Deep Space 9 had a maximum capacity of 7000 people.Ħ large docking pylons, 3 upper, 3 lower, would act as the primary docking facility for larger vessels. These totals, of course, did not include residents and visitors to the station, which at any given time, could itself add an additional 2-3000 people. Renaming the station from Terok Nor to Starbase Deep Space 9, DS9 stood at a diameter of approximately 1450 meters and was crewed at any given time with between 300 to 2000 crew members. It is unclear why the Cardassian Union simply left the station for Bajor to assume control of, though many federation historians have theorized that either the Cardassians did in fact intend to return one day to re-occupy the planet and once again use the station as their Occupational Head Quarters, as evidenced by several covert plans uncovered by the Federation intended to force Starfleet in to withdrawing from the Bajoran Sector soon after it had gained control of the station, or that they did in fact set the auto destruct function only to have it either fail or be stopped by persons unknown.Įither way, Starfleet would assume control of the station in early 2369. In 2369, the Bajoran Resistance would be successful in its quest to have the Cardassian Union withdraw from their planet, freeing Bajor, but the Bajoran Provisional Government quickly realized it simply didn’t have the resources needed to manage the planet back to a self-sufficient state, and fearing the Cardassians might change their mind and return to the planet, immediately sent an urgent petition to the United Federation of Planets for assistance, and the Federation readily agreed. The station also served as a command post from which the Cardassian Prefect of Bajor, most notably Gul Dukat, oversaw all military aspects of the Occupation of the planet. Therefore, Terok Nor had extensive ore refining and transport facilities that were mostly located in the large docking pylon structures and were designed to process up to twenty thousand tons of ore a day. The original purpose for Terok nor was to serve as a refinery for Uridium Ore that was mined from Bajor’s surface, a process which meant that Bajoran Slave Labor had to work in temperatures as high as 55 ☌elsius. So although not perfect, it should be rather close to what the in-universe size of the station should be.Īnd so, with all that out of the way, let’s begin…Ĭonstructed in 2346, Terok Nor, the name the Cardassian Union gave the station orbiting Bajor, was a mining facility and hub used to oppress the Bajoran People. So to solve this problem what I’ve done is taken the only real references we can get, the Enterprise D docked at the station, and mathematically calculated the approximate size of Deep Space 9, since we DO canonically know the size of a Galaxy Class starship. That being said, DS9’s actual size has never been made canon, as like most trek shows, sizing tends to vary depending on the model shot the episode requires. Since this is an Alpha Canon video, that means that everything stated within the video is fact, and as such been thoroughly researched to ensure it’s accuracy. But what was the information behind this station? Well today, we find out… Today’s episode takes us back to Alpha Canon, this time on Starbase Deep Space 9.Īn old Cardassian Mining Station, used as an outpost to subjugate the occupied Bajoran Star System, Terok Nor would be abandoned after the Cardassian withdrawal from Bajor and Become Starbase Deep Space 9 for the Federation, and shortly after arriving at this new Starfleet Outpost, Commander Benjamin Sisko and his crew would discover the first stable wormhole known to exist, which would transform almost overnight, this unimportant outpost into a galactic hub that would end up holding all the hopes and dreams for the Federations future.
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Hello and welcome to the Channels Season 5 premiere episode of Truth OR Myth, a Star Trek web series that looks at the Truth, or canon information, to dispel the myths that have surfaced on a given topic.
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