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The Dominion War was a conflict fought between 2373 and 2375. The Dominion was a major political power in the Gamma Quadrant, who allied with the Cardassian Union (and later, the Breen) in an effort to "bring order" to the Alpha Quadrant. The United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire, along with the Romulan Star Empire later in the war, formed an alliance to repel these forces.

The Federation's Deep Space 9 space station located in the Bajor sector served as a major staging point for many battles during the war.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Origins 1.2 Prelude 1.3 Open war 1.4 End of the war 1.5 Aftermath 2 List of conflicts 3 Appendices 3.1 References 3.2 External links

HistoryEdit

OriginsEdit

The Founders of the Dominion were Changelings who distrusted "Solids" and subjugated them under the belief that a civilization would not be able to hurt you if you controlled them. When Odo learned the true identity of his people, the Female Changeling informed him she thought the Alpha Quadrant would soon be brought to order. (DS9 episode: "The Search, Part II")

PreludeEdit

The massive Dominion buildup in Cardassian space began in mid-2373 when a Dominion fleet entered the Alpha Quadrant after Gul Dukat made the Cardassians members of the Dominion. Within a few weeks, the Jem'Hadar had forced the Klingons out of Cardassian space and eliminated the Maquis. (DS9 episodes: "In Purgatory's Shadow", "By Inferno's Light", "Blaze of Glory")

Open warEdit

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When the crew of Deep Space 9 mined the entrance to the Bajoran wormhole with self-replicating mines to prevent more Dominion starships arriving from the Gamma Quadrant, the Dominion launched an assault against the station. Although the minefield was successfully deployed and activated, Benjamin Sisko and his crew were forced to abandon the station to Dominion forces. (DS9 episode: "Call to Arms")

A Changeling obtained the detonation codes for the minefield after infiltrating Starfleet, although intervention by the Beta XII-A entity caused the death of the Changeling and those who were taking him to Terok Nor. (ST - Tales of the Dominion War short story: "Night of the Vulture")

For three months of the war, the Dominion was victorious in several battles, including in the Tyra system, when they destroyed ninety-eight out of a fleet of one hundred and twelve starships. When Starfleet discovered a Ketracel-white facility, Captain Sisko lead a successful mission to destroy it. (DS9 episode: "A Time to Stand")

Among the later Starfleet successes was an attack on a Dominion sensor array in the Argolis Cluster by the USS Defiant. (DS9 episode: "Behind the Lines")

Captain Sisko would later develop a plan to retake Deep Space 9 that was approved by Starfleet Command. However, when it was learned the minefield blocking the wormhole entrance would soon be destroyed by the Dominion, Starfleet was forced to deploy its forces sooner than expected and a fleet left Starbase 375 without Klingon forces and other fleets. (DS9 episode: "Favor the Bold")

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While Captain Sisko's forces attacked a Dominion fleet that outnumbered them, Kira Nerys led a resistance movement on Terok Nor to disable the station and prevent the Dominion from destroying the minefield. The Dominion was successful in destroying the minefield although Captain Sisko was able to convince the Prophets to eliminate the Dominion reinforcements when they entered the wormhole, citing the risk to Bajor. With their reinforcements gone and their starships participating in the battle routed, the Female Changeling ordered a retreat of all Dominion forces to Cardassian space. (DS9 episode: "Sacrifice of Angels")

The Prophets later blocked the entrances to the wormhole, meaning no further Dominion forces could be sent. (DS9 episode: "The Reckoning")

With no possibility of assistance from the Gamma Quadrant, the Dominion was forced to enter into false peace talks with the Federation, putting forward a proposal to redefine the border between the Federation and the Cardassians, hoping to gain the Kabrel star system as they would be able to use Kabrel I's resources to develop large quantities of Ketracel-white. Their intentions were discovered by a group of genetically engineered Humans and peace talks failed. (DS9 episode: "Statistical Probabilities")

The Dominion later scored an impressive victory with the capture of Betazed, which threatened the safety of Vulcan, Andor, Tellar and Alpha Centauri. Faced with this stunning defeat, and with more and more Starfleet personnel being killed, Benjamin Sisko began a plan to trick the Romulans into believing the Dominion was planning an invasion of their Empire. A forged recording of a meeting where Weyoun and Damar discussed the invasion was created, although Senator Vreenak discovered it was a forgery. Elim Garak planted an explosive that destroyed Vreenak's shuttle, making it seem Vreenak had discovered the Dominion's plan and was attempting to bring evidence of it back to Romulus. The Tal Shiar determined the imperfections were due to the recording surviving the explosion. The Romulans entered the war soon after and began assaults on several bases. (DS9 episode: "In the Pale Moonlight")

