DS9 Stories/News: The Federation Leaders In the Dominion War (1)

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Capt. Benjamin Sisko

The plucky if somewhat unstable commander of Deep Space 9 and the USS Defiant, and emissary of the Bajoran prophets, Sisko is considered the Federation’s key military commander in the Alpha Quadrant War. Because of the strategic importance of Sisko’s command, he has played a pivotal role in many of the Dominion’s skirmishes with the Federation Alliance. Despite Sisko’s dogged tendency to survive his encounters with the Dominion’s usually invincible Jem’hadar soldiers, these successes are attributable mainly to luck, and it is his connection with the worm hole aliens known to the Bajorans as “the prophets” which is considered most significant. Sisko’s rapport with these guardians of our only gateway to the Alpha Quadrant led to the destruction of hundreds of Dominion ships during our first offensive against the Federation Alliance. Sisko was last reported seen in the Bajoran fire caves and is reported by some (mostly unreliable) sources to have “ascended” to the “temple of the prophets.”

Admiral Ross

Fleet commander for the Federation forces arrayed against the Dominion, Ross usually has a terrific view of Starfleet vessels being disemboweled by the Dominion from his comfy office, well behind the lines. Though the nominal commander of the Federation forces, Ross acts, in truth, as little more than a mouthpiece for Sisko’s ideas.

Commander Worf

Sisko’s slow-witted right hand man, Worf is the Federation’s token Klingon officer, easy to anger or confuse. This thundering lummox previously served as chief of security aboard the USS Enterprise before transferring to DS9 during the brief Federation-Klingon war in order to sell out his people. Captured by the Breen, briefly held by the Dominion at our installation on Cardassia Prime, and ultimately freed by the traitorous Legate Damar, Worf is at large in the Alpha Quadrant but considered to be of little threat.

Dax

Joined Trill, once science officer and current counselor on DS9, former mate to Worf, and long time friend and mentor to Sisko, the Dax symbiont has been hosted by both Ezri and Jadzia Dax during the course of the Alpha Quadrant War. Despite its extreme longevity, Dax seems to have learned little during its long life. Jadzia was slain by former Dominion ally Legate Dukat during one of several ill-fated associations with the Bajoran pah-wraith, Costa Mogen. Ezri received the Dax symbiont following this incident during an emergency transplant and has proven emotionally unstable and generally unfit as a host. She is currently stationed aboard DS9.

DS9 News & Stories: Founders of the Dominion

Site: http://lcars.frontierfleet.net/core/Founders

Quadrant: Gamma Quadrant

Physiology:

The Female Founder

In their natural form, the Founders exist as a gelatinous liquid and can unite is what is described as the Great Link which they can leave and reform into any any shape whenever possible.

Their ability to shapeshift is so complete that a founder in the guise of another species is virtually undetectable even with scanning equipment. However, should a piece of the Founder’s body be separated from the main body mass, the separated piece reverts to a gelatinous state. The Founders also revert to a gelatinous state upon death.

Starfleet phasers set to a force of 3.5 are sufficient to force a Founder to revert to a gelatinous state.

Dr. Ethan Locken theorized that the Founders were once solids, but their current state was achieved through the same genetic engineering used to create the Jem’Hadar and the Vorta.

History:

The Founder’s Gelatinous State

The Founders created the Dominion. Some Dominion subjects believe they are a myth. The Founder’s homeworld is a sunless Class-M planet located in the Omarion Nebula.

Long ago, the Founders explored the galaxy, but were persecuted by non-shapeshifters. This persecution fueled their all-powerful drive to control the chaos around them. Beginning some 2,000 years ago, they sought to maintain order out of this chaos with a rule based on strict obedience, enforced by the Jem’Hadar troops they genetically bred into chemical addiction for control, and administered by the cloned Vorta both of whom worship the Founders as gods.

The Founders did not lose their curiosity about the universe. They sent a hundred infant members of their race across the galaxy, implanting in each a powerful desire to return home, so that the Founders could learn of distant places. Odo was one of these infants.

Odo & The Female Founder linking

Until Odo’s torn loyalties led him to defend the U.S.S Defiant by accidentally killing a Changeling spy in 2371, no Founder had ever harmed another due to their strong link with all other members of their species.

