The dominion resulted from several meetings which the writing staff of star trek. The series also follows the character worf, who after being featured in all seven seasons of the next generation, is featured on the latter four seasons of deep space nine. Deep space nine episodes back toward the struggle with the dominion, which had been postponed in earlier production discussions with paramount in favor of bringing worf and a klingonbased plotline into the series. Sacrifice of angels is the sixth episode from the sixth season of star trek. Behr and moore knew the series would never be able to wrap up the war in that many episodes. Deep space nine ds9 premiered with the twopart emissary. Season premiere a battered federation and klingon fleet move through space, attesting to the fact the war is not going well. Deep space nine had about establishing villains in the gamma quadrant during the shows second season. The season 6 episode in the pale moonlight shows a very dark side of the war with the dominion, with captain benjamin lafayette sisko teaming up with cardassian tailorsuper spy elim garak in order to do what needs to be done. Deep space nine presents a federation with a sinister side, developed interpersonal conflicts and a heavy focus on war. But as starfleets pressure for results grows, he has to turn.
For the first time a star trek show adopted a straight episodic serial approach, as deep space nine ended its seven year run with a ten episode storyline that brought an end to the dominion war. After forming an attack plan on the dominion, sisko relinquishes command of the defiant to dax after accepting a promotion. When i was a teenager i once edited together a vhs tape of all the dominion episodes from seasons 2, 3, and 4. We had meeting after meeting on what those guys would be like before the word dominion was ever dropped into a script, stated robert hewitt wolfe.
Heres the big payoff season for the dominion storyline. Jul 31, 2017 well, get ready to find out about that and much more with the 15 things you didnt know about deep space nine. The dominion was a major interstellar state in the gamma quadrant. Sacrifice of angels notched 24% of the vote, besting what you leave behind, which tallied 22%. On ds9, the resistance faces discovery when odo links with another changeling.
At the request of the grand nagus, quark puts together a mission to rescue quarks mother, who is in the hands of the dominion. Star trek deep space nine the dominion characters tv. The breen launch an attack on federation headquarters, while damar secretly forms plans to free cardassia from dominion rule. Deep space nine and unsuccessfully waged war on the united federation of planets after silently annexing cardassia in the alpha quadrant. Deep space nine get season 6 on youtube advertisement autoplay when. The dominion was established between two thousand and ten thousand years before the events of star trek. The dominion war is an extended plot concept developed in several story arcs of star trek. Worf michael dorn is back as part of an insidious strategy by the klingons.
Deep space nine, set to music from requiem for a dream. Commanded by benjamin sisko avery brooks, deep space nine sits at the mouth of the bajoran wormhole, making the space station a hub for trade, political maneuvering and conflict. Unknown worf and ezri return safely to deep space nine. Deep space nine is the third liveaction television series in the star trek franchise and aired in syndication from january 1993 through june 1999. Siskos plan was to assemble a task force to recapture deep space 9, the most. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Deep space nine coming to an end, and voyager still to come, the introduction of the jemhadar, the vorta and the dominion really gets deep space nine into its stride and the.
It might have a little something to do with her megalomania, but she often blurs the line between being a simple representative for the great link and being the embodiment of it. Deep space nine companion, director levar burton confirmed that they were straightup love scenes. Just want to say ds9 is probably my fav of all the series. Makes season 12 feel like a prequel to the rest of the series. Deep space nine was born out of the politics of the.
Dominion war episode 5 attack of the klingons duration. This plot was planned to shift the focus of star trek. The dominion first appeared in season 2, episode 26 the jemhadar of the television series star trek. Deep space nine is the third liveaction television series in the star trek franchise. In the vicinity of the liberated planet of bajor, the federation space station deep space nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy. While nowadays it is the norm in television including star trek, back then it was a bold and exciting move. In this star trek spinoff, commander sisko leads the multispecies crew of deep space nine, a federation space station with a complex mission. I found this list of dominion war episodes only, which i have found is a great way to get introduced to ds9. We boldly go and revisit the top episodes from deep space nine.
A large fleet of federation ships head towards deep space 9 to stop the dominion destroying the wormhole minefield. Deep space nine sees nerys become a freedom fighter once more as she helps the cardassians overthrow the dominion from within. The discovery of an infant changeling gives odo a chance to correct what he sees as the mistakes in his upbringing. Deep space nine ds9 is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and michael piller. Jun 14, 2007 video for the dominion war in star trek. A brief history of the dominion war, from the opening of the bajoran. 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. Exploring darker themes than its predecessors, star trek.
Deep space nine is a series thats often forgotten by fans. In the end, navaros is right ds9 is such an arcbased, serialized show that even episodes that seemingly have nothing to do with the dominion arc are still part of its tapestry. A cardassian dissident opposed to the cardassian dominion alliance asks kira to help him so that he may reveal his secrets to use against his enemies as is customary in his culture. In emissary, the pilot episode, the united federation of planets dispatches commander benjamin sisko to take command of the space station deep space. Ds9 s lead doesnt have lofty dreams of space exploration. Sisko and crew members odo, obrien and dax welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve many unexpected problems. The game is based on the star trek tv show star trek. Deep space nine s7 e26 what you leave behind, part 2 while sisko, ross and martok plan a final assault in space, kira and garak lead the cardassian resistance on the ground, into dominion headquarters. Mar 17, 2020 in 1993 a year before tngs series finale star trek. When the dominions cardassian soldiers turn their coats and fight alongside the federation, she has no reservations with ordering their immediate genocide. With avery brooks, rene auberjonois, cirroc lofton, alexander siddig. Deep space nine, by the changelings, a race of liquid lifeforms capable of shapeshifting, as a means of defending themselves against the widespread persecution they faced from humanoid races whom they called solids.
During season two of deep space nine, the dominion is introduced. The dark trek, deep space nine sets itself apart quickly from tng but really hits it stride from season 2 and with the exception of having to deal with the forced klingon addition of season four. Season 4 of the hit scifi series proves pivotal as the dominion gains the ascendancy and an allout battle begins between klingons and embattled space station defenders. Star trek deep space nine the dominion characters tv tropes. Aug 06, 2012 asked fans which of these ds9 episodes had the best battle scene. It originally aired from january 1993 to june 1999, in syndication, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. As dominion forces depart from deep space nine in sacrifice of angels, she accurately predicts that odo will return to the great link someday. A mysterious assassin begins wiping out all the members of kiras old resistance cell. Sacrifice of angels culminates a crucial sixepisode arc as sisko makes a bold attempt to reclaim deep space nine from dominion influence. Deep space nine, an american sciencefiction television series produced by paramount pictures.
Her story is brought to a beautiful, bittersweet conclusion as she works to save the people who once committed atrocities against the bajorans. I thought about just watching the dominion war episodes and think of it as. The episode s plot details the efforts of the united federation of planets to retake space station deep space nine from the forces of the dominion. Deep space nine episodes from season 6,view pictures, get episode information and more. The first shots of the dominion war, fired on deep space 9. Uss defiant star trek deep space nine retrospective analysis. With avery brooks, rene auberjonois, michael dorn, terry farrell. We sort of peppered mention of the dominion into several episodes before we.
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