So is Kira First Officer of the Defiant?

[JirinPanthosa]

Maybe she assumed she was first officer of the Defiant and everybody was too scared to tell her otherwise.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Maybe she assumed she was first officer of the Defiant and everybody was too scared to tell her otherwise.

A Klingon, like Worf, would respect that kind of authority.

 

[Kinggodzillak]

Although, that very episode has O'Brien stating he isn't eligible to take command.

The exact opposite, amazingly enough;

CH'POK
Chief O'Brien, if Mister Worf had
been injured, could you have taken
command of that ship?

O'BRIEN
I would've.

Not really sure if that means 'would've' as in it would have automatically fallen to him (which considering Kira was also there is unlikely) or 'would've' as in would've given it a try if no-one else stepped up...

 

[Worf'sParmach]

Does this dialogue from Apocalypse Rising resolve this?

WORF: It would take a fleet of Klingon ships to breach the station's defences. I say we take the Defiant and go looking for them.
O'BRIEN: I'm with Worf.
KIRA: I'm glad the two of you are in agreement. But with the Captain gone, I am in charge of the station and I say we stay.
WORF: You may be in charge of the station, Major, but I command the Defiant.
KIRA: Mister Worf, the Captain has given us our orders and I intend for us to follow them until he issues new ones.

Yes, yes it does. He’s the first officer of the Defiant.

 

[Worf'sParmach]

This is a structure that re-adjusts at the necessity of plot.

...

Yet in "Tears of the Prophets," when Sisko is drained by the Pah-Wraith attack on the Wormhole, Kira takes command and Worf says nothing. She looks to him for his opinion on O'Brien's plan to destroy the power source of the orbital weapon platforms, but Kira was clearly in command.

I can’t remember, is this the only time Kira commands the Defiant over Worf? If so, I move to strike it from evidence That whole scenario was super plot-device contrived. There’s no way Jadzia should have been left behind to command the station instead of Kira unless they just conveniently needed her there to die.

 

[kkt]

I can’t remember, is this the only time Kira commands the Defiant over Worf? If so, I move to strike it from evidence That whole scenario was super plot-device contrived. There’s no way Jadzia should have been left behind to command the station instead of Kira unless they just conveniently needed her there to die.

Agreed. As I understand it, the episode was already written when they found out they'd need to kill Dax, and that was the best they could come up with on short notice.