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Was there a Dominion War in "The Visitor"?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] I was just doing some reading, and got reminded of the alternate timeline that we saw in "The Visitor," when Jake grew old, the Federation gave DS9 to the Klingons, and ... oh yeah, there was apparently no major interstellar war that killed billions of people. Now, I may be reading this wrong, but that episode seemed to portray DS9 as turning into a pretty useless outpost in later years, as if nothing of major importance happened. And so I wonder... if, by saving Ben Sisko from a short eternity trapped in subspace, did Jake Sisko "cause" the Dominion War? Did Ben Sisko cause the Dominion War? I can think of three specific instances where there was contact with the Dominion that could've had an impact: First, in the "Homefront"/"Paradise Lost" two-parter. Yeah, the Changelings were already on Earth, but they could've left if the Federation suddenly lost its nerve there. Second, in "To the Death". Working under the assumption that Sisko made a big impression on the Dominion that time, seeing as how Weyoun was there and all that, I think it could be considered to some extent. Finally, this one's the biggest, but also more indirect: "Indiscretion." Just a few weeks or a month or so after Sisko's death, would Kira have been able to go off traipsing after the lost [i]Ravinok[/i]? Maybe someone else would've gone instead, or Dukat went alone, or whatever. Essentially, Dukat doesn't lose his office in the Cardassian government, doesn't get humiliated by bringing Ziyal back, and thus isn't in a position to get tempted into joining the Dominion a year or so later. I'm not saying that the conflict with the Dominion suddenly vanished once Sisko disappeared, but I wonder if he could really be looked on as a major driving force on the front line. Since the wormhole was the single possible point of contact, we could say that Sisko had unusually powerful influence on cross-wormhole communication and interaction as compared to a wide border like, say, the Romulan Neutral Zone. And so, the Federation backs down, traffic through the wormhole basically stops, and the Dominion pulls back from its plans to invade the entire Alpha Quadrant. After all, it was the Federation's intrusions in the Gamma Quadrant that provoked the Dominion's first attacks. (Yes, I know it was completely out of proportion, but it's still a causal chain no matter the reaction.) So, what do you guys think? Do you hate temporal mechanics yet (again)? ;) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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