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Lore reloaded I have a question. Do we know how many ships the dominion have? Is there any Star Trek book or information that explains the dominion’s full military or what there fleets are mostly comprised of.
Overall pretty good. Only real issue I had was with how far you went with the blight. Humans do still have their uses after all. I could still see it being used on earth but I feel the dominion would stop it from getting off world. Making it Both a carrot and a stick. Making officially look like they were helping with the quarantine but with the heavy hint that this could happen again in the unfortunate case that resistance delays their response to another outbreak. Thus gaining more control over human colonies.
The Romulans could have just dropped one of their artificial quantum singularity drives into a star. I have no idea what a miniature black hole would do to a star but it wouldn't be good. Or they could simply drop one on a planet. The gravitational shear would wreck havok on the weather or even gobble the planet up. Add to that they can't be turned off once it was started and the Dominion could possibly be forced to sign at least a temporary truce or loose all their holdings in the Alpha and Beta Quadrant. It's a extreme use of force but it's that or "kiss the ring" since the Dominon would win a war of attrition or use similar planet busters themselves. Or...build a very heavily shielded ship, fill it with water, then ram it into a planet at light speed. That should do the trick too.
Data starts mass building himself, and ST Data begins. That tied with the voyager upgrades would keep races that have become damned near extinct out of much of the fighting. Also using the Voyager Holo doc systems for man power
Gups That means Data have to find some planet to hide from The Dominion, probably the same planet where his evil brother Lore set up for himself and free Borg drones!
I've always wanted to see a heavily militarized Federation fleet, even though it would go against what the Federation stands for. However, this wouldn't be about revenge. It would be about survival. The Dominion would get to see firsthand the oft-underestimated power of the Human spirit and tenacity.
Lore Reloaded I'm not talking about various class ships in combat, I'm talking about full on warships built for nothing but the destruction of their enemy. The Defiant class is one but seeing as how there only seemed to be one in action throughout the entire war, (I'm sure I'm wrong about that), it doesn't seem as though the Federation was all that committed to it. But I'll add that although I love Trek, I'm pretty shoddy on some lore and fleet specifics.
@@LoreReloaded Not enough, that was a regular human fleet - still using a lot of outdated ships (even the Excelsiors are reaching the end of there lifespan, otherwise they wouldn't be used as glorified courier-vessels for admirals to use! Sure they still pack a punch, but frankly a Defiant punches harder and it needs less crew!) or ships only made ready for war after they had been completed (with a few exceptions like the Defiants, the Akiras, the Steamrunners etc.)...a Galaxy-Class may be modular and very tanki and also a hard hitter in Dominion-War-Refit, but frankly it still kind of is a damn Cruise-Ship (built to half-way-military-standards, like the old Ocean-Liners were that were used as Auxiliary-Cruisers in WW1 and before!) with tons of phasers and torpedo-launchers bolted on! A design with war in mind (like the Sovereign-Class!) is still superior in this field and probably not that much worse as an exploration ship (because even warships need top notch sensors, there maybe less lab-space, but that isn't that bad and there's of course no families on board! So yeah, the warships win here!)
Good video but I think you underestimated two things. First, is that I believe *if* the Federation would be pushed to the breaking point, then all the banned secret weapons, and time-travel technologies that the Federation (and Section 31) had locked up would suddenly be put into use. They wouldn't let the Federation fall. Maybe they just use a couple Genesis Devices on key Dominion worlds. Or, I could totally see them traveling back in time to prevent the Dominion from ever winning. Second, is Gul Dukat. I believe it was hinted at that in the show (particularly in the comics, and books) that Dukat had plans. In particular to discover the secret of the Jem Hadar,. I can see Gul Dukat taking over production of "Alpha Quadrant" Jem Hadar that would be loyal to Cardarssians (and ultimately himself). Cardassians would be the new "Founders". Gul Dukat would "Order 66" all his enemies and take over leadership.
Gul Dukat probably did want to do that but i highly dought the founders would let him do that. Of coarse they wouldn’t know that but they aren’t stupid enough to give in there eyes a politcal figure head (who cleary acts in favour of his species btw.) control of producing there army
Imagine if one on the weapons they held back was a revived and reprogrammed Doomsday Machine from TOS. If it was programmed to only attack Dominion ships and not attack friendly or neutral world's and let loose. But then again Section 31 would be taking a chance that what happened in the Doomday Machine's home galaxy might happen all over again. In this case, it would turn in them and destroy the galaxy.
I think that the Starfleet leaders tasked with protecting the core worlds would be VERY tempted to make the Dominion pay for every inch of space close they made it to Earth and such. If Starfleet Intelligence knew that the Founders would likely commit genocide after the war, that makes it all the more likely, since they are already dead anyways. The Andorians, being a warrior race, would probably totally be on board for this plan, while the Vulcans would be more for trying to find a way to preserve Federation culture in some way. I think that in the end, there would be a compromise between the two, where a fleet of starliners, and explorers and surveyors such as the Galaxy, Ambassador, Andromeda, Renaissance, Nova, Intrepid, Nebula, and maybe a few Sovereign class starships are secretly sent away from Federation territory. Maybe a few Oberths might be given instructions to just make a break for it too. Not all of them, mind you, but just enough that they could fool everyone into thinking they went missing or were destroyed. Any explorers that were on 5 or more year missions that hadn't made it back home yet would be discretely transmitted instructions for to them to stay away from the Federation, and if possible, rendezvous with the outbound fleet. I see the Federation perhaps trying to use the time it takes for the Jem'Hadar ships to travel to Earth to fortify their defenses, and protecting Sol with a viciousness similar to the Battle of Britain. Same thing for attempting to build more orbital defenses for member planets, making them harder to take. In the mean time, every shipyard in the Federation would be commandeered, and be pumping out Akiras, Sabers, Defiants, Norways, and Steamrunners like never before, if only to keep up appearances. Civilian ships might be modified to fight, either by their owners along the lines of the Rebel Alliance, or because Starfleet commandeered them, or both. Any that are captured by the Dominion could be programmed and rigged to self-destruct the moment their sensors detect any Jem'Hadar or Vorta anyways. But there is the possibility that morale would drop to the point that officers even start to abandon their posts. And the Jem'Hadar would also likely encounter resistance similar to the Nazis with the Marquis, though I don't expect them to have much success. Once the Jem'Hadar have
You have forgotten the biggest factor; the Borg. They came to earth to change history and still would. No federation defenses left so they would succeed and the federation not being born but the Borg assimilating earth, the founders would need to rethink their plans and worry about losing to them.
One thing is forsure. The Borg will definitely take interest is the Dominion since they defeated the Federation. The Federation being the Borg's most tricky enemy.
The Pah' Wraiths. They could close the wormhole at the cost of one single person. A host to carry them to the wormhole. But that still wouldn't address the Dominion's war machine. They would have stripped entire systems to build their fleets by then. Entire populations enslaved to build their ships. A simple military victory would likely be unattainable. They would need to find a way to tear the dominion apart from the inside. If they had access to Voth technology they could simply transwarp to the founders home world and release a more immediately lethal virus to kill them off entirely. The Dominion is top heavy. Without the founders to keep everything running they crumble. The Jem Hadar are barely controllable even with the founders constantly holding their hands and they and the Vorta hate one another. The death of 90% of their population would leave the founders in the alpha quadrant vulnerable and isolated. Their relatively small populations would be easier to find and poison. But it would be most effective if it happened everywhere at once.
I don't think you can count on the federation fleet that left. In season 3 of Enterprise, we saw a human fleet go and make a new colony. I think history tends to repeat itself, especially in star trek. I think the fleet would run for decades and settle down and make a new federation elsewhere. Coming back would put in jeopardy the civilians they had. Oh and the klingons would be assimilated into this new Federation.
riccardo medori I don't think the dominion would care about a fleet of ships running away. We saw fleets of refugees flee the dominion in DS9. The dominion probably wouldn't care. But if they did return, then the dominion would care and the humans and other species in dominion space could pay for it (like what the dominion did to the cardassians because of the resistance)
The Xindi didn't want humans to survive, because the sphere builders told them that the humans would destroy their future homeworld. Had the Sphere Builders not driven the Xindi towards destruction of human civilization, they would have eventually destroyed themselves in civil war. Xindus (homeworld of the Xindi) had 6 races of sentient technologically advanced lifeform, but they eventually succumbed to hatred of one another and ended up destroying their homeworld in a global war between the 6 races. The war not only cost Xindus, but destroyed the Xindi Avian race.
iven the Klingon need for combat, I cant see them joining into the Federation, especially since they have been engaged in conflict with the federation on and off for centuries. Even decades after the Khitomer accords, the dying Chancellor K'mpec warned his designated Arbiter of Succession that whomever poisoned him would have the potential to go to war with the Federation.
Vincent Scott yes, skilled and unique....flash back to DS9 way of the warrior where hundreds if not thousands of Klingon died in hand to hand combat against a few hundred federation, bajoran, and 2 cardassians
knowing the founders I suspect they'd stick with the jem'hadar for the most part simply because they are a known variable. The klingons are effective warriors no doubt but they are extremely aggressive and new breeds of soldier could potentially turn against the dominion and given the situation the dominion find themselves in here (that is without major opposition) an internal threat like that would be too risky for an increase to their already vastly superior military.
Issue with Quark's price of freedom idea. Historically it has never been true. During stalemates neither side would attempt to achieve peace because in a stalemate you aren't winning, but you aren't loosing. Peace is at a premium when 1 side holds a distinct advantage.
