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The one Star Trek crossover from The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine we still need

Why Star Trek creators should consider a team up with Jake Sisko & Wesley Crusher
ByAnthony Cooper|
Creation Entertainment's The 12th Annual Grand Slam Show: The Sci-Fi Summit - Day One - Cirroc Lofton (aka Jake Sisko)
Creation Entertainment's The 12th Annual Grand Slam Show: The Sci-Fi Summit - Day One - Cirroc Lofton (aka Jake Sisko) | Albert L. Ortega/GettyImages

Jake Sisko & Wesley Crusher never met in the 24th Century

Cirroc Lofton's (DS9 - Jake Sisko) recent podcast "The 7th Rule" saw him interview Wil Wheaton (TNG - Wesley Crusher) where they reflected on their impact on portraying kids in Star Trek canon on their respective Starfleet vessels. Given both DS9 and TNG took place in the 24th Century, it struck me as significant these two young characters never connected in some type of viable crossover storyline.

We've seen Star Trek series, such as animated series like Star Trek: Prodigy (S1 E20 "Supernova: Part 2") that elevate the canon and continuity with the appearance of a wiser and older Wesley Crusher to honor the past to push the future beyond what we may know. It's this kind of crossover with TNG and Prodigy that Star Trek fandom loves to see, and I would like to see more as well there's no better place to start than with Wesley Crusher and Jake Sisko.

Wesley is a Traveler

Beginning in TNG S1 E6 “Where No One Has Gone Before” is where Wesley meets and interacts with a Traveler (a being that can transcend the boundaries of space-time) and ends with TNG S7 E20 “Journey’s End” in which we learn that Wesley is special, with a rare ability to become a Traveler himself. As a Traveler, that could be a fascinating crossover opportunity between TNG and DS9 in which Wesley Crusher could meet his contemporary Jake Sisko and have adventures of their own in whatever space-time of Wesley’s choosing.

Whether as a Traveler, or a hologram, or by other means of some type of space-time anomaly - a crossover adventure with Crusher and Sisko would be uniquely refreshing. Notwithstanding their similar acting experiences as children on a set of adults or the similarities shared in their young characters grabbling with Starfleet in the 24th Century - it's well within canon to see them together. Either as adults or children, a Crusher/Sisko mashup is the crossover event I never knew I needed - yet certainly wanted!

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