The First Battle of Deep Space 9 occurred in early 2372 when a Klingon task force attacked the Federation administered Deep Space 9 in an attempt to capture the Cardassian Detapa Council members under Captain Benjamin Sisko's protection on the station. Following the USS Defiant's rescue of the Detapa Council the Klingon fleet redeployed its forces to Deep Space 9 hoping to capture the leaders of the Cardassian Union. The fleet arrived at the station at the same time as the Defiant, Gowron and Martok then demanded the immediate surrender of the council members or they would take them by force.