The Dominion are a powerful alliance of peoples, mostly in the gamma quadrant. The Domion was created 2,000 years ago by a shape-shifting species called the Founders. The Founders remain hidden from view, but their policy is excercised by the Jem'Hadar, their warriors. Jem'Hadar are known to be ruthless with those who do not comply. In one example, the inhabitants of a planet from the system Telpas was striken with a disease called the blight and caused generations of suffering.


The Founders are an anceient civilization that explored the galaxy. In their voyages, they were found to be feared and hunted by the solids (non-shape-shifters). They retreated to an uninhabited planet in the Omarion Nebula. There, they could meld together in liquid forms to create was is called the Great Link - a collective of matter and thought. From this remote location, they created the Dominion. They sent many of their own kind throughout the galaxy as infants, expecting that one day they would return to the homeworld and report their experiences abroad. Among these was Deep Space Nine's chief security officer, Odo.

At one point, the Founders created the Jem'Hadar, a genetically-engineered species of fighters, to enforce the Dominion's will. The Jem'Hadar have a low life expectancy, and require an isogenic enzyme called ketracel-white, or simply "white." White is provided to them by the Vorta, a race belonging to the Dominion. Since Jem'Hadar deal strictly through the Vorta, few have actually seen Founders. They are seen among the Jem'Hadar as legends or gods.

The Confederation's path has very rarely crossed that of the Dominion ever since their fleet was significantly destroyed by the Darkness which swept through the galaxy. Despite that midway through 2398, an advanced Dominion scouting party entered the New Eden System and engaged the USS Magellan in an effort to take the planet by force. The USS Magellan, aided by the USS Ticonderoga thwarted that effort and took out 5 Jem'Hadar vessels.

New Eden, for both the Dominion and the UCIP is becoming a symbol for respectively the Dominion claim to the entire Gamma Quadrant, and the UCIP presence in the quadrant, the right to explore and establish relations with it's native races. The Dominion warmachine has been advancing and producing at blitzkrieg rates, reconquering what has been lost and re-installing the Founders as Lords and Masters of the quadrant. Yet, they have not reached their pre-Federation contact size, and they are still struggling to survive. With the loss of controle, and taking an exemple with New Eden, many worlds still defy allegiance to the Founders and membership to the Dominion. With the Jem'Hadar forces spread thin throughout their territory to maintain 'order' and enforcing 'loyalty', the advancement has come to it's first stop.

The estimated size of the Dominion is now 3/5 of what it once was without their Alpha Quadrant territories, including the Cardassian Union. Except for what still remains to be seen at New Eden, the Jem'Hadar are limited to operations well within the current borders. Shipyards and Breathing facilities are still working around the clock to enlarge their ranks. About the Founders, they have settled themselves on a new homeworld. It's location: unknown. All Founder agents from the Alpha Quadrant have been recalled, creating a new Great Link, replacing the one that was lost to the Darkness.

There might still be Jem'Hadar and Founders in the Alpha Quadrant, but only due to the fact that they are unaware of these new developments and it is believed that Starfleet has no intention whatsoever of informing them and aiding a potent hostile threat to strengthen itself.