Was the Dominion hell-bent on war?
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As the Founder said, they wanted to put their kind of order on the galaxy for their protection. It may have taken another 70-300 years or more to happen, and the AQ powers would presumably be stronger... well, in that case, maybe neither side would risk a war... but the Founders did play to take over the galaxy. I mean, they don't own the entire GQ, so its not their business if anyone explores there as long as they didn't violate Dominion space.
The combined taskforce of paramilitary Romulan and Cardassian operatives attempting to nuke the Great Link from orbit would've been a good prompter for the Dominion leadership to decide to take off the kid gloves in the Alpha Quadrant...
The Dominion is imperialistic to the core. So war would have happened one way or another eventually.
The discovery of the wormhole, incursions of AQ powers into territories neighboring the Dominion and power struggles amongst the AQ powers that hindered their collective strength expedited things greatly though.
The discovery of the wormhole, incursions of AQ powers into territories neighboring the Dominion and power struggles amongst the AQ powers that hindered their collective strength expedited things greatly though.
On some of the DVD extras the writers say the Dominion knew about the Federation long before the Feds invaded the GQ, but they were content to wait and deal with them later.
So the Dominion might have been hell-bent on war if you extrapolate the timeline forward into a few hundred years or so. But they weren't hell-bent on war right at that moment, no. The Sisko accelerated their plans for war by trying to mess with them.
So the Dominion might have been hell-bent on war if you extrapolate the timeline forward into a few hundred years or so. But they weren't hell-bent on war right at that moment, no. The Sisko accelerated their plans for war by trying to mess with them.
^ We do know the Federation sent out a probe in the 22nd century that surveyed at least the Idran system as referenced in the pilot. It is possible that that probe would have eventually strayed into Dominion territory and they captured it. The wormhole was around 70,000 ly from Bajor, Voyager expected to cover that distance in 70-80 years so the Dominion could have become aware of the Federation as early as the late 22nd century if the probe had the same performance as Voy did, which would be very doubtful.
I have to question how the probe communicated back with the Federation from so far away since that was a major issue with Voyager until Project Pathfinder.
If the Dominion had been really serious with their demands they would have either destroyed the wormhole or blockaded it on their end.
I have to question how the probe communicated back with the Federation from so far away since that was a major issue with Voyager until Project Pathfinder.
If the Dominion had been really serious with their demands they would have either destroyed the wormhole or blockaded it on their end.
THe Founders were VERY paranoid about 'solids' due to bad experiences in their past. They seemed to assume that they would be attacked eventually so they struck first. In their point of view war was innevitale... they just decided to go as soon as possible.
Like talking sense into the Klingons would've worked. I wish Cardassia could've given them the walloping they deserved!!!
We don't know they didn't. There was quite a gap between Jake's attempt to save his father in wormhole and his father appearing just as he is dying. There could easily have been a war in that time.
We can assume that there's a big gap between the last time we saw Lofton-Jake and the first time we saw Todd-Jake. A war could have happened then too.
It could have however Nog's line would indicated that when Sisko died and the Klingons took over that region of space Starfleet didn't enter the wormhole until ages.
It could have been "test the waters after the war and see how the Dominon would react" but eh each to one's opinion.
The Klingons agreed to let Starfleet send an expedition
through the wormhole... they said it was in the spirit of
scientific exchange, but I think they were happy to have
us test the waters in the Gamma Quadrant after all
these years -- find out how the Dominion would react to ships
coming through.
Of course the Dominion could have taken over worlds covertly like they tried to do with Klingon Empire.
Really? I don't remember that part, though I always thought that might have worked. I didn't really like that episode that much, so I guess I didn't watch it closely enough... guess I'll have to revisit it! Thanks.
Tsk tsk...
I loved Worf's - if a Klingon chancellor loses a battle, he is executed. But Gowron simply declared victory... and left.
Nerys- have you read Krad "The Art of the Impossible" ??
Hear, Hear!
If the Cardassia had won their War with those arrogant Klingon pe'tak then maybe the Dominion War would not have happened and Cardassia would have a functioning democracy.
The Dominion got their War simply because the KLINGONS where the ones hell bent on War!
Umm, it was the Cardassians and the Romulans that commited that first strike that irritated the Dominion... not that the Dominion didn't twist the event into their favour, but... it wasn't just the Klingons, its not as if if it hadn't been for the Klingon/Cardassian war and its outcome the Dominion wouldn't have attacked.
Believe me, we were planning to for quite a while...
But... just to make order... *cough*
Believe me, we were planning to for quite a while...
But... just to make order... *cough*
Umm, it was the Cardassians and the Romulans that commited that first strike that irritated the Dominion... not that the Dominion didn't twist the event into their favour, but... it wasn't just the Klingons, its not as if if it hadn't been for the Klingon/Cardassian war and its outcome the Dominion wouldn't have attacked.
Believe me, we were planning to for quite a while...
But... just to make order... *cough*
Ah yes, I had forgotten about Tain's Folly.
Tsk tsk...
I loved Worf's - if a Klingon chancellor loses a battle, he is executed. But Gowron simply declared victory... and left.
Nerys- have you read Krad "The Art of the Impossible" ??
I remember that...and I got a great kick out of the little bedtime tale at the end.
I won't spoil it for anybody else here, but all I can say is, patience is a virtue...instant gratification of one's bloodlust is not the wisest course of action.
There's a bedtime story at the end? That seems so out of place! (I'm on page a hundred and something...) So weird...
Ah Tain... You'd think after all the trouble they caused the Romulans would side with the Federation cuz... I dunno... part of the war was their fault??
Ah Tain... You'd think after all the trouble they caused the Romulans would side with the Federation cuz... I dunno... part of the war was their fault??
The dominion was bent on conquering .
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