A star trek series which crosses over between deep space nine and the next generation. Longterm effects of the dominion war the end of the war was not the end of problems, but the beginning of new ones for many of the quadrants powers. Book 3 tunnel through the stars by esther friesner available from rakuten kobo. It works its way to episode 25, the double episode finale, what you leave behind. Aug 31, 2004 tales of the dominion war greg cox peter david keith r. Although victorious, the imperial armies were in no shape to continue the war. The next generation dominion war books, the successful two book star trek. Comic books in star trek crossover dominion war mycomicshop. Tales of the dominion war is an anthology of stories which deals with the events within starfleet and the federation during the timeframe of deep space nine as covered in the television show. All in all, definitely a great book that i enjoyed immensely just ended way too quickly. More recent deep space nine novels link directly with other star trek book lines and series, such as. It is a considered a landmark work of science fiction, and it has inspired numerous adaptations and imitations.
It originally aired from january 1993 to june 1999, in syndication, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. The war raged for two years with the dominion gradually becoming more oppressive over their cardassian hosts in the alpha quadrant while the federation lead an alliance including the klingons and romulans to fight the dominion threat. As its title declares, however, it has a message, as well as a story to tell. Ship to shop visual communication was impossible, and for the entirety of the war, humans never actually saw what a romulan looked like.
Dominion is an american apocalyptic fantasy television series created by vaun wilmott. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading tales of the dominion war star trek. With the discovery of the bajoran wormhole in 2369, several of the alpha quadrants regional powers began to send explorers to the distant gamma. I hope everything survives until the end of the war. Yu wo did not back away from delving into the protagonists identity crisis. Remember, they have a significantly less advanced technology than ours. The next generation series gemworld, genesis wave book one, and several other star trek novels, including quarantine, antimatter, sanctuary, rogue saucer and mind meld. Tales of the dominion war ebook written by keith r.
The war involved all major powers of the alpha and gamma quadrants, organized into two opposing military alliances. The allied forces of the united federation of planets, the klingon empire, and the romulan star empire launched an invasion of the dominionheld cardassian union, with the goal of. Nov 01, 2018 a brief history of the dominion war, from the opening of the bajoran wormhole to the battle of cardassia and treaty of bajor. In the fictional star trek universe, the dominion war is a conflict between the forces of the dominion, cardassian union and, later, the breen confederacy. The one where the dominion war ends the prolific trek. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. In the fictional star trek universe, the dominion war is a conflict between the forces of the dominion, cardassian union and, later, the breen confederacy against the alpha quadrant alliance of the united. The dominion war was a twoyear interstellar conflict fought between the federation alliance and the dominion between 2373 and 2375.
It seems odd to me that during the entire course of the war, we never hear anything mentioned about the enterprise, even in passing. Moore opines the production staff succeeded in ensuring the dominion war acted as a means of deepening characterization. Dominion memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. New dominion war memoir makes bold accusations against federation and starfleet leadership posted on 239302. A download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Set at the beginning of the dominion war, books 1 and 3 focus on the crew of the uss enterprisee attempting to prevent the dominion from creating an artificial wormhole, whilst books 2 and 4 are novelizations of the. We got a mostly onesided glimpse into the war during ds9, so this book tries to flesh out some of the other perspectives during that neargalactic event. All five television shows are at least touched upon, as are all the abovementioned prose series. The manipulation of the klingons into launching an. Not a single legion had more than half its soldiers fit for duty.
A brief history of the dominion war, from the opening of the bajoran wormhole to the battle of cardassia and treaty of bajor. This is a historical account of the bloodiest war in recorded history, the second dominion war. The war consumed the entire alpha quadrant in one of the most destructive and bloody conflicts in galactic history. In december 20, syfy ordered a pilot episode and the series premiered on the american cable television network syfy on june 19, 2014. The cross and the war for dominion grace evangelical society. The redguards say that this proves that the whitegold concordat was unnecessary, and that if titus ii had kept his nerve, the aldmeri could have been truly defeated by the combined. Post war crises and reconstruction efforts 23792385 following the dominion war, cardassia prime plunges into an economic crisis. The dominion did not have a scorched earth policy, one would think theyd want to keep infrastructure and lives intact in order to further their goals of control and resourceterritory domination. The next generation the dominion war, book 1 john vornholt on. Now, for the first time, see how the dominion war affected the entirety of the star trek universe. Also, we only heard of a handful of worlds which became occupied, betazed being one of them and that was in the latter part of the war. Deep space nine ds9 is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and michael piller.
In insurrection, its mentioned that the enterprise had been moved to a diplomatic role since the federation diplomatic corps was too busy trying to end the dominion war. The allied forces of the united federation of planets, the klingon empire, and the romulan star empire launched an invasion of the dominionheld cardassian union, with the goal of capturing the dominions capital on cardassia prime. It is loosely based on the 2010 film legion, written by peter schink and scott stewart. Although tales of the dominion war has been out for a while, ive only somewhat recently heard about it. The fourth series in the star trek franchise, it served as the third sequel to star trek. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read tales of the dominion war. The dominion war as seen in seasons 5,6 and 7 of star trek. I am always recommending yu wo in general as a go to author to.
