Benjamin Sisko: Personnel File
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- Ben Sisko is a man of many hats but decreasing haircuts. Emissary, diplomat, captain, father and builder. Yep, did you know he originally wore the gold uniform of Starfleet operations? I didn't. He seems to have been born to be a leader so I always just assumed he was command from the get go.
Not only a hero against the Dominion, his passion lies in a competitive nature, moral conviction and a desire to look out for those around him. Also he's kind of a demigod according to Bajoran scripture so... aces.
Personnel File is a new series that collects the facts and information about a character from the Star Trek lore to paint an image of who they are and their personality. Sometimes there's pages to go on, others there might only be one defining episode.
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Damn, I knew The Sisko was great but I didn't know he helped design the Defiant. No wonder it was nicknamed "The pimp hand".
No, the Defiant's nickname (And some would argue its proper name) is "USS Ben Sisko's Mother F**king Pimphand"
His nickname is "The Sisko", first name "Don't Fuck With".
Sisko is evil. He poisoned a planet to catch one person. If the people had decided to stay or their ships malfunctioned, they would have died.
Zachary Grigley is he also evil for all the people he actually did Kill throughout the various conflicts he was involved in?
He warned the people on the planet. If people want to die that badly it isnt his fault.
"Commander of Deep Space Nine; and the Emissary to the Prophets, decorated combat officer, widower, father, mentor... and, oh yes - the man who started the war with the Dominion."
'I thought you'd be taller'
and finished it!
The Dominion started the war with the Dominion. Sisko did end it though.
Don't forget punched that jerk Q.
@@DaveMiller2 Technically Kira, Demar, Elim Garak, and Odo ended the war. The Federation did start the war by mining the wormhole now I agree they had no choice in the matter and in my opinion let Dominion travel though it for far too long in the hopes of having some kind of peace.
Someone once told me that Ben Sisko was the Chuck Norris of Star Trek.
Wrong. Chuck Norris is the Ben Sisko of the 20th Century.
Ben Sisko punched out Q six months before he was born.
@@mathewdeering Q had it coming
Hablar en español de viaje las estrellas la nueva generacion
Tsh. Sisko would shoot Chuck Norris into the stratosphere merely by glaring at him... No need to tire the mighty Sisko fist. X-D
Sisko's back hander is so strong it can cause people to fly across rooms.
"Ben Sisko's Actual Pimp Hand" - th-cam.com/video/X7HhDeYP6k4/w-d-xo.html
"Designing the U.S.S. Ben Sisko's Mutha F***in' Pimp Hand" - th-cam.com/video/wgIOdcBkkzg/w-d-xo.html
I love this character. I knew he was going to go on to have a special place in Trek history halfway through the pilot episode.
Avery Brooks is one of the most genuine human beings you'll ever meet, he brought it to the character and thats why Ben Sisko is the best captain ever
I knew he was gonna be awesome when he punched Q and told him he wasn’t Picard
"You hit me! Picard never hit me..."
I'm not picard. 😂
@@humbleopinion43samurai19 No. You're much easier to provoke!
That is why he is the Most Badass (and my Favorite) Starfleet Captain.
Kirk puts them all to shame
My favorite SF captain/character now... I wasn't a fan at first, but over time sisko grew on me and has overcome every fictional character I've ever experienced with the exception of Ron Howard's Conan (#2) & Barry Sadlers Casca Longinus (the Eternal Mercenary) #1 fictional character of all time imo.
I wish they would make a trek movie about Ben Sisko.
It was in production when it got cancelled. The last tng movie really killed the movies.
Compared to the defiant, every ship seems underpowered and conservative
samaravadi3 The Defiant class(aka a micro dreadnought) aka Sisko's M fing Pimp hand. When you want everything in the quadrant to duck.
The Federation used most ships for multi-purpose missions, the Defiant class only had one mission. When you strip out everything that supports a multi mission large crews. You can pack a lot of single mission specific gear in a tighter space. This also makes them faster to produce and replace, which in war, would be a necessity.
Right?? What the hell was Starfleet thinking in not making a gazillion of these?
@@WobblesandBean It was written by a bunch of overly idealistic lefties, and followed a model of peace at any price, you basically have cruise liners in space going up against other groups who only field warships in battle. The whole premise of it is ludicrious, it would be like if we sent all the families of navy men/women to sea with them on deployment.
You should have had the science/medical/support ships and then just straight warships to do the dedicated fighting. Have the federation split into distinct branches civilian and military.
