"God sent me" and you have to believe her.
YepThat has been one of my favorite combat scenes in any sci fi franchise since it first aired.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine came about as a response to Babylon 5 - the creator had pitched the idea to Paramount for a Star Trek series set on a space station and they decided to pass on it at the time. So he tweaked things a bit, and created Babylon 5 first as a made for TV movie that was essentially the pilot - it got picked up for syndicated TV - but not until *after* Paramount had announced and released Star Trek: DS9 which premiered 1 month before the pilot of Babylon 5. Funny how closely the two series were.
Both had to feature small craft that allowed the main characters to venture away from the station, but when that grew tiresome, both introduced a big bad new enemy, along with a tiny but mighty warship designed in secret. Both had a commanding officer who wound up as a "chosen one" - Commander Jeffery Sinclair being "Valen" and Commander / Captain Sisko being one of the "Prophets". Both had a major war arc as integral to the majority of the series. Both featured a male lead with female first officer, who had a deceased wife and would wind up remarrying near the end of the show's run.
Babylon 5 also wound up with some Star Trek alums working behind the scene, long time Star Trek writer DC Fontana who helped write episodes for Bab 5.
Damn I'm a geek.
I love Babylon 5 and DS9 is the best of the Trek series in my opinion.
"I know you. I was like you once. But then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed with the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves Paradise, everyone should want to be in the Federation! Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators because one day, they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways, you're even worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious, you assimilate people - and they don't even know it."
Realizing the Federation weren't the good guys we thought they were was an amazing storyline move in DS9
I love Babylon 5 and DS9 is the best of the Trek series in my opinion.
"I know you. I was like you once. But then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed with the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves Paradise, everyone should want to be in the Federation! Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators because one day, they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways, you're even worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious, you assimilate people - and they don't even know it."
Realizing the Federation weren't the good guys we thought they were was an amazing storyline move in DS9
DS9 also got ambitious in other ways. I never, ever thought I'd see battles on-screen with hundreds of starships maneuvering and taking fire...until Deep Space Nine came along. The first hint was the Klingon assault on the station, where they showed why being on a space station might not be such a bad thing in a battle ("Right now, I've got five thousand photon torpedoes armed and ready to launch. If you don't believe me, feel free to scan the station") and then the Dominion war really got rolling and we had scenes like these:
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As a kid I could never have imagined Star Trek even considering battle scenes like this. That, and taking the risk of making the Dominion war a story arc over multiple seasons...definitely a risk for a syndicated show.
First of all TNG was the best Trek. Second they should have made Starship troopers into a series. Third.. bump..
And DS9 had the best character in all of Star Trek.. Elim Garak.
"I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences."
TNG reinvigorated Trek, but DS9 was some of the best storytelling and explored more morally ambiguous subject matter. And it had more Klingons, which is always fun.
What threads locked, and no BUMP. ya gatta have a BUMP