I think you're wrong. Here are examples of long peace through stalemate: The Cold War, while bloody in some states, was more peaceful than the 18th century. In Europe after Napoleon was defeated there was a long peace in Europe of the 'Four Great Powers' After the 30 Years' war the Catholics and Protestants were at a stalemate. As a a result, Europe entered a period of relative peace for decades. While there are always smaller wars, large wars are fought when 1 side has (or thinks they have) an advantage (e.g Ukraine), I think.
@unematrix the Cold War wasn't peace. It was a war where neither side wanted to fire the first shot, so instead they initiated MANY proxy wars all across the globe as a way to weaken the opponent. The defeat of Napoleon proves my point because all the other nations were allied against Napoleon and in spite of a few political differences, they were still Allies. A prime example of this would be Canada and America. We have many vast political differences, but we are still allies. I will admit, I am not super familiar with the Protestant/Catholic one, so I will have to look that one up and get back to you.
Costly only matters if you actually care, and the founders care a little for anything but themselves so all the dead soldiers and vorta would not matter at all to them
Towards the end of the final season, I heard about a "surprise ending" for the series. I though it would be the Tamarians entering the war against the Dominion and helping destroy them. Since a single Tamarian ship kicked the hell out the Enterprise in one-on-one combat in the Darmok episode, they seemed like a potential powerhouse race to align with. The "surprise" turned out to be the Cardassians rebelling en masse against the Dominion.
How about this - Starfleet would make a deal with the Klingons - Romulans would be on their own. The carrot to elicit cooperation from the Klingons? Starfleet would share some technology (weaponry and shielding) it acquired from its encounter with the Cytherian civilization and the Voyager's encounters with the Borg and Species 8472 in the Delta Quadrant. The Klingon military would fall back deep within Klingon space to rebuild it's fleet. However, with Dominion presence becoming heavy in what was Federation space, Starfleet took a different approach - using Graviton technology received from the Cytherians, Starfleet would transport its armada light years away, within the Delta Quadrant. I would imagine it would take less than 3 years for Starfleet and the Klingons to develop an armada of ships fully capable of taking on the Dominion in the Alpha/Beta Quadrant. And in an all-or-nothing campaign, armed with highly advanced Borg tech, Cytherian tech, and tech brought back by future Admiral Janeway, the Klingons and Starfleet armadas would win engagement after engagement against the Dominion; the Klingons along the perimeter of Dominion space and pushing in, and Starfleet, using their Graviton jumpdrives, to establish multiple jump points deep within Dominion space and severely fracturing is military presence.
Honestly, when you said the part where Humanity would be affected by the Blight, I shuttered. The idea that the Dominion would engineer the death of the species is genuinely disturbing.
Interesting. I'll go through what I feel are holes, the rest I agree with. 1) You don't make explicit, around the 1:00 mark, that it's the Prophets/Wormhole Aliens failure to intervene that is the hinge point in your AU, I had to intuit that from a replay; 2) I find it unlikely that a post-victory Dominion would either have to kidnap further humans for their anti-Homo Sapiens plague virus, as it's likely the Changeling impersonating Bashir sent his people a complete map of the human genome and that they had several hundred, if not thousand human prisoners to experiment with, or that they'd need to be covert about it, as by that time they had conquered the planet anyway. 3) Dominion racial structure policy has already shown in the GQ they prefer to parcel skills unevenly across cloned servant races, this makes sense as we have seen Vorta make excellent military strategists/scientists/diplomats etc but lousy troops, with little physical strength or visual acuity. Jem'Hadar of course are excellent fighters but struggle badly with engineering/sciences. Almost a blue vs white collar split. Now imagine if some renegade JH or Vorta possessed BOTH sets of skills; any uprisings would be extremely dangerous. You would therefore not want clones with human ingenuity, plus Tellarite science skills, plus Vulcan intellect/physical strength, just one gone astray could wreak immense damage, possibly catastrophic. 4) I don't see what use the Dominion would have for humans; as above humans only unique selling point is creativity, and frankly it's arguable whether there is much unique about ours. I think Weyoun is correct, and that the Founders would agree; unless you have since stabilised the cloning process so that exceptions are a one in a million, not one in a thousand, humanity is more of a pain in the ass than it's worth (if you've just conquered it), and they order that the Blight, instead of keeping us for generations in suffering, kills us in 2 hours, 2 months after the first infection. Other GQ races we've seen are allowed to work, trade and play, so long as they don't misbehave, lest they get a visit from the JH. Not us, though. Given the human spirit and its ceaseless appetite for resistance, dissidence and indeed all forms of contrarianism, the risk-reward ratio is hugely stacked AGAINST keeping us around, cloned/ modified or not. The Dominion simply creates billions of Vulclones who logically believe (and frankly the logic would be hard to counteract) that might makes right, and the Founders as conquerors of TWO Quadrants are rightful masters of all territory. 5) Given the extreme adeptness of the Founders at espionage/surveillance/investigation etc, their ability to mass-produce ships/Vorta/JH at terrifying speeds, and how poorly the Tal Shiar failed to insulate itself in the events leading to their near-destruction in the Battle of the Omarion Nebula, it is extremely unlikely that piecemeal assassinations of Vorta and random destruction of JH warships would either produce significant weakening, nor is it likely the saboteurs would live long enough to continue gnatting away at the Dominion Elephant in the Room. Other than those 5 I am in agreement with you. I think the wildest cards, and therefore meat for future videos, at this galactic game of Poker are in the hands of the Borg, and S31. I'd also love to see a video speculating on what an Earth looks like if the Dominion actually did decide to keep humanity around.
One thing that could happen is that the Borg decide to attack the Alpha Quadrant at some point after the Federation has fallen. This assumes the Borg aren't aware of the Dominion take-over and they are still obsessed with humans/Earth/Federation stuff.
After intial loss of 10 cubes, it would take the Borg approximately 1.1 earth years to rebuild and come back with re-estimated needed 28 cubes and 7 diamonds, taking into consideration Dominion rate of manufacture.
It would deepen at what stage in the war. I seem to recall that when the Dominion occupied Deep Space Nine there was a plan to poison the ketracel white supply and the Cardassian had already figured out how remove the mines from the Wormhole. I would imagine that if the Founders died then the Vorta may have committed suicide and the Cardassians would have been able to poison the ketracel white supply. That would result in the Cardassians having access to Dominion technology and ships. There was a scene where Damar said he would like to throw Weyoum out the nearest airlock and Dukat told him to be patient. I can also remember that a Klingon warrior saying that Cardassians were a honour to kill and had plans within plans but I could be wrong about that quote I’m not sure.
Because I think it might be fun for you and make for great content; could you theory-craft a modified ship from the escaped fleet? How would generations of federation/klingon intermingling in a multi-generational exile effect ship designs and systems? Would we see galaxies with cloaking technology and disruptors? D7s and Vor'chas with phaser arrays and federation-level shields and sensors?
EDIT: this has actually been addressed later in the series... but it's still interesting to consider how this might play out differently if Voyager had managed to make contact with the Federation earlier. The one interesting unanswered question here to me, which I just don't remember the answer to, is whether Voyager had already made contact with Starfleet from the Delta Quadrant at this point... if they hadn't, it seems likely Starfleet would try sending those ships off in secret in multiple different directions, to ensure that if some wound up getting caught by chance by the Dominion others could still get away -- ensuring the escape itself would be absolutely paramount. If Voyager had made contact, though, it seems more likely Starfleet would send at least the majority of those secret ships towards the Delta Quadrant, and if they thought they could do so without giving themselves away, to try to send a message to Janeway that they were coming. With Voyager being their only known asset guaranteed to be completely free of the Dominion at that point, and with not much else left to lose, and even without knowing about the technology Voyager was gaining, Starfleet would still know that that ship was their best long-term hope and that it would make the most sense to send it all the help that they could.
Great video, thanks! I especially like your attention to detail describing smaller powers and their fate. In this vein, what are your thoughts on the circumstances of one of my favorites, the First Federation? Though we don’t know just how powerful it is, I suspect that a Fesarius-type vessel could easily prevail in an encounter with the most powerful Dominion ship, perhaps even a fleet, that happened across the First Federation’s defense outpost buoy network. In the long term, the Dominion would most likely have a quantitative advantage, the First Federation a qualitative advantage. “Long live tranya!”
This would pave the way for the Borg as with the assimilation of the founders would give them what they need to assimilate species 8472 on their road to perfection. They would send hundreds of ships perhaps thousands to assimilate the founders.
A quick thought.... Ive seen the whole series, but what is there to keep Starfleet in exile from building a few Xindi super weapons that could be sent to the gamma quadrant to start cracking open dominion worlds like eggs?
The whole Starfleet exodus fleet makes sense to me. Doing a Battlestar Galactica move but this time in secret as the Dominion are attacked head on at the front. I could see this fleet heading to the Delta or Gamma Quadrant (or maybe even to a neighboring galax) and built up a mini federation in secret to come back and retake their home. I could see them trying to connect with Voyager and other wayward ships.
Your right that star fleet would fall back fron earth preserving what assets they could and buying time ti consolidate a defense. Thats what they did earlier in the dominion war and it worked. The dominion would be vulnerable to counter attack and it would likely come down to whether the romulans joined just like it did originally. Good vid
i imagine the sheliak would also rebel....buuut probably not effectively. and if they can cement themselves there, the borg would no other have a chance at least without decades of prep
I doubt that it would be possible for the Borg to assimilate a Founder. The Borg use nanotechnology that alters organisms on a cellular level, but that wouldn't be possible with the Founders since they do not have cells or anything else remotely humanoid. It would be like trying to assimilate a puddle of water pretty much.