In 2371, the Romulan Tal Shiar and Cardassian Obsidian Order launched a massive attack against the Founder’s Homeworld, bombarding the planet with a fleet of 20 starships. The Founders had learned of the plan, and staged an ambush, by evacuating the planet, and placing a fleet of 150 Jem’Hadar ships nearby to destroy the invading fleet. Both organizations were decimated by the Jem’Hadar.

The Founders also tried to initiate a war between the Federation and the Tzenkethi.

Sometime before 2373, the Founders replaced Klingon General Martok in hopes the Dominion could gain control over the Klingon Empire. The Founders then led Odo to believe that Gowron, not Martok, had been replaced by a changeling. However, the truth was discovered, and the original Martok was eventually rescued.

In 2373, The Founders entered into an alliance with the Cardassian Union, giving the Dominion a significant foothold in the Alpha Quadrant. The agreement resulted in a reinstatement of the Khitomer Accords.

Cardassians, members of the Dominion

New Info:

Founders have to return to their natural state every 18 hours to regenerate. (DS9: A Man Alone)

Founders do not eat. (DS9: The Forsaken)

Contributed by: Clare Bradley

DS9 Stories/News: Birthday Alert – Colm Meaney’s 3 Day Birthday Special

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Miles Edward O’Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation. O’Brien is the only major Star Trek character described as both ethnicallyIrish and born in Ireland.

The character of Miles O’Brien was transplanted from TNG to DS9 at the beginning of the latter show. In the story, Miles O’Brien transfers from the Enterprise-D to Deep Space Nine, in the DS9 premiere episode “Emissary“, to serve as the station’s chief of operations. With the help of Jadzia Dax, he devised a way of moving the station from orbit around Bajor to the site of the newly discovered wormhole, allowing Bajor to take possession. He would later assume an additional role as chief engineer of the USSDefiant, which is assigned to Deep Space Nine in the episode “The Search“.

Here he meets Dr. Julian Bashir, who initially irritates O’Brien (Episode: “The Storyteller“), but the two characters eventually become best friends. In particular, they frequently play darts and fight historical battles in the holosuites.

Miles was reprimanded for violating the Prime Directive when he helped an alien from the Gamma Quadrant referred to as “Tosk”, escape from other aliens who had been hunting him in “Captive Pursuit“.

In 2370, he is arrested by the Cardassians and charged with supplying weapons to the Maquis. The charges were dismissed when it was revealed to be part of a conspiracy to discredit the Federation (Episode: “Tribunal“).

After an accident aboard the station in 2371, O’Brien was temporarily shifted forward in time by a few hours. He died when he deliberately contaminated himself in order to determine the cause of events he had witnessed. He sent his future counterpart back in his place “Visionary“.

Miles was temporarily relieved of duty after a visit to the planet Argratha. O’Brien had been falsely accused of espionage and was given the simulated memory of a 20-year prison sentence. O’Brien became paranoid and emotionally distressed upon his return to the station and attempted suicide “Hard Time“.

In 2373, he has a son, Kirayoshi, delivered by surrogate Kira Nerys in episode “The Begotten“.

At the end of Deep Space Nine, O’Brien and his family depart the station to move back to Earth, where Miles is to serve as an engineering professor at Starfleet Academy. The soundtrack accompanying these moments on screen is to the tune of “The Minstrel Boy“.

DS9, in particular, makes mention and the use of Miles many years of experience within Starfleet as a device to allow the character to play a major part within various storylines and as further justification for his holding what is, essentially a command level position while still being a non commissioned officer. Indeed, it is shown that Miles has as much, if not more command experience then those officers he works with. For instance, during a formal extradition hearing regarding Lt. Commander Worf, he is declared an expert in starship combat due to his experiences and asked to critique Worf’s actions. Additionally, Miles provided Worf with some guidance about commanding and managing others during a crisis. Miles style of command can be classified as generally hands on with an emphasis on “thinking on your feet” when solving problem. Although, Miles is not above asserting his authority when required. All of the above having been said, Miles uses a straight forward and common sense approach towards the issues he faces.

