Star Trek: What Happened To Miles O’Brien After DS9?
Star Trek made history in the late 1960s when the first season of The Original Series aired, setting a precedent for many, if not all, space faring science fiction media that followed. Over the years it created a plethora of iconic moments, character, and technology, some of which acted as genuine inspiration for modern day technology. Of these characters there are the classics, the ones people who haven’t even seen the shows or movies will recognize, such as Captain Kirk, the much-memed Spock, and Picard, but there is one who has become an internet sensation: Chief Miles O’Brien.
O’Brien, born Miles Edward O’Brien, is one of those characters that was carried through more than one Star Trek show, appearing frequently in The Next Generation, as well as being one of the major characters aboard the Deep Space 9 station in DS9. The well-loved character was played by Colm Meaney, and first appeared as an unnamed Starfleet officer donned in red during the very first episode of The Next Generation, “Encounter at Farpoint.” He next appeared, still during Season 1, in the episode “Lonely Among Us” as another unnamed officer, this time a security guard. It was only during Season 2 that he gets a name and a position, sticking with the gold uniform but this time as the transporter chief fans didn’t realize they needed.
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He gets a bit more characterization at this time too, joining the senior staff in a game of data run poker, as well as being invited to Worf’s party. He continues to mill around in the background, marrying Keiko and doing a very memorable musical number with his one time captain Benjamin Maxwell during the episode “The Wounded.” For a lot of fans, this was the point where they
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