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demanded a Federation withdrawal from the Archanis sector, and when the latter refused to comply, | demanded a Federation withdrawal from the Archanis sector, and when the latter refused to comply, | ||
he launched a fullscale | he launched a fullscale | ||
− | attack on Federation assets. | + | attack on Federation assets.<br> |
− | [[Image: | + | [[Image:IKS_NeghVar_attack.jpg|IKS NeghVar attack]]<br> |
− | + | Meanwhile, the Empire's incursion into Cardassian space was | |
− | + | proceeding smoothly. The outlying Cardassian colonies were | |
− | + | almost immediately overwhelmed. Closer to Cardassia Prime, | |
− | + | the Imperial fleet were met with some resistance from the | |
− | + | Cardassian fleet, but still managed to break through. In a | |
− | + | daring rescue attempt, the Cardassian Detapa council was | |
− | of the | + | spirited away from the planet, and given shelter on board |
− | + | Deep Space 9. In response, the Imperial fleet attacked the | |
− | that | + | space station, but was eventually routed. In the following few |
− | + | months cloaked Klingon warships waged a war of attrition on the Cardassian Union, creating a | |
− | + | humanitarian crisis, and paving the way for the Cardassian state's absorption into the Dominion. | |
− | + | In the meantime, the Federation was harboring suspicions that chancellor Gowron had been | |
− | + | replaced by a Founder. A covert ops team infiltrated Klingon military headquarters with the | |
− | + | intention to expose the Gowron impersonator, only to discover that it was Martok who was the | |
− | [[Image: | + | impersonator. |
− | + | With the impostor exposed and the real Martok reinstated, a ceasefire | |
− | + | was called and the Khitomer | |
− | any | + | accords resigned, but by that point the Cardassians had already been in secret negotiations to join |
− | + | the Dominion, and by mid2373 | |
− | + | a massive Jem'Hadar fleet crossed the Bajoran wormhole into | |
− | + | Cardassian space, inflicting massive casualties on the Klingon forces, forcing chancellor Gowron to | |
− | + | issue a general retreat. <br><br> | |
− | + | <b>The Dominion War</b><br> | |
− | + | Following shortly after the Empire's initial contact with the Jem'Hadar fleet in Cardassian space, | |
− | + | General Martok contacted Deep Space 9 from his vantage point near the Cardassian border, warning | |
− | the | + | them that a large contingent of Cardassian and Dominion vessels were en route to the station to |
− | + | attack it. His transmission was cut short when the Dominion fleet jammed his communication.<br> | |
− | + | [[Image:Dominion_invasion.jpg|Dominion invasion]]<br> | |
− | power | + | The Imperial fleet could not provide reinforcements to Deep |
− | + | Space 9 during the subsequent attack, as all its vessels were | |
− | + | required for a KlingonFederation | |
− | + | alliance task force dispatched to | |
− | + | attack the Dominion shipyards at Toros III. This was considered | |
− | + | an entirely punitive expedition against the Dominion, and was the | |
− | + | first operation jointly conducted with the Federation since the | |
− | subspace | + | reinstitution of the Khitomer accords. Clearly, this was also a |
− | + | strategic decision, as the Dominion forces were at the time focusing all their efforts on Deep Space | |
− | + | 9 (which the Federation, under the circumstances, could afford to lose), whereas destroying the | |
− | + | shipyards, and thereby preventing any more Dominion ships from entering the war effort, would | |
− | + | have a much more longlasting | |
− | + | effect. Dominion ship production was set back by months.<br><br> | |
− | [[Image: | + | <i>Operation Return</i><br> |
− | + | This was the first major alliance victory of the war. A federation fleet of over 600 vessels clashed | |
− | + | with an overwhelming Dominion fleet of more than twice as many vessels, in an attempt to retake | |
− | + | Deep Space 9. | |
− | + | With Federation forces taking heavy casualties, the battle seemed all but lost, until a massive | |
− | + | Klingon fleet decloaked | |
− | + | and engaged Dominion forces, turning the tide of the battle in the allies' | |
− | + | favor. | |
− | + | Chancellor Gowron was initially unconvinced of the efficacy of the Federation's plan of attack and | |
− | + | refused to release any warships, until General Martok and Lt Commander Worf convinced him | |
− | + | during a private consultation. The additional firepower of Vor'chaclass | |
− | the | + | attack cruisers and Birdofprey |
− | + | finally tipped the balance in the allies' favor. The Dominion lines were beginning to crumble as | |
− | + | they were outflanked by the Klingon forces.<br><br> | |
− | + | <i>The First Battle of Chin'toka</i><br> | |
− | + | Fifteen Klingon Birdofprey | |
− | the | + | and 5 Vor'chaclass |
− | + | battle cruisers joined an alliance incursion into the | |
− | + | Chin'toka system in Cardassian space in late 2374. What followed was the first battle of Chin'toka, a | |
− | + | tactical Federation alliance victory. Casualties to the Klingon fleet included at least 4 birdsofprey | |
− | + | and at least 3 Vor'chaclass | |
− | + | battle cruisers. The battle was a tactical and psychological victory for | |
