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USS Sitak (bottom left) and USS Majestic (center) are destroyed during Operation Return, one of the hard-won victories by the Federation Alliance.

In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Dominion War is a war between the Dominion and the Alpha Quadrant alliance of the United Federation of Planets, Klingon Empire, and later, the Romulan Star Empire. The final two seasons of the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine focused extensively on this war. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links USS_Majestic_hit. ... Image File history File links USS_Majestic_hit. ... The USS Reliant (NCC-1864), a Miranda class starship. ... The USS Reliant (NCC-1864), a Miranda class starship. ... Combatants United Federation of Planets, Klingon Empire Dominion Commanders Captain Benjamin Sisko, General Martok Gul S.G. Dukat, Female Changeling, Weyoun Strength Approximately 600 Federation ships and an unknown number (likely several hundred) of Klingon ships Over 1,254 JemHadar and Cardassian ships Casualties Unknown Unknown In the fictional... For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state, consisting of many different races, with ultimate power held by the xenophobic Changelings. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the fictional race. ... Romulans are a fictional alien species in the Star Trek universe related to Vulcans. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ...

Background

In 2369, the Cardassian Occupation of the planet Bajor ended, the Cardassians having been driven off by various Bajoran Resistance factions. The Bajorans did not inflict a military defeat on the Cardassians, but their continued harassment of Cardassian forces made continued occupation of the system undesirable; as Gul Dukat put it, it was a “political decision” to withdraw. The Bajoran resistance groups then formed a provisional government to oversee the rebuilding of the planet, which had been ecologically, culturally, and financially devastated by the occupation. One of its first official acts was to ask the United Federation of Planets for assistance in this monumental task. The 24th century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2301-2400. ... The Cardassian Occupation or simply the Occupation is a period in the fictional Star Trek universe affecting the planet Bajor and the Bajorans. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Bajor (IPA: /bedÊ’oɹ/ or /beÊ’oɹ/) is the homeworld of the Bajorans. ... The Bajoran Resistance took the form of small autonomous groups (cells). These people used terror tactics against their Cardassian Overseers in an attempt to free their planet. ... In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television series, Skrain Dukat is a Cardassian leader and a recurring antagonist of Benjamin Sisko. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The Federation responded by sending Commander Benjamin Sisko to take command of the space station Terok Nor, an orbital ore processing facility left behind by the Cardassians. This station was rechristened Deep Space Nine, and was to become a diplomatic and commercial center for Bajor. Sisko was tasked by Captain Jean-Luc Picard to do everything—short of violating the Federation’s Prime Directive—to ensure that Bajor rebuilt itself enough to win entry into the Federation. Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Deep Space Nine Deep Space Nine is a fictional space station in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... This article is about the space station, for the Television show of the same name, see Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Jean-Luc Picard is a fictional human Star Trek character portrayed by actor Patrick Stewart. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

However, not long after the Federation’s arrival, Sisko, along with science officer Jadzia Dax discovered a stable wormhole connecting Bajoran territory in the Alpha Quadrant to the Gamma Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy, nearly 70,000 light years away, a distance unattainable by any existing Alpha Quadrant species using conventional means. In order to lay claim to the wormhole to better serve Bajoran interests, the station was moved from the orbit of Bajor to a point close to the Alpha Quadrant terminus of the wormhole. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, is a main character in television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Bajoran wormhole is a wormhole located near the planet Bajor. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ... For other uses, see Milky Way (disambiguation). ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ... For other uses, see Wormhole (disambiguation). ...

It was also discovered that the wormhole is actually home to aliens known to the Bajorans as The Prophets—beings which exist in only one point in space (the wormhole) but all points in time, giving them a very nonlinear view of the universe, where effect can precede cause. They, for unrevealed reasons, adopted Sisko as their emissary to the Bajoran people. Sisko did not like this iconic role (nor did Starfleet Command), especially since he was treated with religious reverence by the Bajoran people, but eventually learned to accept it, and use it from time to time to further the Federation’s goal of helping Bajor to rebuild. In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Bajoran Prophets are non-corporeal beings who inhabit the artificially constructed Bajoran wormhole which connects a distant point in the Gamma Quadrant to the Alpha Quadrant, near the planet of Bajor and the space station Deep Space Nine. ... To do: 20th century mathematics chaos theory, fractals Lyapunov stability and non-linear control systems non-linear video editing See also: Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov Dynamical system External links http://www. ...

Initial contacts with the Dominion

Exploration of the Gamma Quadrant took place without major incident for nearly one year. However, on a seemingly routine trade mission by the Ferengi, Quark first heard whispers of the Dominion, which apparently was a union of civilizations similar to the Federation in its goals of mutual defense and trade practices. Quark, under the aegis of Grand Nagus Zek, was authorized to negotiate a trade agreement with the Dominion; these negotiations were ultimately successful. The Ferengi are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe. ... Quark, son of Keldar and Ishka, is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, played by Armin Shimerman, and a regular for the shows seven-year run. ... For other uses, see Aegis (disambiguation). ... Grand Nagus Zek In the fictional Star Trek universe, Zek was the Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance throughout most of the 24th century. ...

