Disobedience would be punished by massive Jem'Hadar reprisals. These species were expected to obey the orders of the Vorta administrators. ( DS9: ' To the Death')Д«elow the Founders, Vorta, and Jem'Hadar, the Dominion included numerous subjugated 'member' races. ( DS9: ' The Search, Part II') The Vorta commanded the Jem'Hadar and disseminated ketracel-white crucial for their survival. However, the Founders were largely apathetic towards the affairs of solids and were content to leave the administration of the Dominion to the Vorta. ( DS9: ' To the Death', ' Rocks and Shoals') The Founders held ultimate authority and their decisions could not be questioned under any circumstances. This arrangement was referred to as 'the order of things' and deviation from it was punishable by death. The Dominion was organized under a strict hierarchy, with the Founders at the top, then the Vorta as administrators, and the Jem'Hadar as soldiers next. The Female Changeling, one of the Founders Territory Main article: Dominion planets Government ( DS9: ' Strange Bedfellows', ' The Changing Face of Evil', ' Tacking Into the Wind', ' What You Leave Behind') The war ended when the Female Changeling agreed to surrender, in exchange for a cure to a morphogenic virus afflicting the Great Link. ( DS9: ' In the Pale Moonlight') Despite various reversals and an eleventh-hour alliance with the Breen Confederacy, by late 2375, the Dominion verged on defeat and was additionally beset by a Cardassian uprising. ( DS9: ' Sacrifice of Angels') Also in that year, the Romulan Star Empire joined the war against the Dominion. ( DS9: ' Call to Arms', ' A Time to Stand') However, it was dealt a major setback in mid- 2374, when Starfleet and Klingon forces retook Deep Space 9 and prevented the Dominion from obtaining reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant. The Dominion made rapid gains in the opening months of the war, beginning with the siege of Deep Space 9 and the wormhole. ( DS9: ' By Inferno's Light') By the end of the year, open war erupted between the Dominion and a joint opposition consisting of the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. ( DS9: ' The Search, Part II', ' The Adversary') In 2373, the Dominion was able to secure both the wormhole passage and a power base in the Alpha Quadrant, through the absorption of the Cardassian Union. After learning that Starfleet would destroy the wormhole in the event of a direct Dominion incursion, the Founders initiated long-term plans to weaken and subvert the Alpha Quadrant. In the 2370s, the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole brought the Dominion into contact with civilizations in the Alpha Quadrant. ( DS9: ' The Search, Part II', ' To the Death', ' Treachery, Faith and the Great River', ' The Dogs of War') By the mid- 24th century, the Dominion had conquered hundreds of species. On behalf of the Founders, these two species began expanding Dominion territory through diplomacy and military conquest. Becoming known as the Founders, the Changelings used advanced genetic engineering to create two servant races, the Vorta and the Jem'Hadar.

Later, in 2375, Weyoun 8 stated ' the Dominion has never surrendered in battle since its founding 10,000 years ago.' It was established by Changelings, who sought to protect themselves against persecution by the solids via totalitarian control. History Main article: Dominion history See also: Dominion cold war, Dominion WarДЄccording to Weyoun 4, the Dominion 'has endured for two thousand years', i.e., since the 4th century.

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