In the fictional star trek universe, the dominion war is a conflict between the forces of the dominion, cardassian union and, later, the breen confederacy. As for the dominion war, its doubtful that the federation would cement their control of cardassian space after the war ended. A brief history of the dominion war, from the opening of the bajoran wormhole to the battle of cardassia and treaty of bajor. A download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. More recent deep space nine novels link directly with other star trek book lines and series, such as. The one where the dominion war ends the prolific trek. The only numerical information canonically associated to the war is the loss of cardassian lives, estimated in the series finale of ds9 to be approximately 807 million. A call to arms 1998 and sacrifice of angels 1998 are based on seven interlinked episodes from deep space nines fifth and sixth seasons, beginning with call to arms. Destiny 2008, typhon pact 20102012, the fall 2014, and the. This is a historical account of the bloodiest war in.
New dominion war memoir makes bold accusations against federation and starfleet leadership posted on 239302. John vornholt is the author of is the author of two of the. It seems odd to me that during the entire course of the war, we never hear anything mentioned about the enterprise, even in passing. Aug 31, 2004 tales of the dominion war greg cox peter david keith r. Deep space nine introduced a major story arc to the star trek universe and brought the federation closer than it had ever been to total annihilation. Yu wo did not back away from delving into the protagonists identity crisis. Unfortunately, some of the books are all well have to go on, and even those can be a bit inconsistent with canon sometimes. In december 20, syfy ordered a pilot episode and the series premiered on the american cable television network syfy on june 19, 2014. The war of the worlds is a science fiction novel by h. Dont forget also that the federation and the klingons were at war before the dominion war really began. In the fictional star trek universe, the dominion war is a conflict between the forces of the dominion, cardassian union and, later, the breen confederacy against the alpha quadrant alliance of the united.
Based in the universe of star trek, created by gene roddenberry. It offers a new perspective on americas attempts to define its role in the world at. What happened to the cardassian union after the dominion war. As its title declares, however, it has a message, as well as a story to tell. The dominion war is the core story underlying the entire series, so it deservedly caters a lot of attention.
Although tales of the dominion war has been out for a while, ive only somewhat recently heard about it. The entire remaining imperial force was gathered in cyrodiil, exhausted and decimated by the battle of the red ring. The war involved all major powers of the alpha and gamma quadrants, organized into two opposing military alliances. With the discovery of the bajoran wormhole in 2369, several of the alpha quadrants regional powers began to send explorers to the distant gamma. Dominion war memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Nov 01, 2018 a brief history of the dominion war, from the opening of the bajoran wormhole to the battle of cardassia and treaty of bajor. Not a single legion had more than half its soldiers fit for duty. John vornholt is the author of is the author of two of the new york times bestselling star trek. Tales of the dominion war is an anthology of stories which deals with the events within starfleet and the federation during the timeframe of deep space nine as covered in the television show. The klingoncardassian war was a major interstellar conflict resulting from the klingon empire invading the cardassian union, lasting from early 2372 to mid2373.
In other words, it looks like this next book project will be tying together three themes that most books that debate unlimited atonement or limited atonement ignore. But its not the complete picture of the whole conflict. Dominion is an american apocalyptic fantasy television series created by vaun wilmott. The cross and the war for dominion grace evangelical society. I am always recommending yu wo in general as a go to author to. The war consumed the entire alpha quadrant in one of the most destructive and bloody conflicts in galactic history. All in all, definitely a great book that i enjoyed immensely just ended way too quickly. I chose this anthology of dominion war, before reading the main story. Dominion theology busted just another dragon cult dominion theology is truly a religion for the end times. By 2616 less than 15,000 jemhadar ships remain, compared to the 55,000 which the dominion maintained during the occupation and the 20,000 warships during the first dominion war. Comic books in star trek crossover dominion war mycomicshop. The war of the worlds summary, analysis, characters.
You may find the following thread useful, but most of it is pure supposition. The next generation kindle edition by author, unknown, decandido, keith r. A star trek series which crosses over between deep space nine and the next generation. The fourth series in the star trek franchise, it served as the third sequel to star trek. Post war crises and reconstruction efforts 23792385 following the dominion war, cardassia prime plunges into an economic crisis. But for a show that is 2 hours long, it can be a bit intimidating to dive in, especially if you only want to follow the dominion war arc. Now, for the first time, see how the dominion war affected the entirety of the star trek universe. Major battles of the dominion war star trek minutiae. The next generation the dominion war, book 1 john vornholt on. It is loosely based on the 2010 film legion, written by peter schink and scott stewart. We got a mostly onesided glimpse into the war during ds9, so this book tries to flesh out some of the other perspectives during that neargalactic event. Remember in star trek insurrection the discussion that was had regarding the newest potential federation member. The dominion war crossover miniseries explores events leading up to the dominion war. In book are represented beginnings of the war thru the whole star trek phenomenon, begin with the tv series and the end in book series.
Moore opines the production staff succeeded in ensuring the dominion war acted as a means of deepening characterization. Set at the beginning of the dominion war, books 1 and 3 focus on the crew of the uss enterprisee attempting to prevent the dominion from creating an artificial wormhole, whilst books 2 and 4 are novelizations of the. It is a considered a landmark work of science fiction, and it has inspired numerous adaptations and imitations. Postwar crises and reconstruction efforts 23792385 following the dominion war, cardassia prime plunges into an economic crisis. Just as m a s h showed the korean war through the lens of one particular group of characters and one general location, ds9 likewise gave us a view of the dominion war. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. It originally aired from january 1993 to june 1999, in syndication, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons.
