this double episode provide a great introduction to the new series and unlike other star trek series it isn not set on board a shiny new space ship but on a battered former cardassian space station belong to the recently liberate planet of bajor . on arrival the station new commander and benjamin sisko and isn not too keen on his new assignment which be first since he lose his ship and his wife in a battle with the borg three year previously . when he arrive he be meet by chief mile obrien who show him round the station and introduce him to the bajoran liaison officer major kira nerys who be distrust of star fleet motif . while talk to her there be a security alert due to a break in in one of the station shop . the two thief be arrest by the station police officer while a shape shifter by the name of odo . quark and the uncle of one of the thief try to get his nephew release and sisko say he will release him on one condition represent he reopen his bar rather then leave the station . this might seem a strange deal but sisko know he must re establish confidence in the station population if he be to be successful . he be soon summon to the surface of bajor by spiritual leader kai opaka who tell him that he be the emissary of the prophet and that it be his destiny to find the celestial temple and to help with this she give him a strange orb which cause those who look at it to have vision . back on the station he meet new star fleet arrival dr. julian bashir and science officer and old friend jadzia dax and who sisko call old man despite her be a young woman and this be because she be a joined trill and sisko know the symbiont previous host . he soon set dax to work study the orb and this lead them to the sight of an anomaly which turn out to be a stable worm hole to the gamma quadrant . a the two of them return they find themselves on a strange planet in the worm hole while could this be the celestial temple . when the people on ds9 learn of the worm hole the race be on to lay claim to it . the crew struggle to move the station to location of the worn hole before the cardassians can get there a whoever can control that space will be in charge of a staging post for exploration and trade with the gamma quadrant . be a fan of ds9 i would see the series a couple of time before i recently re watch this episode while i think it do a very good job of introduce a cast of character who with the exception of chief obrien be new to the star trek world . these introduction be do in a way that doesn not seem force yet show u what each character role will be . with the introduction out of the way we be quickly into the action which be fairly exciting . the cast all do a great job and it be nice to see a cameo by patrick stewart a capt . jean luc picard .