However, as races from the Alpha Quadrant began to colonize planets in the Gamma Quadrant and make their presence known to Gamma Quadrant species, disturbing reports about the Dominion began to emerge. The reports seemed to indicate that what the Dominion could not attain through trade would be taken by force. These reports were borne out in 2370 when a huge fleet of Skrreea ships appeared in the Alpha Quadrant, in search of a new homeworld after their old home had been utterly destroyed by Dominion forces. Sanctuary is an episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the tenth episode of the second season. ...

USS Odyssey under attack

Toward the end of 2370, Sisko, his son Jake, Quark, and Quark’s nephew Nog were visiting an uninhabited Gamma Quadrant planet to do a planetary survey for a school project of Jake’s and Nog’s. It was here that the Jem’Hadar—the Dominion’s military forces—were first encountered, and Sisko and Quark were captured by these forces, along with a mysterious alien (later to be identified as a Vorta) named Eris. The Jem’Hadar then sent a representative to DS9 to inform the Alpha Quadrant that no further intrusions into Dominion space would be tolerated, and gave Major Kira Nerys a list of colonies and starships already destroyed for trespassing. The Federation responded by sending a rescue team consisting of the Galaxy-class starship Odyssey and all three of DS9’s runabouts. They managed to pull off the rescue (Eris included); however, a fierce battle ensued with three Jem’Hadar attack ships. One of the Jem’Hadar attack ships made a kamikaze run for one of the Odyssey’s warp nacelles as the Odyssey was retreating, using its phased polaron beam to punch through her shields despite rotating shield harmonics. At the time of her destruction, the Odyssey had already sustained casualties on decks 4, 5, 8 and 17, a plasma leak in the port nacelle, major damage to Deck 7, and the loss of phaser power, external communications, and weapons control. The remaining forces returned to the Alpha Quadrant, where it was discovered that Eris was a spy and that Sisko’s capture had been engineered by the Founders, the shadowy ruling class of the Dominion. Once discovered, Eris managed to escape DS9 using some sort of a transporter technology, seemingly far more advanced than Alpha Quadrant species had been able to develop. (Episode: “The Jem’Hadar”) The USS Odyssey is attacked by 3 JemHadar fighters at the Battle of New Bajor, the first engagement between Federation forces and the Dominion, in ST:DS9 The JemHadar (fair use; copyright held by Paramount Pictures) (taken from Memory Alpha) This work is copyrighted. ... The USS Odyssey is attacked by 3 JemHadar fighters at the Battle of New Bajor, the first engagement between Federation forces and the Dominion, in ST:DS9 The JemHadar (fair use; copyright held by Paramount Pictures) (taken from Memory Alpha) This work is copyrighted. ... Jake Sisko is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Cirroc Lofton. ... For egg nog, corn nog and related drinks, see Eggnog. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the JemHadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. ... Weyoun, a high-ranking Vorta. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), a Galaxy class starship. ... The USS Rio Grande (NCC-72452), a Danube class runabout. ... USS Bunker Hill was hit by Ogawa (see picture left) and another kamikaze near KyÅ«shÅ« on May 11, 1945. ... Changelings are an alien race from the Star Trek universe. ... A JemHadar soldier The JemHadar is the final episode in the second season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

Federation first contact with the Founders

Early in 2371 Sisko returned to Earth for a Starfleet debriefing on the matter, returning to the space station commanding the USS Defiant, a prototype battlecruiser originally developed to fight the Borg, but modified with a Romulan cloaking device to enter the Gamma Quadrant on a peace mission to locate the Founders. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, the USS Defiant (NX-74205) is the lead ship of an experimental class of starship. ... [[Image:HMS Hood and HMS Barham. ... The Unicomplex, a huge Borg complex in the Delta Quadrant. ... A Klingon Bird of Prey from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country fires while using a cloaking device In several science fiction universes, a cloaking device is an advanced stealth system which causes a spaceship or individual to be invisible and extremely difficult to detect with normal sensors. ...

They discovered that the Founders are the same race as Odo, DS9’s shapeshifting chief of security. Despite a strong longing to return to his home, he found his people’s philosophy—that which you can control cannot hurt you—abhorrent. After a short standoff between Federation and Dominion forces, Odo asked to be returned to the Alpha Quadrant with all Federation forces intact. The Founders, led by a character identified only as “the Female Changeling” (played by Salome Jens), acquiesced to Odo’s request, in the hopes that Odo would one day rejoin his people (Episode: “The Search”). This marked the beginning of a cold war phase between the Federation and Dominion, with limited skirmishes between the two sides and a steady buildup of military forces. Odo is a shapeshifter played by Rene Auberjonois on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... The Female Shapeshifter is a fictional character in the Star Trek: DS9 universe, one of a race of shapeshifting aliens. ... as the Female Changeling from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Salome Jens (born May 8, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actress. ... The Search is the title of a two-part Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, from the third season. ...

