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== Prelude == | == Prelude == | ||
− | + | Tensions with the [[Dominion]] began as early as the [[Federation's]] first official contact with them. A [[Dominion Cold War|cold war]] began to develop in 2370 and lasted for three years. Through placing [[The Founders|Changeling]] doppelgangers in important positions with the governments of the major powers of the [[Alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Beta Quadrant|Beta Quadrants]], the Dominion was able to drastically reduce the military balance of power by eliminating the [[Cardassian]] [[Obsidian Order]] and severely damaging the [[Romulan]] [[Tal Shiar]] during the [[Battle of the Omarion Nebula]]. Their infiltration also nearly caused a war between the Federation and the Tzenkethi, and caused the breakdown of peace between the [[Federation-Klingon War (2372-73)|Federation and Klingon Empire]] and between the [[Klingon-Cardassian War|Klingons and Cardassians]]. | |
− | + | The Dominion was able to use the war between the Klingons and Cardassians to gain a foothold in the Alpha Quadrant. In 2373, after facing heavy losses against the Klingons, Gul Dukat negotiated an alliance between the Cardassian Union and the Dominion, with the Cardassians becoming official members. The Dominion used the opportunity to begin fortifying the Cardassian Union with weekly convoys of ships and troops from the [[Gamma Quadrant]], using the [[Bajoran Wormhole]]. With his new allies, Dukat and the Cardassians drove the Klingons from Cardassian space, as well as eliminating the Maquis resistance in the [[Cardassian Demilitarized Zone|Demilitarized Zone]]. With this new threat, the Federation and Klingons renewed their peace by resigning the [[Khitomer Accords]], and pledged to stand together against the Dominion. | |
− | + | Over the next several months, border skirmishes would break out along the Cardassian border. In addition, the Dominion began signing nonaggression treaties with several regional powers in the Alpha Quadrant, including the [[Tholian Assembly]], the [[Miradorn]], the [[Bajoran|Bajorans]], and the [[Romulan Star Empire]]. To prevent any further Dominion reinforcements from reaching [[Cardassia Prime]], the Federation decided to mine the Alpha Quadrant entrance of the Bajoran Wormhole. | |
== Total war begins == | == Total war begins == | ||
− | + | As Starfleet had anticipated, a large Dominion fleet was dispatched to [[Deep Space 9]] to capture the station and prevent completion of the minefield. The station mounted a valiant defense, but did not have the resources necessary to fight off the Dominion fleet on its own. All Starfleet personnel were ordered to withdrawal from the station following the activation of the minefield. Because of the nonaggression treaty with the Dominion, [[Bajor]] was spared any further direct role in the war, and all Bajoran personnel remained on the station during the Dominion occupation of Deep Space 9. During the battle and Starfleet's withdrawal, a Federation-Klingon task force entered Cardassian space and destroyed the Dominion shipyards at Torros III. | |
=== Dominion success and stalemate === | === Dominion success and stalemate === |
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Dominion War | |||
Date: | |||
Location: | |||
Result: |
Federation Alliance victory; | ||
Belligerents | |||
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Notable commanders | |||
Federation: |
Dominion: | ||
Strength | |||
Unknown number of ships. |
At height: 30,000 starships | ||
Casualties and Losses | |||
Unknown, severe |
Over 807 million Cardassians, near complete destruction of Jem'Hadar forces in the Alpha Quadrant, unknown number of Breen losses | ||
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