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In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Dominion War is a conflict between the forces of the Dominion, the Cardassian Union, and, eventually, the Breen Confederacy against the Alpha Quadrant alliance of the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire and, later, the Romulan Star Empire. The war takes place in the final two seasons of the ...
A 2015 binge-watching guide for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by Wired recommended this as an essential episode. [ 7 ] In 2015, Geek.com recommended this episode as "essential watching" for their abbreviated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine binge-watching guide, noting that this is the start of the Dominion war and involves the Gamma-quadrant wormhole ...
In 2018, Vulture rated "The Siege of AR-558" the 12th best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. [6] In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter ranked "The Siege of AR-558" as the 15th best of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. [4] In 2014, Gizmodo ranked "The Siege of AR-558" as the 17th best episode of Star Trek, out of the over 700 made by that time. [7]
The gap between the 1986 film Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home (2286) and the 1987 first season of The Next Generation (2364) is 78 years by this timeline, matching early press materials. A gap of 10 years passed between the broadcast of the last episode of Star Trek: The Original Series and the release of The Motion Picture.
The later seasons of the series follow a war between the United Federation of Planets and the Dominion, an expansionist empire from the Gamma Quadrant ruled by the shape-shifting Changelings, which has already absorbed Cardassia; the Dominion's soldiers are the Jem'Hadar, and their administrators are the Vorta.
In 2015, Geek.com recommended this episode as "essential watching" for their abbreviated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine binge-watching guide. [6] In 2016, The Washington Post called the Dominion war story arc possibly the "richest narrative" of the Star Trek universe. [7] [3]
Suddenly, Dominion ships appear and engage the fleet, vastly outnumbering them. In the resulting battle, the Cardassian–Romulan fleet is annihilated. Knowing that the battle is lost, Garak leaves the bridge of his ship to rescue Odo. They encounter Lovok, who reveals himself to be a Founder and assists Odo in escaping.
Admiral Ross informs Captain Sisko that Starfleet intends to go on the offensive in the war against the Dominion.They decide to attack the Chin'toka star system—but must attack soon, as intelligence arrives that the Cardassians and the Dominion are about to improve Chin'toka's defenses with unmanned weapons platforms.