A common misconception about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is that the series introduced the first Black captain in the franchise. In reality, this was Captain Terrell played by Paul Winfield who sacrificed himself to save Kirk and the others. What some fans may not realize, however, is that when DS9 debuted 30 years ago, Avery Brooks’ Benjamin Sisko held the rank of “Commander” not “Captain.” It wasn’t until much later in the series that Sisko got the fourth pip on his collar.Looking at the bigger picture of the series, it didn’t matter what Sisko’s rank was, really. From the second he set foot on the station he was the “captain.” There was no doubt who was in charge, even with the interesting wrinkle the station was controlled by Bajor, not a member of the Federation. The Bajorans were introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation as a planet occupied by the militaristic Cardassians. After decades of resistance from Bajoran rebels, the Cardassians left the planet and Starfleet stepped in. Sisko was in command of the station, but it was also staffed with members of the Bajoran militia, from Major Kira Nerys to “Constable” Odo’s security forces. Sisko’s mission was two-fold from the beginning. First, he was there to project the strength of Starfleet so the Cardassians didn’t try to retake the planet. Second, he was meant to encourage the Bajoran people to join the United Federation of Planets. However, in the pilot episode, he got a title even more important than “captain.” Upon the discovery of a wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant, he became the Emissary for fourth-dimensional aliens the Bajorans called “the prophets.”In the documentary What We Left Behind, Behr admitted that Sisko should’ve been a captain from the very beginning. Giving Sisko the rank of commander was, as he said, “wrong for the show…wrong for the guy we hired.” At the time of Deep Space Nine’s debut, Brooks was 45, though with his full head of hair and clean-shaven face, he did skew slightly younger. The character was disillusioned with Starfleet, after losing his wife in the Battle of Wolf 359. He resented Captain Picard, who had been assimilated by the Borg and renamed “Locutus.” He was thinking of leaving Starfleet altogether to raise his son.
A common misconception about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is that the series introduced the first Black captain in the franchise. In reality, this was Captain Terrell played by Paul Winfield who sacrificed himself to save Kirk and the others. What some fans may not realize, however, is that when DS9 debuted 30 years ago, Avery Brooks’ Benjamin Sisko held the rank of “Commander” not “Captain.” It wasn’t until much later in the series that Sisko got the fourth pip on his collar.
Looking at the bigger picture of the series, it didn’t matter what Sisko’s rank was, really. From the second he set foot on the station he was the “captain.” There was no doubt who was in charge, even with the interesting wrinkle the station was controlled by Bajor, not a member of the Federation. The Bajorans were introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation as a planet occupied by the militaristic Cardassians. After decades of resistance from Bajoran rebels, the Cardassians left the planet and Starfleet stepped in. Sisko was in command of the station, but it was also staffed with members of the Bajoran militia, from Major Kira Nerys to “Constable” Odo’s security forces. Sisko’s mission was two-fold from the beginning. First, he was there to project the strength of Starfleet so the Cardassians didn’t try to retake the planet. Second, he was meant to encourage the Bajoran people to join the United Federation of Planets. However, in the pilot episode, he got a title even more important than “captain.” Upon the discovery of a wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant, he became the Emissary for fourth-dimensional aliens the Bajorans called “the prophets.”
In the documentary What We Left Behind, Behr admitted that Sisko should’ve been a captain from the very beginning. Giving Sisko the rank of commander was, as he said, “wrong for the show…wrong for the guy we hired.” At the time of Deep Space Nine‘s debut, Brooks was 45, though with his full head of hair and clean-shaven face, he did skew slightly younger. The character was disillusioned with Starfleet, after losing his wife in the Battle of Wolf 359. He resented Captain Picard, who had been assimilated by the Borg and renamed “Locutus.” He was thinking of leaving Starfleet altogether to raise his son.
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