It was closest in flavor to some of the backstory Vonda McIntyre has put into her Trek novelizations, or even some later feminist space opera. And Kira Nerys was one of the most believable female politician/fighter characters I've ever seen, with the strengths, ghosts and weaknesses, not only of a real life human being, but a real life human being who's seen the worst, has a strong appetite for power, but has managed to stay decent all the same. One could imagine her aging into a figure like Golda Meir or Indira Gandhi, with all the moral complexity and ambiguity thereof. I loved her.