it’s so funny–i see nog all starfleet and jake all in his reporter vest and i just wanna go awwwww

wasn’t so long ago you two were accidentally deactivating life support in jake’s dad’s runabout and now you’re flying off on your own little adventure

awwwwwwwww

[thevalkyriedirective]

15 Days of DS9 // Day 3: Favourite Minor Character

Nog: I want to join Starfleet. I want it more than anything I’ve ever wanted in my life! 
Commander Sisko: You’re a Ferengi. Why would you want to be in Starfleet? Where’s the profit in it? 
Nog: I don’t care about profit! 
Commander Sisko: Then what *do* you care about? Come on, Nog, tell me! Why’s it so damned important that you get into Starfleet? Why’re you doing this? 
Nog: Because I don’t want to end up like my father! 
Commander Sisko: Your… father? 
Nog: That’s right, my father. He’s been chasing profit his whole life, and what has it gotten him? Nothing! And you know why? Because he doesn’t have the lobes… And neither do I. 

Nog: My father is a mechanical genius. He could’ve been chief engineer of a starship if he’d had the opportunity. But he went into business, like a good Ferengi. The only thing is, he’s not a good Ferengi - not when it comes to acquiring profit. So now, all he has to live for, is the slim chance that someday, somehow, he might be able to take over my uncle’s bar. Well, I’m not going to make the same mistake. I want to do something with my life, something worthwhile. 

[redonyellow]

This scene pretty much summarizes why DS9 is, IMHO, the best Trek series. It took Roddenberry’s dream and flipped it on its head—which you may or may not like—but I adored it.

TNG presented a world where humanity had surpassed its ills. The Federation’s values made humans the good guys, compared to species like the Romulans and the Cardassians. Principles and ethics, are what set us apart. As Picard said, "The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth… It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based. And if you can’t find it within yourself to stand up and tell the truth…you don’t deserve to wear that uniform!" It’s all very idealistic.

Honesty and ethics are what Starfleet is based on, yet Starfleet gives Sisko authorization to forge evidence in order to trick Romulus into joining the war. Because of our principles, humans always thought we were above our enemies — who had the Obsidian Order/Tal Shiar — only to find out we have our own version, Section 31. As Admiral Ross put it, "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges." In other words, we can stay clean as long as things are going our way. If not, we’ll think nothing of getting our hands dirty.

The underlying message of DS9 was, although we like to think—maybe even deceive ourselves into thinking that we’ve evolved, when the chips are down, we are just as ruthless as the cultures we purport to have progressed beyond. And, if you stop and look at our own culture, you will see how absolutely true that is.

We all like to think of ourselves as good, moral people. That’s the easy part. DS9 challenged us to question how good we really are.

[derekcharm]

My favorite part of Deep Space Nine is Jake and Nog just chillin on the promenade.

[elisepromised]

Pottymouth O’Brien.

(I should learn how to make GIF’s!)

[lisipuska]

Quark teaching young Nog about profit and enterprise. Rom’s just worried on the side.

I’ll use refs when I clean this up for painting, I swear.

[flying-chairs-and-poetry]

Pretty much sums up their relationship early on.

(don’t know the source, found this on google)

[iardacil]

DS9: Before and after 2/3

“Emissary” vs “What you leave behind”

(Oh.. I love them telling Quark to be community leader.. and Nog being a thief.. I had forgotten that..)