Star Trek: 10 Secrets About Deep Space 9 You Need To Know

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[proteus]

I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, North Haverbrook and DS9, and, by gum, it put them on the map!

[richardtela]

"There are 4 lights" impersonation was actually pretty good..

[thebookwasbetter]

The western frontier comparison is quite thoughtful. Saloon, jail, schoolhouse. Never noticed that. Bravo.

[Admiral-tzsp]

Deep space nine is a treasure to Star Trek that will stay with us forever.

[jolan_tru]

One of my favourite DS9 Easter Eggs:
While Nana Visitor was dating Alexander Siddig, he introduced her to a comedy show called "One Foot In the Grave"
The cast and crew became a fan of the show and started introducing Victor Meldrew's catchphrase of "I do not believe it!" anywhere they could cram it in, but apparently only one actually made it on-air in the episode "Tribunal"

[davidpumpkinsjr.]

I always imagine that even though Starfleet officers don't get paid, ones stationed in places where money is used probably receive some kind of stipend in Federation Credits. This theory goes hand-in-hand with the implication that money is not used on core worlds of the Federation, but is used on the frontiers. As we saw in TNG, Dr. Crusher purchased a bolt of cloth at Farpoint and "charges it to her account on the Enterprise."

I know Gene Roddenberry insisted that the Federation didn't have money, but that's nonsense. Nog taught us all that the Great Material Continuum keeps the galaxy moving and Nog would never give up a bum steer.

[tedeng]

LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU >
"Del Florio's Tailor Shop" is also a reference to the 1960's spy series, "The Man From UNCLE."

[julianaylor]

Remember when they tripped a Cardassian security system, designed to stop its former commander from surrendering to a Bajoran slave uprising, which amongst other episodes, draws attention to the fact Star Fleet was upgrading the station.

[ForbinsColossus]

While the ATM is never referenced on screen, Mike Okuda did point it out, and showed it close up, during a walk through of the Promenade in one of the “Making of” documentaries. It’s worth noting that unlike the sets for the Enterprise D, all of the sets for DS9 were built to feature film quality just in case they were needed for movies.

[KevsterWilson]

TNG, Voyager & Enterprise all had open lifts that dropped between levels in Engineering & was a few scenes where we see the crew using them.

[DerekScottAbdn]

Weren’t the elevators beside the warp cores of Enterprise D and Voyager real too? Not turbolifts though, I suppose?

[NFITC]

I'm going back through DS9 now. I introduced my wife to it and it has a special place in our hearts. We didn't know any of these things. It's really neat to know our fave Star Trek series still has lots of hidden gems in it.

Here's something you might not have known, at least you didn't mention it: The stardates are usually just made up numbers the team uses to indicate passing time with the first year of TNG begining at 41XXX and incrementing by 1000 over the course of each season the show was being produced. It's no secret that they didn't air in sequence, sometimes causing impossible overlaps in events within the same series.
The first station log of DS9 entered by the then Commander Sisko was 46379.1. That puts it a less than a week after the first log entry used in "Chain of Command, Part 2" (at 46360.8). So them interacting with the DS9 cast would have made little sense unless it was planned for them to be at Terok Nor just before the Cardassian withdrawal. Using stardates would also mean that the Enterprise officially was at DS9 a total of three times: The beginning of "Emissary", the end of "Emissary" and a few days after the events of the DS9 episode "The Passenger" when the events of "Birthright, Part 1" occurred.

[mrbenmall]

I had the opportunity to visit the DS9 set while they were shooting a scene on the Promenade. Another interesting fact (to me anyway): the actors walk very slowly when shooting scenes on the Promenade. It doesn't appear that way on screen but when you're watching them in person, it was surprising.

[azraelle]

Last time I was this early to a video, DS9 still orbited Bajor.

[danielgertler]

I guess an ATM makes sense...I always just figured the Federation may not use money within it's borders but it had latinum or the like to trade with other powers and it was giving the DS9 crew an allowance of sorts so they could live in DS9.

[crazypomp]

There was a time in life when I cracked a joke or two about "Star Trek nerds." But then I started watching a lot of BBC America after I got into Doctor Who, and they were airing TNG reruns all the time. I would usually leave it on as background noise until "Chain of Command" caught my attention one day, and I started actually watching when the show was on and finished the series on Netflix at some point. Naturally, I eventually moved on to DS9, and my God it was glorious. TNG was great, but DS9 is one of the best shows I've ever seen. It was outstanding. It started stronger in early going, and for 3 straight seasons from 4 through 6, it rarely dipped below a B+ level of quality. It's an absolute triumph of the sci fi genre, and we're lucky to have it. I don't know which Trek show is the best Star Trek (though I do know it's definitely not Voyager and ppl who claim otherwise are delusional), but DS9 is by far the best general TV show of the bunch.

[cranbers]

My favorite series of all time, I hope the "next generation" born after year 2000, gets to experience the joy and entertainment this kind of writing and quality brings to sci fi.

[dca-Letsplay]

I like how Star Trek online depicted DS9s future, Kira did become Vedik but they found the Vedik from season 1 and then Kira Joined Starfleet And was commissioned as Captain and took command of the station and by extension the Defiant, quark was still running his bar and Morn the best character would sit and regal everyone with his amazing tales, man what a mouth on that guy

[Glacier]

Sorry to be 'that guy', but about Number 7: A few tidbits you missed out was 'Diva Droid Corporation' and the 'Jupiter Mining Corporation', both Easter Eggs from 'Red Dwarf', you also have 'Spacely Sprockets', an Easter Egg from 'The Jetsons' and Tom Servo's Used Robots is an easter egg from 'MST3K'... I'm gonna stop there but, yeah, the directory is full of easter eggs. (Worst kept secret ever, I know)

[lauranolastnamegiven]

can you imagine the fees (at least for non-Ferengi) charged in a Ferengi banking system (including to use its ATMs)?