Star Trek Deep Space Nine takes place in the 24th century and
chronicles the adventures of Deep Space Nine a run-down space station in
orbit around a stripped mining planet. Avery Brooks plays Benjamin Sisko,The Captain of Deep Space Nine. The stations most important
feature is its proximity to a cosmic "wormhole" a tear in space
that acts as a shortcut to the unexplored other side of the galaxy. Because
of the wormhole. Deep Space Nine is now a strategically important area for
the Federation
