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| - With their earlier experiences having convinced them that they had to "guide" the solids, the Changelings became the "Founders" of the Dominion, which, according to Weyoun 4, "has endured for two thousand years", i.e., since the 4th century. (DS9: "To the Death") Around the same time, the Jem'Hadar, a species genetically engineered by the Founders specifically for warfare, became the Dominion's first line of defense. They were created with a god-like reverence of all Changelings as well as an innate addiction to the narcotic ketracel-white, thereby ensuring absolute dependence and obedience. (DS9: "Hippocratic Oath", "What You Leave Behind") The Founders also kept their promise to the Vorta, who became the Dominion's commanders, diplomats, civil servants and scientists. Similar to the Jem'
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| - With their earlier experiences having convinced them that they had to "guide" the solids, the Changelings became the "Founders" of the Dominion, which, according to Weyoun 4, "has endured for two thousand years", i.e., since the 4th century. (DS9: "To the Death") Around the same time, the Jem'Hadar, a species genetically engineered by the Founders specifically for warfare, became the Dominion's first line of defense. They were created with a god-like reverence of all Changelings as well as an innate addiction to the narcotic ketracel-white, thereby ensuring absolute dependence and obedience. (DS9: "Hippocratic Oath", "What You Leave Behind") The Founders also kept their promise to the Vorta, who became the Dominion's commanders, diplomats, civil servants and scientists. Similar to the Jem'Hadar, their devotion was ensured by genetically implanting an identification of Changelings as gods. (e.g., DS9: "Treachery, Faith and the Great River") In "The Dogs of War" , Weyoun 8 euphorically claims that "the Dominion hasn't surrendered in battle since it was founded ten thousand years ago." This contradicts Weyoun 4 in "To the Death" , who states "The Dominion has endured for two thousand years [...]." This number seems to be corroborated by the Female Changeling, who commented that the Jem'Hadar had been the Dominion's first line of defense for two thousand years in "What You Leave Behind" . In the mid-22nd century, the Dominion encountered a space-faring race in the Teplan system. The Teplans believed nothing was beyond their ability, including resisting the Dominion. In response, the Jem'Hadar came and left their homeworld crushed, as an example to others. More than anything, the Dominion wanted the Teplans to bear the mark of their defiance, so they unleashed a biological weapon, establishing the disease known as the blight. (DS9: "The Quickening") Around 2340, the Dominion annexed Yadera Prime, homeworld of the Yaderans. According to Rurigan, this caused profound changes to the Yaderan way of life. (DS9: "Shadowplay") Ira Steven Behr explained that deliberately including a reference to the Dominion "served the purpose of explaining what had happened to Rurigan's people" in "Shadowplay". Behr went on to say, "[Rurigan actor] Ken Tobey is so likeable and straightforward that you know if the Dominion killed his people and they don't like Ken Tobey, the Dominion's got to be a bad thing." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, p. 124) By 2370, the Jem'Hadar invaded and conquered a race known as the T-Rogorans. This allowed the escape of the Skrreea, a race of farmers who had been conquered and enslaved by the T-Rogorans for generations. (DS9: "Sanctuary")
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