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− | 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]]. | + | Tensions with the [[Dominion]] began as early as the [[Federation|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. | 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. | ||
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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. | 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 | + | === Dominion Success=== |
− | + | For the next three months, the [[Federation Alliance|allied]] fleets engaged Dominion forces in a number of devastating battles. However, the Dominon was dominating the battles, forcing the Federation and Klingons to retreat at every turn. The Federation's Seventh Fleet, a force composed of 112 vessels, was dispatched to the Tyra system to stop the Dominion's advance into Federation territory. The battle was a disaster for the Federation, as only fourteen ships were able to limp back to Federation controlled space. In order to keep up the morale on the homefront, the [[Federation News Service]] did not report how bad the losses truly were. | |
− | + | While the Dominion was winning every fullscale engagement, the allies were still able to win some minor victories. In a mission led by Captain [[Benjamin Sisko]], a small team used a captured [[Jem'Hadar]] ship to destroy the Dominion's primary [[ketracel-white]] storage facility in Cardassian space. Gul Dukat responded to the attack on his supply lines by driving deeper into Federation-held space. He had hoped to win a crushing victory over the Federation forces before the Dominion ran out of ketracel-white, provided that the minefield could not be deactivated. In the next month, the front line spread across Federation territory. The [[Vulcan]] and [[Bolian]] home systems found themselves in danger. Starfleet sent the Fifth and [[Pegasus Fleet|Eleventh]] Fleets to reinforce the Vulcan border. Another infiltration mission into Dominion controlled space destroyed a Dominion sensor array in the [[Argolis Cluster]], leading to an operation to relieve the pressure on the Bolian front. However, morale was falling so quickly that even the Klingons doubted if the war was winnable. | |
− | + | After months of retreating from the Dominion forces, Captain Sisko, attempted to convince Starfleet that the Federation must go on the offensive if they had any hope of winning the war. His plan was to recapture Deep Space 9 with the combined forces of the Second, Fifth, and Ninth Fleets. There was some initial resistance to the plan, fearing that too many ships would be diverted away from [{Earth]]. Admiral Coburn was convinced, however, when assured that the key to winning the war was keeping Dominion reinforcements from coming through the wormhole. The plan was approved, but had to be put into action immediately. Intelligence reported that the Dominion was only three days away from deactivating the minefield. The Klingon Empire had not initially agreed to participating in the operation, fearing that the operation would leave the Empire vulnerable. Eventually, Starfleet decided that they had no choice but to deploy the task force with only the Second and Fifth fleets in order to reach Deep Space 9 before the minefield was deactivated. The task force, consisting of over 600 Federation ships departed from Starbase 375 enroute for the Bajoran system. Detecting the approach of the Federation fleet, Gul Dukat redirected a large number of Dominion ships off the front lines to intercept and destroy the enemy fleet. With only hours remaining before they destroyed the minefield, the Dominion commander, Weyoun, assured Dukat that any ships lost in this engagement would be replaced by the 2,800 Jem'Hadar ships waiting in the Gamma Quadrant. Holding the station was the top priority. | |
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+ | A combined force of 1,254 Jem'Hadar and Cardassian ships met the Federation fleet on its way to Deep Space 9. Captain Sisko attempted to create confusion along the Cardassian forces to find an opening in the Dominion's lines. Realizing Sisko's plan, Dukat allowed Starfleet to push its way through, only to close in by surrounding with the overwhelming forces under his control. The Federation was taking heavy losses, and defeat seemed at hand. Fortunately for the allies, a Klingon fleet decloaked and engaged the Dominion forces, turning the tide in the favor of the allies. The {USS|Defiant} was able to break through the lines to head for the wormhole. Although the Dominion was able to destroy minefield, Sisko was able to enter the wormhole and persuade the [[Bajoran Religion|Bajoran Prophets]] to destroy the Dominion reinforcements. With the help from the wormhole aliens, and the fleet battle ending to the favor of the Federation-Klingon alliance, the Dominion was forced to withdraw from Deep Space 9. [[Operation Return]] was the first major defeat for the Dominion. Dukat's defeat left him captured by the Federation forces. He would be replaced by [[Damar]]. | ||
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''The war entered a temporary lull at this point; the Dominion retreated to within Cardassian space, and activity along the border was rare. During this lull, the Dominion sued for peace with the Federation, even offering to withdraw their forces from a sizable amount of territory which would be ceded back. An analysis by a [[genetically engineered]] think tank led by Doctor [[Julian Bashir]] determined that the Dominion was merely trying to acquire the [[Kabrel system]], which would allow them to produce ketracel-white in the Alpha Quadrant, addressing the supply problem they were facing without wormhole access. However, Bashir's think tank projected that it was actually favorable to take the territory without a fight while they had the chance, despite giving the Dominion the ability to produce ketracel-white in the process, because it would be more difficult for them to retake all of the Dominion's large amount of controlled space without incredible casualties if they did not. Although the Dominion would use the opportunity to regroup its forces, they warned, the Federation and Klingons were in far more need of a respite than the Dominion, and would take away more from a short pause in fighting. Weighing the pros and cons, the [[augment]]s suggested the Federation accept the peace proposal. Instead, the Federation made a counter-proposal, much to the Dominion's dissatisfaction. Fighting resumed some weeks later. | ''The war entered a temporary lull at this point; the Dominion retreated to within Cardassian space, and activity along the border was rare. During this lull, the Dominion sued for peace with the Federation, even offering to withdraw their forces from a sizable amount of territory which would be ceded back. An analysis by a [[genetically engineered]] think tank led by Doctor [[Julian Bashir]] determined that the Dominion was merely trying to acquire the [[Kabrel system]], which would allow them to produce ketracel-white in the Alpha Quadrant, addressing the supply problem they were facing without wormhole access. However, Bashir's think tank projected that it was actually favorable to take the territory without a fight while they had the chance, despite giving the Dominion the ability to produce ketracel-white in the process, because it would be more difficult for them to retake all of the Dominion's large amount of controlled space without incredible casualties if they did not. Although the Dominion would use the opportunity to regroup its forces, they warned, the Federation and Klingons were in far more need of a respite than the Dominion, and would take away more from a short pause in fighting. Weighing the pros and cons, the [[augment]]s suggested the Federation accept the peace proposal. Instead, the Federation made a counter-proposal, much to the Dominion's dissatisfaction. Fighting resumed some weeks later. |
Revision as of 01:11, 14 October 2012
Dominion War | |||
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Result: |
Federation Alliance victory; | ||
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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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