the dominion war started in ds9 in 2373.
the dominion war started in ds9 in 2373.
when does the dominion war start in ds9?
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in 2369, when commander (later captain) benjamin sisko was assigned command of ds9, one of his instructions was to prepare bajor for full membership into the federation (pilot episode: ""). this was a long-running theme during the rest of the series. in 2373, with the dominion war on the horizon, bajor asks to be admitted to the federation under special circumstances. sisko, acting as emissary of the prophets, warned that if bajor were to join the federation at that time, it would mean the destruction of that world. with this warning, bajor decided not to accept membership at that time. at the start of the dominion war, bajor officially declared their neutrality ("call to arms"), although many bajorans joined starfleet and, as well, a new resistance to the occupation of deep space nine is formed.
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while television commentators and fans have noted associations with the yugoslav wars in the 1990s, some academics have noted parallels between the portrayal of the dominion war and other historical conflicts. michele and duncan barrett identify a number of themes relating to world war i in "star trek", especially "in the bleak and costly alliances and endless casualty sheets that characterize the protracted dominion war in "ds9"."









































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a number of novels, novelizations, and anthologies have been written to chronicle events of the dominion war outside of canon:









































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section::::tie-in media.:novels.:"the dominion war" (1998–2004).
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