Gideon Seyetik was a famous terraformer who was also an accomplished artist and chef. He successfully terraformed Blue Horizon, New Halana and many other planets, but had never been able to do the same with Venus. He had worked with Pascal Saadya prior to 2370. In that year, Seyetik travelled to Deep Space 9 aboard the USS Prometheus with his wife Nidell. Seyetik's objective was to reignite Epsilon 119, a dead star near Bajor, using protomatter. He thought it would be the greatest achievement of his career, making terraforming planets seem like "childs play".