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Powerful
alliance of planetary groups in the Gamma Quadrant. The Dominion was established
by the reclusive Founders who controlled hundreds of races. Although the Founders themselves were almost never seen, Dominion power
was brutally exercised by the Jem'Hadar, insuring compliance with the Founders' rule. In
2340, the Dominion invaded and conquered planet Yadera Prime and the T-Rogorans
in 2370. The Dominion planted agents in the Alpha Quadrant so by late 2370, these
agents provided the Dominion with tactical intelligence on the Federation and other Alpha Quadrant powers. Such agents, often
Founders posing as members of other species, also worked to destabilize the Alpha
Quadrant, apparently as an ongoing prelude to a Dominion invasion. The Dominion
objected to the incursion of Alpha Quadrant races into the Gamma Quadrant. In
late 2370, they made their displeasure known by destroying a number of ships and
wiping out the New Bajor colony. Dominion operatives captured several members
of the U.S.S. Defiant command crew in 2371 in an effort to
learn how strongly life-forms in the Alpha Quadrant would resist a Dominion incursion
into that part of the galaxy.