The next generation kindle edition by author, unknown, decandido, keith r. Dominion war project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. But for a show that is 2 hours long, it can be a bit intimidating to dive in, especially if you only want to follow the dominion war arc. John vornholt is the author of is the author of two of the new york times bestselling star trek. Federation territory after the dominion wardestruction of. In book are represented beginnings of the war thru the whole star trek phenomenon, begin with the tv series and the end in book series. Dominion war memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Destiny 2008, typhon pact 20102012, the fall 2014, and the. From the gamma quadrant they came, hordes of merciless jemhadar soldiers commanded by the shapechanging founders, who. Unfortunately, some of the books are all well have to go on, and even those can be a bit inconsistent with canon sometimes. New dominion war memoir makes bold accusations against.
It offers a new perspective on americas attempts to define its role in the world at. The protagonists struggle to determine whether she is jiang shuyu with a tenyear long dream or guan weijun who reincarnated into jiang shuyus body is believable. Odo tells the female founder this for the most part when she asks whats to stop one of them from coming after them if they ended the war. In other words, it looks like this next book project will be tying together three themes that most books that debate unlimited atonement or limited atonement ignore. By 2616 less than 15,000 jemhadar ships remain, compared to the 55,000 which the dominion maintained during the occupation and the 20,000 warships during the first dominion war. Deep space nine novels based on the american science fiction television series of the same name. The war of the worlds is a science fiction novel by h. The dominion war is the core story underlying the entire series, so it deservedly caters a lot of attention.
As for the dominion war, its doubtful that the federation would cement their control of cardassian space after the war ended. Thus, i took it upon myself to create a complete dominion war viewing guide. This needs the price to drop to accomodate for the fact it is a. I chose this anthology of dominion war, before reading the main story. The klingoncardassian war was a major interstellar conflict resulting from the klingon empire invading the cardassian union, lasting from early 2372 to mid2373. A call to arms 1998 and sacrifice of angels 1998 are based on seven interlinked episodes from deep space nines fifth and sixth seasons, beginning with call to arms. The heinous lie of dominion theology or dominion now or dominionism begins with the lie.
John vornholt is the author of is the author of two of the. Starfleets ships were primitive compared to many of the other spacefaring races, but they were nearly equal to that of the romulan empires. T he second world war is such a pivotal event in human history that affected generations have inevitably speculated about what might have happened had the. A novelization of the end of call to arms, all of a time to stand and rocks and shoals and most of sons and daughters.
The entire remaining imperial force was gathered in cyrodiil, exhausted and decimated by the battle of the red ring. The war devastated the cardassian state and greatly contributed to its eventual absorption into the dominion, thus achieving what the klingon invasion had claimed to prevent. Based in the universe of star trek, created by gene roddenberry. As we know ds9 was the prime focus of the war thanks to proximity to the bajoran wormhole but the war spread throughout the alpha quadrant and would have. Most of those casualties occurred as the dominion began decimating the rebelling cardassian people. Just as m a s h showed the korean war through the lens of one particular group of characters and one general location, ds9 likewise gave us a view of the dominion war. Dominion theology busted just another dragon cult dominion theology is truly a religion for the end times.
The war of the worlds summary, analysis, characters. The only numerical information canonically associated to the war is the loss of cardassian lives, estimated in the series finale of ds9 to be approximately 807 million. Prime auction ends monday may 4 to wednesday may 6. Deep space nine, an american sciencefiction television series produced by paramount pictures. Dont forget also that the federation and the klingons were at war before the dominion war really began. The dominion of war recasts familiar triumphs as tragedies, proposes an unconventional set of turning points, and depicts imperialism and republicanism as inseparable influences in a pattern of development in which war and freedom have long been intertwined. The result is the book you hold in your hands, one that endeavors to show the entirety of the star trek universe. I was wondering if there was any media out there detailing the exploits of the enterprise during the dominion war. Dominions end is my current favorite series prince revolution is translating, though i also much enjoy no hero. What happened to the cardassian union after the dominion war.
Remember in star trek insurrection the discussion that was had regarding the newest potential federation member. On the other side of the wormhole the dominion was itching for revenge and conquest. Major battles of the dominion war star trek minutiae. In 2375 the war came to an end with the defeat of the dominion by the federation alliance aided both by.
T he second world war is such a pivotal event in human history that affected generations have inevitably. Americans often think of their nations history as a movement toward evergreater democracy, equality, and freedom. The battle of cardassia was the final battle of the dominion war, fought in late 2375. We do learn that there are diplomatic negotiations with the dominion in progress, which doesnt sound at all probable during the war statistical probabilities would have weaned the feds out of believing in negotiating, and the founders grew too fanatical to allow for negotiations towards the end. You may find the following thread useful, but most of it is pure supposition. With the dominions attention drawn in too many directions at once, the alliance begins systematically destroying the jemhadar breeding facilities and shipyards. Postwar crises and reconstruction efforts 23792385 following the dominion war, cardassia prime plunges into an economic crisis. This is described at the end of the preface as an attempt to trace the course of christianity as subversive and disruptive, and how it came to saturate the mindset of latin christendom. The dominion war is an extended plot concept developed in several story arcs of star trek. But its not the complete picture of the whole conflict. Find out more about tales of the dominion war by keith r. Some stories are good written and they bring us before breaking points in this conflict and explain begin of other stories of that conflict. The dominion war is a series of four novels published by pocket books in 1998. Episode 17, penumbra, is labeled part 1 on netflix, and it begins the story of the struggle for the end of the dominion war and the conclusion of the series.
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