...Sisko was a Captain starting with season 3 when they gave him the Defiant to command. (You need a starship to be one.) He only started out as Commander.
(There is a reason I fell for the Trio, clearly.)
Incidentally, I think DS9 is the best consistently-well written of the Trek shows, and do like Sisko, but my favourite Captain will always be Picard. As andrastewhite puts it: "But! Patrick!"
Wooho on the B7, but...
(There is a reason I fell for the Trio, clearly.)
Incidentally, I think DS9 is the best consistently-well written of the Trek shows, and do like Sisko, but my favourite Captain will always be Picard. As