Covert Cardassian/Romulan attack

Meanwhile, the other Alpha Quadrant powers were not sitting still in the face of the threat from the Dominion. The Obsidian Order—a covert Cardassian intelligence force led by Enabran Tain—allied themselves with the Tal Shiar, their Romulan counterpart. Together, they secretly built a modest fleet of 20 starships in the Orrias sector of Cardassian space and launched a preemptive strike to destroy the Founders’ homeworld, hoping that the Dominion would collapse with the loss of the Founders. Obsidian Order insignia The Obsidian Order is a Cardassian secret police organization in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... This article is about the Star Trek universe. ... Enabran Tain is a character in the popular Star Trek series. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Tal Shiar is a Romulan intelligence organization, comparable to the KGB. The name possibly refers to the Tal Shaya, or Vulcan death grip (actually an erroneous term) as seen on the original Star Trek series. ...

However, the Founders, using their shapeshifting abilities, had infiltrated the Tal Shiar and actually encouraged the strike so that the Dominion could launch a surprise attack and, in one stroke, wipe out both the Order and the Tal Shiar. The Romulan/Cardassian fleet managed to obliterate 30% of the planet’s crust before realizing the planet was deserted, at which point a fleet of 150 Jem’Hadar attack ships emerged from the surrounding nebula. The Dominion stunned the galaxy with this attack (which was likened to the Federation’s defeat at the Battle of Wolf 359), leaving only the Federation and the Klingon Empire as the remaining powers to stand up to the Dominion. (Episode: “The Die is Cast”). Because both the Obsidian Order and the Tal Shiar were intelligence agencies, neither was supposed to have had any ships in the first place; thus, the destruction of their combined fleet left the main Cardassian and Romulan fleets unaffected. However, the defeat had a significant psychological impact: the Cardassian Union subsequently joined the Dominion, and the Romulan Star Empire signed a Non-Aggression Pact with them. While the Obsidian Order was destroyed by this event, the Tal Shiar survived, albeit in a diminished state, only recovering to a level near its former self quite late in the war. Obsidian Order insignia The Obsidian Order is a Cardassian secret police organization in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Tal Shiar is a Romulan intelligence organization, comparable to the KGB. The name possibly refers to the Tal Shaya, or Vulcan death grip (actually an erroneous term) as seen on the original Star Trek series. ... The Triangulum Emission Nebula NGC 604 The Pillars of Creation from the Eagle Nebula For other uses, see Nebula (disambiguation). ... Combatants Borg Collective United Federation of Planets Strength 1 Borg cube 40 Starfleet vessels Casualties Unknown casualties, no starships 11,000+ casualties, 39 starships The Battle of Wolf 359 is a fictional battle between the United Federation of Planets Starfleet and the Borg Collective depicted in the Star Trek: The... This page is about the race. ... The Die is Cast is a third season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Obsidian Order insignia The Obsidian Order is a Cardassian secret police organization in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Tal Shiar is a Romulan intelligence organization, comparable to the KGB. The name possibly refers to the Tal Shaya, or Vulcan death grip (actually an erroneous term) as seen on the original Star Trek series. ... This article is about the Star Trek universe. ... Romulans are a fictional alien species in the Star Trek universe related to Vulcans. ... A non-aggression pact is an international treaty between two or more states, agreeing to avoid war or armed conflict between them even if they find themselves fighting third countries, or even if one is fighting allies of the other. ... Obsidian Order insignia The Obsidian Order is a Cardassian secret police organization in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Tal Shiar is a Romulan intelligence organization, comparable to the KGB. The name possibly refers to the Tal Shaya, or Vulcan death grip (actually an erroneous term) as seen on the original Star Trek series. ...

Founder infiltration and political destabilization

Late in 2371, it was learned that the Founders had infiltrated nearly every major power in the Alpha Quadrant, and the ensuing paranoia about who might or might not be a shapeshifter led to the Klingon invasion of Cardassian territory in 2372. With the fall of the Obsidian Order, the Cardassian citizenry had legitimately overthrown the militaristic government, putting a civilian-based government in its place. However, the Klingons did not accept the sudden change in government, and suspected Dominion involvement (a suspicion encouraged by Dominion infiltrators). Their refusal to break off their invasion, even after it had been proven that the Dominion was not involved, led newly-promoted Captain Sisko to a military confrontation with the Klingons, as the Klingons, under Chancellor Gowron and General Martok attempted to seize Deep Space Nine. The attack was repulsed—barely—but caused the Klingons to sever all diplomatic relations with the Federation, and to withdraw from the Khitomer Accords, essentially ending decades of peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. This seemed to further the Founders' goal of destabilization of the Alpha Quadrant as a prelude to their own invasion. (Episode: “The Way of the Warrior”) Shapeshifter was a program wich would allow you to edit and make your own themes for the mac computers but this is now out of date ... Gowron is a fictional character of the Star Trek universe. ... Martok is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. ... This article is about the space station, for the Television show of the same name, see Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In the Star Trek universe, the Khitomer Accords comprised a treaty set down between the Klingon Empire, the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Empire signed on the planet Khitomer in the year 2293. ... The Way of the Warrior is the title of a two-part episode from the fourth season of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

