Fed Options: After the Odyessy Incidient

[Photon]

and before the Romulan/Cardassian attack on the FHW.

1) Continue trade and shipping past the Wormhole and take a chance.
2) Shut off all trade in the GQ-unless sanctioned by the Dominion
3) Photon torpedo spread into the Wormhole's mouth and destroy it.

Any other options?

 

[TeutonicNights]

4) Join the Dominion

 

[Photon]

Can't see Picard or Sisko kissing the Founder's ass chanting"the Founder is wiissseee"

 

[DonIago]

5) Do exactly what the Federation did in The Search.
6) Have The Sisko negotiate with The Prophets to keep the Dominion on their side of the wormhole.
7) Pre-emptive Strike- throw everything the Fed's got into the GQ.

 

[Jono]

Worshipping the Founders didn't seem to be a must do in the Dominion. Whether you believed the Founders to be gods or not seemed to be immaterial as long as you knew that they were in charge.

It would have been nice to see a GQ world that was under Dominion rule just to see what life under the Dominion would be like. Nothing we saw made it seem that bad, sure they crushed you if you didn't accept their invitation to join but if you accepted without a fuss I wonder what it would be like.

 

[anti-matter]

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Pull back to the 'A' quadrant and think things through...let merchant traders willing to take the risk pass but keep a low profile with the Federation ships.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

rofeta said:
Worshipping the Founders didn't seem to be a must do in the Dominion. Whether you believed the Founders to be gods or not seemed to be immaterial as long as you knew that they were in charge.

It would have been nice to see a GQ world that was under Dominion rule just to see what life under the Dominion would be like. Nothing we saw made it seem that bad, sure they crushed you if you didn't accept their invitation to join but if you accepted without a fuss I wonder what it would be like.

Living under Dominion rule seemed to be akin to a protection racket. The Jem'Hadar show up at your front door, demand allegiance and tribute. You hand it over, they leave you alone until your dues come up again. You refuse, and they raze your planet, infect your people with deadly plagues, blow up your ships...

This is why I have a hard time finding a moral equivalence between the Federation and the Dominion. The Federation has its gray areas, but has never demanded anything from anyone, or made unprovoked attacks on other governments. The changeling virus is likely the worst thing the Feds have ever done, and even that was carried out by a small, rogue organization, and again--not without ample provocation. And given that there was never a distinction pointed out between the Great Link changelings and the Founders, it could be assumed the entire body of the Link is the Dominion government, and thus an attempt to wipe it out is tantamount to a decapitation strike against an enemy government.

As for what the Feds should have done, as soon as they realized there was a very dangerous government on the other side of the wormhole, they should have annexed the sector at the GQ terminus, and blockaded the hell out of it indefinitely. I would suggest blockading the AQ end, but that belongs to the Bajorans.

 

[Photon]

Very good. Still I wonder

where New Bajor was located. Inside Dom space or in the corridor near the other side not claimed by the Jem'Hadar.
Its pretty obvious the Jem'hadar had most ppl killed on NB so that should have been an act of war against a Fed protectorate

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Used the Orb of Time to send 5 Starfleet personnel back 5 years to prevent the destruction of the Odyssey.

 

[TeutonicNights]

^Right. Or better yet, travel back to the time of "Emissary" and specifically order Sisko to stay away from the Denorius Belt at any cost.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Photon said:
Can't see Picard or Sisko kissing the Founder's ass chanting"the Founder is wiissseee"

The Federation is powerful. The Dominion would respect their cultural prejudices (such as a strange aversion to ass-kissing ) and cut a nice deal with them such that both sides win. And the Cardies, Rommies and Klingons lose.

Nothing we saw made it seem that bad, sure they crushed you if you didn't accept their invitation to join but if you accepted without a fuss I wonder what it would be like.

The Dosi seemed to have adjusted nicely. They had their niche to fill in the overall scheme of things and since they didn't challenge Dominion rule, they were not only left alone but helped to prosper via Dominion protection and clout.

 

[Apogeal Alpha01]

MeanJoePhaser said:
Used the Orb of Time to send 5 Starfleet personal back 5 years to prevent the destruction of the Odyssey.

Second! Being the Emissary, he could have sone much with that orb!

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Menacing Horta said:

Photon said:
Can't see Picard or Sisko kissing the Founder's ass chanting"the Founder is wiissseee"

The Federation is powerful. The Dominion would respect their cultural prejudices (such as a strange aversion to ass-kissing ) and cut a nice deal with them such that both sides win. And the Cardies, Rommies and Klingons lose.

But the Federation's power is precisely why there could be no arrangement. The Dominion was fine keeping less powerful cultures in check. But the Federation was too large and well-equipped for them to attempt a diplomatic solution. I don't recall any sort of arrangement being approached. The events of "The Search" seemed to be a test case for a peaceful settlement, and it was clear Sisko and company were not going to accept giving up control over the wormhole, so that seemed to rule out the only diplomatic option the Founders were willing to consider.

 

[C.E. Evans]

anti-matter said:
Pull back to the 'A' quadrant and think things through...let merchant traders willing to take the risk pass but keep a low profile with the Federation ships.

I sometimes wonder what would have happened if a third party--such as the Ferengi--had been used as a mediator between the Federation and the Dominion.

Essentially, the whole Dominion War was the result of a first contact that went terribly, terribly wrong. The Dominion saw the Federation immediately as invaders and took preemptive strikes--and the Federation responded in typical fashion by encroaching even more into their territory to hunt down the Founders for a little talk. While the Federation's intentions might have been good, they were misinterpreted by the Dominion and things just went downhill from there.

The Ferengi, however, were trying to establish trade relations with the Dominion before all that. I sometimes think that had the Dominion learned more about the Federation through the Ferengi--assuming they didn't lie--things might have been different...

 

[Anwar]

Actually, the DS9 writers said that the Dominion had been aware of the Federation for years, they just didn't know about the wormhole which caused actual contact between them centuries before the Founders had planned it to, so they had to step up their plans.

It was always their intention to invade and conquer the Alpha Quadrant.

 

[Lindley]

MeanJoePhaser said:
Used the Orb of Time to send 5 Starfleet personnel back 5 years to prevent the destruction of the Odyssey.

Only if the team leader using profanity every 5 seconds.

 

[Braxton]

Anwar said:
Actually, the DS9 writers said that the Dominion had been aware of the Federation for years, they just didn't know about the wormhole which caused actual contact between them centuries before the Founders had planned it to, so they had to step up their plans.

It was always their intention to invade and conquer the Alpha Quadrant.

Which makes sense because they didn't expect Odo to return for another 300 years.