>Be Miles Edward O'Brien, aka Chief.
>Be the only man keeping DS9 vaguely functional.
>Be the reason that Starfleet is able to maintain a presence at the wormhole.
>Put up with a bunch of greenie officers looking down their noses at you.
>Put up with getting no thanks for anything.
>Somehow manage to restrain the murderfrenzy that is the natural response to being in the same room as Keiko.
>Get tortured in every way possible, get no recognition or even fucking sympathy.
>Finally get a chance to be someone important, to be the man people salute and obey.
>Get the chance to start life again without Keiko or the little goblin child.
Are you surprised that he jumped at the chance when the Geniii told him they were hiring?