Questions tagged [star-trek-dominion]
In the Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a superpower and dominant polity in the Gamma Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy. It invaded the Alpha Quadrant in 2373, before being repelled in 2375. Use this tag for questions concerning the Dominion and the Dominion War. Use this with the [star-trek] tag.
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How racially diverse is the Dominion?
To memory, in Star Trek: Deep Space 9, we only see three races from the Dominion:
The Jem'Hadar
The Founders
The Vorta
What other races exist within it?
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Was the Dominion War created to help increase ratings?
I often wonder what DS9 would have been like without the Dominion War, and I was wondering if it was created to help increase ratings, much like the Xindi war was for Enterprise.
It seems that Rick ...
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If the Dominion rule using their Jem'Hadar troops, why is their life expectancy so low?
In the series Deep Space 9, it has been stated that the Dominion has absolute control over their part of the Gamma quadrant. Literally this would mean that they rule every planet and race inside their ...
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Star Trek Founders' alien name?
The leaders of the dominion are known for having 3 names:
The Founders, what they called themselves, which became their official Star Trek name.
Shapeshifters*, what others called them.
Changelings*,...
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Did the real Dr. Bashir check on the brain surgery his changeling impostor did to Captain Sisko?
In the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 episode, "In Purgatory's Shadow Part-1", Worf and Garak are captured and sent to a Dominion prison only to discover that Bashir is already there. Bashir is ...
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Why doesn't the Bashir Changeling slay Deep Space Nine's senior staff?
During the Dominion War, after Dr. Bashir is replaced aboard the station with a Changeling, why doesn't the Changeling at least attempt to kill the senior staff? Killing the staff would likely be ...
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How do civilians react to the Federation's wars?
Considering the number of wars the Federation fought in Star Trek, more so in The Next Generation/Deep Space Nine era than in The Original Series era it seems, how does the Federation's civilian ...
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Why did the Dominion not start the war over again after the treaty? [closed]
After the war with the Dominion in the Alpha and Beta Quadrant was over, a peace treaty was signed. The female shapeshifter signs the documents with contempt. Surely in their view that treaty is just ...
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Was there any explanation given to why the Dominion doesn't replicate ketracel white?
Production facilities for ketracel white are a target for the Federation, because the Dominion needs it to keep the Jem'Hadar under control.
Was there a canon reason given as to why the Dominion ...
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Why would the changeling take Garak to Sisko?
Before the opening credits of In Purgatory's Shadow:
[In Runabout]
(Bashir is waiting for him with a phaser.)
BASHIR: Going somewhere?
GARAK: I really must remember to stop underestimating you, ...
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How far was the wormhole from Dominion territory?
How far away from the Gamma Quadrant entrance to the wormhole is the edge of Dominion-controlled territory?
Or is the wormhole inside Dominion territory?
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Can Vortas get drunk?
Vortas make good diplomats because they are immune to many types of poison. Since alcohol is a poison, I wonder if a Vorta could drink even Scotty or Mr. Homn under the table.
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Are the Cardassians (and Breen) required to withdraw from their homeworlds?
Having just run across this answer: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/121239/22680
where the wording of the Treaty of Bajor is quoted:
All military forces of the Dominion, including Founder, Jem’...
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When did Quark save Kira from the Dominion?
In a very small side-element of DS9 episode The Magnificent Ferengi episode, Major Kira says:
Kira: Consider it payback, Quark, for rescuing me from the Dominion.
Memory Alpha links the sentence ...
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Why didn't Federation use a sabotage-plot with the mutants?
A continuation of this question. In Statistical Probabilities episode Bashir works with a group of genetically engineered humans. At some point all of them (except Bashir) are trying to
Why this so ...
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