over the station a wormhole was discovered nearby. The outgoing Cardassian forces had rendered the ore processing systems non-functional, while many other major systems had been badly damaged. Initially the station - now renamed Deep Space Nine by the Federation - was intended to operate as little more than an orbital port facility. Starfleet appointed Commander Benjamin Sisko to run the station and he assumed command in 2369. In addition the intentions of the Cardassian government regarding their sovereignty were unclear to them, so the Federation was asked to take over command of the station and operate it for the Bajoran people. Īt this time the Bajoran provisional government had neither the equipment nor the experience to run a space station like Terok Nor. When the Cardassian occupation ended, they therefore had to abandon Terok Nor and its sister station Empok Nor in place. The station has no Warp or Impulse drive and is not suited to towing it was therefore considered essentially a fixed orbital base with a very limited ability to manoeuvre in space. Built in place by Bajoran slave labour during the Cardassian occupation of that planet, Terok Nor - as it was then known - served as a major administrative centre for the Cardassian forces as well as housing a large ore processing facility manned by Bajoran workers. Notes One of the most unique installations under Federation administration, Deep Space Nine started life as a Cardassian space station in orbit of the planet Bajor. Limited motion available on thrusters only Īpproximately equivalent to Starfleet grade 4/5 High Capacity shield system, total capacity 8,640,000 TeraJoulesĦ Pylon docking ports 12 Docking ring ports 6 landing pads Taken into Starfleet service 2369.Ħ3 x Type X phaser arrays, total output 1,250,000 TeraWatts Built during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.
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