Deep Space 9 was on Starfleet's frontier with both Cardassia and the Gamma Quadrant and was on the front line in the Dominion War. The station was designed by Rick Sternbach and Ricardo Delgado and built by Tony Meininger's Brazil Fabrications. The VFX team never made a high-quality CG version for the show, so Hero Collector's Ed Giddings built a new version based on careful study of the original model. This is the Hero Collector XL model which measures just under 8" (200 mm) across.