Betazed was liberated from the Dominion in early 2375. (TNG novel: The Battle of Betazed)

Among the troops used by the Romulans were Remans, who were used in the most dangerous battles, often suffering large casualties. Shinzon and Vkruk were among these troops, with Shinzon leading twelve successful campaigns during the war. Among these was the liberation of the Tal Shiar base on Goloroth from Jem'Hadar troops. (ST movie: Star Trek: Nemesis, ST - Tales of the Dominion War short story: "Twilight's Wrath")

With the Romulans bolstering the Allied forces, Starfleet chose Captain Sisko to plan the invasion of Cardassia. Sisko discovered the Chin'toka system was relatively undefended by Dominion starships, although the Cardassians were in the process of deploying powerful orbital weapon platforms to protect the system. The Allied forces reached the Chin'toka system just before the platforms were activated, managing to destroy several of them. However, once the platforms were activated several Allied starships were destroyed or disabled. The crew of the Defiant were able to locate the power source of the platforms on an asteroid and imprinted a false Federation warp signature on it, making the platforms fire on and destroy their own powersource, shutting down soon after. The Allies were able to secure the system and ground forces were deployed to two Chin'toka planets. (DS9 episode: "Tears of the Prophets")

Despite the capture of Chin'toka, the Allied forces were unable to fight their way further into Cardassian space as the Dominion was able to bottle them in the system. A Klingon fleet was repulsed when it attempted to destroy the Monac IV shipyards, although the crew of the IKS Rotarran were later able to destroy the Monac shipyards by using the Monac star to trigger a solar plasma ejection that engulfed and destroyed them. (DS9 episodes: "Image in the Sand", "Shadows and Symbols", "The Siege of AR-558")

To treat their soldiers closer to the frontlines, the Romulans were granted permission by the Bajorans to establish a hospital on Derna. The Romulans also installed plasma torpedo launchers to protect the hospital, although the Bajorans deemed the launchers a threat to Bajor and began a blockade. Open conflict was averted when Admiral William Ross threatened Federation intervention. (DS9 episodes: "Image in the Sand", "Shadows and Symbols")

With the war continuing, the Female Changeling, who was now dying from a mysterious disease the Dominion could find no cure for, began negotiating with the Breen to become their newest allies. (DS9 episodes: "Penumbra", "'Til Death Do Us Part")

The arrival of the Breen angered Damar, who felt the Cardassian people were becoming sidelined. The lack of assistance to the Cardassian forces on Septimus III under Klingon attack convinced Damar to form a resistance movement to free Cardassia from the Dominion. (DS9 episode: "Strange Bedfellows")

The Breen later attacked Earth, destroying Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco and also launched an offensive against the Allied forces in the Chin'toka system. The Breen used their energy dampening weapons to disable the Allied starships and soon destroyed them with conventional weapons. Among the starships lost was the Defiant. While the outlook seemed dire due to the Allies having no defenses against the Breen weapon, Damar's announcement that he had begun to attack Dominion targets made Captain Sisko remark that Damar may just be the key to save the Alpha Quadrant. (DS9 episode: "The Changing Face of Evil")

It was later discovered that the Ki'tang, a Klingon starship, had not been affected by the energy dissipators due to a recalibration to its tritium intermix before the battle. General Martok ordered all starships in the Klingon fleet to be adjusted in the same way, making the Klingons the only state able to combat the Dominion. Chancellor Gowron assumed direct command of the Klingon fleet and, instead of holding a defensive position to hold off the Dominion while the Federation and Romulan fleets found a countermeasure to the Breen weapon, Gowron prepared to send Klingon starships on offensives into Dominion territory. Meanwhile, to assist Damar, Kira Nerys, Odo and Elim Garak were sent into Cardassian territory. (DS9 episode: "When It Rains...")

