NOVEL
Warpath
Attribution
Series:	Deep Space Nine
Author(s):	David Mack
Editor(s):	Marco Palmieri
Publication information
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Published:	Paperback - March 2006
ISBN:	ISBN 1416507752
Chronology
Date:	2377

Contents 1 Publisher's description 2 Characters 2.1 Characters in visions 2.2 Referenced 3 References 3.1 Locations 3.2 Races and cultures 3.3 Starships and small craft 3.4 Technology 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Other references 4 Appendices 4.1 Background 4.2 Related stories 4.3 Connections 4.4 External links

Publisher's descriptionEdit

They were created to be killing machines. Highly intelligent, resourceful, and deceptively complex, the Jem'Hadar are a species engineered for war and programmed at the genetic level for one purpose: to fight until death as soldiers of the sprawling stellar empire known as the Dominion. No Jem'Hadar has ever lived thirty years, and not even their masters, the shape-shifting Founders, know what such a creature is capable of becoming were it to be freed of its servitude.

One Founder, however, has dared to wonder.

Appointed by Odo himself to learn peaceful coexistence aboard Deep Space 9, Taran'atar, an Honored Elder among the Jem'Hadar, had for months been a staunch, if conflicted, ally to the crew of the station, ever struggling to understand the mission on which he was sent… until something went horrifically wrong.

Consumed by self-doubt and an ever-growing rage, Taran'atar has lashed out against those he was sworn to aid. While Captain Kira Nerys and Lieutenant Ro Laren both lie near death aboard DS9, their assailant has taken a hostage and fled into Cardassian space, pursued by Commander Elias Vaughn on the USS Defiant. But as the hunt unfolds, Taran'atar's true objective becomes increasingly less certain, as the rogue Jem'Hadar leads the Defiant to a discovery even more shocking than his crime.

CharactersEdit

Aylam Edeen • Julian Bashir • Boehm • Sam Bowers • Ron Broeking • Capril • Cardok • Cenn Desca • Jeannette Chao • Franz Cortez • Ezri Dax • Etana Kol • Greg Forte • Frazelli • Darrell Gervasi • Iliana Ghemor • Iliana Ghemor (mirror) • Grauq • Quin Heins • Hollim Azahn • Michael Ingbar • Jaid • Jarmus Lenn • Jonu • Jull Zehar • Ke Hovath (mirror) • Kira Nerys • Kira Nerys (mirror) • Klag (mirror) • Koth • Kurn (mirror) • Mikaela Leishman • L'Haan (mirror) • Lorgh • Akellen Macet (mirror) • Malk • Minecci • Stefka Merimark • Calvin Moore • Morn • Lisa Neeley • Jang Si Naran • Nog • Orruk • Quark • Qurag • Tariq Rahim • Krissten Richter • Ro Laren • Salmak • Savonigar • Selzner • Sergoz • Benjamin Sisko • Statham • Stov • Michael Strang • Taran'atar • Simon Tarses • Alberto Taveras • Prynn Tenmei • Thron • Treir • Elias Vaughn • Amy Zucca

Characters in visionsEdit

Bareil Antos • Jadzia Dax • Skrain Dukat • Eris • Female Changeling • Ghavun • Tekeny Ghemor • Jamin • Kitana'klan • Kira Meru • Kira Taban • Aamin Marritza • Mokata'klan • Nathech • Keiko O'Brien • Molly O'Brien • Odo • Opaka Sulan • Renla • Benny Russell • Shakaar Edon • Shirab • Sindorin First • Jake Sisko • Tora Ziyal • Elias Vaughn Weyoun • Yevir Linjarin • Zeir

ReferencedEdit

Dante Alighieri • Beverly Crusher • Gorkon, son of Toq (mirror) • Gowron, son of M'Rel • Lisanne Hexter • Job • Kall Denna • Ke Hovath • Akellen Macet • Martok • Martok (mirror) • Kirayoshi O'Brien • Miles O'Brien • Miles O'Brien (mirror) • Roloc • Rebecca Jae Sisko • Ruriko Tenmei • Thirishar ch'Thane • Shathrissia zh'Cheen • Winn Adami • Kasidy Yates

