Rewatching ds9 right now. I know it was rushed, forced. I know trying to replace a long-term character doesn’t work often. If it was an entirely different trill, not a dax, it would be better.
My problem is: aren’t trills supposed to have other lives when they get a symbiont? Goal is to give the symbiont diverse lives, experiences. Jadzia got in serious trouble when she felt drawn to a woman from a previous host relationship. She would have had her symbiont removed.
So the new dax host being a woman, starfleet, in ds9 space station? Isn’t that against trill rules?
Ezri was already in Starfleet when the Dax symbiont was transferred to her in emergency circumstances. She then took a leave of absence, sought out Sisko since he was familiar to the symbiont. After they had an adventure together, Sisko had her transfer to DS9 with a promotion.
I doubt Trill would force her to quit Starfleet and find another line of work under those circumstances.