With a Deep Space Nine two-parter full of twists, Star Trek canon changed forever.
The rest isallcharacter work.
For two seasons, DS9 was protected by a bunch of souped-up shuttle crafts known as runabouts.
Sisko says, Its overgunned and overpowered for a ship its size.
This ship is hardcore!
But, interestingly, by having theDefiantbe utterly unstable,DS9was bringingTrekback to its roots.
And yet, smartly, The Search pulls its punches with the introduction of theDefiant.
After heading into the Gamma Quadrant to find the Founders, theDefiantis jumped by some JemHadar warships andloses.
The rest of the first episode, and all of the second part, arent really about theDefiantat all.
Part of the influence was Isaac AsimovsFoundationbooks, and Wolfespecifically referredto the Dominion as an Anti-Federation.
From one-liners inLower Decks(The Dominion War didnt happen, Changelings, arent real!)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is streaming now on Paramount+.