I wonder how the Dominion would handle a Borg incursion? Probably the only thing which kept the Borg from trying an invasion in the middle of the war, was that they were occupied dealing with species 8472, and localized plagues spread by booby-trapped assimilation subjects in the Delta Quadrant.
So the missing Starfleet/ section 31 (SF31) would be the First Order from Star Wars. I think that this alt history should include that the Dominion noticing that equipment, weapons, ships, material, important persons and manpower start going missing, covertly at first then openly to SF31. At first no one notices but when time goes on it becomes a bigger concern. Shell companies will start popping up to funnel money, tech and supplies to SF31. Worlds quietly start backing SF31 then openly when Janeway comes. Underground training facilities also pops up ready to receive the word.
I think several factions would start to show up.. Section 31 being an almost black market.. I intend to include it in multiple scenarios (I have several outcomes for this set up)
I believe that some of Section 31 would stay behind to operate behind the "lines". Like setting up long game of the shell companies, influence peddling, raiding/ pirating, underground "railroads" and training centers. For the Dominion, the harder they squeeze the more worlds will slip from their grasp. At times, terror tactics do backfire.
I can see this happening such as if Dukat never sent Odo to DS9. The original plan was for him to entertain the troops. Now what about the Brier Patch and its healing rings? I'm stunned that DS9 never referenced them since Worf was a crew member but I figured the writers chose to ignore the movie since either Sisko would take the planet for the healing rays or have to destroy it to keep it from falling into Dominion hands.
Awesome video. Just a point: the Voyager can't have the anti-borg technology because the Dominion have destroyed both the Federation and the Klingons, so no future Janeway and no time travel technology. P.S: how do you think the Borg will react to such huge changes? Would they change strategy ?
+riccardo medori Janeway got the Borg tech with out future Janeway... Voyager got home much much later.. With the Borg tech..and then she went back in time and gave what she had made before..so they would still have it
What about First Contact and Regeneration. Those would still have to happen as by this point they have happened. Also you could have a Future Janeway with knowledge of the Dominion subjugation help the year 7 Janeway with both Anti-Borg tech and a Plague Cure
It depends on what you mean by Borg tech. If you mean the Borg tech they got in *Scorpion* , yes, you are correct. But if you're talking about *Endgame* then you're wrong. :) *Endgame's* technology is because of Admiral Janeway, who went back in time to give *Endgame* Voyager technology. In a Dominion controlled AQ, Janeway is extremely unlikely to go back in time.
Why would you not take the Defiant and Akira classes? Sure, they might be too small to survive on their own... but you're taking a fleet of Galaxy/Sovereign etc ships that can help with the supplying and maintenance. The individual ships don't need to be self sufficient, as long as the fleet is.
Yes but in this scenario Janeway can’t time travel to help her younger self destroy the Borg and use their transwarp gate to get back to Earth. The Borg were planning to use that gate to invade the Alpha quadrant.
Considering what happened at the Battle of the Omarion Nebula (DS9: Improbable Cause and The Die is Cast), I don't think any Romulan plans to secretly build up a fleet over multiple years would get very far.
Lore, Who do you think will win, the Voth or Dominion? If Voyager were able to say get the hold of some voth tech (they're a few million years more advanced than Federation) to liberate their combine home world from the dominion, who after 20 years would be pushing into the Delta Quadrant as well and into their territory as the Borg area would be a detente, more or less.
One thing. you forgot about the Borg... its possible that the Borg could make another major strike into what used to be Federation space around htis time.
One question.....isn't it possible captain picard and the enterprise would turn to Q and ask for his help in defeating the dominion....heaven knows he has the power and i believe he would give picard what he asks for.....but at what cost.......just a thought.
One issue with this narrative is the inclusion of a "End Game" level Voyager - Admiral Janeway's existence depends on the existence of a Federation that WON the Dominion War. If the Federation falls before Voyager can return then there'd be no source for the temporal causality loop that allowed Admiral Janeway to travel back in time with advanced technology. Some forms of time travel don't have this problem but the Borg Queen makes it very clear that this Admiral Janeway situation is not one of those exceptions.
The Dominion vs Katherine Janeway is something I would pay good money to watch. Fresh off the back of killing the Borg only to find her home destroyed and federation enslaved? She would be a force to be reckoned with!
Is it just me, or is it also a high probability that if the Dominion or even the Borg where to successfully invade Federation and other such spaces that the Planet / civilization that the Enterprise came across (and only Data has the knowledge of) in the episode "Clues" would also have the invading Force / forces attempt to invade / takeover, thus being wiped out by that civilization?
Why not have the federation do a scorched earth sinario and make every inch gained costly. My thinking is that the dominion would loss their forces at a higher rate and what they do gain has absolutly no use at all. What do you guys think?
i think the romulans would do just like you said. Sit back watch whats happening, and in their backyard preparing new Warships and weapons of massdestruction to be launched at dominion core-worlds. They wouldn't hesitate to use them. The Star-Empire still may fall, but not without taking as many of the Dominion they can. (Even makes more sense than an overseen nova, to me.)
So the Federation would basically do the same thing that lead to the formation of the Clans in the Battletech (Mechwarroir) universe? Far enough, that could lead to some interesting things in a few generation.
The Clans only had an impact because they encountered a fractured Inner Sphere that was torn apart by war after war after war and had even forgotten how to build some of the technology the Clans had for hundreds of years. They lost as soon as the Inner Sphere unified. And then the Inner Sphere AND the Clans lost to a small force that showed both of them what total war actually means. Anyway, the Dominion wouldn't have internal wars and have a unified government, ready for anything. Unless that exodus force comes back with some kind of vastly improved tech (and I mean one-shot-kill level tech), they wouldn't stand a chance.
just started watching Star Trek a few weeks ago. Tried the Original and didn't like it. Tried TNG and didn't like it. Tried Enterprise and hated it! Then tried DS9 and liked it! Almost done with season 1. Can't wait to find out what the hell you're talking about:D Cause I've been playing these videos in the background for a while now...
I got an awesome idea go from when the Dominion over the alpha quadrant you know how you ended it with voyager coming with a few ships have them draw up another alliance with the Borg to take back the alpha quadrant cuz it all the movies and shows everything the human seem to be really important to the Borg so much that they create a liaison
I love DS9, but I've ALWAYS hated the totally convenient plot solution of the Defiant flying into the wormhole to confront the incoming reinforcements, and the prophets make them all magically disappear.
I really enjoyed this video, thank you! That being said though, I do think that by the time of the turn of the 25th century, cutting off the wormhole would benefit the Starfleet/Klingon remnants little. In a lot of potential futures by this point, the Federation seems to have access to engines that can get from one point of the Galaxy to the other in very little time. I do think that the Dominion would easily be able to have that kind of technology themselves. Sure it wouldn't be near instantaneous like with the wormhole. But, I can see Gamma Quadrant ships reinforcing their Alpha Quadrant territory in a matter of days.
A long-range fleet assembled to leave, and return decades or centuries later, returning more powerful than anything seen before? So kinda like Battletech/Mechwarrior's Clans? I like it!
Why would the Tholians side with the resistance? They see a kindred spirit in the Founders, non-humanoids who want order and stability and see humanoids as a nuisance at best if not a serious threat. In STO, in the timeline Sela is from, the Dominion won the war and returned to the gamma quadrant, leaving the Tholian Assembly to govern the beta quadrant on their behalf. That honestly makes a lot of sense to me.
How about a scorpion like alliance between Voyager and the combined fleet of starfleet and kligons, who meet in d delta quadrant. Make a deal with the Borg, assulate the dominion. Either that or the defiant returned with the help of the profits.
ally with the unimatrix0 borg instead of the regular borg, or find some way to oust the borg queen and replace her with the unimatrix0 borg. problem solved.
In the Series. I'm guessing it's DS9 but the first season is pretty bad and I'd rather not trudge through it to end up finding it in season 6 or something
Interesting take on a Post-Dominion Victory, but as a couple of other comments said, I think the Federation Vessels that escaped would run as far as they could before finding a planet (or planets) to settle on. I think most of the Klingons that could escape would stay and fight, but if someone like Worf was still alive, some Klingons would go with the escaping vessels. Another note, I would say that the Escaping Vessels would try to go through Klingon Space and into the Beta Quadrant with the Fleet going to try to meet up with Janeway and whatever ships she manages to gather. This way (despite losing the ability to go straight into Bajor and cutting off the wormhole) the combined forces of Voyager Fleet and the Surviving Ships of both the Klingon and Federation Fleets can attack all at once in a coordinated attack possibly on the Galactic East side of the Former Klingon Empire or cut through Romulan Space and be able to attack the Wormhole (albeit at greater risk). Just a couple of thoughts.
Here's a question for you...in DS9 they talked about the dominion crossing Romulan space to hit the Federation....how is that possible with the Dominion on the other side of the quadrant having to cross Federation space to con1e thru Romulan space...i know this video is old but that was a question I've had for a while
Fantastic video what about a scenario after the Federation loses before the demean invade earth involved in that drama as does knowing the long-term they would need those positions in order if I did the minion to one of just before the dominion of been in earth the board came in with they have the same resources and know how to defeat the Borg before being destroyed and then quitting the Federation then launch it’s on counterattack or species 856 from voyager
A fleet of Federation/Romulan/Klingon ships from a distant corner of the universe..throw in some Free Borg, some other aliens, scimitar technology...quantum slipstream...the Dominion could have a very deadly rebellion on its hands.
