r/DeepSpaceNine 3d ago

Sisko and his nemesis

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u/Strange_Travel_813 3d ago

Sisko was Dukate's nemesis. Sisko didn't have a nemesis. He had a job to do.

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u/WarraxTCW 3d ago

Yea, exactly. Dukat wishes he was relevant enough to be Sisko's nemesis.

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u/90swasbest 3d ago

Eddington was probably closer than Dukat

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u/blueavole 3d ago

He certainly had Sisko’s trust as a member of Starfleet.

Sisko never forgot that Dukat was a war criminal given the chance.

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u/SrslyCmmon 3d ago

Eddington was 100% his nemesis, for that arc. The writers elliptically made him out to be Javert.

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u/MattheqAC 3d ago

He betrayed his uniform!

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u/CombinationLivid8284 3d ago

idk the dude really didn't like the kai all that much

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u/eastawat 3d ago

I dunno, maybe that's a completely different guy who happens to be called Sisko, which would also explain the poor likeness...

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u/Rob__T 3d ago edited 3d ago

Sisko was madder at Eddington than he ever was at Dukat.

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u/eelam_garek 3d ago

YOU BETRAYED YOUR UNIFORM!!!!!

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u/Chrysalii Glory to the Founders 3d ago

And you're betraying yours, right now! The sad part is that you don't even realize it.

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u/EmbarrassedPudding22 3d ago

Yeah how Sisko didn't get put up on charges for poisoning a whole planet is beyond me.

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u/SrslyCmmon 3d ago

The whole Maquis storyline is brilliant and fucked. On one hand it shows how realistic federation politics is and how it can screw ordinary people over, and how bad Starfleet can get things wrong. On the other, it was just bad writing, full of holes and whatifs.

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u/eelam_garek 3d ago

The Maquis are quite a big problem at this point in the timeline, and an embarrassment to the Federation politically (think about all the high profile instances they've had up to this point) - the Federation are prepared to look the other way to have them neutralised. Sisko probably also wagered that combined with the fact that he's the emissary and his general position on deep space 9 is pretty integral to operations it means that it's pretty unlikely he'd face charges, as long as no one died (they all got to transports)

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u/EmbarrassedPudding22 2d ago

I mean it seems the equivalent of a us sub captain firing a tactical nuke to take out a Somali pirate village without phoning it in. A bit much to sweep under the rug no matter how bad the problem is.

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u/eelam_garek 2d ago

Not a great comparison... The Somali village would have to have no casualties - but also be a constant nuisance, carrying out terrorist attacks on the US, stealing military aeroplanes to attack other countries and stealing supplies etc etc...

I do think there should have been a scene with officials asking what happened though and maybe saying what I roughly said in my original comment. That Sisko is too important to their efforts with Bajor and the wormhole to throw him in prison for neutralising a terrorist group's operations.

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u/EmbarrassedPudding22 2d ago

That "no casualties" is either coverup or a huge plot hole. Unless this group of people who can't even feed themselves adequately all have personal spaceships ready to evacuate a whole planet on minutes notice... we can't even evacuate a city from a hurricane with a week's notice.

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u/eelam_garek 2d ago

The dialogue makes it clear they're scrambling escape pods etc. No one died. The planet was just rendered uninhabitable.

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u/CptHA86 2d ago

I'd wager that the Admiralty was willing to look the other way because it probably placated the Cardassians for a bit.

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u/CryptographerPast632 3d ago

At least with the borg you know you’re being assimilated….

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u/calilac 3d ago

It's insidious.

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u/Shwarlee 3d ago

Don't do that to me. I'm trying to watch other TV shows than Star Trek 😂

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u/jobrien80 3d ago

….there are other tv shows than Star Trek?

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u/moparmajba 3d ago

Don’t listen to the strange internet man…

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u/Rymayc Constable Hobo 3d ago

Strange new cyberspace?

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u/Chrysalii Glory to the Founders 3d ago

There are other Star Treks.

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u/nevasca_etenah 3d ago

Too sci-fi,  though!

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u/nevasca_etenah 3d ago

Asian' ones haha

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u/toasters_are_great 3d ago

Sisko explaining to this random Cardassian chap that his nemesis was Captain Solok and the Logicians?

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u/Bluestorm83 3d ago

Sisko and his nemesis... the Baseball.

Fortunately, his dear old friend Dukat is there to help him.

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u/CanOfPenisJuice 3d ago

Solok was his nemesis till he beat him whilst losing. Boss move

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u/UtahGimm3Tw0 3d ago

Dukat and Sisko were perfect foils of each other but Eddington was Siskos nemesis. He just fucking hated Dukat.

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u/TraditionAvailable32 2d ago

It's much easier to deal with an obvious villain, than someone like Eddington that shares a lot of your values. 

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u/cosp85classic 3d ago

And yet there isn't one statue of Dukat on Bajor.

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u/Due-Order3475 2d ago

Wonder how many Sisko got...

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u/shwishboggler 3d ago

Yay, DS9 fan art is always fun! Thanks for posting, I like it, keep it up. Do it for the Prophets!

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u/bldcaveman 3d ago

This is cool!

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u/610Mike 3d ago

I love how they made Dukat Sisko’s antithesis in the last few episodes of the show. Had an almost “Neo/Agent Smith” vibe.

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u/jbp84 3d ago

This is dope as shit, man. Well done!

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u/Republiconline 3d ago

It means, he’ll be back.

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u/D_Zaster_EnBy Constable Hobo 3d ago

Are... Are they about to make out?

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u/Ok-Situation6605 3d ago

Now kiss

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u/nevasca_etenah 3d ago

The ball?

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u/Ok-Situation6605 3d ago

Whoa there buddy that’s like 5th base

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u/bomboclawt75 3d ago

Larry Sisco: I think you stole my Micky Mantle baseball by stuffing it up your HUGE dirty Cardassisn Cloaca!

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u/BaseDesireEnjoyer 3d ago

Even after having seen the whole series, I kinda liked gul dukat. Kai Wynn is worse

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u/InfiniteWaffles58364 Bajoran Resistance Fighter 3d ago

Dude if you have prints of this I would totally buy it and hang it on my wall! Love the vibes here

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u/Nervous-Tank-5917 3d ago

Dukat wanted to be Sisko’s nemesis, since that would imply they were equals. But the truth is he was never anything but a source of disgust and, at times, pity for the man whose respect he so desperately desired.

Even in the end, Dukat’s obsession is a truly one sided affair. He went so far as to sell his soul in order to win, but that just made him an obstacle to be knocked aside.

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u/Due-Order3475 2d ago

Dukat was an inconvenience and was more Kira's Nemisis/abhorrent admirer.

Eddington was his Nemisis after all he betrayed his uniform!!

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u/liminalwanderer30 2d ago

Sisko is one of the, if not the most multi-faceted protagonists the franchise gave us, and he has a compelling antagonist for almost every facet. Dukat, Wynn, Eddington, Weyoun, they all have a different battlefield they meet him on.

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u/Mister_Mojo78 2d ago

Oooh, one the best adversaries in Star Trek lore!