DS9 Stories/News: Deep Space Nine Celebrity Guest Pictures (18)

Martha Hackett as T’Rul in two Deep Space Nine Episodes “The Search Parts 1 & 2″

Martha Hackett (born 21 February 1961; age 51) is an actress from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for her role of Seska on thirteen episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. She also appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a Romulan, portrayed a character in a deleted scene of the Star Trek: The Next Generation finale and provided her voice in five Star Trek video games.

Her entry into the Star Trek universe came when she auditioned for the role of Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Although she didn’t end up getting the part, which went to Terry Farrell, the producers did like something about her and she was called back to play the Terrellian pilot Androna in the series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “All Good Things…” Unfortunately, her storyline was cut from the final production. An image of her was printed in the Star Trek Monthly issue 26 and her costume from this appearance was sold off on the It’s A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay.

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A few months later she was called in to play Subcommander T’Rul, a Romulan on Deep Space Nine, in the episodes “The Search, Part I” and “The Search, Part II“. It was then a director called her, saying they wanted her for a role coming up later that season, on the new Trek series Star Trek: Voyager.

Subcommander T’Rul was a Romulan officer temporarily assigned to the USS Defiant, in 2371, to operate and guard a cloaking device her government had loaned to the Federation for covert exploration of the Gamma Quadrant.

Upon being introduced by Benjamin Sisko to the senior staff of Deep Space 9 she bluntly told him that she “was not here to make friends”.

T’Rul was the first Romulan character to appear in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It is unknown what happened to T’Rul after the Defiant returned to Deep Space 9, as she is not mentioned or seen again after “The Search, Part II“, nor is it made clear why the notoriously secretive Romulans no longer had an operative to guard the cloaking device.

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Annette Helde appeared as the Romulan Karina in DS9 Ep “Visionary” as well as a guest role in DS9 Ep. “The Siege of AR-558″ as Lieutenant Nadia Larkin

Karina was a Romulan diplomat in the Romulan Star Empire in the late 24th century.

In 2371, she and Ruwon traveled to Deep Space 9 to receive Starfleet‘s intelligence on the Dominion. The sharing of this data was part of the deal that had been agreed upon earlier that year. The Romulans had installed a cloaking device on the USS Defiant to help the ship to penetrate Dominion space and make First Contact with the Founders. Secretly, a Romulan warbird was also sent, under cloak, to the station.

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Karina was played by Star Trek regular Annette Helde.

Annette Helde (born 14 November 1956; age 55) is an actress who appeared in two Star Trek spin-off series and in Star Trek: First Contact. In addition she voiced a character in the 1996 video game Star Trek: Klingon.

Lieutenant Nadia Larkin
DS9: “The Siege of AR-558“
DS9: “It’s Only a Paper Moon“

DS9 Stories/News: Deep Space Nine Celebrity Guest Pictures (16)

Korinas was an operative of the Cardassian intelligence body, the Obsidian Order. In 2371, she represented the Order during Benjamin Sisko and Gul Dukat‘s search for the USS Defiant, which had been captured by the Maquis. She was unsuccessful in concealing the secret Keldon-class warships that the Order had constructed illegally in the Orias system. (DS9: “Defiant“)

Korinas was played by Tricia O’Neil.

Tricia O’Neil (born 11 March 1945; age 67) is an actress from Shreveport, Louisiana, who portrayed three Star Trek characters in the early 1990s. Perhaps her most notable role was that of Captain Rachel Garrett, the commanding officer of the USS Enterprise-C, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise“. She went on to make a second appearance on The Next Generation as the Klingon scientist Kurak in the sixth season episode “Suspicions” and also appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the Cardassian operative Korinas in the third season episode “Defiant“.

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O’Neil began her career in show business as a model and magazine cover girl before she pursued acting, first in television commercials. Performing since the 1960s, she made her Broadway debut in the original musical Two by Two in 1970. For her performance as O’Neill in this production, O’Neil won a 1971 Theatre World Award. The following year, she appeared in her first motion picture, a blaxploitation western called The Legend of Nigger Charley, with TOS guest actor Fred Williamson portraying the title role. She was subsequently cast as a regular on the NBC soap opera How to Survive a Marriage, which ran from January 1974 through March 1975. Among her co-stars on this series was F. Murray Abraham, with whom she worked again in 1976 when she was a stand-by on the Broadway play Legend. O’Neil’s second film was The Gumball Rally, the popular 1976 racing comedy starring Michael Sarrazin.