Not sure if I’m just biased to the Romulans or not but I don’t think things would end how you said for them. Supposing the hobus supernova wasn’t a natural occurrence and was actually orchestrated by extra galactic influence, I think it is more likely that in the face or a more immediate threat, the Romulans would become even more prone to secrecy and double-crossing as quite clearly they could not trust the Dominion. It’s my theory that they would have ignored any Iconian influences and focus of themselves, so if the supernova was planned I think that the people who caused it would in fact have stayed clear of the Iconians, and continued their campaign of sabotaging the Dominion while keeping it widely unknown, until their secret fleet was at full strength. At that time I believe they would have secretly gone around the Alpha quadrant securing allies who also had been decieved by the Dominion with their empty promises, feeling cheated and wanting revenge. Each of their allies would all begin building more ships in secret and not documenting their construction anywhere or it would blow the entire operation as it would be way too important. Possible years would go by and the Romulans would contact the remnants of Starfleet and the KDF and propose an alliance with the rest of their allies, at which point Voyager would return, share their new powerful technologies and information to the combined forces of all of the new allies and together wage one last huge campaign against the Dominion, first attacking key and strategic areas of space or planets, then heading straight for the wormhole, destroying it for good and then systematically wiping out what remained of the Dominion in the Alpha quadrant.
The Remans and some Romulans (in conjunction with the Iconians) set off the Hobus supernova. Because The Dominion conquers the Alpha Quandrant, it would probably change this course of events so Romulus may not fall.
Lore Reloaded Star Trek Online. However, given the fact that supernova explosions cannot travel faster than light, the energy from Hobus would have taken years to arrive, giving time for Romulus to be evacuated. It's a huge plot hole in the Star Trek (2009). Also, your entire expo is based on interpretation of alpha canon and I highly doubt Romulus would subjugate. I would propose a shadow war occurring over years. Romulans would fight but on a hit and fade style. Maybe Romulus would fall somehow but they would resort to other means to hold some territory.
The Romulans don't enter into open war unless forced to or they think they can win.. And yea, all of this is inference and guess work.. I use Canon where I can and I didn't take into account the soft canon of STO .. yet.. anyways.
Hey Lore, recent subscriber here!! What became of the Dominion after the war?? I mean there is a lot of Dominion hardware and military infrastructure left out there!!!
I think the other fleets of the federation would rush to earth to protect it, but in this last great battle, those gathered would be defeated, capital ships of the federation rammed by dominion fighters and earth is bombed flat.
Great video. I found it very interesting to listen to. One nitpick if I may be so bold, I think you used the word "decimated" in the most common-but incorrect way. It was actually a Roman punishment and means to reduce something by one-tenth. In Roman terms, it meant to punish a unit/group of soldiers by picking out every tenth man to be beaten to death by the rest.
I just realized you haven't addressed the elephant in the room. The Borg. The Borg makes contast incursions into Federation Space. How would the Dominion handle them?
The battle of sector 001 (First contact )happens a full year before Operation REturn. As for future incursions, no alpha canon indicates any save for when Voyager is helped by admiral janeway which, ofcourse, wouldn't happen as the dominion didn't win in that timeline. That said, an actual scenario where the borg invade an Alpha Quadrant controlled by the dominion would be interesting.
The Borg incursions would most likely stop. They really don't care about the Alpha quadrant at this point as their main concern is continuing expansion in the Delta quadrant. Their interest in the Alpha quadrant is humanity, with that gone there is no reason to continue. Do you really think the Federation could survive if the Borg decided to send 20 or 30 cubes? Why send only one at a time? I think the Borg are playing a dangerous game with the Federation. This theory comes about as a result of the Voyager episode "The Omega Directive". Janeway and 7 have a conversation about what each other know about Omega. Since Borg have assimilated Star Fleet Captains, they would be aware that the Federation has actual working scientific knowledge of Omega (This makes the Federation a very rare find for the Collective), a substance the Borg are instructed to assimilate at all costs. They would also know that the Federations attempts to stabilize it failed, just as there attempt did, and as a result all research was banned. However, if the Borg could make themselves a big enough threat over a long enough time line, it might push the Federation to reconsider that position in a desperate attempt to develop anti-Borg technologies. Then the Borg swoop in and claim their prize.
Why only send one? Because that is all it takes. One cube can decimate dozens of vessels. And from the captives breed more drones. One cube can be twenty if unchecked. But that aside if you were watching someone because you found them an attractive target. Then suddenly they vanished without a trace wouldn’t be the least bit curious to what happened. Again all it takes is one cube. And the dominion has no knowledge of The borg. So I don’t think there first encounter will their way. But once the collective gets a taste of cloning and other technologies floating around inside the vorta’s head. They may want more. That is just my opinion
10:24 Very informed analysis, here. Romulans are quick to recognize a strategic error; after all, these are the same peoples who disappeared for a century after over-extending and uniting The Klingons and the Federation. Surely, would soon realize they were counting on the Federation to win and simply be weakened for the fight. They would probably figure this out as soon as Earth fell. A victorious Dominion would be recognized as an imminent threat and they would indeed not commit the same error as Starfleet by taking on the Dominion (mostly) by itself. Proud as the Romulans are, that rarely comes before patience and cunning. Probably a controversial stance you took, but right on the money as far as I'm concerned.
I have but one problem with Voyager returning with advanced technology. The whole reason Voyager had that technology was because Janeway traveled back in time after having once returned to a Federation that ultimately developed those technologies, not to mention they did get help along the way home from the Federation in the last few years. Voyager would be stranded in the Delta Quadrant for a long long time and it'd be no help when it gets home.
It's a paradox.. Someone goes back in time to give the information - the information thus exists in time to always be given, but not created.. time travel is tricky..
One group of allies I could see from Voyager are the Unimatirx Zero/ Borg Cooperative movement. Perhaps even Species 8472 or other Delta/Beta quadrant allies. I could also imagine the Federation/Klingon Flotilla could perhaps come up with some tech similar to Memory Omega in Star Trek's Mirror Universe novel Rise Like Lions. As for who would win it would seem a tossup. Also in STO it is revealed the Iconians were behind the destruction of Romulus by manipulating the Tal Shiar. That could still happen or perhaps not, perhaps in this timeline the Dominion might have caused the Hobus supernova. Also we're still assuming the Defiant was destroyed or displaced in the timespace continuum.
Whats up everyone, for those interested.. Patreons and Discord Folks got this video early (Patreons earlier then those in the discord).. If you want to get stuff early - consider those routes.. Thanks for watching, look forward to ya'lls thoughts on the video ;)
Lore Reloaded, first vid back for me after chrimbo. Hope you had a good one.
+Will Wilson I did..and to you as well!
Lore reloaded I have a question. Do we know how many ships the dominion have? Is there any Star Trek book or information that explains the dominion’s full military or what there fleets are mostly comprised of.
Overall pretty good.
Only real issue I had was with how far you went with the blight. Humans do still have their uses after all.
I could still see it being used on earth but I feel the dominion would stop it from getting off world. Making it Both a carrot and a stick. Making officially look like they were helping with the quarantine but with the heavy hint that this could happen again in the unfortunate case that resistance delays their response to another outbreak. Thus gaining more control over human colonies.
The Romulans could have just dropped one of their artificial quantum singularity drives into a star. I have no idea what a miniature black hole would do to a star but it wouldn't be good. Or they could simply drop one on a planet. The gravitational shear would wreck havok on the weather or even gobble the planet up. Add to that they can't be turned off once it was started and the Dominion could possibly be forced to sign at least a temporary truce or loose all their holdings in the Alpha and Beta Quadrant. It's a extreme use of force but it's that or "kiss the ring" since the Dominon would win a war of attrition or use similar planet busters themselves.
Or...build a very heavily shielded ship, fill it with water, then ram it into a planet at light speed. That should do the trick too.
Data starts mass building himself, and ST Data begins. That tied with the voyager upgrades would keep races that have become damned near extinct out of much of the fighting. Also using the Voyager Holo doc systems for man power
Gups That means Data have to find some planet to hide from The Dominion, probably the same planet where his evil brother Lore set up for himself and free Borg drones!
I would totally watch that. As a matter of fact, someone should pitch that to CBS.
Them picard was killed and q erese dominium like they was never happend xx
I've always wanted to see a heavily militarized Federation fleet, even though it would go against what the Federation stands for. However, this wouldn't be about revenge. It would be about survival. The Dominion would get to see firsthand the oft-underestimated power of the Human spirit and tenacity.
I think you saw a pretty heavily militarized feet mid and end of the dominion war..
Lore Reloaded I'm not talking about various class ships in combat, I'm talking about full on warships built for nothing but the destruction of their enemy. The Defiant class is one but seeing as how there only seemed to be one in action throughout the entire war, (I'm sure I'm wrong about that), it doesn't seem as though the Federation was all that committed to it. But I'll add that although I love Trek, I'm pretty shoddy on some lore and fleet specifics.
@@ContemporaryCompendium like in picard?
TheOracle8191 fax I wanna see humanity fighting for survival doing whatever it takes. Making ships that make the defiant look like a joke
@@LoreReloaded Not enough, that was a regular human fleet - still using a lot of outdated ships (even the Excelsiors are reaching the end of there lifespan, otherwise they wouldn't be used as glorified courier-vessels for admirals to use! Sure they still pack a punch, but frankly a Defiant punches harder and it needs less crew!) or ships only made ready for war after they had been completed (with a few exceptions like the Defiants, the Akiras, the Steamrunners etc.)...a Galaxy-Class may be modular and very tanki and also a hard hitter in Dominion-War-Refit, but frankly it still kind of is a damn Cruise-Ship (built to half-way-military-standards, like the old Ocean-Liners were that were used as Auxiliary-Cruisers in WW1 and before!) with tons of phasers and torpedo-launchers bolted on! A design with war in mind (like the Sovereign-Class!) is still superior in this field and probably not that much worse as an exploration ship (because even warships need top notch sensors, there maybe less lab-space, but that isn't that bad and there's of course no families on board! So yeah, the warships win here!)
