During a space battle in system Wolf-359 against the Borg Sisko survives an attack on his ship Saratoga with his young son Jake inside an emergency capsule. But he loses his wife Jennifer. After that traumatic experience he becomes transferred to Deep Space Nine close to planet Bajor as station commander. When a wormhole is discovered relatively close and Sisko makes contact with the inhabitant non-linear entities, the Bajorans start to admire him as the "emissary of the prophets". The wormhole that leads to distant gamma quadrant of the milky way holds a danger of hostile forces that raise claim on federation space. |