Gowron proved to be a poor strategist and Klingon losses mounted, including a disastrous attack on Avenal VII. When Gowron announced he was planning an assault on Sarpedion V, a well defended Cardassian planet, Worf challenged Gowron for control of the Klingon Empire. Worf killed Gowron in honorable combat and installed Martok as the new Klingon chancellor. Elsewhere, Kira Nerys, Odo, Garak and Damar were able to steal a Breen weapon that was one of many being installed by the Breen on Jem'Hadar fighters. (DS9 episode: "Tacking Into the Wind")

Kira, Garak and Odo returned to Deep Space 9 with the Breen weapon, allowing Starfleet to study it. Odo was close to death due to the virus he was infected with, although a cure was found by Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien after luring Luther Sloan of Section 31 to the station. (DS9 episode: "Extreme Measures")

The Dominion soon moved to crush Damar's resistance movement, with Gul Revok betraying the fact Damar had approached him with the possibility of supporting the resistance. The Dominion and the Breen later destroyed all eighteen of the rebel bases, including those on Atbar Prime, Regulak IV, Simperia and Quinor VII. Kira, Damar and Garak sought refuge in Cardassia City in Enabran Tain's home, able to do very little with the resistance crushed. They soon realised that the Cardassian people had rallied behind him and that a popular uprising against the Dominion was possible. The Dominion, meanwhile, had learned that the Allies had devised a countermeasure to the Breen weapon, forcing them to fall back to Cardassian territory while they constructed more starships and breed more Jem'Hadar. The Allies later decided to make one final attack on the Dominion. (DS9 episode: "The Dogs of War")

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End of the warEdit

The Allies' assault began a few days later, when a large Allied invasion fleet left Deep Space 9 bound for Cardassia Prime. Sabotage by the Cardassians, meant the Dominion leaders were unable to communicate with their own fleet. However, a punishment for the sabotage, the Dominion destroyed Lakarian City and threatened more cities with destruction should the unrest continue. Meanwhile, the Cardassian fleet turned on their Dominion allies, forcing the Dominion to pull back to Cardassia. Kira, Garak and Odo were able to fight their way into Dominion Headquarters and capture the Female Changeling and Weyoun. Odo linked with the Female Changeling, giving her the cure to the disease she was dying from. In return, the Female Changeling agreed to order the Jem'Hadar to surrender. The official surrender was signed on Deep Space 9. (DS9 episode: "What You Leave Behind")

The Dominion forces were later escorted to the wormhole by Starfleet starships and they returned to the Gamma Quadrant. (DS9 novelization: What You Leave Behind)

AftermathEdit

Both sides suffered heavy loses in the war. Following the conflict the Federation's resources were spread thin not just in reconstruction of member worlds but also in aiding independent worlds affected by the war (seeking new allies and members in the process) and even aiding enemy worlds from the war, providing substantial assistance to help Cardassia recover from the final attacks from the Dominion. (DS9 novel: Avatar)

One of the worst events of the Dominion War was the Dominion attack on New Beijing. The Dominion had faulty intelligence that biogenic weapons were being developed there that were supposedly to be used to kill Jem'Hadar. The Dominion invaded the planet and at least five thousand of the inhabitants were killed. After the war, evidence surfaced that Section 31 may have arranged the massacre to convince Ethan Locken to join them. (DS9 - Section 31 novel: Abyss)

The Allied Reconstruction Force was established to rebuild Cardassia. (DS9 novel: The Never-Ending Sacrifice)

In 2379, it was discovered that, during the Dominion War, the Federation had illegally armed the planet Tezwa with nadion weapons so that the Tezwans would be able to assist the Federation if the Jem'Hadar overran the Alpha Quadrant. (ST - A Time to... novels: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)

List of conflictsEdit

Battles of the Dominion War

Second Battle of Deep Space 9 (2373) • Battle of Torros III (2373) • Battle of Tyra (2374) • Operation Return (2374) • Battle of Sybaron (2374) • Second Battle of Vulcanis • First Battle of Chin'toka (2374) • Battle of Rigel (2375) • Battle of Ricktor Prime (2375) • Raid on San Francisco (2375) • Battle of Goloroth (2375) (2375) • Second Battle of Chin'toka (2375) • Kalandra Campaign (2375) • Battle of Rashanar (2375) • Battle of Cardassia (2375) • Battle of Laktar (Unknown)

AppendicesEdit

ReferencesEdit

In the span of the Dominion War numerous stories take place in the Star Trek universe, some dealing specifically with the war include:

• TNG novel: The Battle of Betazed
• The Dominion War miniseries:
  • TNG novel: Behind Enemy Lines
  • DS9 novelization: Call to Arms...
  • TNG novel: Tunnel Through the Stars
  • DS9 novelization: ...Sacrifice of Angels
• TNG comic: "The Gorn Crisis"
• DS9 anthology: Prophecy and Change
• DS9 novel: Hollow Men
• Multi-series anthology: Tales of the Dominion War
• SCE eBooks: War Stories, Book 1, War Stories, Book 2

External linksEdit

• Dominion War article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Dominion War article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.