> the Trek writers took a little inspiration from JMS's pitch and then went an entirely different direction with it. Agreed. It was a minor dick move, but a fa

> the Trek writers took a little inspiration from JMS's pitch and then went an entirely different direction with it. Agreed. It was a minor dick move, but a far cry from a creative rip-off. DS9 goes its own direction (influenced heavily by BSG's Ronald Moore), and stands on its own two feet. > liking one won't translate into liking the other. Not necessarily, but I do think they're cousins, in that they both take galactic politics seriously (the miscellaneous Trek one-offs notwithstanding).