− | + | the allies, but failed to lead to a general invasion of Cardassian space, due to the heavy losses | |
− | [[Image: | + | sustained by the alliance forces.<br> |
− | + | [[Image:Martok1.jpg|General Martok]]<br> | |
− | + | General Martok, in conjunction with Federation and Romulan | |
− | + | commanders, ordered an immediate buildup | |
− | + | of warships at Deep | |
− | + | Space 9 for an attack on Chin'toka. The system was protected by a | |
− | + | new type of orbital weapons platform, and the alliance had a window | |
− | + | period of three days before these platforms were scheduled to go online.<br> | |
− | + | |[[Image:Cardassian_orbital_weapon_platform.jpg|Cardassian orbital weapon platform]]<br> | |
− | + | A small contingent of Jem'Hadar | |
− | + | attack ships defending the system, | |
− | + | brazenly attacked the fleet's flank, | |
+ | destroying or crippling at least 15 Klingon warships in the space of | ||
+ | just two minutes, many by ramming the Klingons directly. Once the | ||
+ | power grid to the orbital weapons platforms had been destroyed, | ||
+ | General Martok began transporting ground troops to the surfaces of | ||
+ | both habitable planets in the system. Although there was some | ||
+ | resistance from Dominion and Cardassian soldiers, the major population centers quickly fell to | ||
+ | allied control. This victory was a monumental morale booster for the alliance.<br><br> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <i>Monac IV</i><br> | ||
+ | [[Image:IKS_Rotarran.jpg|IKS Rotarran]]<br> | ||
+ | In 2375 the Monac shipyards was a crucial production facility for | ||
+ | the Dominion effort to retake the Chin'toka system. A Klingon fleet | ||
+ | launched an attack on the shipyards, but were repelled with | ||
+ | casualties estimated at 30%. Shortly afterwards, the IKS Rotarran, | ||
+ | under command of General Martok, destroyed the shipyards by | ||
+ | triggering a solar flare that engulfed the installation. To get a proper | ||
+ | appreciation for the phenomenal daring and brilliance showed by the Klingons in executing this | ||
+ | maneuver, see the side note.<br> | ||
+ | [Side note: <i>Inducing solar eruptions for tactical purposes</i><br> | ||
+ | To create a controlled eruption of superfluid | ||
+ | gas or solar plasma either a highpowered | ||
+ | electromagnetic | ||
+ | pulse or particle beam must be emitted from an extremely close range. An EM pulse will | ||
+ | create a more accurate, but less powerful eruption. A charged particle beam will create a massive | ||
+ | solar eruption, but control of the eruption's size and accuracy will be virtually impossible. To induce | ||
+ | the solar eruption at a precise moment, the EM pulse or charged particle beam must be fired from | ||
+ | within the corona of the star. The best method to create a large, wellcontrolled | ||
+ | EM pulse aboard | ||
+ | most star ships will be the forward sensor array. Because an EM pulse has a lower power transfer | ||
+ | ratio than a charged particle beam, the pulse must be focused with great precision, and fired from | ||
+ | much deeper within the corona of the particular star. The vessel firing the pulse will therefore have | ||
+ | to remain stationary for several seconds. Normal starship defensive shields are not configured to | ||
+ | withstand the extreme heat and radiation of this environment. Metaphasic shielding will be your | ||
+ | best defense while executing this tactic, but even these shields cannot withstand this level of stress | ||
+ | very long. Metaphasic shielding uses a series of overlapping subspace fields to create a pocket of | ||
+ | interphased | ||
+ | energy. Objects within this interphased | ||
+ | region exist partially in subspace, allowing | ||
+ | them to move unharmed through extremely hostile environments. The primary drawback to | ||
+ | metaphasic shielding is that it requires enormous amounts of energy, and if it's miscalibrated | ||
+ | by | ||
+ | even the smallest degree, it will collapse utterly, leaving a vessel completely defenseless. | ||
+ | Use a charged particle beam for large or orbiting targets. On most star ships the tractor beam can be | ||
+ | reconfigured to create a highly precise particle cannon. Scan the star's photosphere to find the spot | ||
+ | of greatest magnetic instability. The larger the instability you target, the larger the eruption you will | ||
+ | generate. Initiate subsurface fusion by adjusting the particle beam's magnetic gradient to the inverse | ||
+ | frequency of the instability's flux ratio. Solar eruptions caused by a charged particle beam can be | ||
+ | enormous, capable of destroying ships, installations, and even small planets, at distances of up to 56 | ||
+ | million kilometers.]<br><br> | ||
+ | <i>Invasion of Septimus III</i><br> | ||
+ | The Cardassian 11th Order's headquarters were located on this planet. The order was badly weakened | ||
+ | from numerous battles throughout the Dominion War. General Martok claimed that the order | ||
+ | consisted of “old men and walking wounded”. Martok landed 15 divisions on Septimus III and | ||
+ | slaughtered the entire 11th Order in 2375.<br><br> | ||
+ | <i>Raid on Trelka V</i><br> | ||
+ | [[Image:Trelka_V.jpg|262px|Trelka V]] [[Image:Trelka_V_Base.jpg|262px|Trelka V Base]]<br> | ||
