ST NewHorizons/Races/Dominion

A Founder/Changeling
A Female Vorta

"The Dominion has endured for over two thousand years, and will continue to endure long after the Federation has crumbled into dust." Weyoun 4

The Dominion is a major interstellar state in the Gamma Quadrant. Technologically advanced and millennia old, the species was founded under the absolute rule of the race of Changelings known as the Founders. Their will is carried out by the Vorta, and the Jem'Hadar. The Dominion is dedicated to imposing the Founders' vision of "order" upon the universe, i.e. bringing all other civilizations under its control.

The Vorta are a humanoid species genetically engineered by the Founders of the Dominion to act as field commanders, administrators, scientists, and diplomats. The Vorta see themselves as those who "served the Founders." The Vorta believe, perhaps apocryphally, that they previously existed as small, timid, ape-like forest dwellers living in hollowed-out trees to avoid predators on their homeworld, of which there were many. Legend has it that one day, a family of Vorta hid a Changeling from an angry mob of "solids" that were pursuing it. In return, the Changeling promised that, one day, they would be transformed into powerful beings and placed at the head of a vast interstellar empire that would stretch across the galaxy.

Government, Civics, Traits, Ethics and Planet Preference[編輯 | 編輯原始碼]

Government Type:

  • The Great Link

There are no words to describe the Great Link, the heart and soul of the Dominion. It is not an single entity. The governmental edifice that has slowly accrued around it, to manage the business of the lesser species that make up the dominion, is no less convoluted. Yet, despite it all, the Link prevails, and even thrives.

  • Composite Consciousness

Fear, shame, loss, loneliness, rivalries, treason and avarice: All of them are impossible. Without deceit, there are no politics, and without politics, a room for a different kind of discourse and government emerges. Now the true voice of the people can emerge.

Election on Rulers Death (Changelings are functionally immortal, living for over 1000 years, so without outside interference, you won't have to ever elect a new leader.)


Civics:

  • The Ocean becomes the Drop

United, the Dominion can never be broken, but even when alone, every single Changeling carries within itself a millennia of knowledge, and all the trappings, connections, arrogance, confidence and abilities of a god.

Effects:

-Ruler Level Cap: +2

-Monthly Unity: -10%

  • The Drop becomes the Ocean

The perfect unity of the Great Link is at the very heart of the Dominion

Effects:

-Core Sector Systems: +3

-Consumer Goods Cost" -30%


Traits:

  • Conformists

These people always seek consensus and are more likely to conform to the governing ethics.

Effects:

-Governing Ethics Attraction: +30%

  • Shapeshifter

This species is capable of impersonating a wide variety of forms, but its natural state appears to be fluid.

Effects:

-Leader Lifespan: +928 Years

-Growth Time: +1000

-Leader Recruitment Cost: +300%

  • Master Geneticists

None can hope to compete with their mastery of genetic engineering. In time they can reach levels of expertise to which the galaxy has never seen.

Effects:

Unlocks a new path of advanced genetic engineering technologies.


Ethics:

  • Authoritarian

A strong, guiding Hand is essential to the success of any civilization - The alternative would be anarchy and chaos. It is the duty of the state to steer its citizens towards the paths that are the most productive.

Effects:

-Allows Caste System Citizenship Type

-Cannot use Democratic Government forms

Empire Modifiers:

-Monthly Influence: +0.5

-Slave Resource Production: +5%

  • Xenophobe

The stakes could not be higher as we reach into the vast uncharted expanses of the galaxy, for we are gambling with the very survival of our species! Never trust the alien; its false smile hides an unknowable mind...

Effects:

-Can Purge and Displace aliens

-Can Enslave aliens

-Decreased Opinion for other species (-40)

-Cannot give aliens Full Citizenship

-Cannot allow aliens Full Military Service

-Cannot use Refugees Welcome species policy

Empire Modifiers:

-Rivalry Influence Gain: +15%

-Border Range: +15%

  • Merged Awareness

We no longer try to explain to the outsiders the majesty of our link. A merging of form and thought, the sharing of idea and sensation. In the face of this kind of unity, old divisions are rivalries are forgotten.

Empire Modifier:

Governing Ethics Attraction: 25%


Planet Preference:

The Great Link

Available Ships[編輯 | 編輯原始碼]

All Eras[編輯 | 編輯原始碼]
Patrol Frigate Heavy Escort Destroyer Cruiser Assault Cruiser Battlecruiser Battleship Dreadnought Constructor Science Ship
Patrol Frigate
Heavy Escort
Destroyer
Cruiser
Assault Cruiser
Battlecruiser
Battleship
Dreadnought
Constructor
Science Ship

Available Civilian Ships and Stations[編輯 | 編輯原始碼]

  • Science Ship
  • Colony Ship
  • Transport Ship
  • Construction Ship
  • Starbase