The paranoia over shapeshifters continued throughout 2372, and certain Starfleet officers responded by trying to implement a coup d’état of the Federation after it was learned that shapeshifters had infiltrated and committed a terrorist attack on Earth. This led to an armed conflict between Starfleet vessels for the first time since Khan Noonien Singh hijacked the USS Reliant and fought the USS Enterprise, nearly a century earlier. The USS Defiant and USS Lakota exchanged fire. In the nick of time, Sisko was able to force Admiral Leyton to abandon his efforts to impose martial law on the Federation by convincing him to step down and face criminal charges. (Episode: “Paradise Lost”) Coup redirects here. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Khan Noonien Singh is a villain in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Paradise Lost is the title of a fourth season Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode. ...

Tensions between the Federation and the Klingon Empire continued to rise, and war broke out between the two in late 2372 over the Federation’s refusal to recognize the Klingons’ claim to the Archanis sector. However, the Empire could not effectively fight a war on two fronts. In mid-2373, the Cardassian Union, under the leadership of Gul Dukat (the former prefect of Terok Nor, Deep Space Nine’s Cardassian name, and former military advisor to the civilian government on Cardassia), officially became a member state of the Dominion. This gave the Founders a solid foothold in the Alpha Quadrant, and the Cardassians—who were severely weakened by the Klingon invasion—were able to drive the Klingons out of Cardassian space, inflicting heavy losses upon Klingon forces in doing so. With The Dominion now firmly entrenched in the Alpha Quadrant, the Klingon Empire reaffirmed the Khitomer Accords, ending the brief war between the Empire and the Federation (Episode: “By Inferno’s Light”). By Infernos Light is a fifth-season episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

At some point in 2373, Dr. Julian Bashir of Deep Space Nine had been kidnapped and held in a Dominion prison in the Gamma Quadrant. When Worf and Garak went to free Enabran Tain in the same prison, they discovered that the real Bashir had been on the prison for several weeks. However, the replacement on the station was so convincing that no one suspected that the Bashir on the station was really a Changeling infiltrator. The replacement sabotaged the efforts to close the wormhole, and was preparing to destroy the Bajoran sun to wipe out DS9 and its defense of the Wormhole as well as a bonus Federation-Klingon task force sent to defend the station, leaving the way open for the full force of the Dominion fleets to enter the Alpha Quadrant unopposed. Eventually, a number of the prisoners staged a breakout. Bashir was able to get a message to Deep Space Nine, and in the nick of time, the USS Defiant was able to catch the Changeling (by going to warp inside a solar system, something not normally done) and stop the Changeling from carrying out his mission to destroy the Bajoran star system (Episode: “In Purgatory’s Shadow”). Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., (played by Alexander Siddig) is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... In Purgatorys Shadow is a fifth-season episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

The Dominion then began sending weekly fleets of ships through the wormhole to bolster their presence in the Alpha Quadrant and to reinforce Cardassian positions, in numbers calculated to not look like an invasion, but allow a steady long term buildup of overwhelming strength in Cardassian space, under the pretext of the Cardassians being “jittery” after the war with the Klingons. The Federation and Klingon Empire decided that this was an untenable situation, and built a field of space mines at the mouth of the wormhole on the Alpha Quadrant side that were self-replicating and fitted with cloaking devices. This effectively cut off the Dominion’s supply lines to the Alpha Quadrant. However, Gul Dukat and his Dominion advisor, the Vorta Weyoun, considered this an act of war, and launched an attack on Deep Space Nine itself. This battle is generally accepted as the true beginning of the Dominion War. (Episode: “Call to Arms”) Weyoun, a high-ranking Vorta. ... Weyoun (played by Jeffrey Combs) is second-in-command of Dominion forces in the Alpha Quadrant, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Casus belli is a modern Latin language expression meaning the justification for acts of war. ... Call to Arms is the title of the twenty-sixth and final episode of the fifth season of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

Full-scale war

Dominion invasion and capture of Deep Space Nine

Cardassian and Dominion forces launched their attack on Deep Space Nine to wrest control of the station from the Federation. In a calculated strategic move, a Federation-Klingon task force were at the time attacking the Dominion shipyards at Torros III, leading to the loss of DS9. However under advice from Captain Sisko, the Bajoran government had signed a treaty of non-aggression with the Dominion, and this allowed Bajoran forces to remain on the station and Bajor untouched by the Dominion/Cardassian alliance. Further, Major Kira Nerys activated a computer program that completely disabled DS9's computer systems, rendering the station effectively useless over the short/medium term, under the assumption that Starfleet would quickly retake the station before it could be restored to operational status. This estimate of a short occupation proved to be highly optimistic. (Episode: “Call to Arms”) In 2374, while Dukat and Weyoun were trying to figure out a way to safely dismantle the minefield, Kira began her own resistance movement on the station, sowing discord between the Cardassians and Jem’Hadar on the station, particularly between Dukat’s second-in-command—Gul Damar—and Dominion forces (Episode: “Behind the Lines”). Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Call to Arms is the title of the twenty-sixth and final episode of the fifth season of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Weyoun (played by Jeffrey Combs) is second-in-command of Dominion forces in the Alpha Quadrant, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the JemHadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. ... Damar is a character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a Cardassian officer, played by Casey Biggs. ... Behind the Lines is a sixth season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

Deep Space Nine under Dominion control in 2374.

