Federation first contact with the Bekkir occurred at Deep Space 9 when a Bekkir starship came to the station in search of what they believed to be one of their kind captured. The command staff of Deep Space 9 attempted to negotiate with the Bekkir but the aliens decided that a quick assault was necessary to regain their captured colleague. Boarding the station, they began slaughtering the inhabitants and insured that no distress signal would leave the station. In the end, all the inhabitants of the station and the aliens killed each other leaving a derelict in space.