What happened to the DMZ after the Dominion war?

[The Overlord]

During the first couple of seasons of DS9, there was a lot of conflict in DMZ between the Maquis and Cardassian settlers, with Central Command ignoring the treaty and arming their settlers. After the Cardassians joined the Dominion, the Jem'Hadar
destroyed the Maquis, which would imply most of the human settlements were terminated.

Then, after the Federation declared war on the Dominion, the DMZ ceased to exist. Of course in the last episode the Cardassians switched sides and helped the Alliance defeat the Dominion. Also its assumed the Federation would give aid to Cardassia and reshape it into a democratic scoeity? So what happened to the DMZ after the war, do either the Cardies or the Federation have settlements there and how is the DMZ governed, considering the last treaty failed so miserably?

 

[Skywalker]

I think the new Cardassian government is going to be a lot friendlier toward the Federation and its allies, so there probably won't be a need for a DMZ.

 

[The Overlord]

I think the new Cardassian government is going to be a lot friendlier toward the Federation and its allies, so there probably won't be a need for a DMZ.

Sure but what about the settlements in that area, just because the government is friendlier doesn't mean the settlers will be. There has be some sort of border between the Federation and Cardassia after the war, so I'm wondering anyone will settle there, after what went during DS9. Also what happened to the Federation settlements during the war? Were those Native Americans from "Journey's End" killed or enslaved during the Dominion War?

 

[JRoss]

Assuming that the settlers were alive. Most of the belligerent ones joined the Maquis and were vaporized by the Dominion.

 

[od0_ital]

The DMZ was destroyed by the Dominion - any Federation friendly survivors most likely hightailed it off the frontlines of a war zone.

Afterwards, no tellin'...I'd guess no man's land for awhile, 'til there was a real government on Cardassia again for the Federation to make a treaty with, though I doubt they'd give much of a damn about border colonies while havin' to restore their home system.

The DS9 Relaunch novels have the Cardassian border planets set up as protectorates, managed by the Federation, Klingons & Romulans with an agreement with the new Cardassian civilian government that the territories will be put back under their control when they have the manpower.

 

[Angel4576]

The Cardassian colonists only became overly problematic after the military started covertly arming them. Given the almighty ass-whooping that the Cardassians took across the board towards the end of the war, I doubt anyone's really in the mood for duking it out in the middle of nowhere again. The Federation will be more concerned with keeping a watchful eye on the Dominion, and the Cardassians will be rebuilding their home system.

 

[adamisme]

as others have said its like every non-cardassian planet in the DMZ that wasn't full of Maquis was evacuated by Starfleet or destroyed by the Dominion. Post the war, the planets if the infrastructure/buildings still intact there is nothing to suggest that they wouldn't go back on the planets at some point

 

[Jakks]

Most likely a regular boarder will exist after the Allies withdraw and the Cardassian's take over self-rule again. No need for a DMZ unless the Cards become a threat again...and I don't see that happening for quite some time.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Assuming that the settlers were alive. Most of the belligerent ones joined the Maquis and were vaporized by the Dominion.

Were there ever any Federation colonies in the DMZ that were not Maquis? If not, then the "Journey's End" colonists are all dead.

 

[Finn]

B'Elanba Torres's father mentioned a business trip to the planet she used to live in. It would suggest stability.

 

[rajrajmarley]

Assuming that the settlers were alive. Most of the belligerent ones joined the Maquis and were vaporized by the Dominion.

Were there ever any Federation colonies in the DMZ that were not Maquis? If not, then the "Journey's End" colonists are all dead.

I doubt that everyone in the DMZ was part of the Maquis, especially not the Native Americans there. And I also don't see the Dominion as the type to wipe out an unarmed, non-threatening settlement.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

[ And I also don't see the Dominion as the type to wipe out an unarmed, non-threatening settlement.

I do. That's the sort of thing the Jem'Hadar just love to do.

 

[Jono]

[ And I also don't see the Dominion as the type to wipe out an unarmed, non-threatening settlement.

I guess that depends on what you define as a "threat". I doubt the colonists on New Bajor considered themselves a threat to anyone but that didn't stop the Dominion from wiping them out to curtail the threat of AQ interference on the Dominion's side of the wormhole.

Move forward to the DMZ planets, these planets gave birth to a violent terrorist organisation. One that was extremely opposed to the Dominion's newest member. Whose to say that a new Maquis movement might not grow out of the DMZ in a few years time? Better to wipe them all out and be done with it.

It also might be possible that Dukat made a deal with the Dominion to completely clear out the DMZ. One of the issues with it is that both sides had territorial disputes over the rights of several of the world. Once all the Federation citizens and non-Cardassians are gone it would be free for the Cardassians to claim what was "rightfully" theirs to begin with.

I do. That's the sort of thing the Jem'Hadar just love to do.

I don't know if the Jem'Hadar would "love to do" it. I don't think they would particularly care if they were told to wipe out a civilian colony or if it were a military outpost. Once they are told to do it they just do it, it is the order of things.

 

[Timo]

Were there ever any Federation colonies in the DMZ that were not Maquis? If not, then the "Journey's End" colonists are all dead.

I don't think it would make a difference whether a UFP colony in the DMZ were really actively Maquis or free of insurgents: the Dominion would kill'em all anyway. That would be what Dukat ordered, and that would also make things easier for the Dominion in the long run.

OTOH, to nitpick, the "Journey's End" colonists were never indicated to be either Maquis or DMZ. They were originally peaceful UFP citizens in purely UFP space, and were then told their planet would be annexed by the Cardassian Union. At the conclusion of the episode, they said they would become peaceful Cardassian citizens in purely Cardassian space.

Whether they (or some of them) later joined the Maquis, and whether their planet was later defined to reside in the DMZ rather than in purely Cardassian space, we don't know and aren't told.

Most likely a regular boarder will exist after the Allies withdraw and the Cardassian's take over self-rule again.

We don't know if the Allies will withdraw. The Romulans probably will, as they might well find it unpleasant to administrate such a distant holding when they are used to a compact little star empire nicely contained within an inviolable border. The Klingons probably won't, since they were interested in keeping Cardassian planets in the aftermath of "Way of the Warrior" and had apparently had territorial ambitions long before, in the Betreka Nebula conflict. The Feds... Well, they might decide it's right and just if they force Cardassians out of every planet the Union has naughtily conquered in the past X decades - which might leave virtually nothing of the Union.

Returning to status quo (as of "Emissary") is unlikely to create stability, as the situation at the DMZ was intolerable in the first place, and the situation regarding Bajor and its many Cardassian-sympathizing neighbors (Kressari, Xepolite, whatnot) was delicate as well. I doubt any of the Allies will vote for such a return, then.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Kadratis]

Perhaps the area simply became a Federation/Cardassian Neutral Zone?

 

[Timo]

Or a series of war memorials, for that matter. The easiest way to oust the Maquis and the other Feds from DMZ planets would be to make those planets uninhabitable; "For the Uniform" showed that it would be easy to do so. Unless the Cardassians desperately wanted to utilize those planets for something, they would probably have opted for extermination rather than conquest. And the planets never did seem to be important mining locations or anything like that...

Possibly the former DMZ no longer features any Class M planets at all.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[indolover]

The DMZ probably became null and void when Cardassia joined the Dominion.