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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 Michael Dorn

There are a lot of people who wonder why Deep Space Nine brought on the Defiant warship. Some think it was to make DS9 more like The Next Generation. Some think it was to give Sisko a ship of his own.

Shots of the Defiant

Well, the truth, however, was much more simple: the sets of the runabout were always too small to shoot large scenes with many crewmembers.

Sisko and Dax in a runabout

Guest starring in this episode is Jonathan Frakes, who played Riker on The Next Generation.

Frakes as Tom Riker

When "Defiant" aired, Star Trek: Generations had just been released, so in order to keep the continuity of the Star Trek universe intact, the creators felt obliged to mention the destruction of the Enterprise in this episode [note: no, they didn't; the Enterprise-D's destruction wasn't mentioned on DS9 until "The Way of the Warrior"]. Also starring in this episode is Tricia O'Neil, who has the honor of playing the first female captain of the Enterprise in an episode from The Next Generation, called "Yesterday's Enterprise".

Shots of O'Neil playing Korinas in "Defiant", followed by scenes of her from "Yesterday's Enterprise" as Captain Garrett

I'm Michael Dorn, for the Deep Space Nine Chronicles.