+ | General Martok launched a | ||
+ | cavalry raid, consisting of two | ||
+ | birdsofprey, | ||
+ | on the Dominion | ||
+ | star base on Trelka V in the same | ||
+ | year. One of the ships were | ||
+ | destroyed, and while the Cardassians pursued the other birdofprey, | ||
+ | the remainder of Martok's fleet | ||
+ | attacked the base again, catching the base personnel just as they were attempting to repair the base.<br><br> | ||
+ | <i>The Second Battle of Chin'toka</i><br> | ||
+ | [[Image:Breen.jpg|Breen]]<br> | ||
+ | This battle, in late 2375, marked the entry of the Breen Confederacy | ||
+ | on the side of the Dominion. It was the worst tactical defeat for the | ||
+ | allies throughout the entire war. Of 312 allied warships, all but one | ||
+ | were destroyed by a special new Breen weapon. The Klingon birdofprey, | ||
+ | IKS KI'tang, was the only allied ship impervious to the Breen's | ||
+ | energy dampening weapons, thanks to a chance modification by its | ||
+ | chief engineer. The entire Klingon fleet made the same | ||
+ | enhancements, making them the only allied ships invulnerable to the | ||
+ | Breen's weapons. | ||
+ | General Martok brought 1500 Klingon ships to the front line to fight | ||
+ | the war, while the rest of the alliance fleets were left to find a | ||
+ | countermeasure to the Breen technology. Even with this sizable fleet, | ||
+ | the Klingon force was outnumbered 20 – 1 by the Dominion, Breen and Cardassian fleets. To | ||
+ | compensate, Martok waged a guerrillastyle | ||
+ | war on the enemy, keeping his ships cloaked, until they | ||
+ | would engage the enemy, in an attempt to keep them off-balance.<br><br> | ||
+ | <i>Raid on Avenal Seven</i><br> | ||
+ | Towards the end of the war, chancellor Gowron took control of the Klingon forces in an attempt to | ||
+ | defeat the Dominion without assistance from the other allies. During his brief campaign, he ordered | ||
+ | General Martok to engage the Dominion at Avenal Seven. Outnumbered sixtoone, | ||
+ | the Klingon | ||
+ | raid was an utter failure. Seven ships were lost, and even Martok himself was severely injured in the | ||
+ | attack, with another five ships seriously damaged. In response, Worf killed Gowron in combat, | ||
+ | declaring Martok the new chancellor of the Klingon empire.<br><br> | ||
+ | <i>The Battle of Cardassia</i><br> | ||
+ | [[Image:Chintoka_tactical_map.jpg|Chintoka tactical map]]<br> | ||
+ | This was the final battle of the Dominion War, fought in late 2375. | ||
+ | A threepronged | ||
+ | attack into Cardassia was organized and led by | ||
+ | chancellor Martok and other allied commanders. Martok | ||
+ | prophetically spoke of an allied victory, having even brought a | ||
+ | barrel of blood wine (vintage 2309 – the finest) in preparation of | ||
+ | the celebrations. During the battle, chancellor Martok's forces were | ||
+ | responsible for punching a hole through the center of the Dominion | ||
+ | defences.<br><br> | ||
+ | <b>Conclusion</b><br> | ||
+ | The Empire's involvement in the Dominion War was, in many ways, a watershed in its history. On a purely logistic level it set the Klingon defense force back by decades, because of the heavy casualties suffered, and the exorbitant costs associated with sustaining the war effort. It created new allegiances, and destroyed old ones, exposed traitors and cowards, and established heroes and reputations. It rewrote the book on Klingon military tactics...in fact, it rewrote Klingon history itself, and redefined the Klingon people not as the erstwhile antagonists of old anymore, but as one of the most heroic nations in the known galaxy.</div> | ||
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<b><u>Sources</u><br> | <b><u>Sources</u><br> | ||
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Dominion_War <br> | http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Dominion_War <br> | ||
− | The Starfleet Survival Guide, David Mack, ISBN 0743418425 <br> | + | <u>The Starfleet Survival Guide</u>, David Mack, ISBN 0743418425 <br> |
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THE EXTENT OF THE
by Dewald de Coning The extent of the involvement of the Empire in the Dominion War
To fully appreciate the role the Klingon empire played in the Dominion War, it's important to note
that this conflict was preceded by two smaller conflicts, the war between the Empire and the
Cardassian Union on one end, and between the Empire and the Federation on the other. Both these
conflicts were inextricably linked with each other, and inevitably paved the way for the inevitable
outbreak of war with the Dominion. |
A small contingent of Jem'Hadar
attack ships defending the system,
brazenly attacked the fleet's flank,
destroying or crippling at least 15 Klingon warships in the space of
just two minutes, many by ramming the Klingons directly. Once the
power grid to the orbital weapons platforms had been destroyed,
General Martok began transporting ground troops to the surfaces of
both habitable planets in the system. Although there was some
resistance from Dominion and Cardassian soldiers, the major population centers quickly fell to
allied control. This victory was a monumental morale booster for the alliance. Monac IV Sources
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