No one attacks my homeworld and lives!! Earth, Qo'nos and Romulus above all!
Woven into threads that bind us. Each of us, to each other.
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Good video but I think you underestimated two things. First, is that I believe *if* the Federation would be pushed to the breaking point, then all the banned secret weapons, and time-travel technologies that the Federation (and Section 31) had locked up would suddenly be put into use. They wouldn't let the Federation fall. Maybe they just use a couple Genesis Devices on key Dominion worlds. Or, I could totally see them traveling back in time to prevent the Dominion from ever winning.
Second, is Gul Dukat. I believe it was hinted at that in the show (particularly in the comics, and books) that Dukat had plans. In particular to discover the secret of the Jem Hadar,. I can see Gul Dukat taking over production of "Alpha Quadrant" Jem Hadar that would be loyal to Cardarssians (and ultimately himself). Cardassians would be the new "Founders". Gul Dukat would "Order 66" all his enemies and take over leadership.
@Professeur Râleur Or have the Dominion get its hand of time travel technology at hand and suddenly you have a time war.
Gul Dukat probably did want to do that but i highly dought the founders would let him do that. Of coarse they wouldn’t know that but they aren’t stupid enough to give in there eyes a politcal figure head (who cleary acts in favour of his species btw.) control of producing there army
Imagine if one on the weapons they held back was a revived and reprogrammed Doomsday Machine from TOS. If it was programmed to only attack Dominion ships and not attack friendly or neutral world's and let loose. But then again Section 31 would be taking a chance that what happened in the Doomday Machine's home galaxy might happen all over again. In this case, it would turn in them and destroy the galaxy.
I think that the Starfleet leaders tasked with protecting the core worlds would be VERY tempted to make the Dominion pay for every inch of space close they made it to Earth and such. If Starfleet Intelligence knew that the Founders would likely commit genocide after the war, that makes it all the more likely, since they are already dead anyways.
The Andorians, being a warrior race, would probably totally be on board for this plan, while the Vulcans would be more for trying to find a way to preserve Federation culture in some way.
I think that in the end, there would be a compromise between the two, where a fleet of starliners, and explorers and surveyors such as the Galaxy, Ambassador, Andromeda, Renaissance, Nova, Intrepid, Nebula, and maybe a few Sovereign class starships are secretly sent away from Federation territory. Maybe a few Oberths might be given instructions to just make a break for it too. Not all of them, mind you, but just enough that they could fool everyone into thinking they went missing or were destroyed. Any explorers that were on 5 or more year missions that hadn't made it back home yet would be discretely transmitted instructions for to them to stay away from the Federation, and if possible, rendezvous with the outbound fleet.
I see the Federation perhaps trying to use the time it takes for the Jem'Hadar ships to travel to Earth to fortify their defenses, and protecting Sol with a viciousness similar to the Battle of Britain. Same thing for attempting to build more orbital defenses for member planets, making them harder to take.
In the mean time, every shipyard in the Federation would be commandeered, and be pumping out Akiras, Sabers, Defiants, Norways, and Steamrunners like never before, if only to keep up appearances. Civilian ships might be modified to fight, either by their owners along the lines of the Rebel Alliance, or because Starfleet commandeered them, or both. Any that are captured by the Dominion could be programmed and rigged to self-destruct the moment their sensors detect any Jem'Hadar or Vorta anyways. But there is the possibility that morale would drop to the point that officers even start to abandon their posts.
And the Jem'Hadar would also likely encounter resistance similar to the Nazis with the Marquis, though I don't expect them to have much success. Once the Jem'Hadar have
Some of those combat ships will have to be diverted to providing your exploration ships with big guns
You have forgotten the biggest factor; the Borg. They came to earth to change history and still would. No federation defenses left so they would succeed and the federation not being born but the Borg assimilating earth, the founders would need to rethink their plans and worry about losing to them.
Battle of Sector 001 (First Contact) was in 2373 - Operation return was in 2374 (I might have misstated the dates in the video)
Phil Gutierrez The Borg will have to bring several more cubes to fully assimilated the entire Alpha and Gamma Quadrants!!
In other words, a Star Trek Battlestar Galactic.
+scarface1138 Battlestar Galactica meets Star wars
Lore Reloaded good point. If only Weyoun was as incompetent as General Hux.
EXACTLY!!! MAYBE THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN BSG?!
Ronld d moore had allot to do with both DS9, and the BSG remake...;)
scarface1138
Weyun is pretty incompetant...hence his many, many deaths, on and off-screen!!
One thing is forsure. The Borg will definitely take interest is the Dominion since they defeated the Federation. The Federation being the Borg's most tricky enemy.
The Pah' Wraiths. They could close the wormhole at the cost of one single person. A host to carry them to the wormhole. But that still wouldn't address the Dominion's war machine. They would have stripped entire systems to build their fleets by then. Entire populations enslaved to build their ships. A simple military victory would likely be unattainable. They would need to find a way to tear the dominion apart from the inside. If they had access to Voth technology they could simply transwarp to the founders home world and release a more immediately lethal virus to kill them off entirely.
The Dominion is top heavy. Without the founders to keep everything running they crumble. The Jem Hadar are barely controllable even with the founders constantly holding their hands and they and the Vorta hate one another. The death of 90% of their population would leave the founders in the alpha quadrant vulnerable and isolated. Their relatively small populations would be easier to find and poison. But it would be most effective if it happened everywhere at once.
I don't think you can count on the federation fleet that left. In season 3 of Enterprise, we saw a human fleet go and make a new colony. I think history tends to repeat itself, especially in star trek. I think the fleet would run for decades and settle down and make a new federation elsewhere. Coming back would put in jeopardy the civilians they had. Oh and the klingons would be assimilated into this new Federation.
Revan yes but in that episode they were destroyed anyway. The Xindi didn't want survivors, the Dominion will be even more ruthless.
riccardo medori I don't think the dominion would care about a fleet of ships running away. We saw fleets of refugees flee the dominion in DS9. The dominion probably wouldn't care. But if they did return, then the dominion would care and the humans and other species in dominion space could pay for it (like what the dominion did to the cardassians because of the resistance)
The 12 COLONIES of Earth?
The Xindi didn't want humans to survive, because the sphere builders told them that the humans would destroy their future homeworld. Had the Sphere Builders not driven the Xindi towards destruction of human civilization, they would have eventually destroyed themselves in civil war. Xindus (homeworld of the Xindi) had 6 races of sentient technologically advanced lifeform, but they eventually succumbed to hatred of one another and ended up destroying their homeworld in a global war between the 6 races. The war not only cost Xindus, but destroyed the Xindi Avian race.
iven the Klingon need for combat, I cant see them joining into the Federation, especially since they have been engaged in conflict with the federation on and off for centuries. Even decades after the Khitomer accords, the dying Chancellor K'mpec warned his designated Arbiter of Succession that whomever poisoned him would have the potential to go to war with the Federation.
What about making Klingon/jem'hadar hybrids to make a more improved soldier?
+Revan Thought of that and had it in the original script ... However..I don't know there is anything Klingon biology had that jemhadar did not
Lore Reloaded head ridges and a never be beaten attitude that even jem'hadar admired. (Worf in the fights)
Revan HELL NO!!! The Klingons are unique Warriors!! Their advanced skills and training will make them improved soldiers!!
Vincent Scott yes, skilled and unique....flash back to DS9 way of the warrior where hundreds if not thousands of Klingon died in hand to hand combat against a few hundred federation, bajoran, and 2 cardassians
knowing the founders I suspect they'd stick with the jem'hadar for the most part simply because they are a known variable. The klingons are effective warriors no doubt but they are extremely aggressive and new breeds of soldier could potentially turn against the dominion and given the situation the dominion find themselves in here (that is without major opposition) an internal threat like that would be too risky for an increase to their already vastly superior military.
I'm really looking forward to the next video.
I feel like Voyager's fleet would act like the Rebel Allience and the Dominion like the Empire
Yea, it's very star wars and BSG-y at this point..
Issue with Quark's price of freedom idea. Historically it has never been true. During stalemates neither side would attempt to achieve peace because in a stalemate you aren't winning, but you aren't loosing. Peace is at a premium when 1 side holds a distinct advantage.
I think you're wrong. Here are examples of long peace through stalemate:
The Cold War, while bloody in some states, was more peaceful than the 18th century.
In Europe after Napoleon was defeated there was a long peace in Europe of the 'Four Great Powers'
After the 30 Years' war the Catholics and Protestants were at a stalemate. As a a result, Europe entered a period of relative peace for decades.
While there are always smaller wars, large wars are fought when 1 side has (or thinks they have) an advantage (e.g Ukraine), I think.
@unematrix the Cold War wasn't peace. It was a war where neither side wanted to fire the first shot, so instead they initiated MANY proxy wars all across the globe as a way to weaken the opponent.
The defeat of Napoleon proves my point because all the other nations were allied against Napoleon and in spite of a few political differences, they were still Allies. A prime example of this would be Canada and America. We have many vast political differences, but we are still allies.
I will admit, I am not super familiar with the Protestant/Catholic one, so I will have to look that one up and get back to you.
