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1. "I'm a Starfleet Officer": Sisko, Bashir, and Their Shifting Relationships to Starfleet by fatalism_and_villainy

   Fandoms: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV)  

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   20 Mar 2026

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   • Julian Bashir & Benjamin Sisko
   • Julian Bashir
   • Benjamin Sisko
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   • Essay
   • Nonfiction
   • Episode: s03e15 Destiny (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
   • Episode: s04e04 Hippocratic Oath (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
   • Episode: s06e09 Statistical Probabilities (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
   • Episode: s05e10 Rapture (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
   • Character Study

   Summary

   A non-comprehensive examination of how Sisko and Bashir understand their roles as Starfleet officers, and how that self-conception is challenged over the course of their arcs.

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