By the late spring of 2374, it was clear the Federation and the Klingon Empire were slowly losing the war despite their blockade. Several Dominion strategic advantages including extreme range sensor arrays that monitored Federation fleet movements and let the Dominion concentrate forces against them, as well as extremely fast ship construction and personnel (Jem'Hadar) production techniques, proved highly damaging in the early months of the war. As Miles O’Brien put it, “Engage-Retreat” was becoming the tune to which the Federation and Klingon fleets were dancing. Later, Sisko convinced the top brass in Starfleet that the key strategic point of the conflict would not be any one planet, but rather Deep Space Nine itself. In what was dubbed Operation Return, a fleet made up of elements from three Federation commands would be put together, with involvement of the Klingon Defense Forces to retake the Station and swing momentum back to the Alliance. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the JemHadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. ...

However, information was passed through the lines that indicated Dukat was very close to dismantling the minefield. Despite the fact that elements of the Federation task force had not yet arrived, nor had the Klingons, the decision was made to launch with what they had. (Episode: “Favor the Bold”) With nothing left to lose, the Federation launched its assault (known as Operation Return) with 600 ships against 1254 Dominion and Cardassian ships, and with timely intervention by the Klingons, the Defiant was able to break through the lines and make it to the wormhole just as the minefield was taken down, despite the best efforts of Major Kira, Rom, Odo and several Bajoran security officers on DS9. In a desperate and futile attempt to delay the thousands of Dominion ships pouring through from the Gamma Quadrant, Sisko entered the wormhole, at which point the Prophets decided to intervene. Apparently, Sisko had not yet completed his tasks as the Emissary to the Bajorans. Foreseeing that he would die in his valiant attempt to stop the Dominion forces from coming through, the Prophets stepped in. It is unknown exactly what happened to the Dominion fleet while it was traversing the wormhole; the fleet is (in the words of Miles O’Brien) “just gone”—it simply disappeared. With Cardassian morale broken, and with 200+ Allied ships having broken through the lines of their fleet and headed directly to the station, they abandoned Terok Nor, and the Federation once again took control of Deep Space Nine. The Federation victory cost Dukat his sanity, his daughter’s life, and his place as the Cardassian head of state. Damar replaced Dukat, though he was much more a Dominion puppet than Dukat. (Episode: “Sacrifice of Angels”) Favor the Bold is a sixth season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Sacrifice of Angels was an episode from the sixth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and was directed by Allan Kroeker. ...

After Operation Return

With the Dominion having pulled back mostly to Cardassian space, it appeared that the war could have been over. Indeed, Damar and Weyoun arrived at DS9 shortly afterwards to negotiate a peace treaty with the Federation-Klingon Alliance raising hopes for an end to the war. In actual fact, it was an attempt to gain control of a key planet with which a secure Alpha Quadrant supply of Ketracel White could be obtained. The Federation nonetheless supported the treaty as according to a strategic study by Dr. Bashir, the Dominion would be forced to attack instantly before their stockpiles ran out, if they could not secure a supply. A peace treaty is an agreement (a peace treaty) between two hostile parties, usually countries or governments, that formally ends a war or armed conflict. ...

For a time the war simmered down to a low level conflict as both sides licked their wounds. Unfortunately, between Jem’Hadar breeding technology and advanced shipyard mass production, the Dominion recovered first.

After half a year of relative peace with relatively minor border skirmishes (including Jem’Hadar ships running through Romulan space, crossing the Romulan Neutral Zone and attacking the Federation before retreating thanks to their non-aggression treaty), the war swung into high gear once again. The Dominion, taking advantage of a Federation fleet moving out of position to conduct exercises, invaded and captured Betazed in a textbook surprise attack, giving them a forward base to raid deep into the Federation and threatening key sectors. Betazed is a planet in the fictional television, movie, and book series Star Trek. ...

Sisko, convinced that the Romulans were critical to changing the strategic situation enough to allow the Alliance to go on the offensive (and with the backing of Starfleet Command) schemed with Elim Garak, former Obsidian Order spy, to create false evidence of a Dominion plot to invade the Romulan capital world of Romulus. Romulan Senator Vreenak, who was presented with this "evidence," uncovered its forged nature, and returned to Romulus to reveal the plot to the entire Alpha Quadrant. Unfortunately, the Senator's shuttle was mysteriously destroyed during its return trip, using explosives unique to the Dominion. Garak had planted the bomb, hoping (correctly) the Romulans would surmise that Vreenak had encountered something important and been killed to prevent him from reporting. The manufactured evidence, its truthfulness verified by the same explosion that disguised its counterfeit nature, was taken at face value. The Romulan Star Empire formally declared war against the Dominion, swinging the strategic balance firmly in favor of the Alliance. (Episode: In the Pale Moonlight) With fleets now bolstered by Romulan ships, the Alliance now moved onto the offensive, for the first time invading true Cardassian space and taking the strategic Chin’toka system from the Dominion in early 2375. Garak redirects here. ... Vreenak accuses Captain Sisko of attemping to deceive him. ... In the Pale Moonlight (working title: Patriot) is the 19th episode of the 6th season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... The Chintoka system is the site of the first major offensive action on the part of the Federation, Klingon, and Romulan alliance against the Dominion in the fictional series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

USS Galaxy takes damage from the Chin'toka defense platforms during the First Battle of Chin’Toka.

