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These are 1-minute intros that were taped by several of the regular cast members. 40 episodes were chosen by the producers, and the intros were included in the reruns shown by some TV stations that run DS9 in a strip syndication package (i.e., five days a week). These intros, however, were only made for episodes in the 1st through 4th seasons.

Here are transcripts of the intros, for those of you who may not have a chance to see them. Each one is done with "Okudagram"-style graphics around the actor as he/she speaks, with a rotating image of the station, and the DS9 theme music playing in the background. The paragraphs in italics describe clips that were shown.

Narrated by Terry Farrell

Hi, I'm Terry Farrell, and you're about to see an episode from the Deep Space Nine Chronicles that took the series to a bold new level at the start of its third season. Audiences were introduced to a powerful warship called the Defiant.

A drawing of the Defiant; scene of it leaving the station; the Defiant decloaks; Sisko in the captain's seat, saying, "Set course for the Karemma system, warp seven. Engage."

Benjamin Sisko uses the ship to defend the space station from the dreaded Dominion. Adding a starship to the series created a lot of new storytelling possibilities. First, it meant the crew could have a different set of adventures off the station. It also made it easier to shoot scenes with more people inside a bigger vessel, rather than in the cramped quarters of those little runabouts.

The Defiant orbits a planet; shot of the bridge, with various crewmembers milling about

And finally, it allowed Sisko to truly live up to those immortal words spoken by two other famous captains before him: "to boldly go where no one has gone before." See for yourself in "The Search, Part I".