Costly only matters if you actually care, and the founders care a little for anything but themselves so all the dead soldiers and vorta would not matter at all to them
Towards the end of the final season, I heard about a "surprise ending" for the series. I though it would be the Tamarians entering the war against the Dominion and helping destroy them. Since a single Tamarian ship kicked the hell out the Enterprise in one-on-one combat in the Darmok episode, they seemed like a potential powerhouse race to align with. The "surprise" turned out to be the Cardassians rebelling en masse against the Dominion.
How about this -
Starfleet would make a deal with the Klingons - Romulans would be on their own. The carrot to elicit cooperation from the Klingons? Starfleet would share some technology (weaponry and shielding) it acquired from its encounter with the Cytherian civilization and the Voyager's encounters with the Borg and Species 8472 in the Delta Quadrant. The Klingon military would fall back deep within Klingon space to rebuild it's fleet. However, with Dominion presence becoming heavy in what was Federation space, Starfleet took a different approach - using Graviton technology received from the Cytherians, Starfleet would transport its armada light years away, within the Delta Quadrant. I would imagine it would take less than 3 years for Starfleet and the Klingons to develop an armada of ships fully capable of taking on the Dominion in the Alpha/Beta Quadrant. And in an all-or-nothing campaign, armed with highly advanced Borg tech, Cytherian tech, and tech brought back by future Admiral Janeway, the Klingons and Starfleet armadas would win engagement after engagement against the Dominion; the Klingons along the perimeter of Dominion space and pushing in, and Starfleet, using their Graviton jumpdrives, to establish multiple jump points deep within Dominion space and severely fracturing is military presence.
The Dominion wins but the founders died.
GO!
ON IT
Dominion falls apart and a new race rises.
We allready saw the tension between the alpha and gamma Jem haddar would be a royal mess with no founders
This back down is real good
Honestly, when you said the part where Humanity would be affected by the Blight, I shuttered. The idea that the Dominion would engineer the death of the species is genuinely disturbing.
The Dominion War was pure and simple the best and bad-ass conflict in Sci-Fi, TV history, even now.
True, and DS9 is the best sci-fi show ever.
Interesting. I'll go through what I feel are holes, the rest I agree with.
1) You don't make explicit, around the 1:00 mark, that it's the Prophets/Wormhole Aliens failure to intervene that is the hinge point in your AU, I had to intuit that from a replay;
2) I find it unlikely that a post-victory Dominion would either have to kidnap further humans for their anti-Homo Sapiens plague virus, as it's likely the Changeling impersonating Bashir sent his people a complete map of the human genome and that they had several hundred, if not thousand human prisoners to experiment with, or that they'd need to be covert about it, as by that time they had conquered the planet anyway.
3) Dominion racial structure policy has already shown in the GQ they prefer to parcel skills unevenly across cloned servant races, this makes sense as we have seen Vorta make excellent military strategists/scientists/diplomats etc but lousy troops, with little physical strength or visual acuity. Jem'Hadar of course are excellent fighters but struggle badly with engineering/sciences. Almost a blue vs white collar split. Now imagine if some renegade JH or Vorta possessed BOTH sets of skills; any uprisings would be extremely dangerous. You would therefore not want clones with human ingenuity, plus Tellarite science skills, plus Vulcan intellect/physical strength, just one gone astray could wreak immense damage, possibly catastrophic.
4) I don't see what use the Dominion would have for humans; as above humans only unique selling point is creativity, and frankly it's arguable whether there is much unique about ours. I think Weyoun is correct, and that the Founders would agree; unless you have since stabilised the cloning process so that exceptions are a one in a million, not one in a thousand, humanity is more of a pain in the ass than it's worth (if you've just conquered it), and they order that the Blight, instead of keeping us for generations in suffering, kills us in 2 hours, 2 months after the first infection. Other GQ races we've seen are allowed to work, trade and play, so long as they don't misbehave, lest they get a visit from the JH. Not us, though. Given the human spirit and its ceaseless appetite for resistance, dissidence and indeed all forms of contrarianism, the risk-reward ratio is hugely stacked AGAINST keeping us around, cloned/ modified or not. The Dominion simply creates billions of Vulclones who logically believe (and frankly the logic would be hard to counteract) that might makes right, and the Founders as conquerors of TWO Quadrants are rightful masters of all territory.
5) Given the extreme adeptness of the Founders at espionage/surveillance/investigation etc, their ability to mass-produce ships/Vorta/JH at terrifying speeds, and how poorly the Tal Shiar failed to insulate itself in the events leading to their near-destruction in the Battle of the Omarion Nebula, it is extremely unlikely that piecemeal assassinations of Vorta and random destruction of JH warships would either produce significant weakening, nor is it likely the saboteurs would live long enough to continue gnatting away at the Dominion Elephant in the Room.
Other than those 5 I am in agreement with you. I think the wildest cards, and therefore meat for future videos, at this galactic game of Poker are in the hands of the Borg, and S31. I'd also love to see a video speculating on what an Earth looks like if the Dominion actually did decide to keep humanity around.
One thing that could happen is that the Borg decide to attack the Alpha Quadrant at some point after the Federation has fallen. This assumes the Borg aren't aware of the Dominion take-over and they are still obsessed with humans/Earth/Federation stuff.
After intial loss of 10 cubes, it would take the Borg approximately 1.1 earth years to rebuild and come back with re-estimated needed 28 cubes and 7 diamonds, taking into consideration Dominion rate of manufacture.
Oh, do the founders are dead episode please.
I'll throw it in the hopper.
It would deepen at what stage in the war. I seem to recall that when the Dominion occupied Deep Space Nine there was a plan to poison the ketracel white supply and the Cardassian had already figured out how remove the mines from the Wormhole. I would imagine that if the Founders died then the Vorta may have committed suicide and the Cardassians would have been able to poison the ketracel white supply. That would result in the Cardassians having access to Dominion technology and ships. There was a scene where Damar said he would like to throw Weyoum out the nearest airlock and Dukat told him to be patient. I can also remember that a Klingon warrior saying that Cardassians were a honour to kill and had plans within plans but I could be wrong about that quote I’m not sure.
Because I think it might be fun for you and make for great content; could you theory-craft a modified ship from the escaped fleet? How would generations of federation/klingon intermingling in a multi-generational exile effect ship designs and systems? Would we see galaxies with cloaking technology and disruptors? D7s and Vor'chas with phaser arrays and federation-level shields and sensors?
EDIT: this has actually been addressed later in the series... but it's still interesting to consider how this might play out differently if Voyager had managed to make contact with the Federation earlier.
The one interesting unanswered question here to me, which I just don't remember the answer to, is whether Voyager had already made contact with Starfleet from the Delta Quadrant at this point...
if they hadn't, it seems likely Starfleet would try sending those ships off in secret in multiple different directions, to ensure that if some wound up getting caught by chance by the Dominion others could still get away -- ensuring the escape itself would be absolutely paramount.
If Voyager had made contact, though, it seems more likely Starfleet would send at least the majority of those secret ships towards the Delta Quadrant, and if they thought they could do so without giving themselves away, to try to send a message to Janeway that they were coming. With Voyager being their only known asset guaranteed to be completely free of the Dominion at that point, and with not much else left to lose, and even without knowing about the technology Voyager was gaining, Starfleet would still know that that ship was their best long-term hope and that it would make the most sense to send it all the help that they could.
Great video, thanks! I especially like your attention to detail describing smaller powers and their fate.
In this vein, what are your thoughts on the circumstances of one of my favorites, the First Federation? Though we don’t know just how powerful it is, I suspect that a Fesarius-type vessel could easily prevail in an encounter with the most powerful Dominion ship, perhaps even a fleet, that happened across the First Federation’s defense outpost buoy network. In the long term, the Dominion would most likely have a quantitative advantage, the First Federation a qualitative advantage. “Long live tranya!”
Your best video to date looking forward to part 2.
always aim to impress.
This would pave the way for the Borg as with the assimilation of the founders would give them what they need to assimilate species 8472 on their road to perfection. They would send hundreds of ships perhaps thousands to assimilate the founders.
A quick thought.... Ive seen the whole series, but what is there to keep Starfleet in exile from building a few Xindi super weapons that could be sent to the gamma quadrant to start cracking open dominion worlds like eggs?
The whole Starfleet exodus fleet makes sense to me. Doing a Battlestar Galactica move but this time in secret as the Dominion are attacked head on at the front. I could see this fleet heading to the Delta or Gamma Quadrant (or maybe even to a neighboring galax) and built up a mini federation in secret to come back and retake their home. I could see them trying to connect with Voyager and other wayward ships.
Just as as FYI, "comprised" and "compromised" have very different meanings.
I intend to use them inter-exchangably to force a change of the meaning in the dictionary..
Your right that star fleet would fall back fron earth preserving what assets they could and buying time ti consolidate a defense. Thats what they did earlier in the dominion war and it worked. The dominion would be vulnerable to counter attack and it would likely come down to whether the romulans joined just like it did originally. Good vid
i imagine the sheliak would also rebel....buuut probably not effectively. and if they can cement themselves there, the borg would no other have a chance at least without decades of prep
The sheliak could maybe even win they had extremely advanced tech
that deep dive for the core of the federation... good ;luck protecting those extended flanks during a rapid advance
What would happen if the borg assimilate "The Founder's"? What will they look like? And more importantly what will they do...
I doubt that it would be possible for the Borg to assimilate a Founder. The Borg use nanotechnology that alters organisms on a cellular level, but that wouldn't be possible with the Founders since they do not have cells or anything else remotely humanoid. It would be like trying to assimilate a puddle of water pretty much.
we will adapt: puddles will be assimilated
Wasn't this covered in an episode of ds9 when those uegenix enhanced humans theorized about tactics against the dominion
Great parallel universe idea for some fan fic! Rebels Vs Dominion
Great video I really love the map with different quadrant 👍👍👍
Happy New Years to all! Make 2018 a great year.
