Transporting the Founders to new planet
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Maybe a combination of both. The Vorta and Jem'Hadar would certainly be extra careful with them.
I have a better question.
Since they moved, how will the other 98 find them again? (Odo was drawn by the Omarion Nebula, which was a sensation implanted in him.)
I have a better question.
Since they moved, how will the other 98 find them again? (Odo was drawn by the Omarion Nebula, which was a sensation implanted in him.)
Good point, never thought about that. Maybe at some point, part of the planet's mantle would have cooled allowing people to be able to walk on a hard surface again, or a station could be placed in orbit. Some Founders or Vorta could be stationed on the surface or in a station to guide wayward Changelings toward the new homeworld.
I doubt they would do that. If they went that route, they would almost certainly go as several ships instead of just one. A single one is too vulnerable.
Besides, the Jem'Hadar ships have weapons... safer and easier to travel aboard a fleet of them.
Besides, the Jem'Hadar ships have weapons... safer and easier to travel aboard a fleet of them.
In STIV the BoP's transporters beamed up a cargo bay's worth of water to sustain two humpback whales for the slingshot around the Sun back to the 23rd century, and Dominion transporters are shown to be significantly more sophisticated than those of the Federation/Romulan/Klingon Tripartate Pact, so given the immense size of the Dominion fleet in both ship size and numbers, I imagine they could simply beam them all up from the Great Link to orbit and move them to their next homeworld. It sounds as if they already had to do that 2,000 years ago when their neighboring species rose up against them out of fear.
Alternatively, the changeling Laas in DS9 Chimera was able to transform into a spaceborne lifeform which presumably could travel at FTL speeds between worlds, so maybe the entire Founder species became spaceborne lifeforms and moved to a new homeworld under the own power. The only restriction would be when they have to regenerate, but they could just remain as a sphere of goo in deep space until they were done and then reform into the space whale creature again.
Alternatively, the changeling Laas in DS9 Chimera was able to transform into a spaceborne lifeform which presumably could travel at FTL speeds between worlds, so maybe the entire Founder species became spaceborne lifeforms and moved to a new homeworld under the own power. The only restriction would be when they have to regenerate, but they could just remain as a sphere of goo in deep space until they were done and then reform into the space whale creature again.
How have I only just read this thread. 
If the writer’s were more creative they could have made the Founder’s the entire planet, not just an ocean like fluidic collective consciousness above it’s surface. The Founders were moved by the Dominion because they had intelligence about the Romulan/Cardassian sneak attack and were laying out a trap. Poor Enabrin Tain. At least we know that he survived and got to say a final goodbye to Garak, his son.
If the writer’s were more creative they could have made the Founder’s the entire planet, not just an ocean like fluidic collective consciousness above it’s surface. The Founders were moved by the Dominion because they had intelligence about the Romulan/Cardassian sneak attack and were laying out a trap. Poor Enabrin Tain. At least we know that he survived and got to say a final goodbye to Garak, his son.
Poor Tain? If there was ever anyone who was the author of his own misfortunes, it was Tain.
His idea to invade the Founders, who hadn't directly attacked Cardassia at that point. And without doing enough homework to tell what he'd be getting into. He trusted the Romulan who was really a Founder. And it was Tain who'd been publicly denying that Garak was his son for his whole life.
His idea to invade the Founders, who hadn't directly attacked Cardassia at that point. And without doing enough homework to tell what he'd be getting into. He trusted the Romulan who was really a Founder. And it was Tain who'd been publicly denying that Garak was his son for his whole life.
A good question.
It was inside a nebula, so maybe that's part of the reason. Also, there could be geothermal hot zones that make the planet habitable, like in ENT's "ROGUE PLANET". Plus, there's also the fact the Dominion has incredibly advanced technology that may have come into play, too. It might very well have been a terraformed world.
It was inside a nebula, so maybe that's part of the reason. Also, there could be geothermal hot zones that make the planet habitable, like in ENT's "ROGUE PLANET". Plus, there's also the fact the Dominion has incredibly advanced technology that may have come into play, too. It might very well have been a terraformed world.
We don't know much about that sense. Perhaps it's really some kind of subconscious telepathic feeling, emanating from wherever the large majority of changelings are, and not a fixed location.
We know they're certainly capable of moving through space unaided (Laas). I think they would enlist some significant Jem'Hadar forces for protection though, and when those ships are present for the trip anyway, why not travel on them?
And yes, they'd be treated with great care, of course. At least, I can't imagine the following exchange:
Jem'Hadar Elder: The Founders have done us the great honour of asking us to move them to another planet. What ships shall we use?
Vorta: They're really just a sludge in their collective state, aren't they? I suppose any old liquid waste storage or septic tank carrier will do.
(The Vorta suggesting this was killed in an accident six weeks later on Clorox III)
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A Jem'Hadar supertanker ship, the Val'deZ, never before seen on screen, flew into low orbit and extended a giant straw to suck them all up. The Vorta were enraged and humiliated that the Jem'Hadar had just executed the single greatest act of sucking up to the Founders - one never to be surpassed - and all Vorta simultaneously activated their termination implants. It was a big damn mess.
Good point, maybe it was a newishly formed planet that got ejected and was still undergoing solidification. The planet could provide a heat source for centuries if not millenia, before becoming too cold to host the link in liquid form. Changelings seem to be highly resilient and dont even seem to require class M conditions to survive.
You might say... they cleaned up their little mess.
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