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The actor that played the General was also featured in the Outer Limits as both a general and president, he also appeared in many other TV shows and movies around the same time.

While I do think they did copy, I also think they developed along different lines.

DS9 had only the Cardassian Civil War, Dominion War, and one other I can't remember over the course of 7 seasons. B5 had about 5 or 6 wars in 5 seasons.

B5 was much more political while DS9 was more military based.

I won't go into religious over tones.

Honestly, I don't consider them rip offs. Most of the time, it's people just bashing DS9 or B5 or both.