Around the same time of the formation of the alliance with the Romulans, DS9’s chief medical officer, Dr. Julian Bashir, was made aware of the existence of Section 31—a covert (and "officially" unsanctioned intelligence agency similar to the Obsidian Order—within the Federation. Section 31 seemed intensely interested in manipulating the war behind the scenes and tried to recruit Bashir into their ranks. Bashir refused, informed Sisko of Section 31’s existence, and adopted a “wait-and-see” attitude. ("Inquisition") Section 31 had already put their master plan into effect: they had infected Odo with a virus which he had unknowingly communicated to the rest of the Founders by linking with the Great Link many years before the war started. Section 31 had seen the Dominion as a clear strategic threat to the Alpha Quadrant and Federation and had taken action, much as the Tal Shiar and Obsidian order had, but far more subtly and successfully and, as the Founders died, so died the Dominion. A Galaxy-class starship engages an orbital weapons platform during the Battle of ChinToka, during ST:DS9 Tears of the Prophets(fair use; copyright held by Paramount Pictures) (taken from Memory Alpha) This work is copyrighted. ... A Galaxy-class starship engages an orbital weapons platform during the Battle of ChinToka, during ST:DS9 Tears of the Prophets(fair use; copyright held by Paramount Pictures) (taken from Memory Alpha) This work is copyrighted. ... The chief medical officer (CMO) is an official in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom who regularly advises their respective government on health related matters. ... Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., (played by Alexander Siddig) is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Section 31 is the unofficial designation of a rogue and officially nonexistent intelligence and defense organization resembling secret police or a black-ops organization in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Inquisition is a season six episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

The disease began to take its toll on the Founders in mid-2375, seriously damaging their ability to change and hold their shape, much less coordinate complicated war efforts. (Episode: “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River”) Legate Damar, too, grew increasingly frustrated with the seemingly stalemated war (Alliance momentum into Cardassian space had fallen after Chin’toka in the face of fanatic Dominion resistance) and his own position as a Dominion puppet. As Cardassian military losses mounted, he began to drink heavily and often criticized the Dominion’s ability to orchestrate the war successfully. Treachery, Faith, and the Great River is a season seven episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that first aired on November 4, 1998. ...

As the Dominion’s position became increasingly precarious with the Alliance continuing to gain the initiative, the Female Changeling sought and successfully formed an alliance with the Breen, a relatively unknown spacefaring species from the Alpha Quadrant. Their entry into the struggle temporarily turned the tide of the war back to the Dominion’s favor. (Episode: “’Til Death Do Us Part”) The Breen forces kicked off their alliance with The Dominion by staging a sneak attack on Earth itself, destroying many Starfleet facilities as well as heavily damaging the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. While a tactical defeat (most of the Breen ships were destroyed by Starfleet and the damage was actually relatively minor), the strategic shockwaves of such a brazen act horrified many and proved that the Breen could strike fear in their enemy. Furthermore, Breen vessels were equipped with a power-draining weapon that rendered targeted vessels inert; this allowed the Dominion to retake the initiative, extend its front lines, and retake the Chin’toka system in a battle that destroyed the USS Defiant (among others). However, this battle also defeated the Breen trump card: a single Klingon vessel was unaffected by their power-draining weapon due to a slight modification to its engine core. With similar alterations in place, the Klingon fleet was now immune to the Breen's major tactical advantage; however, this did not change the fact that the Klingon fleet, heavily diminished in recent years due to wars with Cardassia, the Federation, and the Dominion, were now outnumbered close to 20-1 (Episode: “The Changing Face of Evil”) Breen soldier appearing on Star Trek: Deep Space 9 The Breen are a species in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. ... Til Death Do Us Part is an episode from the seventh season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the second of the ten final chapters. ... The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Changing Face of Evil is an episode from the seventh season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the fourth of the ten final chapters. ...