@@someguy3711 what's funny is the fact that these Cruise liners and exploration ships like the intrepid class with its infinite torpedo's and the galaxy class with its luxurious bedrooms, is that they can go toe to toe with multiple purpose built warships from the romulans, cardassians, and Klingons and win after starting the fight at 43% shields
The technology gap between the federation and these empires is insane and then the fact the federation is also twice the size of each of them.
The federation could literally stomp all these empires in a year with multi vector assault defiants, which I have no doubt they could mass produce. The federation is literally just an oligarchy where the ruling elite are lazy and fat on their own morality.
No wonder the the humans in the terran universe managed to stomp the Klingons, Romulans, Xindi, Cardassians, Vulcans, and Tholians before the events of star trek discovery.
Great video! As a full character, Sisko is my favorite Star Trek captain.
Deep Space 9 was, I think, the best series. Sisko was a great Captain, with flaws and obsessions. But he also had a big heart and a great understanding of his surrounding and situation; whether he liked t or not.
He remains my favorite captain mainly because I feel he's the most complex. And he had the best ship. The Enterprise is nice and all but I'd take the battle turtle any day.
Sisko is my favorite as well though a large part of that is a soft spot for ship designing captains (I've reoleplayed ship designing captains or admirals in various tabletop style RPGs from many settings)
BATTLE TURTLE
@@WobblesandBean The USS Defiant is a fine ship. Just don't go anywhere for too long, you'll run out of supplies. :)
Q only fucked with him ONCE. After that, he left his ass alone. Also he’s a flawed man, he brought in the Romulans into the Dominion War.
@@LancerJak also he's probably one of the few starfleet captains with a high kill count.
The one thing I say always about Sisko and that is that he is the one most like an actual military officer. I grew up with military officers all around me, my mom was in the air force as well as my granddad, both of them retired from there and growing up watching star trek I realized that Picard is a great diplomat but not the absolute best representation of what I know military officers to be like, but Sisko checks all the boxes and then some.
Well said. I, too, grew up in a military family. Picard (although I love him for different reasons) always came off was a bit naive at first, openly saying Starfleet was not a military organization in Season 2. Obviously ridiculous. He ended up showing immense courage, though. Diplomat is a great name for him. I also like philosopher.
Sisko, in one word: Soldier
@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle I swear, "Starfleet is *_NOT_* a military organization." is drilled in me head like so much propaganda. It's ridiculous. You are literally organized like a military, a navy specifically. Chain of command, Ranks, not to mention weapons of mass destruction at the disposal of every captain in the fleet. They don't even gotta check with someone before destroying a planets ecosystem. It's a military and a super dangerous one at that.
That being said, I'm glad humanity, at least for the most part, seems capable of handling it. Picard being the utmost example of such a person. But I think the Dominion war reminded us that we still have "That" instinct. And Sisko is the pinnacle of, "When the job needs getting done, send this guy." I truly think of him like that. Simply because idk if any of the other captains, except maybe Kirk, can reach down into the level of ruthlessness required to win an all out war. But that's why I love him.
Of all the Trek captains, Sisko was is the one most portrayed as flawed yet, that winds up being his strength to some degree.
"In The Pale Moonlight" is my favorite DS9 episode. Especially the ending when he was looking for the excuse to except for what he had done for the greater good while recording his captain's log. Then deleted it because of the guilt he was feeling. He barely showed any emotion in that scene, and he didn't have to. You could feel the weight on that decision, and it made you ask yourself, would've you done the same thing?
I would like to see a personnel file on Nog , the first Ferengi in Starfleet.
There is one by now, check it out
In the Pale Moonlight was one of my favorites because it showed that Sisko was a man that could be corrupted so to speak. I think Sisko was a great counterpart to Picard. Picard, for the most part, was a kind of "By the letter of" and Sisko was more "In the spirit of" kind of leader. By the end of the episode Sisko is shown to be capable of committing evil in the name of the greater good once he's fallen low enough like seeing names of people he knows killed in the war week after week. I think one of the many reasons Sisko became my favorite captain is because they show that despite him being an exceptional leader he is also a flawed human being and capable of being driven by negative emotions.
Puncher of Qs. Best description of Benjamin Sisko ever.
I recently discovered this channel and I’m already a huge fan.
If that Picard series wants me to watch it, Sisko will have to have an episode. It'd be great to see those two on screen together again with such a wildly different situation.
he is my favorite of the captains and funny the Defiant is my favorite federation ship (probaly because it looks the least like a fed ship) personally ied love for him to make a return to star trek as it really bugs me that they refuse to make a new show set in the most interesting time in the star trek setting.
think of it the last time we saw federation space was at the end of DS9, we didnt see anything important in voyager apart from a new ship or two and one battle but a new show for star trek set after voyager would have the events after the dominion war and the fall of cardasia and all that new tech and knowledge that voyager returned home with, that's one hell of a setting to build on.
on a side note i play STO and i love that his baseball is still on HIS desk at DS9.
