I suppose they could try-especially if they killed or captured the female changeling.
What would Voyager have done if the Dominion won the war
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Good question. I don't think they would have turned and run away from the AQ. But I figure Janeway would have upped the search for weapon tech and allies. It's also highly likely the surviving ships in Starfleet would head her way and her task would be to find them space to resettle and rebuild. Voyager herself could be a mobile Starfleet HQ with it's landing ability. Or she'd have struck a deal with the Borg Queen to annihilate the Dominion.
That thought flashed through my mind too..
They would have had to go back through hostile space-Devore, Borg, Vaadvaur, even the Voth as that was season 2 IIRC.
A back trip which would have added at least another six years with a crew angry and demoralized about home being not there(under Dominion occupation).
Actually no come to think of it, it wouldn't have been six years-recall Voyager got several big jumps whence they crossed thousands of light years taking decades off their trip. There is no guarantee they'd get such benefits on a back trip.
I have a scenario-let's imagine Voyager gets this news home as fallen, earth under occupation say in 2376 or some such. The Federation surrenders mere weeks after this(perhaps making a last stand in space or Vulcan) or Andoria maybe.
The Dominion would know once they occupied earth there remained a surviving Federation vessel not far from the AQ(relatively speaking). I can't imagine they would allow it to survive and would probably either seek to lure Voyager into a trap or sent out Jem'hadar scouts to find them.
So Voyager would need to tread back deeper into the DQ. Going back through space they'd perhaps even jumped through thanks to the various breaks they got.
This sort of pressure would probably come closest to breaking the crew and Janeway's resolve potentially leading to self destructive actions such as a mutiny, desertion, or something like that.
The Dominion would probably gain knowledge of Voyager either through interrogating surviving Federation personnel, analyzing records, etc...
It could be they would consider Voyager a mere nuisance, something that could be destroyed or captured as soon as it entered I dunno Dominion occupation zone 1 or something.
They might try to lure Voyager with some sort of trap or they might themselves communicate to Voyager(if such a thing is possible) and demand their surrender.
In any case Voyager would be between a rock and a hard place.
It could be they would consider Voyager a mere nuisance, something that could be destroyed or captured as soon as it entered I dunno Dominion occupation zone 1 or something.
They might try to lure Voyager with some sort of trap or they might themselves communicate to Voyager(if such a thing is possible) and demand their surrender.
In any case Voyager would be between a rock and a hard place.
I agredd with Akiraprise, I think that Janeway would nave NEVER thought to turn and run away from the AQ and that for 2 main reasons: 1) she had denied her crewmembers of their families for 7 years and it would have been out of question to continue making them endure this suffering longer 2) even if Voyager & the crew were very effective and self-sustaining, their presence would have been more helpful to help the Federation, or at least what remained, fight the Dominion than to play the role of distant observers -> all operating forces are needed and we know that Janeway has never been hostile to deliver a good fight when necessary. And for sure, her crew would follow her because to fight the Dominion, would be fighting for their freedom and preserving the quality of life for all citizens of AQ.
That would fit in with the kind of stories Voyager sometimes told, yes
I could see her turning tail and convince Annorax to get the Dominion erased from history, yes. Not sure what the 'bait' for Annorax would have to be, though.
And then use Picard's virus to destroy the Borg.
I think that's an interesting question. I can't see Janeway ever giving up on going home. Even when she found out she was a copy and home wasn't home she still pressed on to Earth.
They would probably join a resistance group, or start they're own in order to keep a small part of the Federation free or at least contested. And the Maquis crew members would actually be useful!
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I was just reading through this thread. It's an alternate Star Trek history where the Dominion wins the war. It deals with Voyager, though it assumes that the events of Message in a Bottle didn't happen and any other attempts to contact the AQ were unsuccessful. It's a fascinating read. Voyager runs into the Defiant, captained by Jadzia Dax, who is leading a mass evacuation effort into the DQ to save the remnants of Starfleet.
I was just reading through this thread. It's an alternate Star Trek history where the Dominion wins the war. It deals with Voyager, though it assumes that the events of Message in a Bottle didn't happen and any other attempts to contact the AQ were unsuccessful. It's a fascinating read. Voyager runs into the Defiant, captained by Jadzia Dax, who is leading a mass evacuation effort into the DQ to save the remnants of Starfleet.
These are some fascinating potential stories, although some of the ones not used seem like they'd have been real dogs. The one where Janeway gets named Queen thanks to her mediating gives me a weird Original Series vibe, considering it isn't close to anything the Original Series did.
The ``Two Way Mirror'' episode sounds intriguing too, and a rare moment of trying to team up with Deep Space Nine. But ``a complex synchronic mirror universe show'' almost sounds like someone trying to write a spoof of Generic Voyager Baffling-Reality Technobabble Plot. (Despite Voyager staying out of the mirror universe.)
``Tuvok goes on a Vulcan holodeck adventure of some sort'' doesn't sound at all like a cornered Voyager writer trying to bluff his way out of a what's-your-story-idea conversation.
Given all they went through, I don't think they would be so eager to do it all over again. Not alone anyway
Maybe not.
But it would have been a better choice than living under the Dominion.