I wonder how the Dominion would handle a Borg incursion? Probably the only thing which kept the Borg from trying an invasion in the middle of the war, was that they were occupied dealing with species 8472, and localized plagues spread by booby-trapped assimilation subjects in the Delta Quadrant.
So the missing Starfleet/ section 31 (SF31) would be the First Order from Star Wars. I think that this alt history should include that the Dominion noticing that equipment, weapons, ships, material, important persons and manpower start going missing, covertly at first then openly to SF31. At first no one notices but when time goes on it becomes a bigger concern. Shell companies will start popping up to funnel money, tech and supplies to SF31. Worlds quietly start backing SF31 then openly when Janeway comes. Underground training facilities also pops up ready to receive the word.
I think several factions would start to show up.. Section 31 being an almost black market.. I intend to include it in multiple scenarios (I have several outcomes for this set up)
I believe that some of Section 31 would stay behind to operate behind the "lines". Like setting up long game of the shell companies, influence peddling, raiding/ pirating, underground "railroads" and training centers. For the Dominion, the harder they squeeze the more worlds will slip from their grasp. At times, terror tactics do backfire.
I can see this happening such as if Dukat never sent Odo to DS9. The original plan was for him to entertain the troops. Now what about the Brier Patch and its healing rings? I'm stunned that DS9 never referenced them since Worf was a crew member but I figured the writers chose to ignore the movie since either Sisko would take the planet for the healing rays or have to destroy it to keep it from falling into Dominion hands.
Awesome video. Just a point: the Voyager can't have the anti-borg technology because the Dominion have destroyed both the Federation and the Klingons, so no future Janeway and no time travel technology.
P.S: how do you think the Borg will react to such huge changes? Would they change strategy ?
+riccardo medori Janeway got the Borg tech with out future Janeway... Voyager got home much much later.. With the Borg tech..and then she went back in time and gave what she had made before..so they would still have it
What about First Contact and Regeneration. Those would still have to happen as by this point they have happened.
Also you could have a Future Janeway with knowledge of the Dominion subjugation help the year 7 Janeway with both Anti-Borg tech and a Plague Cure
It depends on what you mean by Borg tech. If you mean the Borg tech they got in *Scorpion* , yes, you are correct. But if you're talking about *Endgame* then you're wrong. :)
*Endgame's* technology is because of Admiral Janeway, who went back in time to give *Endgame* Voyager technology. In a Dominion controlled AQ, Janeway is extremely unlikely to go back in time.
love the story telling way u present your videos
+Ben Harding Always try to impress
Would the dominion be stronger interms of their ships strength and technology wise? Looking forward how the video goes forward from this! 😌
after absorbing the alpha quadrant tech - i think so.
Why would you not take the Defiant and Akira classes? Sure, they might be too small to survive on their own... but you're taking a fleet of Galaxy/Sovereign etc ships that can help with the supplying and maintenance. The individual ships don't need to be self sufficient, as long as the fleet is.
In this cenario voyager dosent leave and the borg invade the alpha quadrant
+Questão olavo Voyager left before the war and was even at Borg space at this point.
Yes but in this scenario Janeway can’t time travel to help her younger self destroy the Borg and use their transwarp gate to get back to Earth. The Borg were planning to use that gate to invade the Alpha quadrant.
If Voyager would hear the Alpha Quadrant was toast! I strongly think they might back track and find a friendly planet and settle down.
Considering what happened at the Battle of the Omarion Nebula (DS9: Improbable Cause and The Die is Cast), I don't think any Romulan plans to secretly build up a fleet over multiple years would get very far.
Awesome show!
Lore, Who do you think will win, the Voth or Dominion?
If Voyager were able to say get the hold of some voth tech (they're a few million years more advanced than Federation) to liberate their combine home world from the dominion, who after 20 years would be pushing into the Delta Quadrant as well and into their territory as the Borg area would be a detente, more or less.
I'm so looking forwards to the next one!
as am I!
This would make a great group of films based in a splintered reality, a darker take on Star Trek
I think the Borg would detect the huge huge conflict going on, and make a move.
Ty so much for your videos
I wonder what a Dominion v Borg war would look like. What happens if the Borg assimilate another hive mind species?
One thing. you forgot about the Borg... its possible that the Borg could make another major strike into what used to be Federation space around htis time.
+Shep Maybe..
One question.....isn't it possible captain picard and the enterprise would turn to Q and ask for his help in defeating the dominion....heaven knows he has the power and i believe he would give picard what he asks for.....but at what cost.......just a thought.
One issue with this narrative is the inclusion of a "End Game" level Voyager - Admiral Janeway's existence depends on the existence of a Federation that WON the Dominion War. If the Federation falls before Voyager can return then there'd be no source for the temporal causality loop that allowed Admiral Janeway to travel back in time with advanced technology.
Some forms of time travel don't have this problem but the Borg Queen makes it very clear that this Admiral Janeway situation is not one of those exceptions.
The Dominion vs Katherine Janeway is something I would pay good money to watch. Fresh off the back of killing the Borg only to find her home destroyed and federation enslaved? She would be a force to be reckoned with!
Is it just me, or is it also a high probability that if the Dominion or even the Borg where to successfully invade Federation and other such spaces that the Planet / civilization that the Enterprise came across (and only Data has the knowledge of) in the episode "Clues" would also have the invading Force / forces attempt to invade / takeover, thus being wiped out by that civilization?
Why not have the federation do a scorched earth sinario and make every inch gained costly. My thinking is that the dominion would loss their forces at a higher rate and what they do gain has absolutly no use at all. What do you guys think?
What about the Borg invasion of earth. And what about if some of the ships meet up with Voyager
i think the romulans would do just like you said. Sit back watch whats happening, and in their backyard preparing new Warships and weapons of massdestruction to be launched at dominion core-worlds. They wouldn't hesitate to use them. The Star-Empire still may fall, but not without taking as many of the Dominion they can. (Even makes more sense than an overseen nova, to me.)
Ohhhhh. . .
The thing about Voyager coming back to Dominion occupied Alpha quadrant would have been great!
So the Federation would basically do the same thing that lead to the formation of the Clans in the Battletech (Mechwarroir) universe? Far enough, that could lead to some interesting things in a few generation.
+TheOffenderBlog That seems the most logical and in Canon thing that would occur..what are your thoughts ..would it go down differently ?
No, I don't think it would go down very differently. It just wasn't till I heard it out-loud that it hit as to the similarity.
The Clans only had an impact because they encountered a fractured Inner Sphere that was torn apart by war after war after war and had even forgotten how to build some of the technology the Clans had for hundreds of years. They lost as soon as the Inner Sphere unified. And then the Inner Sphere AND the Clans lost to a small force that showed both of them what total war actually means.
Anyway, the Dominion wouldn't have internal wars and have a unified government, ready for anything. Unless that exodus force comes back with some kind of vastly improved tech (and I mean one-shot-kill level tech), they wouldn't stand a chance.
just started watching Star Trek a few weeks ago. Tried the Original and didn't like it. Tried TNG and didn't like it. Tried Enterprise and hated it! Then tried DS9 and liked it! Almost done with season 1. Can't wait to find out what the hell you're talking about:D Cause I've been playing these videos in the background for a while now...
+Mary42877 Oh cool :) Glad you are enjoying the videos though yea...if you don't like spoilers..might stay away from my dominion war series..
How could you hate enterprise?
Enterprise, especially early enterprise, has a lot of issues..
It's not my favorite but it has one two-parter that's in my top ten episodes just because of the opening intro.
Dark Mirror episodes is awesome and I like the characters better. Time travel was interesting in the series not a filler episode
Excellent analysis!
Question for the Romulan leadership though, pre-Romulus supernova: wouldn't the Changelings attempt to infiltrate the leadership?
Part 2 please
I got an awesome idea go from when the Dominion over the alpha quadrant you know how you ended it with voyager coming with a few ships have them draw up another alliance with the Borg to take back the alpha quadrant cuz it all the movies and shows everything the human seem to be really important to the Borg so much that they create a liaison
I love DS9, but I've ALWAYS hated the totally convenient plot solution of the Defiant flying into the wormhole to confront the incoming reinforcements, and the prophets make them all magically disappear.
I really enjoyed this video, thank you! That being said though, I do think that by the time of the turn of the 25th century, cutting off the wormhole would benefit the Starfleet/Klingon remnants little. In a lot of potential futures by this point, the Federation seems to have access to engines that can get from one point of the Galaxy to the other in very little time. I do think that the Dominion would easily be able to have that kind of technology themselves. Sure it wouldn't be near instantaneous like with the wormhole. But, I can see Gamma Quadrant ships reinforcing their Alpha Quadrant territory in a matter of days.
That... that was amazing! More! :)
Hopefully by friday!
A long-range fleet assembled to leave, and return decades or centuries later, returning more powerful than anything seen before?
So kinda like Battletech/Mechwarrior's Clans? I like it!
Indeed
Why would the Tholians side with the resistance? They see a kindred spirit in the Founders, non-humanoids who want order and stability and see humanoids as a nuisance at best if not a serious threat. In STO, in the timeline Sela is from, the Dominion won the war and returned to the gamma quadrant, leaving the Tholian Assembly to govern the beta quadrant on their behalf. That honestly makes a lot of sense to me.
Where is part 2 of your video?
+Raymond St Paul This week or next
Okay thanks
How about a scorpion like alliance between Voyager and the combined fleet of starfleet and kligons, who meet in d delta quadrant. Make a deal with the Borg, assulate the dominion. Either that or the defiant returned with the help of the profits.
