Bajoran religious leader Kai Opaka makes a surprise visit to Deep Space Nine. While touring the station, she makes it known that she wishes to go through the wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant. Acting as guides, Commander Sisko, Major Kira, and Dr. Bashir accompany her. In the Gamma Quadrant, a subspace message is received from a moon of a planet. Venturing closer, the Runabout Yangtzee Kiang's sensors reveal artificial satellites surrounding the moon. One of the satellites attacks the Runabout, resulting in the vessel crashing on the moon's surface and hugging the Kai. As the rest of the crew exit the downed craft, a group of mercenaries "welcomes" them to the moon.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Emissary, Part I
• s01e02 - Emissary, Part II
• s01e03 - Past Prologue
• s01e04 - A Man Alone
• s01e05 - Babel
• s01e06 - Captive Pursuit
• s01e07 - Q-Less
• s01e08 - Dax
• s01e09 - The Passenger
• s01e10 - Move Along Home
• s01e11 - The Nagus
• s01e12 - Vortex
• s01e13 - Battle Lines
• s01e14 - The Storyteller
• s01e15 - Progress
• s01e16 - If Wishes Were Horses
• s01e17 - The Forsaken
• s01e18 - Dramatis Personae
• s01e19 - Duet
• s01e20 - In the Hands of the Prophets

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Show Summary

When the Cardassian occupation of Bajor ended in 2369, the mining space station Terok Nor was left abandoned, its systems ripped out. By invitation of the Bajoran provisional government, Starfleet stepped in to oversee the rebuilding and day-to-day operations of the newly christened Deep Space Nine.

The years of Starfleet's nonintervention into Cardassian matters, however, had taken its toll on relations with the Bajorans. Consequently, Starfleet's position was a tenuous one; many Bajorans, suspicious and hostile as a result of decades of Cardassian oppression and brutality, did not greet the Federation's presence with open arms. The Federation's assistance is put to the test as DS9 becomes a center of travel and commerce that stretches into the Gamma Quadrant.