Taran'atar was free of his dependency from birth IIRC so the topic never came up - does anyone remember any relaunch novel addressing if the Jem'Hadar are now cured of their ketracel-white dependency?
Are the Jem'Hadar now cured of ketracel-white dependency?
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Why would they be? Nothing ever suggested anyone was even considering the idea, as far as I know. As stated, Taran'atar was very much an odd one out - one of only four out of however many million there must be.
Well, why would Odo allow the usage of it to continue?
It's only been, what, 15-ish years in universe since Odo went back to the Link? It could simply be too difficult a problem to solve in that amount of time. The Andorians spent decades trying to fix their genetic problems, and they only ended up succeeding with the help of a super-genetic macguffin.
Well, Odo is just one Founder among many - even if he tried to do anything about it, he would not be likely to get his way if all the other Founders wanted to keep the situation the way it is.
At least until "Olympus Descending", at which point Odo and Laas are the only Founders left in control of the Dominion. And then they'd be too busy trying to keep everything from falling apart to do much to change anything.
I guess it is possible that Odo has had some Vorta working on how to do away with ketracel white, or some other science-capable Dominion subject race, but I dare say the Vorta would have been rather confused as to why on Earth he would want that, and there would be some resistance.
Or, maybe being inside the Dominion now instead of looking in from the outside, he has become convinced that keeping the Jem'Hadar on that tight leash is better than possibly fraying the leash and suffering the consequences.
Anyway, no, the books haven't really addressed it. And now Odo's back in the Alpha Quadrant anyway.
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Just a month to go until The Long Mirage.
There are still Vorta out there doing their normal Exploit the locals thing, even under Odo's watch.
And there is more then just Laas and Odo, a few more changelings came back. I don't know how many.
