LIFE AND LEGACY OF BENJAMIN SISKO

A survivor of the infamous Battle of Wolf 359, Benjamin Lafayette Sisko originally felt displeased regarding his posting to Deep Space 9, but the presence of the Bajoran wormhole and a connection to the local population soon quelled those concerns. Within seven years, Sisko faced down the Dominion and went from being Bajor’s reluctant hero.

WORDS: JAY STOBIE

Defined by Wolf 359 The son of Joseph and Sarah Sisko, Benjamin grew up in New Orleans before eventually deciding to attend Starfleet Academy. Sisko served aboard the U.S.S. Livingston before transferring to the U.S.S. Okinawa during the Tzenkethi War. As his career flourished, Sisko also found success in his personal life. Benjamin and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed their son Jake into the galaxy, and the trio lived together on the U.S.S. Saratoga, where Benjamin earned a post as the ship’s first officer. Unfortunately, this familial bliss would be short lived… When the Borg assimilated Captain Jean-Luc Picard and turned him into Locutus in 2367, the Saratoga was one of forty ships dispatched to intercept the Collective’s cube at Wolf 359. Jennifer was killed during the battle, while Benjamin and Jake narrowly…

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