That would be interesting.. Though I don't know if the powers would believe that trading the Dominion for the Borg was a good idea.
ally with the unimatrix0 borg instead of the regular borg, or find some way to oust the borg queen and replace her with the unimatrix0 borg. problem solved.
A version of this scenario was plotted in the DS9 Episode "Statistical Probabilities" by Bashir and his genetically engineered friends.
Indeed.
Question: I want to see the Dominion War. Where would I look/start?
Do you mean onscreen with the series, or from a lore perspective or both?
In the Series. I'm guessing it's DS9 but the first season is pretty bad and I'd rather not trudge through it to end up finding it in season 6 or something
I know its rough to get through, but watching the entire series - really makes the dominion War mean more.. It sucks but I would suggest doing it.
Interesting take on a Post-Dominion Victory, but as a couple of other comments said, I think the Federation Vessels that escaped would run as far as they could before finding a planet (or planets) to settle on. I think most of the Klingons that could escape would stay and fight, but if someone like Worf was still alive, some Klingons would go with the escaping vessels.
Another note, I would say that the Escaping Vessels would try to go through Klingon Space and into the Beta Quadrant with the Fleet going to try to meet up with Janeway and whatever ships she manages to gather. This way (despite losing the ability to go straight into Bajor and cutting off the wormhole) the combined forces of Voyager Fleet and the Surviving Ships of both the Klingon and Federation Fleets can attack all at once in a coordinated attack possibly on the Galactic East side of the Former Klingon Empire or cut through Romulan Space and be able to attack the Wormhole (albeit at greater risk).
Just a couple of thoughts.
Sure, stuff to consider for the next episode definetly..
Here's a question for you...in DS9 they talked about the dominion crossing Romulan space to hit the Federation....how is that possible with the Dominion on the other side of the quadrant having to cross Federation space to con1e thru Romulan space...i know this video is old but that was a question I've had for a while
The map is 2d but the real universe us 3d so maybe it twists? The map and placement has always been inconsistent
@@LoreReloaded reasonable answer
Didn't mention what happened to uncured founders
Fantastic video what about a scenario after the Federation loses before the demean invade earth involved in that drama as does knowing the long-term they would need those positions in order if I did the minion to one of just before the dominion of been in earth the board came in with they have the same resources and know how to defeat the Borg before being destroyed and then quitting the Federation then launch it’s on counterattack or species 856 from voyager
Awesome video
A fleet of Federation/Romulan/Klingon ships from a distant corner of the universe..throw in some Free Borg, some other aliens, scimitar technology...quantum slipstream...the Dominion could have a very deadly rebellion on its hands.
Not sure if I’m just biased to the Romulans or not but I don’t think things would end how you said for them. Supposing the hobus supernova wasn’t a natural occurrence and was actually orchestrated by extra galactic influence, I think it is more likely that in the face or a more immediate threat, the Romulans would become even more prone to secrecy and double-crossing as quite clearly they could not trust the Dominion. It’s my theory that they would have ignored any Iconian influences and focus of themselves, so if the supernova was planned I think that the people who caused it would in fact have stayed clear of the Iconians, and continued their campaign of sabotaging the Dominion while keeping it widely unknown, until their secret fleet was at full strength. At that time I believe they would have secretly gone around the Alpha quadrant securing allies who also had been decieved by the Dominion with their empty promises, feeling cheated and wanting revenge. Each of their allies would all begin building more ships in secret and not documenting their construction anywhere or it would blow the entire operation as it would be way too important. Possible years would go by and the Romulans would contact the remnants of Starfleet and the KDF and propose an alliance with the rest of their allies, at which point Voyager would return, share their new powerful technologies and information to the combined forces of all of the new allies and together wage one last huge campaign against the Dominion, first attacking key and strategic areas of space or planets, then heading straight for the wormhole, destroying it for good and then systematically wiping out what remained of the Dominion in the Alpha quadrant.
The Remans and some Romulans (in conjunction with the Iconians) set off the Hobus supernova. Because The Dominion conquers the Alpha Quandrant, it would probably change this course of events so Romulus may not fall.
+Merrill Slaven Is there Alpha Canon for that it is it STO?
Lore Reloaded Star Trek Online. However, given the fact that supernova explosions cannot travel faster than light, the energy from Hobus would have taken years to arrive, giving time for Romulus to be evacuated.
It's a huge plot hole in the Star Trek (2009).
Also, your entire expo is based on interpretation of alpha canon and I highly doubt Romulus would subjugate. I would propose a shadow war occurring over years.
Romulans would fight but on a hit and fade style. Maybe Romulus would fall somehow but they would resort to other means to hold some territory.
The Romulans don't enter into open war unless forced to or they think they can win.. And yea, all of this is inference and guess work.. I use Canon where I can and I didn't take into account the soft canon of STO .. yet.. anyways.
Hey Lore, recent subscriber here!! What became of the Dominion after the war?? I mean there is a lot of Dominion hardware and military infrastructure left out there!!!
I think the other fleets of the federation would rush to earth to protect it, but in this last great battle, those gathered would be defeated, capital ships of the federation rammed by dominion fighters and earth is bombed flat.
Looking at that map, I am just stuck on wondering how the hell did Romulans "strike 15 bases along the Cardassian border"...
The big theory is that the map in the picture is not accurate. The map is actually 3-D and the various powers overlap one another.
And then the Borg show up, in force. Founder: well fuck, that Victory party was short!
+Jean-Luc Martel "This is why we cant have nice things!"
No, that's because the taxman 😂
Great video. I found it very interesting to listen to.
One nitpick if I may be so bold, I think you used the word "decimated" in the most common-but incorrect way. It was actually a Roman punishment and means to reduce something by one-tenth. In Roman terms, it meant to punish a unit/group of soldiers by picking out every tenth man to be beaten to death by the rest.
No way the Romulan Empire would fold to the Dominion. Even in the Alternate Universe their Empire still existed when the Federation ceased to exist.
I just realized you haven't addressed the elephant in the room. The Borg. The Borg makes contast incursions into Federation Space. How would the Dominion handle them?
The battle of sector 001 (First contact )happens a full year before Operation REturn. As for future incursions, no alpha canon indicates any save for when Voyager is helped by admiral janeway which, ofcourse, wouldn't happen as the dominion didn't win in that timeline. That said, an actual scenario where the borg invade an Alpha Quadrant controlled by the dominion would be interesting.
The Borg incursions would most likely stop. They really don't care about the Alpha quadrant at this point as their main concern is continuing expansion in the Delta quadrant. Their interest in the Alpha quadrant is humanity, with that gone there is no reason to continue. Do you really think the Federation could survive if the Borg decided to send 20 or 30 cubes? Why send only one at a time?
I think the Borg are playing a dangerous game with the Federation. This theory comes about as a result of the Voyager episode "The Omega Directive". Janeway and 7 have a conversation about what each other know about Omega. Since Borg have assimilated Star Fleet Captains, they would be aware that the Federation has actual working scientific knowledge of Omega (This makes the Federation a very rare find for the Collective), a substance the Borg are instructed to assimilate at all costs. They would also know that the Federations attempts to stabilize it failed, just as there attempt did, and as a result all research was banned. However, if the Borg could make themselves a big enough threat over a long enough time line, it might push the Federation to reconsider that position in a desperate attempt to develop anti-Borg technologies. Then the Borg swoop in and claim their prize.
Why only send one? Because that is all it takes. One cube can decimate dozens of vessels. And from the captives breed more drones. One cube can be twenty if unchecked. But that aside if you were watching someone because you found them an attractive target. Then suddenly they vanished without a trace wouldn’t be the least bit curious to what happened. Again all it takes is one cube. And the dominion has no knowledge of The borg. So I don’t think there first encounter will their way. But once the collective gets a taste of cloning and other technologies floating around inside the vorta’s head. They may want more. That is just my opinion
Justin Dorsey Good question.
10:24 Very informed analysis, here. Romulans are quick to recognize a strategic error; after all, these are the same peoples who disappeared for a century after over-extending and uniting The Klingons and the Federation. Surely, would soon realize they were counting on the Federation to win and simply be weakened for the fight. They would probably figure this out as soon as Earth fell. A victorious Dominion would be recognized as an imminent threat and they would indeed not commit the same error as Starfleet by taking on the Dominion (mostly) by itself. Proud as the Romulans are, that rarely comes before patience and cunning.
Probably a controversial stance you took, but right on the money as far as I'm concerned.
I have but one problem with Voyager returning with advanced technology. The whole reason Voyager had that technology was because Janeway traveled back in time after having once returned to a Federation that ultimately developed those technologies, not to mention they did get help along the way home from the Federation in the last few years. Voyager would be stranded in the Delta Quadrant for a long long time and it'd be no help when it gets home.
It's a paradox.. Someone goes back in time to give the information - the information thus exists in time to always be given, but not created.. time travel is tricky..
One group of allies I could see from Voyager are the Unimatirx Zero/ Borg Cooperative movement. Perhaps even Species 8472 or other Delta/Beta quadrant allies. I could also imagine the Federation/Klingon Flotilla could perhaps come up with some tech similar to Memory Omega in Star Trek's Mirror Universe novel Rise Like Lions. As for who would win it would seem a tossup. Also in STO it is revealed the Iconians were behind the destruction of Romulus by manipulating the Tal Shiar. That could still happen or perhaps not, perhaps in this timeline the Dominion might have caused the Hobus supernova. Also we're still assuming the Defiant was destroyed or displaced in the timespace continuum.