The dominion war series by john vornholt goodreads. John vornholt is the author of is the author of two of the new york times bestselling star trek. Mar 30, 2018 the dominion war was a major conflict in the alpha quadrant that raged from 2373 to 2375 between the dominion and the federation alliance. The dominion axis was comprised of the dominion, cardassian union, and the breen confederacy. The book also provides detailed information about the devastating dominion war, and presents plenty of information for.
The dominion war was perhaps the best star trek story ever with massive battles spies death and survival all tied up with star trek deep space nine the best star trek series ever. This book is a collection of tales that played a part in war with on screen material and new tales a great addition to the modern star trek fan. Fortunes of war is a miniseries retroactively applied to two linked novels. This particular story line was in the dominion war book series, the first and third book of which involve the enterprise and can be found here and here. While the dominion war is raging on, the enterprise is deployed to provide aid to the gorns. A practical guide to who, what, where, and why, written by terry j. The jemhadar and the breen confederacy have established a presence for themselves in. The dominion war crossover miniseries depicts events leading up to the dominion war. Deep space nine, an american sciencefiction television series produced by paramount pictures. The relations between the federation and the klingon empire have degraded over past decades, leading to a beginning of an open war in 2405.
In this i break down why the utopia of the federation would eventually become star trek s version of a. The next generation the dominion war, book 1 by john vornholt and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. But for those of us who have more than a passing knowledge of star trek, we know the truth. I primarily bought the book for the nf story, but as i love all things deep space 9, i will eventually come back to this book. Star trek dominion wars win7 win8 win10 fix youtube. Now, for the first time, see how the dominion war affected the entirety of the star trek universe. Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967 publication of. The next generation dominion war books, the successful twobook star trek. While the first of the as a star trek fan way back in the 60s before there was et, luke skywalker or groot, i was excited to pick up the star trek novels as they came out in the 70s. It originally aired from january 1993 to june 1999, in syndication.
Apr 07, 2018 the ship is a fairly tense episode, most of it being a standoff between the ds9 crew and the dominion. A tenepisode arc was outlined to end season seven, the dominion war, and. A tribute to star trek is maintained by john patuto. But seriously, this was a game designed for the win 98me generation. They believed themselves superior but never stirred themselves from their holodecks and replicators, from their easy lives. However, he doesnt spend all his time in the shapeshifter sea. In the dominion war, the alpha quadrant is in a time of struggle and chaos. Star trek 101, s newest regular column, serves two functions. Star trek the dominion kao cen darach was a zabrak male master of the jedi order during the years preceding the great galactic war in 3681 bby. Whether any given episode can be said to be a dominion war episode or not is a very gray area for the most part. The star trek online game also features appearances by the dominion, including several playable dominion ships and characters. Bantam books published licensed fiction from 1967 to 1981.
Deep space nine is a series thats often forgotten by fans. Apr 10, 2019 today marks the 25th anniversary of star trek. Buy a cheap copy of day of the vipers star trek,terok nor. The star trek adventures roleplaying game delves into the. Several millennia ago, changelings were a monoformed race who were given morphogenic abilities by a giant changeling called the progenitor. Once, in the early 1970s, the stories in star trek 110 were compiled into four hardbound volumes. At new york comic con, the new trailer for star trek. Attack wing the dominion war storyline op event in september, wizkids games kicks off a sixmonth storyline organized play program centered around the dominion war. Find great deals on ebay for star trek dominion war.
Dominion wars battle the dominion by commanding ships including the uss defiant, uss enterprisee, and a kli play flashtrek. A captain and their crew sail through space, looking for new civilizations. The war involved all major powers of the alpha and gamma quadrants, organized into two opposing military alliances. Una mccormack shines in her latest star trek novel which takes us to post dominionwar cardassia. Its possible there was dominion data in voyagers database but the dominion wasnt well known about to. All and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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.
If sometime before the dominion war you had asked the average klingon, romulan, cardassian or ferengi what humans were like, you would have heard variations on a theme. The battles have been going on for four years now, with no end in sight. Are there book versions of the movies that are better. 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 episode also has a very star trek y lesson morale at the end, which it may or may not have earned. After his recent stint in the alpha quadrant, odo is back in the great link. 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. A brief history of the dominion war, from the opening of the bajoran wormhole to the battle of cardassia and treaty of bajor. The dominion war was a major interstellar conflict, fought from 2373 to 2375, though related conflicts began earlier. The englishlanguage memory alpha started in november 2003, and currently consists of 48,195 articles.
The game is based on the star trek tv show star trek. If you try to watch the dominion war episodes based on a list of episodes that someone recommends, that list may be missing many dominion war episodes based on the personal judgement calls made by its creator to exclude them. The federation stands on the brink of war with the klingon empire, and the dominion waits in the wings. All star trek novels and ebooks by year and month using memory alpha dates. The klingon war story arc is a chain of missions exclusive to starfleet characters. If this is your first visit, please read an introduction to memory alpha. The dominion war is a series of four novels published by pocket books in 1998. Michele and duncan barrett comment on the declining faith in rationalism that haunts deep space nine in their book star trek. I am thinking of reading the earthromulan war series and rise of the federation, but i just finished voyager. Set during the most difficult hours of the dominion war. A star trek series which crosses over between deep space nine and the next generation. The history of the dominion begins with the history of the founders as recorded in the memory of the great link. Deep space nine dominion wars is based, may be a bit puzzled since names of individual people, alien races, ships, political alliances, and other pertinent elements are used regularly without any real explanation.
