By Chris Snellgrove | Published
Usually, Star Trek fans think about it Deep Space Nine again Voyager as completely different types of shows. After all, DS9 franchise tradition by setting everything on a space station instead of starring, which effectively paves the way for longer, sequential storytelling. Voyagerin comparison, it was in the vein of The Original Series again The Next Generationwith a group that boldly goes where no one has gone before. Opened Voyagerthey went almost always there no of a person passed because of the premise of the show. The crew is trapped on the other side of the galaxy in the Delta Quadrant, where they will be taken. decades to return home.
Although the shows are very different, Voyager had a remarkable influence on Deep Space Nineshow that came out years ago. When the producers of Star Trek knew that Voyager will be exploring the Delta Quadrant each week, they realize that DS9 will have to explore more beyond the Bajoran wormhole: namely, the Gamma Quadrant. This led to the creation of Dominion, which gave the show a new focus and some of its most popular episodes. In this way, it's okay to say that Voyager did more than influence her sister's show; it also helped to save by mistake Deep Space Nine!
Changing the Face of Evil
This story goes back to 1993, when the Deep Space Nine The episode “Rules of Discovery” made Star Trek history by first mentioning the Dominion, which would become the most evil group in the entire series. You have DS9 In the season 3 DVD specials, author Robert Hewitt Wolfe reveals why Dominion was created: “Voyager was going to move around the Delta Quadrant from place to place, meeting new people every week, and we wanted to make the Gamma Quadrant distinctly different from that, by creating the Dominion, kind of an anti-Federation combination in a way, just to give it a completely different character. “
Until now, the Gamma Quadrant has not been explored in much detail, which is shocking. In space, something made Deep Space Nine so special that it stood next to a Bajoran wormhole. Most wormholes in Star Trek are unstable, meaning you can't walk through them safely without ending up in random places. This wormhole was stable, meaning that those in the Alpha Quadrant could easily visit the unchecked Gamma Quadrant (and vice versa). When we met the aliens from the Gamma Quadrant in season 1, we didn't really get a sense of who the movers and shakers in this area were.
Bending Comedy, Hidden Drama
“Acquisition Laws” are set up to remedy this problem. It was a fun Ferengi comedy episode played for laughs, where Grand Nagus Zek focused on doing business in the Gamma Quadrant. Along the way, he and Quark learn of the existence of the Emperor, a mysterious but ruling force in that region of space. By creating a Dominion, i Deep Space Nine The writers gave the show a bad version of the Federation as the ultimate bad guy. This helped to differentiate DS9 from the upcoming spinoff Voyagerbut the inclusion of these villains also made the show more charged, it helped Deep Space Nine create your own unique piece of Star Trek history.
The introduction of the Dominion organization, run by the changers, paved the way for the game's most exciting storylines. For example, the writers had shapeshifting inventors create a war between the Klingons and the Federation, a story that gave the show a huge ratings boost because it brought back Worf as a main character. The constant tension between Starfleet and the Dominion led to some great stand-alone episodes, including “Call to Arms” and “In the Pale Moonlight.” The latter was part of the Dominion War arc that effectively turned the sci-fi series into a wartime show, going where Trek had never gone before.
Some fans think that the war broke the very spirit of Star Trek. However, most agreed that this made for one of the most entertaining arcs in the franchise's history, which helped DS9 keep up the relentless momentum leading up to the final episode that leaves the jaw completely. None of this would have been possible without Dominion, who successfully saved the show. Next, they would not be introduced Deep Space Nine outside Voyagera rival show to Trek that forced producers to finally answer fans' most burning question: what the hell is on the other side of that wormhole?
