History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E01E02Emissary

** From the JitterCam on the EscapePod to the sudden smoothness when it shoots clear of the ''Saratoga'', then from the battle of Wolf 359 to Jake fishing at peaceful river on the holodeck three years later.

** Picard when he is told Sisko is a Wolf 359 survivor.
** Odo upon Sisko's blackmail.

* ScottyTime: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]]--moving the station across the Bajoran system would take two months, but O'Brien has to make it happen in just one day. Explained by technobabble about reducing the inertia of the station- making the six operational maneuvering thrusters sufficient to move it.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Sisko and Picard are both severely traumatized by the Borg and Wolf 359. Picard was assimilated and forced to share his Starfleet knowledge, which was subsequently used to annihilate the armada at Wolf 359, where Sisko loses his wife.
** When Sisko protests that the Federation is only here to help Bajor, Kira says the Cardassians said the same thing when they first occupied the planet.

* KickTheDog: As well as stripping Deep Space Nine of everything of value, the departing Cardassians also looted and smashed up the shops on the Promenade, willing four Bajorans in the process. Captain Picard says they also asset-stripped Bajor during their sixty-year occupation, leaving the planet barely able to sustain its own population even with Federation aid. Control of the wormhole however would enable Bajor to reap the profits of being a [[HubCity Hub Planet]].

* EasilyForgiven: Averted, Sisko's actions towards Picard (and his resignation) weren't going to be immediately swept under the rug (see the entry for Reality Ensues below)

* RealityEnsues:
** As it turns out, forcefully giving in your resignation to Captain Picard while making it clear that you dislike him for something that wasn't even his fault means that you can't just rescind it if you change your mind. Sisko had to apologise and confirm that he was ready before Picard dropped it.
** Deep Space 9 isn't a warship and was stripped of most anything valuable when the Cardassians left. It is no match for the Cardassian warships.

** Also a DefiningCharacterMoment: the awkward, stammering greenhorn Bashir is ''highly'' competent and assertive when he's actually being a doctor.

* BizarreAlienBiology: Odo. His default form (which dips into the [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley]] both in-universe and out) is revealed to be a puddle of golden-orange goo. He is apparently able to change size, shape and mass at will.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Odo wonders aloud if the answers to his questions (where he came from, what he really is, etc.) can be found on the other side of the wormhole. He finds out a couple seasons later.

* ExactWords: A Bajoran monk welcomes Sisko, inviting him into his temple, but Sisko puts him off by saying, "Another time." The monk agrees, but turns up later with an invitation from the Kia.

* CurbStompBattle: Wolf 359, as [[ForegoneConclusion the viewers of TNG already know]]. All the Federation ships' phaser fire doesn't even scratch the Borg cube. The Borg cube, by comparison, fires exactly ''three'' shots on-screen; the first one totally disintegrates the saucer section of an ''Excelsior''-class ship; the second catastrophically damages the ''Saratoga'', killing nearly everyone on-board, setting off a warp core breach and barely leaving the survivors time to escape; and the third (barely visible through the window while Sisko is trying to rescue Jake and Jennifer) {{One Hit Kill}}s an ''Oberth''-class ship.
** [=DS9=] against the Cardassian warships. The station's defenses are almost nonexistent; it has no shields and barely has any weapons. It can barely fire off a single shot at the warships, which fails to do any real damage. Kira was prepared to surrender before the wormhole reopened and Sisko returned towing Gul Dukat's ship, prompting the Cardassians to break off the attack at the realization that Kira was telling the truth about how Dukat's ship disseappeared.

* ExactWords: A Bajoran monk welcomes Sisko and invites into his temple, but Sisko puts him off by saying, "Another time." The monk agrees, but then turns up later with an invitation from the Kia.

* NotSoDifferent: Sisko and Picard are both severely traumatized by the Borg and Wolf 359. Picard was assimilated and forced to share his Starfleet knowledge, which was subsequently used to annihilate the armada at Wolf 359, where Sisko loses his wife.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Sisko to Quark, about Nog.

* EmpathicEnvironment: A literal version when Sisko exits the runabout to find he's standing on a mesa on a dark and stormy night, whereas Dax sees a beautiful relaxing garden on a bright sunny day. It's implied that this has a lot to do with their personalities.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Even Sisko can't restrain a whistle of appreciation at the [[ShowingOffTheNewBody new body that 'Old Man' Dax is wearing]].

* HaveWeMet: Picard asks this of Sisko.
--> '''Picard:''' Commander Sisko, welcome to Bajor.\\

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Gul Jassad's subordinate suggests withdrawing and waiting for reinforcements to retake the station, which he refuses because Starfleet can also get reinforcements in a short time.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Even Sisko can't restrain a whistle of appreciation at the new body that 'Old Man' Dax is wearing.

* CallBack: [[NaiveNewcomer Doctor Bashir]] expresses doubt that the Cardassians would attack a Federation outpost. Chief O'Brien, a veteran of the [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded Border Wars]], corrects him.

** The [=DS9=] against the Cardassian warships. The stations defenses are nonexistent; it can raise any shields and barely has any weapons. It can barely fire off a single shot at the warships, which fails to do any real damage. Kira was prepared to surrender before the wormhole reopened and Sisko returned towing Gul Dukat's ship, prompting the Cardassians to break off the attack at the realization that Kira was telling the truth about how Dukat's ship disseappeared.

** The Deep Space 9 isn't a warship and was stripped of most anything valuable when the Cardassians left. It is no match for the Cardassian warships.

* SceneryPorn: Even though the buildings are wrecked, and in spite of the other horrors of the Cardiassian Occupation, Bálor is still obviously a beautiful planet.