
Damar believes they are behind a sabotage attempt by Rom, who now works as a Ferengi technician. Once the Dominion leaders leave, Damar asks Dukat's permission to detain Major Kira, Jake Sisko and Leeta. While the destruction of the Federation minefield is several weeks behind schedule, it will be ready to be destroyed in only eight hours. He informs the other Dominion leaders, saying that he will allow the bulk of the Federation fleet to penetrate behind Dominion lines, then use superior numbers to surround the enemy. Sisko orders Federation fighters to attack the Cardassian warships making up a portion of the Dominion fleet, hoping the more emotional Cardassians will pursue the ships, creating a hole in the Dominion lines.Īboard Deep Space Nine, Gul Dukat is aware of Sisko's ruse. PlotĬaptain Sisko, aboard the starship Defiant, commands a fleet ordered to retake Deep Space Nine before the Dominion destroys a minefield blocking the Bajoran wormhole, which links the Alpha Quadrant to Dominion territory in the Gamma Quadrant.

At the end of season five, Dominion forces led by Gul Dukat and Weyoun invaded Bajoran space, forcing the Starfleet crew manning Deep Space Nine to abandon the station. This is the final episode of the seven-part story that began in the final episode of the fifth season. The episode's plot details the efforts of the United Federation of Planets to retake space station Deep Space Nine from the forces of the Dominion. For more, check out the top episodes from the original series and Next Generation." Sacrifice of Angels" was the sixth episode from the sixth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 130th episode overall. Here, you'll find the cast and crew of DS9 sharing what makes these episodes among the best of what they did from 1993-99. Every day through Friday, we're breaking that list down even further - ranking the episodes by individual series. To mark the 50th anniversary of Star Trek this month, The Hollywood Reporter counted down the top 100 episodes of Star Trek across all six TV series. Over seven seasons and 176 episodes, fans were delighted by the work of stars Avery Brooks ( Sisko), Rene Auberjonois ( Odo), Terry Farrell ( Dax) Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) Colm Meaney (O'Brien) Armin Shimerman (Quark), Alexander Siddig ( Bashir), Nana Visitor (Kira) Michael Dorn ( Worf) and Nicole de Boerwhich. The series was grittier and more serialized than any Trek that came before.

Though Deep Space Nine was the fourth Star Trek series to hit the airwaves, it is number one in the hearts of many Trekkies.