The haircut. You forgot it. It is when he became the baddest man ever.
I would love to see a Seven of Nine personnel file as the more I think about it the more I think she is my favourite character in all of Star Trek. Also as you've already covered Picard and Sisko it may be interesting to do a episode on seven as she has a much different relationship to the Borg compared to the other two and you could sepculate on how each of them deals with their tarma. Picard I believe to be remorse, Sisko anger and seven...it's a little harder to say.. Recovery? Momentum.
Sisko is my favorite character, next to Spock. Thanks for review.
I'd love to see a personnel file on Worf!
Do Elim Garak Video Next.
Garak YES!!
Why he's just a "plain simple tailor."
William Costigan "It's best not to dwell on such minutiae."
-- Elim Garak, In the Pale Moonlight
FFcecil1991 I've been left with the distinct impression that if I attempt to downvote this comment... It might explode.
William Costigan I hope that's just an impression. xD
You forgot his great ancestor in the 80's was Hawk from spenser for hire
Great video. One thing that stood out to me is the amount of loss and betrayal by former friends/colleagues that Sisko endured. No doubt it contributed to his arguably hypocritical nature. Excellent (and my favorite) character.
I really wish there had been a couple of Picard cameos sprinkled throughout DS9. While everyone else is admiring and praising Picard, you would see Sisko in the background staring a hateful hole through Picard because he blames him for his wife's death.
The one meeting between Sisko and Picard in DS9's pilot would have been a great introduction to their lopsided relationship.
7 Vorta and 1 Changling voted this video down.
and 23 jem hadar
And eight Pah-Wraith.
and 10 breen
not to mention kai winn
In the pale Moonlight and The Visitor were two of my favorites.
What if Avery Brooks somehow reprises his role as Sisko in the new Picard series?
@Yuki BabaYaga The new Star Trek shows are absolutely horrible. Not only are they pushing the same very tired agenda currently going on in Hollywood right now, but for some reason they're stuffed with filthy language (like they're trying to be like that idiot Seth McFarlane's lame ass show), stupid characters, and ignore all previous established continuity. I don't want the great Captain Sisko anywhere near that garbage, unless it's to clean it all up and get rid of it.
I'd also recommend "Our Man Bashir" for absolute, maximum Brooks-quality ham.
Due seriousness, Sisko is my favorite captain simply because of how complex his character is and how he embodies something I think would be needed for every Starfleet Captain: Strength of Will.
Benjamin Sisko was the personification of "My boot, Your ass!" The Defiant embodied "I'm gonna kick your punk ass and your gonna thank me for it"! I miss these two bad ass!
Most badass man to wear the uniform since Kirk.
Also loved the episode "Visitor" one of the few Star Trek episodesthat bring me to tears everytime I watch it. Shows the awesome dynamic and love of a true father son relationship and bond. The bond that Sisko and Jake share not only breaks racial stereotypes but general ones as well. My 2nd favorite series in Trek but Capt. Benjamin Sisko is my favorite Commander.
I think when DS9 began Ben Sisko was the son raised by Joseph and Sarah Sisko but when Past Tense happened, he changed something inherent to Josephs character so the prophets restored the timeline as best they could because Joseph and Sarah were psychologically incompatible in the new timeline where Sarah died and Joseph survived to the present day. 'Ascension' was a hint from them.
Nice summary and insightful analysis and commentary.Thank you.
During the Dominion War I would like to have seen a moment where the Enterprise comes to help and fight and Sisko and Picard have a conversation where Sisko forgives Picard for the Borg attack
I've seen an argument that a lot of Lily's role in _First Contact_ could have been filled by Sisko with minimal changes needed, but it was never gonna happen; Rick Berman despised DS9
Dax was a Lieutenant Commander when she was murdered. Sorry for the nitpick. Thanks for the video.
He's a complicated man and no one understands him but the prophets.
Benjamin Sisko
Suggestion: Garak. One of DS9's most interesting and complex characters.
the most interesting tailor in the galaxy
Love this video, but the one thing you have forgotten about is the books that come after the tv show. If I’m correct in one of the books Sisko does indeed come back months or a year later. The name of the book escapes me at the moment though.
