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[[File:Terok Nor orbiting Bajor.jpg|thumb|Terok Nor orbiting Bajor prior to 2369]]
'''Terok Nor''' is the original [[Cardassian]] designation for the [[Federation]] [[space station]] [[Deep Space 9]]. <br> Built in orbit of the planet [[Bajor]], Terok Nor became operational in [[2346]].
==History==
Its commander, [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Dukat [Gul ]] [[Dukat]], had the role of commander of the planet's occupational forces. Aside from providing a permanent garrison post, Terok Nor was a processing facility for raw {{MA|[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/uridium|uridium}} ore ] from the strip mining of the planet below. Using [[Bajoran]] slaves who labored in temperatures as high as 55 degrees Celsius, the station was able to process up to 20,000 tonnes of ore a day.
In one of his recorded messages for the counter insurgency program, [[Dukat ]] described Terok Nor during the Occupation as being "a paradise" compared to Bajor.
When the station was retaken by the Cardassian/[[Dominion]] alliance in [[2373]], it reverted back to its Cardassian designation, and was once again commanded by [[Dukat]].
The station soon came to be the site from which [[Dukat]], {{MA|[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Weyoun|Weyoun}} ] and other [[Dominion]] personnel directed the [[Dominion War]]. The Station Ruling Council was later formed.
Spurred on by the suicide of [[Vedek]] {{MA|[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Yassim|Yassim}}], {{MA|Kira_Nerys|[[Kira Nerys}} ]] formed a resistance group that included herself, {{MA|Jake_Sisko|[[Jake Sisko}}]], [[Rom]] and {{MA|[[Leeta|Leeta}}]]. They were also assisted by [[Quark]] and {{MA|[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tora_Ziyal|Tora Ziyal}}].
When [[Benjamin Sisko]] launched [[Operation Return]] from [[Starbase 375]] Dukat commanded the Dominion and Cardassian fleet from the station. At the same time, Kira and Rom attempted to sabotage the antigraviton emitter. Although they failed, Sisko took the {{USS|Defiant|NX-74205}} into the [[Bajoran wormhole|wormhole]] in a desperate last stand against the overwhelming Dominion reinforcements. Sisko was contacted by the [[Prophets]], who agreed to stop the Dominion forces. With the reinforcements gone and Federation and [[Klingon]] forces on their way, the Dominion abandoned the station.
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[[Category: Space Station]]