Sep 08, 2017 in this we discuss the dominion war from startrek. The original series was a relatively unsuccessful show in its initial airing, but eventually we got the next generation approved, and. In august, wizkids will offer a new clixbased game set in the star trek universe when it releases star trek. Gods of night memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Oct 16, 2018 at new york comic con, the new trailer for star trek. Based in the universe of star trek, created by gene roddenberry. Before the dominion war and the decimation of cardassia. The first and third novels focus on the crew of the uss enterprise, while the second and fourth novels are novelizations of a sevenepisode arc from deep space nine s sixth and seventh seasons. The war didnt start for years after first contact with the dominion. Titan, and introduces the uss aventine, commanded by ezri dax of star trek. No television episode of ds9, no episode of any other star trek series, and no star trek film has commented in an exact way upon loss of hardware or lives by the federation in the dominion war. The book features the crews of the uss enterprisee from star trek. Deep space nine was the exact opposite, setting the series on a space station that watches over a stable wormhole.
Why werent the sovereignclass vessels used in dominion war. 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. When i am running star trek dominion wars, i dont work either. The next generation the dominion war, book 1 john vornholt on. When i try running star trek dominion wars, it wont work. Sure, the klingons were a problem for a while, and the borg seemed really dangerous at first, but the two major threats in the star trek universe are the romulans and the dominion. The next generation by vornholt, john from amazons fiction books store. Star trek has given us some of the greatest scifi of all time, but also some of the worst, and were ranking episodes from both ends of the spectrum. The original series was a relatively unsuccessful show in its initial airing, but eventually we got the next generation approved, and that lasted seven seasons. Remember in star trek insurrection the discussion that was had regarding the newest potential federation member.
But this book by her, the second in a series about the dominion war and published in 1998, did not impress. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The next generation kindle edition by friesner, esther.
Discovery revealed that klingons are getting their hair back. Were pulling our entries from the book star trek 101. You are a captain in the star fleet of a major power. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the dominion war. Tales of the dominion war anthology is the 32ndand perhaps finalchapter of the star trek. The dominion is an evil interstellar organization that exists in the star trek universe during the 24th and 25th centuries. Memory alpha is a collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference for everything related to star trek. The dominion war is an extended plot concept developed in several story arcs of star trek. Why werent the sovereignclass vessels used in dominion. The dominion war as seen in seasons 5,6 and 7 of star trek.
While the other captains were constantly finding themselves in new weird situations, siskos problems were pretty routine. The 10 all time best and 10 worst episodes, officially ranked. 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. The first dominion war almost rendered cardassia prime uninhabitable and even 40 years later, it still wasnt back to its pre war state.
The planet bynaus has always been a haven of order in a chaotic universe. The star trek graphic novel collection volume 69 features the gorn crisis during the dominion war, captain picard and the enterprise go on a complicated diplomatic mission. Deep space nine ds9 is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and michael piller. This guide will help you get through the 1990s scifi tv show star trek. Deep space nine, as they seek to find a way to stop the borg invasion begun in epilogue of the preceding tng novel greater. Net is in no way associated with, nor endorsed by, paramount pictures andor viacom. If you have a 64 bit flavour of windows 7, you can never run it natively. The dominion war takes place more than 100 years after the events of.
Star trek fiction, interplanetary voyages, fiction, benjamin sisko fictitious character, star trek, deep space nine television program. I might joke about being a nerdy trekkie, but truthfully, the star trek fan base is one of its greatest strengths. The next generation series gemworld, genesis wave book one, and several other star trek novels, including quarantine, antimatter, sanctuary, rogue saucer and mind meld. Remember, they have a significantly less advanced technology than ours. This episode marks the first appearance of defiantclass ships other than the uss defiant, toward the episodes end in the second fleet. It is explained in this book that the enterprise has been fighting on the front lines for a while, and that the cardassian ships are eager to bag a prize as large as the enterprise. Star trek 2017, star trek rpg, star trek ships, star wars, stark trek, fantasy tv shows, starfleet ships, tv star, spaceship art e.
Gemworld book one of two star trek the next generation, no 58 by john vornholt. The best star trek books for the 50th anniversary book riot. The bajoran wormhole, also known as the celestial temple, is inhabited by a race of beings to whom time has no meaning. First, we soar through the bajoran wormhole and present the gamma quadrant, discussing many of the species that can be found there, with a special focus on the major antagonist of star trek. It is explained in this book that the enterprise has been fighting on the front lines for a while, and that the cardassian ships. The dominion war crossover miniseries depicts events leading up to the dominion. All told, the romulans seem to have come out of the dominion war as the dominant power in the region, with the federation scrambling to catch up, as evidenced by federation willingness to acquiesce to sonaa demands in star trek. Indeed, dominion first contact was in 2370 and voyager was transported in 2371. This is a closetocanon story debate, with our game time starting on january 1. Im a big fan of his style and i think were poised to create a star trek book thats going to both surprise and delight. Gods of night is the first novel in the crossover trilogy star trek. The final moments of this episode are novelized in book two of star trek. With the dominions attention drawn in too many directions at once, the alliance begins systematically destroying the jemhadar breeding facilities and shipyards.
Today ill show you how to run star trek dominion wars in your modern computer. Stone cold truths by peter david, a short story in the star trek. Deep space nine erica mcgillivray may 23, 2017 each star trek show holds a special meaning for many of us, but no one can ignore that deep space nine, at its core, is a show about politics. It continues the story of the dominion fleet lost in the wormhole, the changeling laas and the fate of the founder leader after the dominion war. Dominion war project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Gamers not familiar with the television show on which star trek. The second dominion war started around 20 years ago, because of the bajoran gods.