The allied forces of the united federation of planets, the klingon empire, and the romulan star empire launched an invasion of the dominionheld cardassian union, with the goal of. The redguards say that this proves that the whitegold concordat was unnecessary, and that if titus ii had kept his nerve, the aldmeri could have been truly defeated by the combined. The result is the book you hold in your hands, one that endeavors to show the entirety of the star trek universe. I was wondering if there was any media out there detailing the exploits of the enterprise during the dominion war. A novelization of the end of call to arms, all of a time to stand and rocks and shoals and most of sons and daughters. Odo tells the female founder this for the most part when she asks whats to stop one of them from coming after them if they ended the war. Episode 17, penumbra, is labeled part 1 on netflix, and it begins the story of the struggle for the end of the dominion war and the conclusion of the series. The dominion of war recasts familiar triumphs as tragedies, proposes an unconventional set of turning points, and depicts imperialism and republicanism as inseparable influences in a pattern of development in which war and freedom have long been intertwined. The manipulation of the klingons into launching an. T he second world war is such a pivotal event in human history that affected generations have inevitably speculated about what might have happened had the. The dominion war is a series of four novels published by pocket books in 1998. The dominion war was a major interstellar conflict, fought from 2373 to 2375, though related conflicts began earlier.
The war raged for two years with the dominion gradually becoming more oppressive over their cardassian hosts in the alpha quadrant while the federation lead an alliance including the klingons and romulans to fight the dominion threat. This needs the price to drop to accomodate for the fact it is a. Deep space nine ds9 is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and michael piller. From the gamma quadrant they came, hordes of merciless jemhadar soldiers commanded by the shapechanging founders, who. As we know ds9 was the prime focus of the war thanks to proximity to the bajoran wormhole but the war spread throughout the alpha quadrant and would have. Although victorious, the imperial armies were in no shape to continue the war. Starfleets ships were primitive compared to many of the other spacefaring races, but they were nearly equal to that of the romulan empires. The battle of cardassia was the final battle of the dominion war, fought in late 2375. The heinous lie of dominion theology or dominion now or dominionism begins with the lie. It works its way to episode 25, the double episode finale, what you leave behind. Dominion s end is my current favorite series prince revolution is translating, though i also much enjoy no hero. With the dominions attention drawn in too many directions at once, the alliance begins systematically destroying the jemhadar breeding facilities and shipyards.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading tales of the dominion war star trek. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read tales of the dominion war. Dominions end is my current favorite series prince revolution is translating, though i also much enjoy no hero. The earthromulan war was the first true galactic war that the earth faced. Deep space nine, an american sciencefiction television series produced by paramount pictures. Dominion memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Thus, i took it upon myself to create a complete dominion war viewing guide. In 2375 the war came to an end with the defeat of the dominion by the federation alliance aided both by. All five television shows are at least touched upon, as are all the abovementioned prose series. Ship to shop visual communication was impossible, and for the entirety of the war, humans never actually saw what a romulan looked like.
This is a historical account of the bloodiest war in recorded history, the second dominion war. Remember, they have a significantly less advanced technology than ours. This is described at the end of the preface as an attempt to trace the course of christianity as subversive and disruptive, and how it came to saturate the mindset of latin christendom. The dominion did not have a scorched earth policy, one would think theyd want to keep infrastructure and lives intact in order to further their goals of control and resourceterritory domination. We do learn that there are diplomatic negotiations with the dominion in progress, which doesnt sound at all probable during the war statistical probabilities would have weaned the feds out of believing in negotiating, and the founders grew too fanatical to allow for negotiations towards the end. Federation territory after the dominion wardestruction of. The protagonists struggle to determine whether she is jiang shuyu with a tenyear long dream or guan weijun who reincarnated into jiang shuyus body is believable. In the end, the heroic redguards fought the aldmeri dominion to a standstill, although the war lasted for five more years and left southern hammerfell devastated.
The war devastated the cardassian state and greatly contributed to its eventual absorption into the dominion, thus achieving what the klingon invasion had claimed to prevent. Deep space nine novels based on the american science fiction television series of the same name. The dominion war is an extended plot concept developed in several story arcs of star trek. The dominion war was a twoyear interstellar conflict fought between the federation alliance and the dominion between 2373 and 2375. Prime auction ends monday may 4 to wednesday may 6. Book 3 tunnel through the stars by esther friesner available from rakuten kobo. In insurrection, its mentioned that the enterprise had been moved to a diplomatic role since the federation diplomatic corps was too busy trying to end the dominion war. Mar 24, 2016 after the dominion war, neither the federation nor the klingons would be in any shape to do much. Tales of the dominion war ebook written by keith r.
The allied forces of the united federation of planets, the klingon empire, and the romulan star empire launched an invasion of the dominionheld cardassian union, with the goal of capturing the dominions capital on cardassia prime. I hope everything survives until the end of the war. The next generation series gemworld, genesis wave book one, and several other star trek novels, including quarantine, antimatter, sanctuary, rogue saucer and mind meld. The next generation dominion war books, the successful two book star trek. New dominion war memoir makes bold accusations against. On the other side of the wormhole the dominion was itching for revenge and conquest. T he second world war is such a pivotal event in human history that affected generations have inevitably. Also, we only heard of a handful of worlds which became occupied, betazed being one of them and that was in the latter part of the war. Some stories are good written and they bring us before breaking points in this conflict and explain begin of other stories of that conflict. Americans often think of their nations history as a movement toward evergreater democracy, equality, and freedom. Dominion war project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The novel details a catastrophic conflict between humans and extraterrestrial martians. Longterm effects of the dominion war the end of the war was not the end of problems, but the beginning of new ones for many of the quadrants powers. Most of those casualties occurred as the dominion began decimating the rebelling cardassian people.
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