Benjamin Sisko is a major character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is the starfleet officer assigned to manage the titular space station who attempts to protect the Alpha Quadrant from a corrupt empire called the Dominion which is under the leadership of corrupt shapeshifters known as the founders.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- Saved his son Jake when the Borg attacked and tried to do the same for his wife Jennifer.
- Raised Jake alone after Jennifer's death.
- Helped Keiko set up a school on the station.
- Despite his initial disapproval he accepted Jake's friendship with Nog after seeing their genuine care for one another.
- Protected Odo from the Bajorans when he was framed for murder.
- Assisted O'Brien in helping Tosk escape captivity.
- Tried to prove Jadzia Dax wasn't culpable for the actions of past hosts when she was put on trial.
- Evacuates civilians when Bajoran extremists attack DS 9 and offers to allow any of the men or women under his command to leave with them.
- Comforts Kira after Li's death.
- Refused to sacrifice a smaller universe to preserve his own, managing to save them both.
- Saved Gul Dukat from being killed by the Maqui.
- Offered his friend Cal Hudson a chance to return to Starfleet when he joined the Maqui.
- Worked with Dukat to stop Central Command's weapons smuggling.
- Refused to kill Hudson despite Dukat urging him to.
- Saved O'Brien when he was captured and tortured by Cardassians.
- Refused to leave Quark behind when they were both captured by the Jem'Hadar.
- Saved Kira from the Obsidian Order alongside Odo and Garak.
- Pulls strings to get the death penalty taken off the table for Thomas Riker.
- Helps Nog join starfleet.
- Claimed to be Gabriel Bell after the real man was killed and saved all the hostages District A, keeping the timeline in tact.
- Saves Odo from Enabran Tain despite the orders of his superiors.
- He and Worf convinced Gowron to call off his forces during the first battle of Deep Space Nine.
- Stopped Leyton from destroying the Defiant and his larger goal of creating a Military Occupation on Earth.
- Heped prove Worf's innocence when he was accused of murder.
- Helped Quark after Brunt seized his assets.
- Put himself in danger by going to the Founders' homeworld in order to save Odo when he was sick.
- Went back in time to prevent a plot by Darvin to kill Captain Kirk, averting potentially disastrous changes to the timeline.
- Worked with Rom to get Jake and Nog to reconcile after they fell out.
- Captured Michael Eddington.
- Worked with Eddington to save members of the Maqui from the Jem'Hadar
- Comes up with a plan to retake DS9 from the Dominion which works.
- Felt sympathy for Dukat when his daughter died despite all he'd done.
- Helped Worf and Jadzia reconcile in time for their wedding.
- Supported Bashir when he was arrested for supposedly being a Dominion Spy and tried to protect him from having his rights violated.
- Agreed to provide a prisoner for Quark to trade to the Dominion in exchange for the release of his mother.
- Brought the Romulans into the Dominion War in an effort to save the Alpha Quadrant.
- Stayed behind during the Siege of AR-588 to fight the Jem'Hadar despite being massively outnumbered and suceeded in winning the battle.
- Comforts Nog when he is hurt in the Siege.
- Unlike most of Jadzia's other friends he was quick to accept Ezri and supported during her time on the station.
- Encouraged Worf to accept the job as Klingon Ambassador.
- Trapped Dukat who intended to destroy the universe in the Fire Caves.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- Though he evacuated first he rendered a maqui planet uninhabitable for fifty years in order to capture Eddington.
- He and Garak plotted together to bring the Romulans into the war against the Dominion by having a criminal named Grathon Tolar fake a recording of the Dominion planning to attack the Romulan homeworld. When Tolar attempts to kill Quark Sisko bribes him for his silence then reluctantly provides gel that can be used to make Biogenic Weapons to a contact of Garak's who has a rod needed to fake the recording. When the romulan senator Vreenak sees through the deception and Garak has him murdered to blame it on the Dominion Sisko decides to hide it, considering the compromise worth the lives saved.