Star Trek Destiny-dominion-refugees?

[Voth commando1]

Disclaimer: this is not a story idea or suggestion merely a train of thought based on novel events.

It seemed during the Destiny Trilogy Earth would fall and the center of the Federation would be destroyed.

One of the novels makes a point that Betazed and Bajor would continue the war for a few more weeks.

My question is why couldn't the Federation flee to the wormhole and reach the gamma quadrant presumably setting up shop in dominion space.

Surely Odo would have accepted a plea for such asylum?

If the Wormhole could have been collapsed or if absolutely necessary the prophets cajoled or even pleaded with into closing the wormhole could a federation in exile have survived?

It would have taken the Borg nearly a century to reach the Gamma Quadrant "the long way".

Surely the Federation government, combined with the most productive and hopeful parts of the population along with every downloaded text, any historical or cultural artifacts, etc.. Could flee to the Dominion, with Bajor and any remaining Federation vessels conducting a fighting retreat? Once they got through they do whatever is necessary to close the wormhole.

Thoughts? I'd be happy more than happy if any writers wish to offer their two cents.

 

[Paris]

It wouldn't take the borg a century to reach them in the GQ. The borg have access to trans-warp which, much like slip-stream, allows them to travel a hell of a lot faster than conventional warp drive..

 

[Voth commando1]

Even so recall their Transvwarp network was severely damaged in the aftermath of future Janeway's actions and I don't believe either Transvwarp or slipstream could traverse such distances instantaneously.

 

[Jinn]

Even so recall their Transvwarp network was severely damaged in the aftermath of future Janeway's actions and I don't believe either Transvwarp or slipstream could traverse such distances instantaneously.

Didn't Janeway only destroy one hub and didn't the Borg have like ten of them? I'm not sure about the exact number but I think it was something like that. So maybe they could have useed other hubs to go to the Gamma Quadrant.

 

[Christopher]

Didn't Janeway only destroy one hub and didn't the Borg have like ten of them? I'm not sure about the exact number but I think it was something like that. So maybe they could have useed other hubs to go to the Gamma Quadrant.

The map in the episode appeared to show four hubs, but the script was inconsistent about whether they were destroying just one hub or bringing down the whole network, due to sloppy writing or editing. I think the way we handwaved it in the books was that the hub that got destroyed was the most critical one in the network, so that destroying it basically crippled the whole thing.

 

[Voth commando1]

So back to my original question could the federation have fled to dominion space and collapsed the wormhole or got the prophets to keep the Borg out?

 

[Christopher]

So back to my original question could the federation have fled to dominion space and collapsed the wormhole or got the prophets to keep the Borg out?

One thing people always seem to forget is that "the Gamma Quadrant" and "Dominion space" are not the same thing. In DS9, it took about a year of Gamma Quadrant exploration before anyone from the Alpha Quadrant even started hearing about the Dominion, and nearly two years before they were directly encountered for the first time. There's a lot of room between the wormhole and the nearest Dominion border, and of course there's plenty of Gamma Quadrant in directions away from Dominion space.

 

[Voth commando1]

One thing people always seem to forget is that "the Gamma Quadrant" and "Dominion space" are not the same thing. In DS9, it took about a year of Gamma Quadrant exploration before anyone from the Alpha Quadrant even started hearing about the Dominion, and nearly two years before they were directly encountered for the first time. There's a lot of room between the wormhole and the nearest Dominion border, and of course there's plenty of Gamma Quadrant in directions away from Dominion space.

Even so would this be a viable strategy to escape/delay the Borg?

 

[Christopher]

It's not a very wide wormhole. If that's their only avenue of escape, I don't think a lot of people would get away.

 

[DS9Continuing]

This possibility was raised in the books. Seven specifically said to the admirals (paraphrasing), "You can't fight them. You can't survive them. Your only hope is to run."

The admirals refused. Presumably the idea was that, anywhere they ran to would only take the problem with them, as the Borg would just continue to chase them down to wherever they went, killing lots of other people in the meantime. And if they were going to die anyway, then they wanted to do so standing and facing it, not running away only to still get shot in the back while they ran.

So even if escaping through the wormhole was a viable option, it wouldn't have been for long, and they didn't want to be that guy anyway.

Spoiler: My own stories...

In my own conjecture of what the non-Dax DS9 characters were doing during the invasion, I suggested that Kira took a trip through the wormhole to meet with Odo (a dangerous prospect in itself as the Dominion had closed its borders and demanded no contact with the Federation) to ask for Dominion help against the Borg. Odo reluctantly refused as the Jem'Hadar were still recovering from fighting the Ascendants and throwing them against the Borg would only splinter the Dominion more than it already was.

Odo did beg Kira to stay with him in the Gamma Quadrant rather than go back to Bajor, however. Since she could no more abandon Bajor to its fate than he could the Dominion, she likewise refused. But First Minister Asarem did suggest that any Federation citizen who wanted to escape through the wormhole should do so now while they can, with no judgement. Ro briefly considered it, but decided to stay and fight for the homeworld she had grown closer to over the years.

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