ReferencesEdit

LocationsEdit

Almatha sector • Alpha Quadrant • Bajoran wormhole/Celestial Temple • Deep Space 9 • Geilod • Grennokar • Habitat ring • Harkoum • Iljar • Infirmary • Kalandra sector (Mirror Universe) • Nahanas • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's

Referenced only 

Ananke Alpha • Andor • Ankaro system • Badlands • Badlands (mirror) • Bajor • Bajor-B'hava'el • Betazed • Betreka Nebula • Burning Sea • Chalna • Coridan III • Earth • Europa Nova • Fields of Berzel • Fire Caves • First City • Gamma Quadrant • Gallitep labor camp • Gamma Quadrant • Gula River • Hedrikspool Province • Idran system • Jokala • Jotunheim • Katulu • Lonar Province • Mempa sector • Mount Kola • Musilla University • Nausicaa • Panora • Parek Tonn • Pelagia Prime • Qo'noS • Tamulna • Tanglor ice chute • Tower Hill • Sidau • Sindorin • Sindorin (mirror) • Tarluk V'hel • Terok Nor (mirror) • Trill • Utopia Planitia

Races and culturesEdit

Andorian • Ascendant • Bajoran • Bajoran (mirror) • Balduk • Benzite • Caitian • Cardassian • Cardassian (mirror) • Chalnoth • Eav'oq • Efrosian • Ferengi • Human • Jem'Hadar • Klingon • Klingon (mirror) • Lurian • Nalori • Nausicaan • Orion • Pah-wraith • Prophets • Thallonian • Tiburon • Trill • Vulcan • Vulcan (mirror)

Referenced only 

Betazoid • Borg • Breen • Changeling • Romulan • Tzenkethi (mirror) • Ullian • Vorta

Starships and small craftEdit

USS Euphrates (Danube-class) • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • Githzarai • IKS Gorkon (Regent-class) • IKS Negh'Var (Negh'Var-class) • IKS noH'pach (Haqtaj-class) • Otamawan • Trager (Galor-class) • IRW Verithrax (Romulan warbird)

Referenced only 

Kamal • Luna-class • USS Rio Grande

TechnologyEdit

antipersonnel mine • artificial heart • cloaking device • cortical stimulator • cybernetic support • delta-wave generator • duotronic • dynoscanner • fusion core • hoverbike • hypospray • inertial dampener • interphase cloaking device • isolinear rod • medical tricorder • microtorpedo • multidimensional transporter • nanite • neuro-pulse device • osteofuser • PADD • phaser • phaser rifle • proximity detonator • pulse rifle • targeting sensor • tricorder

States and organizationsEdit

Bajora • Bajoran Militia • Dominion • Federation Alliance • Klingon Empire (Klingon Defense Force • Imperial Intelligence) • Klingon-Cardassian Alliance • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Bajoran Resistance • Founders • Great Link • Janir • Klingon Defense Force Command • Navot • Obsidian Order • Paqu • Sidau College of Physics • Starfleet Medical • Starfleet Medical Board • Terran Rebellion

Other referencesEdit

adozine • Aldebaran whiskey • allied protectorate • anesthesia • Attainder • Bajoran history • Bajoran prophecy • Bajoran religion • baseball • biogenic weapon • blood • blood type • bloodwine • borhya • bounty hunter • Cardassian language • chroniton • comet • coyote • dabo • d'k tahg • Dominion War • Emissary of the Prophets • explosive decompression • Fek'lhr • Ferengi language • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • flayer • Four Winds • genitronic replication • graviton spike • Gre'thor • Hand of the Prophets • hasperat • heart • Heart of the Sky • Hippocratic oath • intendant • katana • kava • kava tree • kelbonite • kellipate • ketracel-white • King Lear • Klingon Civil War • liaison officer • Lissepian honeycomb • lopa • magnesite • Nausicaan language • neurocine • neutrino • Occupation of Bajor • orb • orb experience • Orb of Memory • orb shadow • pate • polaron • postganglionic nerve • preganglionic fiber • Progenitor • Reckoning • root beer • shroud • Sirah • Starfleet Medical Journal • Sto-Vo-Kor • surface operations blacks • tegol • Tholian silk • transparent aluminum • tribble • triox • tube grub • ultritium • vision • wakizashi • windsurfing • zhom