You should do a show on what happens to Sisko after he returns from the celestial temple I’m pretty sure it’s covered in some Star Trek books and or on memory Alpha
I really like these, it makes it easier to understand them when you see the bigger picture, .
Looking forward to the next one!
Holy hannah, do I HATE the ending of DS9. To me, it did such a great disservice to Ben Sisko, because I don't believe for a second that this was what he really wanted.
It absolutely wasn't what he wanted. But it's what the Prophets and the story demanded. He wanted to retire to Bajor. The Prophets stated he will find no rest there. He wanted to be there for his child`s birth and wife's side. The Prophets said no, I think because he defied then by marrying her. The ending with Dukat was rushed for sure but absolutely perfect for this man who fought against the faith and destiny for the entirety of the show to be ultimately bound to it.
@@SHBazTBone The Prophets are annoying pains in the ass!
Sean Bean:
"One does not simply call him Benjamin..."
Only his father, the 3 Dax hosts (Curzon, Jadzia, and Ezri), and both his wives (Jennifer, and Kassidy) call him Benjamin.
In the Pale Moonlight is my favourite episode of Star Trek.
Do Dax not Jadiza or Ezri but the symbiot Dax
Justin Dorsey the Lives of Dax is an excellent collection of short stories...
The symbiant and host are considered one and the same
@@geemonster9179 Yes, but what the OP (and now me) is asking for is a profile of the many "one and the same"'s that is Dax.
@@NearlyH3adlessNick then it has to go back to the first host that was bonded with dax
@@TheKickass85 yeah? Lol all of "Dax"
I don't understand why Star Fleet would give such a post as DS9, which was tasked to aid the Bajorans in rebuilding after the war and preparing to join the federation, to someone with no diplomatic experience, no political experience, no large scale operations experience, and no civil engineering experience. It seems he was skilled in ship design and small vessel command and none of that is sufficient preparation for this post. And this post was so important. Not only did he have to do what was already stated, but he had to keep the peace in an area of space that could easily erupt right back into war. Surely there were better people to command the station.
and that is the point. at the time the federation was strong arrogant and full of themselves, thinking that they could ( except for the borg) handle anything. for them this was a throwaway mission using castoffs and oddities, if it failed so be it and they would of sent in those that could handle the job. little did they know that they did but not in the way they envisioned...
Star fleet red shirted sisko and he refused to die in ds9.
The Sisko!
I think Worf needs a Personel File. He is an interesting character to analyze, imo.
Sisko left reality as we know it to perform tasks with the prophets because he is one. When he told Cassidy that he was coming back and she said, when? He replied yesterday, today, or tomorrow. In my opinion, I think this is why all the other Star Treks after Voyager are on different timelines. Sisko is coming back!
The most human captain of them all. The fact that he cooks csirke paprikás is just the cherry on the cake. (Hungarian here lol ) I just love him , all the way , he is my favourite
Wonder if his character will be ever revisited to tell us when he comes back from the prophets
Loved this. Thank you
Kirk: the man of action
Picard: the philosopher
Janeway: the scientist
Sisko: the man you absolutely do not want to fuck with.
I miss Sisko.
I still dont get why there were families on board of the ships fighting at Wolf 359. I mean... they went into battle and did not evacuate the families first? Why?
Ahh. The Sisko the only Black captain been will see on a Major Star trek show for quite some time.
theres always the STD ridden Micheal Burnam
Great work!
Oh don't worry we shall see the Emissary return soon enough for Victory is Life. 😉
Really well done! Sisko is my favorite captain!
Hope you do an Archer and Kirk (prime) one
two of my favorite episodes where he is concerned are DAX and Explorers. explores was a cool one for seeing him in a less formal role pursuing an interest and proving a questioned element of Bajoran history. DAX is a really good example of him pursuing the truth adamantly and the extraordinary lengths that he will go to to protect not only the innocent but a close friend, but also shows how much he agonizes over considering the possibility that his close friend may actually be guilty.
I sometimes wonder if they say other notable characters were posted with others just because or where they planning crossovers of somekind that never happened.
Wonderful!
I always wondered what Starfleet thinks happened to sisko
I wanna request a character profile on William T riker
The the 24th century, Picard is the Diplomat, Janeway is the Explorer, Ben Sisco is the Warrior.
The Prophets dubbed Ben "The Sisko." He made a promise to come back, and so he _will_ be back, because not even the Prophets can keep The Sisko away for long.
