this be the best pilot for st out there . let just say that this be just the pilot and and it seem a little time pass before the shot the second episode because it have a completely different feel that will become the norm for the rest of the series . avery brook will tend to over act but this become more balanced a the series progress . finally we get a child character you can like too and in jake sisko ( way less annoy than wesley imo ) . i think this be the great star trek nay sci fi series ever make and and when it end and i be leave with an overwhelming sense of loss . i felt like i have lose some really great friend and i would never see them again . so i ask why . why do they end it and never look back . this series be rich with spin offs and potential movie a never end cash cow and and yet it end abruptly after waste an entire season devoping ezri instead of tie up the loose end . why . now that you know how i feel about the show and i will point out some major plot hole in this and all episode of the series ds9 . chief obrien be a lieutenant transporter chief on the enterprise and a commissioned officer . on ds9 he suddenly become a non commissioned officer chief rank and lose the ability to give order to anyone but the engineer and later submits to ensign nog who be but a child a year before to him . a i understand the only way to rid yourself of a commission be to lose it via insubordination or to resign it . neither of these be likely to occur when they be send him to the most important place in the quadrant at that time ds9 . so i ask again . why . second of all and i do not know if there be branch of service in st since they never mention it as far a i know and but a star base be basically territory . and territory be hold by an army and so why send a commander in the starfleet navy to do that job . isn not that the job of a stararmy or perhaps an elect official . if people of the future do not need money and yet ferengi still value the non replicatable gold encase liquid latinum ( the gold be a worthless container for up to a few drop of latinum ) for it rarity and then how do the cast ever afford to go to quark and or the holo suite and or anywhere on the promenade and include tailoring by garak . if starfleet give them some sort of pay and the rest of starfleet would want pay too and that would unsettle the entire concept of the entire st universe . they kind of address this a tiny bit later on by sisko threaten quark to do his bidding because they let him operate for free and but he never say free service for the crew and there be time when they make payment on quark thumbpad so money be be exchange . oh by the way and in the first season of tng they mention gold a be valuable still so that weird . plus and no one complain about replicate food on the enterprise they think it be great and so why now on ds9 . why pay for food when you can get it for free in your room . lastly and why dock on the station at all . they have transporter that can beam them anywhere aboard the station ( they could only beam you to a few set location on the enterprise mind you ) and their cargo . so why not park outside at full stop in a parking lot and unattached and and transport in . you would think quarantine thru bioscrubbers in the transporter to maintain station welfare would be a major concern . they never address this issue and people just hop right on the station and exchange hug and handshake and air a it decompress onto the station . and now i will answer a why for you . the reason why you rarely see bajoran ship ( season 7 episode 2 shadow and symbol ) be because they basically have none of their own . the one they do have be decade old and from the occupation or before . they be sub warp and and have vastly inferior weaponry and shield . because they be in the process of join the federation they be under federation protection and ( we assume ) will soon acquire new non bajoran federation ship a part of that induction .