The Klingons, now alone at the front, were instructed by Federation Alliance commanders to hold their position while Alliance scientists tried to figure how to counter the Breen’s energy-draining weapon. General Martok’s strategy was to send battle groups in under cloak to conduct a rapid series of harassment raids against soft targets, keeping the Dominion-off balance and unable to muster an offensive, hopefully for long enough for the Federation and Romulan fleets to come back online. Unfortunately, Klingon politics got in the way. Klingon Chancellor Gowron began to fear that Martok’s military prowess, and more crictically the IKDF's loyalty to him, would eclipse his own. He stripped command of the war from Martok, assumed leadership, and began to throw Martok into no-win battles, wasting precious ships and troops and throwing the Alliance’s tenuous position into chaos. The situation reached a head when Lieutenant Commander Worf, serving as DS9’s strategic operations officer, challenged Gowron’s leadership in an open council mission briefing. As per Klingon tradition, the two dueled to the death. Worf won, and was about to be crowned the new Chancellor of the Klingon Empire before refusing the position, giving it instead to Martok. With the Klingon political landscape somewhat stabilized after years of questionable management by Gowron (at least as far as The Dominion War was concerned), the war returned to near-stalemated conditions. (episodes: “When It Rains…” and “Tacking Into the Wind”) Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned rank of the Starfleet in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and also the films based on The Next Generation. ... When It Rains. ... Tacking Into the Wind is an episode from the seventh season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the sixth of the ten final chapters. ...

Final assault and fall of Cardassia

With the Dominion now issuing more military and political decisions over Cardassia, (including giving a few Cardassian colonies to the Breen), Legate Damar began his own underground resistance movement in an attempt to drive the Dominion out of Cardassian space. Damar was branded a rebel by the Dominion and went into hiding. He was unable to easily understand the subtlety of fighting an insurgent war and continued to take heavy losses in engagements. Kira, Garak and Odo were sent as “technical advisors” to help his people do the most damage. In order to smooth over the feelings the Cardassian's might feel at having a Bajoran telling them what to do, Kira was given a Starfleet commission with the rank of Commander and sent as a representative of the Federation. Casey Biggs as Corat Damar. ... A resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign nation through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence. ...

Damar’s group, with the help of Kira’s group, successfully hijacked a Dominion fighter on which the Breen weapon was being installed. The team was able to secure the ship and get it into Federation territory with a completed copy of the weapon, enabling Alliance scientists to counter it, swinging the strategic situation firmly back to the Alliance, who now had a significant manpower advantage in ships over the slowly depleting Dominion fleets (thanks in no small part to Damar destroying the Dominion’s primary cloning facilities).

In response, the Female Founder decided to pull back into the smallest possible corner of Cardassian space with key infrastructure and stop attacking the Alliance. Her thought was that with their space regained and final battle too costly to think of, the Alliance would leave the Dominion alone and declare the war won, letting the Dominion rebuild over years into an overwhelming force. However the Founder underestimated Federation resolve and the go ahead for the final advance on Cardassia Prime was given. At the same time, Damar’s resistance movement was wiped out by traitors operating within his inner circle, all 18 major cells destroyed in a matter of hours leaving Kira, Garak and Damar trapped and hidden on Cardassia Prime… with a population seething under what was now little more than an occupation.

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A three-pronged strike led by Sisko, Admiral William Ross, Chancellor Martok, and the Romulans invaded Cardassian space in an all-or-nothing offensive (Episode: “The Dogs of War”). Vice-Admiral William Ross (a fictional character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) was the Field-Commander of Starfleet forces during the Dominion War and was the coordinator of Starfleets defense of the Bolian and Bajoran fronts in the early stages of that war. ... The Dogs of War is an episode from the finale arc of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the eighth of the ten final chapters. ...

Damar’s attempts at fomenting a popular uprising against the Dominion were wildly successful, cutting Cardassia Prime’s C4I abilities off from the Dominion fleet thanks to civilian passive resistance (shutting down power plants, transmitters, etc.). In an attempt to cow the Cardassians back into line, the founder ordered the Dominion to destroy an entire Cardassian metropolis (Lakarian City), killing about two million Cardassians in the process. Predictably, this did not work as planned. For The phrase etc. ...

This atrocity caused most Cardassian fleet commanders to switch sides, aiding the Alliance’s invasion of Cardassian space and turning the largest fleet battle in the war firmly in the Alliance's favor. This resulted in the Female Shapeshifter to order all Cardassian cities be destroyed. The Dominion fleet withdrew into orbit of Cardassia prime and its planetary defense systems for one last stand. With the federation fleet moving in there was no doubt that the alliance would be victorious, but if not for the cardassians switching sides during the battle, the alliance casualty toll would have been too great, the Female Changeling stating, "You will lose so many ships and men, that your victory will feel like a bitter defeat." In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...

