It all depends on how the Gamma quadrant gets added to the storyline.
Dominion, with Cardassians as a playable species, is an option; Second Dominion War storyline maybe, after the Iconian threat is dealt with? The Dominion retakes DS9 (paving way for revamp), True Way forces ally with Dominion, Cardassian characters could be Dominion or Fed, etc.
"Intelligence is finite, stupidity is infinite" -- Umberto Eco
But I am not talking about the tip of the spear dominion. Regarding the Jemhadar, they have been bred and sequenced as a subservient and post surrender of the dominion they are going to be forcedto change. I hate to compare them to dogs, but they are much like dogs who have just been born and bred for dog fighting, then the owner of the dog fighting gets caught , the dogs can be rehabilitated or put down. Some Jemhadar were 100% subservient others rebelled. Remember when Weyoun #? was a defective clone who had feelings and flew to DS9 trying to stop the war? Who knows how many Vorta were on space stations and ships who didn't come out like Weyoun #1 Bashir and the rest could have replaced drug addictions , and false preprogamming the founder burned into the Jemhadar. The entire alpha quandrant knew the dominion war had zero to do with vorta, or jemhadar, every bit of it was the a handful of shapeshifters , compared to the size of the great link it would be like blaming an entire planet because a handful of people on said planet were nefarious. Even the founder realized her mistake, and that realization was permeated throughout thegreat link and understood ccompletely , it's why Odo left , was to educate his people.
In fact you said we stopped them...we didn't Odo did. The founder would have destroyed the planet. The maquis goals were achieved , there is no reason to hunt a race whom in the end did the right thing , even if it meant a mass genocide.
I would like to close on one thing, a real life example is WW2 Germany vs Modern Germany. It didn't take 100 years for Germans to become trusted or even respected again. Germany is still Germany, time passed, people move on. There were even good Germans and bad Americans in WW2.
Victims of WW2 can't tell you what capitulation looks like, but they did recognize it from the German communities. I think cardassians are extremely similar to Germans , and they could reform as well.
Except Germany wasn't 100% behind it...even Germans were against Hitler...was there really anyone opposing the Changelings will....programmed to serve or not on their side?
Plus I'm pretty sure there aren't rogue agents of the SS terrorizing and murdering Jewish people to this day...but yet there are Jem Hadar doing that very thing!
Besides...it's obvious they're seriously considering a Cardassian faction shown by their remorse of putting the Galor in a box...yet they don't seem the least bit interested in preventing JH ships. So I'd say there is no argument here...obviously it isn't going to happen...
You saw the storm that came when they released the T6 bug...imagine the tornado of complaints if they gave everyone those ships for free.
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And you are still a hypocrite doing the exact same things, with the same circular arguments, and pretending you aren't insulting others.
And have no problem going away some from hard cannon. What you are proposing is throwing it out completely for no logical reason except your personal fanboism. There are lots of ways to progress the narrative without ignoring what has been established.
To whom it may concern, kindly stop with the personal attacks. Attack the argument you disagree with, but not the person making it. Otherwise Trendy will attack you with her hammer.
In Geko's recent P1 interview, he discussed possible new factions being added at some point in the future. The factions he mentioned specifically were: Cardassian, Dominion, Liberated Borg, and Mirror Universe. With that in mind, here are a few questions for discussion:
Honestly, until they bring the Romulan Republic up to faction status, they really shouldn't even be considering any more "factions".
Honestly, until they bring the Romulan Republic up to faction status, they really shouldn't even be considering any more "factions".
I have to agree with this. They should work on KDF more and they lost a huge opportunity with Romulans not giving them their own true faction i.e. Starbase etc. but I guess they did that probably because players/resources would be spread out too thin. I don't know.
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regular borg for the win. I want a faction where every mission is roll up on a planet, capture, assimilate or kill the entire population, move on. even as a mini game this would be a riot to play!
I have absolutely zero interest in Borg of any kind. You can thank Voyager for that. Plus I think you guys have hit the wall with Voyager-related content already. Time to branch out.
Cardassians or Dominion make the most sense. Either one is probably the most important group after the Fed/Klingon/Romulan trio; Cardassian territory is already represented in the game and too much content is focused on the Beta Quadrant as it is; it's the most obvious justification for adding the Gamma Quadrant via the wormhole; best of all, it's the perfect excuse to finally redo DS9 and remaster or toss the launch-era Cardassian Struggle episodes in the garbage where they belong. You could even use the Gamma Quadrant to introduce a new exploration system. Worried about that lockbox Galor? Riker once babbled something about a "type 3" Galor being top of the line, so maybe design around that.
I also like the idea of an independent faction but I'd never hold my breath for such a thing. It would be a fun take on Elite or EVE or Escape Velocity or whatever. You could use something like this for traders, smugglers, mercenaries, Outrageous Okonas, unaligned scouts and explorers, mullet-y rebels, Ferengi - all kinds of stuff that doesn't quite fit anywhere else but pops up all the time in the shows. Maybe as a subfaction like the Romulans, maybe as a "bridge" faction that people can use to defect a Fed or KDF toon to the other side, assuming that such a mechanic wouldn't wreak havoc with this game's spaghetti code in exciting and hilarious ways.
Except Germany wasn't 100% behind it...even Germans were against Hitler...was there really anyone opposing the Changelings will....programmed to serve or not on their side?
Plus I'm pretty sure there aren't rogue agents of the SS terrorizing and murdering Jewish people to this day...but yet there are Jem Hadar doing that very thing!
Besides...it's obvious they're seriously considering a Cardassian faction shown by their remorse of putting the Galor in a box...yet they don't seem the least bit interested in preventing JH ships. So I'd say there is no argument here...obviously it isn't going to happen...
You saw the storm that came when they released the T6 bug...imagine the tornado of complaints if they gave everyone those ships for free.
Neither was everyone on the Dominion 100% subservient, I gave previous examples of rebels. However, the fact that not all of Germany is and was irrelevant to the survivors of the holocaust. Regarding who is responsible, if there is a trained guard dog that attacks a target on command is it the dog or the dog's owners fault. The only true autonomy in the entire Dominion force was the female founder. Absolutely everything else was under control of multiple forms of bondage, from genetic manipulation, deification brain washing, white drugs.
In other words, the single changling was essentially the Dominion.
In short the Cardassians and everyone else in the Alpha quadrant knows the female shapeshifter was responsible for everything.
With the current level of "faction" support, I suggest waiting for 1000 years, so the existing ones can be marginally more fleshed out, if only by accident.
I have absolutely zero interest in Borg of any kind. You can thank Voyager for that. Plus I think you guys have hit the wall with Voyager-related content already. Time to branch out.
Cardassians or Dominion make the most sense. Either one is probably the most important group after the Fed/Klingon/Romulan trio; Cardassian territory is already represented in the game and too much content is focused on the Beta Quadrant as it is; it's the most obvious justification for adding the Gamma Quadrant via the wormhole; best of all, it's the perfect excuse to finally redo DS9 and remaster or toss the launch-era Cardassian Struggle episodes in the garbage where they belong. You could even use the Gamma Quadrant to introduce a new exploration system. Worried about that lockbox Galor? Riker once babbled something about a "type 3" Galor being top of the line, so maybe design around that.
I also like the idea of an independent faction but I'd never hold my breath for such a thing. It would be a fun take on Elite or EVE or Escape Velocity or whatever. You could use something like this for traders, smugglers, mercenaries, Outrageous Okonas, unaligned scouts and explorers, mullet-y rebels, Ferengi - all kinds of stuff that doesn't quite fit anywhere else but pops up all the time in the shows. Maybe as a subfaction like the Romulans, maybe as a "bridge" faction that people can use to defect a Fed or KDF toon to the other side, assuming that such a mechanic wouldn't wreak havoc with this game's spaghetti code in exciting and hilarious ways.
I'm kinda like that too when it comes to Borg...all it would be is a copy of races already in game...but with some eye implants...they wont be assimilating people...I can't see the story being much else but fighting Borg...they wouldn't make sense in the current story...
I just think a lot of people would be look "Oh cool, Borg!" and will probably be disappointed with what would come of the faction...
Can't have a honest conversation because of a white knight with power
As for the Borg , I agree with others , way way over used and recycled.Stop over using them and homogenizing the fear and threat factor that the Borg used to represent. In fact I think the Borg needa revamp , they need the level of threat value equal to or greater than the iconians, I expect a race with thousands of planets and who assimilated hundreds of races. They should have ever evolving lethal incursions. I imagine something built around a stf of assimilated versions of the latest bad guys, andpermutations of combined assimilated enemy and friendly and using every permutation of unique ship consoles. Larger ships like cubes should have multiple console abilities. JMHO
Neither was everyone on the Dominion 100% subservient, I gave previous examples of rebels. However, the fact that not all of Germany is and was irrelevant to the survivors of the holocaust. Regarding who is responsible, if there is a trained guard dog that attacks a target on command is it the dog or the dog's owners fault. The only true autonomy in the entire Dominion force was the female founder. Absolutely everything else was under control of multiple forms of bondage, from genetic manipulation, deification brain washing, white drugs.
In other words, the single changling was essentially the Dominion.
In short the Cardassians and everyone else in the Alpha quadrant knows the female shapeshifter was responsible for everything.
Sure...a person here or there doesn't mean the masses aren't behind their commander...
It's easy to point the finger at Hitler, but all those below him aren't to be blamed for their actions? Granted it has been a while since I've seen DS9...but other than Cardassians I don't ever remember masses of Dominion or their allies rallying against the Dominion.
What is the excuse for the Breen? They weren't brainwashed yet they followed the Dominion to the end...not to mention the True Way...obviously they weren't brainwashed yet they still serve along side the ones who nearly obliterated their world.
Not every race is willing to let near genocide go easily...Klingons still hold grudges over the Romulans for much less...over a longer period of time.
Honestly...you seem all to eager to shove them together...and the only reason I can figure is because you want it...no real canonical support for it...only given human examples...well Cardassians aren't Human.
Sure...maybe the Cardassians could forgive the Dominion...but why would they suddenly welcome them with open arms? Why would they take up a alliance with them? Especially when they have been a Federation protectorate for decades?
I'd say Cardassia is a million times more likely to petition to join the Federation then suddenly align with the Dominion again...
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I voted no new faction. I don't think I would want to see another 'fraction' in the cardassians or the liberated borg, and the trend that's been going on since S8 has been cross-faction content that dilutes the factions we already have.
I'd rather see the existing factions worked on and made more distinct than they currently are. As far as new content is concerned I'd like to see the game do a pivot towards the Alpha quadrant (which is currently less developed and smaller than the beta quadrant) and the Gamma quadrant (the last and only remaining area of the galaxy that hasn't been explored). I'd like to see a cold war/battle of intrigue with the Dominion take places under the pretext of exploring the GQ after the Iconian war dies down.
Cryptic can't even do the 2 original factions right. And the twisted, half-assed implementation of the Romulans is just damning evidence to support that. Trying to get Cryptic to develop faction stuff that isn't for the Feds? LOL! You have a better chance of waking up tomorrow morning a billionaire with 3 supermodels in bed with you and no troubles at all in the world.
Another wonderful bit of proof outside of the KDF and initial implementation of the Romulans. With the release of LOR, the LOR pack, Cryptic abruptly drops support for the Romulan Republic to the levels of the KDF. They got the LOR Pack money then just proceeds to ignore the Roms just like they do with the KDF.
That was another wonderful example of supporting the factions, wasn't it? And you guys want them to half-TRIBBLE another faction and then complain later that Cryptic isn't doing enough for that new faction? Really?
Edit: There's also the fact that Cryptic also HATES to do faction-specific missions. The last time any faction-specific missions was released was the release of LOR. The year TWO-THOUSAND-MOTHER-****ING-THIRTEEN. It has been two damn years since the last faction-specific mission was done. Every mission since LOR has been generic, Federation-POV styled missions. Everything.
We have threads like this because there is concern that Cryptic isn't doing anything for the other factions. And you guys want another one? What kind of drugs are people on right now?
Sure...a person here or there doesn't mean the masses aren't behind their commander...
It's easy to point the finger at Hitler, but all those below him aren't to be blamed for their actions? Granted it has been a while since I've seen DS9...but other than Cardassians I don't ever remember masses of Dominion or their allies rallying against the Dominion.
What is the excuse for the Breen? They weren't brainwashed yet they followed the Dominion to the end...not to mention the True Way...obviously they weren't brainwashed yet they still serve along side the ones who nearly obliterated their world.
Not every race is willing to let near genocide go easily...Klingons still hold grudges over the Romulans for much less...over a longer period of time.
Honestly...you seem all to eager to shove them together...and the only reason I can figure is because you want it...no real canonical support for it...only given human examples...well Cardassians aren't Human.
Sure...maybe the Cardassians could forgive the Dominion...but why would they suddenly welcome them with open arms? Why would they take up a alliance with them? Especially when they have been a Federation protectorate for decades?
I'd say Cardassia is a million times more likely to petition to join the Federation then suddenly align with the Dominion again...
I don't think the rest are to be blamed, the founder built semi sentient puppets who were made to serve and die. What forms of control and manipulation Hitler had was nothing compared to essentialy building biological robots with no will or control of their own.
As far as the Breen go , I would agree in some sense that they are opportunist , I would say that the main goal here for STO isnt to make Startrek canon through player chosen races, but give the player a viable option of role play. It would also make sense for Breen players to get negative connotative dialog. There should be Cardassians, Breen, Shapeshifters, Vorta, and Jemhadar who trust, distrust, and hate or cooperate in different degrees. Instead of an alliance of conquerors, they would be an alliance of necessity. Which would make a great backstory. Because without the puppet strings of the founders, the races can be given that which the founder took away , which is true freedom.
As for True Way , they are post Dominion War , Post Ds9 STO noncanon.
The absolute truth of the matter is if you want a deep and profound story , watch the tv series or the movies. We aren't going to get STO episodes written by Moore or Ira. What we signed up for wasn't a show , it was a video game. JMHO , but the most important thing in this game isn't profoundly deep life changing storytelling, it's the experience of being a captain of our own ship and setting our own paths in this RPG.
STOs appeal isn't canon accuracy, it's the fun.
I will repeat myself, the founder and orchestrator of the Dominion War is in prision, the bonds on the subservient races of the founder's chains are broken. The Jemhadar no longer needs to obey a Vorta, and a Vorta could be reprogrammed to not to believe changelings are gods.
Finally I want to reiterate that the the former subservient races of the Dominion all but Breen had a leash, and cardassians work better under the table , and outside dependency on KDF/FED/RR.
As for True Way , they are post Dominion War , Post Ds9 STO noncanon.
It doesn't violate canon though. There is a difference.
Although they don't seem to be a significant faction.
STOs appeal isn't canon accuracy, it's the fun.
Your opinion. I think it is some of both.
I will repeat myself, the founder and orchestrator of the Dominion War is in prision, the bonds on the subservient races of the founder's chains are broken.
Where in the Episode did it say she went back to prison?
And again after the destruction of the mutual backstabbing, they are hardly likely want to ally again. The idea that they would just forget and forgive doesn't make sense story wise or realistically. There are lots of other ways to further this story without them joining back together.
Dominion doesn't control all of the Gamma Quadrant. A new threat from there, or outside the Galaxy could threaten them leading them to having to trust solids in the Alpha Quadrant.
Or even the fallout from the war with the Iconions could spark change there. We don't know what or if they are acting in other quadrants. They could easily be attacking in the Gamma quadrant also. I actually think the idea of the founders being destroyed by the Iconians as an interesting possibility.
None of the violates past episodes or canon and builds on it, rather than ignoring it.
Thinking about this some more, I think the potential for a new faction (regardless of who it might have been) died as soon as Level #60 and all these new Abilities came into the fold. That's some serious ship designing to be done if another faction is to ever be introduced, and we know (or have some idea at least) that creating a new ship is no small task.
Knowing how many ships would be needed for a new faction, in addition to everything else that would be needed, I'm not seeing it.
The most likely next faction is Liberated Borg, followed by Cardassian, but there would be a "choose alignment" situation like romulans had. Even though the Klingon war is over, Crpytic won't want to split a third faction at this point.
I'd rather see a expansion focusing on stories and worlds in the alpha/beta quadrant (pitching title here: "Homefront"). Do 2-3 episode story arc each on Andor, Feringanar, Trill, Gornar, Orion, and that Reman city under the New Romulus capital.
Major argument against playable Borg: Flying around Cubes or even Tactical Cubes would be insane. A Tac Cube is almost as huge as ESD. Imagine the Sol System with a COUPLE of them. Absolutely ridiculous. IF Liberated Borg are a playable faction, the biggest ship we should be allowed to control is a Sphere imo.
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Dominion, with Cardassians as a playable species, is an option; Second Dominion War storyline maybe, after the Iconian threat is dealt with? The Dominion retakes DS9 (paving way for revamp), True Way forces ally with Dominion, Cardassian characters could be Dominion or Fed, etc.
Except Germany wasn't 100% behind it...even Germans were against Hitler...was there really anyone opposing the Changelings will....programmed to serve or not on their side?
Plus I'm pretty sure there aren't rogue agents of the SS terrorizing and murdering Jewish people to this day...but yet there are Jem Hadar doing that very thing!
Besides...it's obvious they're seriously considering a Cardassian faction shown by their remorse of putting the Galor in a box...yet they don't seem the least bit interested in preventing JH ships. So I'd say there is no argument here...obviously it isn't going to happen...
You saw the storm that came when they released the T6 bug...imagine the tornado of complaints if they gave everyone those ships for free.
In the OP:
A lag fix may not be "content" per say, but the point of the question is 'what would you rather see instead', so the point is the same.
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And you are still a hypocrite doing the exact same things, with the same circular arguments, and pretending you aren't insulting others.
And have no problem going away some from hard cannon. What you are proposing is throwing it out completely for no logical reason except your personal fanboism. There are lots of ways to progress the narrative without ignoring what has been established.
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I'll stop if he does. But I don't see that happening.
I'd rather work with it and not be shackled. Without it, this might as well not be a Star Trek game at all.
If anyone keeps this up then I will follow up accordingly to the infractions against the forum rules.
Honestly, until they bring the Romulan Republic up to faction status, they really shouldn't even be considering any more "factions".
I have to agree with this. They should work on KDF more and they lost a huge opportunity with Romulans not giving them their own true faction i.e. Starbase etc. but I guess they did that probably because players/resources would be spread out too thin. I don't know.
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Cardassians or Dominion make the most sense. Either one is probably the most important group after the Fed/Klingon/Romulan trio; Cardassian territory is already represented in the game and too much content is focused on the Beta Quadrant as it is; it's the most obvious justification for adding the Gamma Quadrant via the wormhole; best of all, it's the perfect excuse to finally redo DS9 and remaster or toss the launch-era Cardassian Struggle episodes in the garbage where they belong. You could even use the Gamma Quadrant to introduce a new exploration system. Worried about that lockbox Galor? Riker once babbled something about a "type 3" Galor being top of the line, so maybe design around that.
I also like the idea of an independent faction but I'd never hold my breath for such a thing. It would be a fun take on Elite or EVE or Escape Velocity or whatever. You could use something like this for traders, smugglers, mercenaries, Outrageous Okonas, unaligned scouts and explorers, mullet-y rebels, Ferengi - all kinds of stuff that doesn't quite fit anywhere else but pops up all the time in the shows. Maybe as a subfaction like the Romulans, maybe as a "bridge" faction that people can use to defect a Fed or KDF toon to the other side, assuming that such a mechanic wouldn't wreak havoc with this game's spaghetti code in exciting and hilarious ways.
Neither was everyone on the Dominion 100% subservient, I gave previous examples of rebels. However, the fact that not all of Germany is and was irrelevant to the survivors of the holocaust. Regarding who is responsible, if there is a trained guard dog that attacks a target on command is it the dog or the dog's owners fault. The only true autonomy in the entire Dominion force was the female founder. Absolutely everything else was under control of multiple forms of bondage, from genetic manipulation, deification brain washing, white drugs.
In other words, the single changling was essentially the Dominion.
In short the Cardassians and everyone else in the Alpha quadrant knows the female shapeshifter was responsible for everything.
I'm kinda like that too when it comes to Borg...all it would be is a copy of races already in game...but with some eye implants...they wont be assimilating people...I can't see the story being much else but fighting Borg...they wouldn't make sense in the current story...
I just think a lot of people would be look "Oh cool, Borg!" and will probably be disappointed with what would come of the faction...
Sure...a person here or there doesn't mean the masses aren't behind their commander...
It's easy to point the finger at Hitler, but all those below him aren't to be blamed for their actions? Granted it has been a while since I've seen DS9...but other than Cardassians I don't ever remember masses of Dominion or their allies rallying against the Dominion.
What is the excuse for the Breen? They weren't brainwashed yet they followed the Dominion to the end...not to mention the True Way...obviously they weren't brainwashed yet they still serve along side the ones who nearly obliterated their world.
Not every race is willing to let near genocide go easily...Klingons still hold grudges over the Romulans for much less...over a longer period of time.
Honestly...you seem all to eager to shove them together...and the only reason I can figure is because you want it...no real canonical support for it...only given human examples...well Cardassians aren't Human.
Sure...maybe the Cardassians could forgive the Dominion...but why would they suddenly welcome them with open arms? Why would they take up a alliance with them? Especially when they have been a Federation protectorate for decades?
I'd say Cardassia is a million times more likely to petition to join the Federation then suddenly align with the Dominion again...
I'd rather see the existing factions worked on and made more distinct than they currently are. As far as new content is concerned I'd like to see the game do a pivot towards the Alpha quadrant (which is currently less developed and smaller than the beta quadrant) and the Gamma quadrant (the last and only remaining area of the galaxy that hasn't been explored). I'd like to see a cold war/battle of intrigue with the Dominion take places under the pretext of exploring the GQ after the Iconian war dies down.
Cryptic can't even do the 2 original factions right. And the twisted, half-assed implementation of the Romulans is just damning evidence to support that. Trying to get Cryptic to develop faction stuff that isn't for the Feds? LOL! You have a better chance of waking up tomorrow morning a billionaire with 3 supermodels in bed with you and no troubles at all in the world.
Another wonderful bit of proof outside of the KDF and initial implementation of the Romulans. With the release of LOR, the LOR pack, Cryptic abruptly drops support for the Romulan Republic to the levels of the KDF. They got the LOR Pack money then just proceeds to ignore the Roms just like they do with the KDF.
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That was another wonderful example of supporting the factions, wasn't it? And you guys want them to half-TRIBBLE another faction and then complain later that Cryptic isn't doing enough for that new faction? Really?
Edit: There's also the fact that Cryptic also HATES to do faction-specific missions. The last time any faction-specific missions was released was the release of LOR. The year TWO-THOUSAND-MOTHER-****ING-THIRTEEN. It has been two damn years since the last faction-specific mission was done. Every mission since LOR has been generic, Federation-POV styled missions. Everything.
We have threads like this because there is concern that Cryptic isn't doing anything for the other factions. And you guys want another one? What kind of drugs are people on right now?
I don't think the rest are to be blamed, the founder built semi sentient puppets who were made to serve and die. What forms of control and manipulation Hitler had was nothing compared to essentialy building biological robots with no will or control of their own.
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As far as the Breen go , I would agree in some sense that they are opportunist , I would say that the main goal here for STO isnt to make Startrek canon through player chosen races, but give the player a viable option of role play. It would also make sense for Breen players to get negative connotative dialog. There should be Cardassians, Breen, Shapeshifters, Vorta, and Jemhadar who trust, distrust, and hate or cooperate in different degrees. Instead of an alliance of conquerors, they would be an alliance of necessity. Which would make a great backstory. Because without the puppet strings of the founders, the races can be given that which the founder took away , which is true freedom.
As for True Way , they are post Dominion War , Post Ds9 STO noncanon.
The absolute truth of the matter is if you want a deep and profound story , watch the tv series or the movies. We aren't going to get STO episodes written by Moore or Ira. What we signed up for wasn't a show , it was a video game. JMHO , but the most important thing in this game isn't profoundly deep life changing storytelling, it's the experience of being a captain of our own ship and setting our own paths in this RPG.
STOs appeal isn't canon accuracy, it's the fun.
I will repeat myself, the founder and orchestrator of the Dominion War is in prision, the bonds on the subservient races of the founder's chains are broken. The Jemhadar no longer needs to obey a Vorta, and a Vorta could be reprogrammed to not to believe changelings are gods.
Finally I want to reiterate that the the former subservient races of the Dominion all but Breen had a leash, and cardassians work better under the table , and outside dependency on KDF/FED/RR.
You and others that don't want to see them, from all polling counts I would say you are in a very small minority.
It doesn't violate canon though. There is a difference.
Although they don't seem to be a significant faction.
Your opinion. I think it is some of both.
Where in the Episode did it say she went back to prison?
And again after the destruction of the mutual backstabbing, they are hardly likely want to ally again. The idea that they would just forget and forgive doesn't make sense story wise or realistically. There are lots of other ways to further this story without them joining back together.
Dominion doesn't control all of the Gamma Quadrant. A new threat from there, or outside the Galaxy could threaten them leading them to having to trust solids in the Alpha Quadrant.
Or even the fallout from the war with the Iconions could spark change there. We don't know what or if they are acting in other quadrants. They could easily be attacking in the Gamma quadrant also. I actually think the idea of the founders being destroyed by the Iconians as an interesting possibility.
None of the violates past episodes or canon and builds on it, rather than ignoring it.
Knowing how many ships would be needed for a new faction, in addition to everything else that would be needed, I'm not seeing it.
I'd rather see a expansion focusing on stories and worlds in the alpha/beta quadrant (pitching title here: "Homefront"). Do 2-3 episode story arc each on Andor, Feringanar, Trill, Gornar, Orion, and that Reman city under the New Romulus capital.
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