Dominion

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The Dominion is a major political entity in the Gamma Quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy in Star Trek.

Organization

The Dominion is ruled by a race of shape-shifters who refer to themselves as the Founders or Changlings. The Founders claim to have suffered severe discrimination at the hands of "solids" in their past, so their governmental policy is to subjugate all solids they encounter in order to protect their race. A large-but-unspecified number of Founders join to form the Great Link, which is effectively the ruling body for the Dominion.

The Founders set policy for the Dominion and conduct covert operations in foreign territory, but they handle little of the day-to-day operations of the Dominion. They have genetically altered some races from the Gamma Quadrant to serve them, including the Vorta -- who serve primarily as administrators -- and the Jem'Hadar -- who provide most of the Dominion's military personnel.

Attributes

Although they can change their shape and density with ease to imitate objects or living creatures, the natural state of the Founders is liquid, and they must resume a liquid state periodically to remain healthy. In their liquid state, individual Founders are able to merge into the single, vast ocean of Founders that they call the Great Link. The Founders can relocate the Great Link to any hospitable planet, as they did after they lead the Tal'Shiar and Obsidian Order into a trap by leaking the location of the Great Link to the two spy organizations. The current location of the Great Link is unknown.

Territory

The Dominion controls a large amount of territory in the Gamma Quadrant. Their territory may exceed that of all the major Alpha Quadrant powers combined.

Threat Assessment

The Dominion are a major power in the Milky Way galaxy, but their influence is restricted to the Gamma Quadrant. Before the closure of the Bajoran Wormhole, they presented a dire threat to the sovereignty of all of the major powers in the Alpha Quadrant.