The Founders, facing extinction themselves, abandoned all pretense of being anything but polymorphic supremacists bent on imposing their version of order on the entire galaxy. Thus, they swore they would not surrender, promising a “scorched-earth war,” wherein any territory the Alliance managed to take would be so badly damaged, and so many people killed, that an Alliance victory would hardly be worth the effort and more critically, the remains of the Alliance fleets would pose no threat to the Great Link in the Gamma Quadrant (thinking the Alliance would deal with them the way the Dominion would). A Pyrrhic victory seemed inevitable for the Alliance, as 800 million Cardassian civilians were already dead due to Dominion bombings. (Episode: “What You Leave Behind, Part I”) Total war is a military conflict in which nations mobilize all available resources in order to destroy another nations ability to engage in war. ... A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor. ... What You Leave Behind is the final episode of the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

However, Julian Bashir and DS9’s chief of operations, Miles O’Brien, had managed to take the cure for the Founders’ disease, created by Section 31, from the mind of one of its operatives. (episode: “Extreme Measures”) The cure was given to Odo, who then rushed to Cardassia Prime. In exchange for the Dominion’s peaceful surrender, and the arrest of its Founder, Breen, and Vorta leaders for war crimes, the Alpha Quadrant Alliance allowed Odo to cure the Founders of their disease. A formal declaration of the cessation of hostilities was proclaimed in a ceremony aboard DS9, thus ending a conflict that had consumed nearly three-quarters of the quadrant for nearly three years, starting at that very space station. (episode: “What You Leave Behind, Part II”) Miles OBrien Miles Edward OBrien is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Colm Meaney. ... Extreme Measures is an episode from the seventh season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the seventh of the ten final chapters. ... In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... What You Leave Behind is the final episode of the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

Aftermath

The fallout from the war remains mostly undocumented. The political ramifications are immense, as nearly every major Alpha Quadrant power, from the Federation to the Ferengi, underwent a dramatic shift in power. While the actual death toll is not known, it is estimated that billions of people gave their lives in the struggle. In the end, only another canonical visit to the time period will provide answers to the many unresolved questions. The Ferengi are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe. ...

Jem’Hadar soldiers laid waste to Cardassia Prime, killing over 800 million Cardassians. That was in addition to the over seven million Cardassians who died fighting in the war. The damage to the planet was far worse than the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. The long term implications to the Cardassians or their homeworld have not been fully revealed, though despite the Cardassian “change of side” in the last battle, the Cardassian Union itself became an occupied territory, much like that of Germany at the end of the Second World War. In the fictional series, Star Trek, Cardassia Prime is the main planet in the Cardassian Empire. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Bajor (IPA: /bedÊ’oɹ/ or /beÊ’oɹ/) is the homeworld of the Bajorans. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Odo returned to the Founders’ homeworld. He did this to cure the other Founders of the Section 31 virus, and to teach them about the other races in the galaxy in an attempt to reform Founder society.

The ultimate fate of the Female Changeling who had remained in the Alpha Quadrant to direct the war effort and then agreed to face trial is unknown. The penalties for war crimes have not been discussed in detail. One thing that is known for certain is that the Federation does not ordinarily practice capital punishment (excepting General Order VII, which prohibits entry to the Talosian system). Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... The Cage is the original pilot episode of the original Star Trek science fiction series and resulting franchise. ... In the fictional Star Trek, Talos IV is the fourth planet of the Talos System; inhabited by the Talosians. ...

Following the Dominion War, the Klingon Empire was heavily weakened. Before the war the Klingons had already waged a full-scale conflict with the Cardassians and almost declared hostilities against the Federation. Also the Klingon political landscape was in turmoil due to the inefficiency of Gowron’s Chancellorship. During the Dominion War, the Klingons arguably took on the worst of the fighting at a time when their military was already weakened from the Cardassian conflict; other frustrations include the disastrous campaigns launched by Gowron and the brief period in which the Federation and the Romulans were forced to leave the fighting to the Klingons upon the Breen’s entry to the war. By the time the war had ended, it is believed that the Klingons had lost a huge fraction of their military strength. In the immediate aftermath of the war, the Klingon Empire was left with its economy crippled and its military power reduced to a shadow of its former self; Section 31 agent Sloan predicted that it would take 10 years for the Klingons to recover their economic and military strength.

The effect of the war on the Romulan Empire is still largely unknown. Factions of the military clearly did not like the alliance that the war brought between the Romulans, the Klingons, and the Federation. This may have been one of the reasons the Romulan military supported the assassination of the Romulan Senate by Shinzon. Unlike the Klingons, Cardassians and the Federation, the Romulan Empire (with the exception of the Tal Shiar) and its military forces seem to have suffered relatively modest battle damage overall. This is thanks largely to the Romulans’ late entry into the conflict but also the resilient Romulan Fleet. The Romulans, also unlike the Federation, never suffered the loss of territories and resources, and unlike the Klingons, they had a stable political unit and an almost intact fleet that was not burdened by recent conflicts.

In the DS9 episode “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges,” Section 31 agent Sloan predicted that of the four major powers of the Alpha Quadrant, the only two major powers strong enough to affect Quadrant-wide politics will be the Federation and the Romulans, the Cardassians having been crushed, and the Klingons having taken heavy battle damage and lacking the resources for a quick rebound. Positing a decade-long recovery for the Klingons, Sloan was meddling in Romulan internal affairs with the intent of making their post-war government more friendly to the Federation. Of course he had no way of predicting the rise of Shinzon, and the power vacuum caused by Shinzon’s death. Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges is an episode from the seventh season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Shinzon is a character in the Star Trek universe. ...

Though it is not considered canon, the Voyager relaunch books reveal that two years after the end of the war, the Federation is still suffering its effects.

External links

• Dominion War article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki