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I’m not in a position to watch the video right now, but my DS9 head cannon has always been that Starfleet continued to treat the station like a back water for WAY longer than it should have. Even after it became obvious how important a location it was for traffic to and from the Gamma quadrant.
Why send them the Defiant? It’s this experimental ship that barely works that no one else needs or wants and threatens to tear itself apart any time it goes faster than full impulse.
I don’t know if it’s badmirals at work, or just bureaucracy rearing its ugly head. But it’s one of the most realistic parts of the show that Starfleet would be like “How little can we possibly invest in this area and get away with it?”
I think Sisko specifically requested the Defiant. It’s what he was working on while stationed at Utopia Planitia between Wolf 359 and DS9. No wonder he was still hung up on the death of his wife when he met the Prophets, he had spent the last three years working on a ship to avenge her.
Is that right? If so, I have totally forgotten about that!
Even so, it still kind of fits the basic narrative that this area of space is a place that Starfleet is just DONE with and is actively trying not to care about, despite the reality of the situation.
I don’t think anyone says it directly but the implication seems to be that the experimental Defiant is not considered to be a successful design.