Expert: Justin Case - 10/15/2009

Question
QUESTION: How would A) the Dominion; and B) the Federation react if the following asked them if they could join their side during the Dominion War?

A) Kelvans
B) Q
C) Organian
D) Douwd
E) Caretaker
F) Calamarain
G) Nomad
H) Apollo
I) Lore
J) Traveler
K) 8472
L) Metron
M) Trelane
N) Edo god
O) Kes
P) Gary Mitchell
Q) Armus
R) Nagilum
S) Sheliak
T) Excalbians
U) Crystalline Entity
V) Tin Man

ANSWER: Hi John -

A) Kelvans - I think either side would welcome the Kelvans and their advanced scientific capabilities.  The Dominion would be especially interested since the Kelvans would make excellent infitration agents.

B) Q - Either side would jump at the chance to have Q as an ally!

C) Organian - My guess is both would welcome the Organians onto their side.

D) Douwd - Definitely they would both accept aid from the Douwd.

E) Caretaker - I think the Federation would accept the Caretaker's help more readily since the Founders had an innate mistrust of 'solids'. (Even though they used them as their lieutenants and soldiers in the war.)

F) Calamarain - Both sides would put the Calamarain into the war effort immediately.

G) Nomad - I think the Founders would put Nomad to work, but the Federation would be hesitant given the drastic methods Nomad employs (like completely emptying the minds of his opponents.)

H) Apollo - I doubt either side would readily trust or want to ally themselves with Apollo.  He's just too unpredictable.

I) Lore - I doubt either side would accept help from Lore either, the Founders would distrust an automaton created by 'solids' and the Federation would consider him too untrustworthy and/or cruel in his tactics.

J) Traveler - Both would eagerly accept his help.

K) 8472 - My guess is both sides would accept their aid.  The Federation was desperate for powerful allies and the Founders would probably make an acception against their 'no solids' policy since 8472 comes from another universe.

L) Metrons - I'd bet both would accept Metron intervention.

M) Trelane - Most likely both sides would work with Trelane.

N) Edo God - I doubt either faction would turn his help away.

O) Kes - The Federation would accept Kes more quickly than the Founders, again because of their innate distrust of solids.

P) Mitchell - Both groups would probably have a similar reaction as they would to Kes.

Q) Armus - My thought is that the Founders would readily accept Armus but the Federation would not under nearly any circumstances.

R) Nagilum - Hmmmm, probably both sides would welcome his help.

S) Sheliak - I think both groups would find a use for the Sheliak

T) Excalbians - both would probably put the Excalbians on the payroll (so to speak) but I think the Founders would verify that those 'solid' individuals didn't pose a threat to them first.

U) Entity - I bet both would utilize the Entity in their efforts.

V) Tin Man - I'm sure both sides would find some way for Tin Man to serve.

Thanks!

Deran

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QUESTION: If everyone in the list could be easily contacted, and the Dominion and Federation could each invite 1 entity to the war, whom would be invited first by each party (based on trustworthiness, etc.)?

Whom would be invited last by each side?

Answer
Hi John -

Indications are from dialogue in one episode spoken by Worf that the Kelvans are allies of (or at least not hostile to) the Federation by the 24th Century so my guess is the Fed would contact them first.  (Hmmmmm, maybe the reason the Ent-D is so much faster than Kirk's Enterprise is because of the alliance with the Kelvans....Sounds like a cool fan fiction story!).

The Dominion I think would go after the Caretaker first because, of everyone on the list, he'd be the easiest to devise a means to control.

I think the Fed's least preferred target from the list would be the Edo God or the Douwd. The Edo God would just be too dangerous to completely trust and its motivations would be very hard to figure out (and/or predict) and the Douwd is just too destructive a force to control or utilize.

The Dominion's least favorite one on the list would probably be Gary Mitchell since he was once a 'solid' and is therefore completely untrustworthy.

Thanks!

D.-