AppendicesEdit

BackgroundEdit

• On the epigraphs at the start of the novel, David Mack commented "the quote from Milton's Paradise Lost is meant to evoke Taran'atar's state of mind; the line from Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel speaks to Vaughn's wrath; and the passage from Wordsworth's "She was a Phantom of delight" is intended to foreshadow Kira's storyline in Warpath and beyond". [1]
• Warpath won the 2006 Psi Phi Award for Best Star Trek novel cover. Marco Palmieri commented: "I recall thinking that I wanted Taran'atar to appear dangerous and vulnerable at the same time. To that end, I had the idea of him looking really pissed off as he stared back at the reader through crosshairs. We went with an amber wash over the whole thing because that was the color we'd established for Jem'Hadar blood."
• This novel contains an excerpt of the Star Trek: Vanguard novel Summon the Thunder.

Related storiesEdit

• The Obsidian Alliances novel Saturn's Children is a prequel to this novel.

Stories featuring the mirror universe
Enterprise	episode: "In a Mirror, Darkly" • prose: Age of the Empress • "Nobunaga"
The Original Series	episode: "Mirror, Mirror" • comics: The Mirror Universe Saga ("... Promises to Keep" • "Double Image" • "Deadly Reflection!" • "The Tantalus Trap!" • "Masquerade!" • "Behind Enemy Lines!" • "The Beginning of the End..." • "Homecoming...") • Fragile Glass • Mirror Images ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 4" • "Issue 5") • prose: Spectre • Dark Victory • Preserver • The Sorrows of Empire • "Ill Winds" • "The Greater Good"• video game: Shattered Universe
The Next Generation	comic: "Mirror Images, Issue 3" • prose: Dark Mirror • Three • The Worst of Both Worlds • "The Traitor" • "The Sacred Chalice" • "For Want of a Nail" • "Rise Like Lions"
Deep Space Nine	episodes: "Crossover" • "Through the Looking Glass" • "Shattered Mirror" • "Resurrection" • "The Emperor's New Cloak" • comic: "Enemies & Allies" • prose: Dark Passions • Warpath • Saturn's Children • Fearful Symmetry • "A Terrible Beauty" • The Soul Key • "Freedom Angst"
Voyager	prose: The Mirror-Scaled Serpent • "Bitter Fruit"
New Frontier	comics: Turnaround ("Part I" • "Part II" • "Part III" • "Part IV" • "Part V") • prose: Cutting Ties • "Homecoming"
Klingon Empire	prose: "Family Matters"	Titan	prose: "Empathy"	Vanguard	prose: "The Black Flag"
Miniseries and anthologies	RPG sourcebook: Through a Glass, Darkly • comics: The Mirror Universe Saga • Turnaround • Mirror Images • prose: Mirror Universe Trilogy • Mirror Universe (Glass Empires • Obsidian Alliances • Shards and Shadows)

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous novel: Worlds of Deep Space Nine The Dominion: Olympus Descending	DS9 novels (Post-finale)	Next novel: Fearful Symmetry
Previous novel: Worlds of Deep Space Nine The Dominion: Olympus Descending	DS9 novels	Next novel: Saturn's Children
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Unimatrix Zero, Part I	Pocket	Next Adventure: Unimatrix Zero, Part II
Previous Adventure: Worlds of Deep Space Nine The Dominion: Olympus Descending	Deep Space Nine Adventures	Next Adventure: Fearful Symmetry

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch publications and stories
Novels	A Stitch in Time • Avatar • Abyss • Demons of Air and Darkness • Twilight • This Gray Spirit • Cathedral • Lesser Evil • Rising Son • The Left Hand of Destiny • Unity • "Cardassia: The Lotus Flower" • "Andor: Paradigm" • "Trill: Unjoined" • "Bajor: Fragments and Omens" • "Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed" • "The Dominion: Olympus Descending" • Warpath • Fearful Symmetry • The Soul Key • The Never-Ending Sacrifice
Miniseries and anthologies	The Lives of Dax • Divided We Fall • Mission Gamma • Worlds of Deep Space Nine (Volume One, Two & Three)
Short stories and novellas	"Horn and Ivory" • "The Officers' Club"
Comics	N-Vector • "Crossfire" • "No Quarter" • "All Fall Down" • "United We Stand"
Omnibuses	Twist of Faith • These Haunted Seas

External linksEdit

• Warpath article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• David Mack's annotations for Warpath.