I know this was put on 5 year ago but I can still comment on this like myself and many would love to see Avery brooks do a Patrick Stewart and see a star Trek sisko like the DS9 comic he came out of the worm hole love to see a older Avery brooks reprise the role
Agreed
Come to think of it, it's odd that he was officially both the commander of DS9 and the commanding officer of the Defiant at the same time. How can you have two command positions at once?
If you think about it it's not odd at all he he requested the defiant to bolster the stations armaments for defensive purposes since it was classified as an escort vessel Starfleet agreed officially Starfleet agreed to his request but we all know unofficially the defiant is a warship it was to be the first breed of a new federation battle fleet specifically to fight the board meaning it was to work in tandem with other classes of its design so in that remote area it would not only be able to help defend DS9 but conduct escort missions and potentially scientific study also and let's not forget there are other dangers like the Dominion or cardassian
One thing that you left out of this video that I think would have been cool is a brief comparison with his mirror counterpart. I realize that this is not an index on his mirror self, but his experiences in the mirror universe and with the mirror characters did play a role in shaping him, especially his experiences with his mirror wife. I wouldn't expect a long section on this but I think it is a discredit to not mention it at all.
Awesome CAPTAIN!! PROBABLY THE BEST!
A request: Worf, son of Mogh, slayer of Gowron. Certainly an interesting character
Sisko ascended and hangs out with Daniel Jackson
Capt Kirk, Lt. Jadzia Dax, Ambassador Dax, Dax, Ambassador Worf, Lt. Paris, Lt. Tuvok, Lt. Solar.
The book was encrypted in an language only guardians can read, so he was unable to read it, until he stole Master Fu's tablet ehre he had the book decrypted for Marinette.
Next to Riker Cisco is my favorite character
3:43 he seems to not really understand the Borg, if he blames Picard
The Bajoran Sailing Ship... I have that micromachine.
TUVOK please, and explains the connection of him and Sisko and Selar
Small correction dukat did not die he was trapped with the pawraths
I could see this being a plot point for Star Trek Online, which I often feel gets "the nod" from the original Star Trek writers themselves. Sisko is supposed to return at some point... and maybe Dukat will as well, meaning they will go head to head again. it would be interesting to see how the gods and their emissaries fare in battle xD
I could see this being a plot point for Star Trek Online, which I often feel gets "the nod" from the original Star Trek writers themselves. Sisko is supposed to return at some point... and maybe Dukat will as well, meaning they will go head to head again. it would be interesting to see how the gods and their emissaries fare in battle xD
Dukat did nothing wrong.
I find Maj./Col. Kira to be one of the best characters on the show. Would you consider doing a profile of her?
Q and Picard debated ethics, philosophy and morality for years, Sisko punched Q in the face and he never came back.
What do you think about the STO claims of Ki Kira Nerys?
William T Riker please! Love the channel!
Great video on Sisko. I love the fact that the Prophets are noncorporal and exist outside linear space-time. So in theory he could see the birth of the universe end of the universe and still be back before he left.
1 thing is never mentioned is how did the Bojorans launch the solar sail ship?
It just went into orbit by the power of faith?
Perhaps they were built, or completed, on orbit?
I used to occasionally chat with the actress who played Sarah Sisko.
11:00 that chick was also the head evil alien in voyager.
what happened to captain benjamin sisko after the show ended ?
He walked with the Prophets
I would enjoy seeing a personnel file on Bajoran Major Kira Nerys, liason officer? on DS9
I give honor to captain
sisko the emissary who became a God
Great Profile
You left out the part where the Maquis used cobalt diselenide on Veloz Prime and Quatal Prime which was poisonous to cardassians, and that the inhabitants of Solosos III merely traded places with the cardassians. Calling Sisko a hypocrite is out of line and uncalled for even in the case of in the pale moon light.
I wish DS9 got movies like TOS and TNG.
Cool, what happened to the traveler from STnG?
In Sisko's defense Eddington was bat shit pants-on-head insane. He was using a serious situation to play out some romanticized fantasy version of Les Miserables. Sisko's poisoning of Solosis 3 wasn't enough to snap the madman out of his psychosis, it took convincing Eddington that Sisko was going to end the maquis personally (and, oh yes, he WOULD do it) to get him to surrender.
Have you ever done a profile on Uhura?
I can't tell if identifying Kassady Yates as "HumaM" is a pun or a typo.... Regardless, thank you for this profile. Picard was the Captain I aspired to be like growing up. But in the end I am Sisko, and I can live with that. I can live with that. I CAN live with that.
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the episode where they were undercover as klingons BEFORE the hunt for the Maquis, where he destroyed the biosphere to catch Eddington?
you should do a culture index on Cybertronians