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Benjamin Sisko
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Captain Benjamin Sisko |
PERSONNEL FILE: Sisko, Benjamin
Played By: Avery Brooks
Full Name: Benjamin Lafayette Sisko
Year of birth: 2332
Place of birth: New Orleans, Earth
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sisko (update: it has been learned that
Sisko was born to Sarah, Joseph's first wife [d. 2336], but only knew his
stepmother)
Education: Starfleet Academy, 2350-54
Marital status: (at time of disappearance) married to Kasidy Yates 2375;
previously married to Jennifer Sisko (d. 2367)
Children: One son, Jake, born 2355; wife pregnant with second child as of
2375
Current status: MISSING IN ACTION, 2375 (last known whereabouts: Bajor)
Final rank: Captain
Final assignment: Commanding officer, Deep Space Nine/U.S.S. Defiant
Starfleet Career Summary
Prior – Assigned to U.S.S. Livingston and, under Capt. Leyton, promoted to lieutenant commander and first officer of U.S.S. Okinawa.
2367 – As lieutenant commander and first officer of U.S.S. Saratoga, survived ship's loss against Borg at Battle of Wolf 359; assigned to Utopia Planetia Shipyards on Mars and oversaw development of Defiant-class warship, which was later mothballed.
2369 – Led Starfleet contingent on Bajoran-owned Deep Space Nine; helped discover Bajoran wormhole, made first contact with its builders, the nonlinear "Prophets."
2370 – Made first contact with the Jem'Hadar and Dominion in Gamma Quadrant.
2371 – Given command of experimental U.S.S. Defiant to beef up DS9 defences; later promoted to captain.
2372 – Temporary assignment, Chief of Starfleet Security on Earth.
2373 – Caused postponement of Bajoran admission into UFP based on visions he claimed to receive from "Prophet" aliens; forged Federation-Klingon alliance to fight Dominion; deployed minefield at wormhole to prevent incursion of Dominion reinforcements; subsequently led evacuation of Starfleet personnel from DS9 while under Dominion attack, allowing control of station to revert back to Cardassian leadership; commanded Defiant during several months of front-line fighting.
2374 – Promoted to Admiral William Ross' strategy adjutant after successful infiltration mission in Dominion space; led task force to recapture Deep Space Nine and prevented passage of Dominion reinforcements through wormhole, apparently due to his relationship with "Prophets"; involved in persuading Romulan Empire to join Alliance; awarded Christopher Pike Medal of Valor by Adm. Ross; led invasion force to liberate Chin'toka System from Dominion; took indefinite leave of absence to mourn death of Jadzia Dax and for personal reflection.
2375 – Returned to duty on Deep Space Nine after three-month leave; commanded Defiant in Chin'toka battle against Breen, but forced to abandon ship upon its destruction; assigned command of U.S.S. Sao Paulo, subsequently renamed Defiant; with Adm. Ross and Chancellor Martok, led offensive against Cardassia which ultimately effected surrender of Dominion and end of war; last seen travelling alone to Bajor reportedly to "fulfill his destiny" — abandoned runabout was found in orbit over Bajor, but body was never located. (Wife reported being contacted by Sisko in a vision, claiming he had "joined the Prophets" and would return at some unknown time.)
Psychological Profile, Medical File Extract:
Report of Chief Medical Officer Julian Bashir, M.D. (acting in counsellor's
capacity)
***Starfleet Biographical File appended
Following the tragedy of his wife's death fighting the Borg at Wolf 359, Sisko entered a dark period for three years at Utopia Planetia and very nearly resigned from Starfleet rather than take the Deep Space Nine assignment — until an encounter with the Bajorans' "Prophet" aliens and the discovery of their wormhole jump-started his healing and set him on an ongoing journey in that role, energizing his life once again. Moreover, his one-time ambitions to make admiral as soon as possible have yielded to his realization that he's more suited to making decisions work than just making them — a prime reason for his success as a "builder" at DS9 and for Bajoran-UFP relations, along with defending against external threats such as the Dominion, the Maquis, and foreign powers.
Sisko is very much proud of his New Orleans upbringing, where his father was a gourmet chef and insisted the family dine together to try out his new dishes. Sisko had worked summers in his father's restaurant, simply called Sisko's, where he had a job by age 15. Along with his brothers he has a sister, who lives in Portland, Ore.; the boys had to pick vegetables in their family garden as youngsters. He had a crush on one Effie Beaumont, but later dated Zoey Phillips for three years.
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