THE DOMINION WAR SOURCEBOOK: THE FIRES OF ARMAGEDDON THE DOMINION WAR SOURCEBOOK: THE FIRES OF ARMAGEDDON Author: Steven S. Long Layout & Publication: Don Mappin Star Trek®: DS9™ Roleplaying Game Line Developers: Steven S. Long, Christian Moore Icon System™ Design: Christian Moore, Steven S. Long with Kenneth Hite, Ross Isaacs Special Thanks: I must express my deep appreciation to Cindi Rice and Keith Strohm of Wizards of the Coast, for graciously giving me this manuscript so that I could distribute it to the fans. Thanks also to Don Mappin, for his excellent work laying out this manuscript for distribution. Galor and Jem’Hadar 3ds max meshes by William Burningham ([email protected]), converted by Erik Timmermans. DS9 model by Dave Charnow, 3ds max conversion by 7of9 Last but not least, thanks to you, the Star Trek roleplaying fan, for the enthusiasm and interest that made it worth struggling to make this and other books available to you. 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Used Without Permission First Release — May 2001 VISIT US ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.TREKRPG.NET INTRODUCTION . 1 CHAPTER THREE FLUID FRONTS AND ULTRITIUM CHAPTER ONE ARTILLERY: WARFARE IN THE 24TH A CHRONICLE OF TEARS: THE HISTORY CENTURY . 31 OF THE DOMINION WAR . 3 WAR IN THE HEAVENS: SPACE WARFARE IN THE TH A CONFLICT OF A DIFFERENT NATURE 324 CENTURY 31 2370-71: STORMCLOUDS GATHERING 4THREE DIMENSIONS 31 RESPONSES TO THE DOMINION THREAT 5FRONTS 31 FURTHER DECEPTIONS 5STATIC TARGETS 33 2372-73: THE STORM BREAKS 5FLEET COMBAT 36 KLINGONS ON THE WARPATH 5WEATHER AND TERRAIN 37 THE LEYTON COUP 5CLOAKING DEVICES 38 DOMINION-BREEN CONTACT 6 THE SHIP 6ATLAS’S AGONY: PLANETSIDE WARFARE IN THE TH THE DOMINION-CARDASSIAN ALLIANCE 724 CENTURY . 38 THE LOSS OF DEEP SPACE 9 7 GROUND FORCES 38 2374: THE EARLY WAR 8WEAPONS AND TECHNOLOGY 39 STARFLEET ON THE DEFENSIVE 8 THE BOLIAN AND VULCAN FRONTS 9CHAPTER FOUR ONTENTS OPERATION RETURN 9THE STARFLEET ORDER OF BATTLE . 43 FEDERATION MOMENTUM 10 STARFLEET: A QUASI-MILITARY ORGANIZATION 43 THE TIDE TURNS AGAIN 11 CONDUCT DURING THE DOMINION WAR 44 THE CONQUEST OF BETAZED 11 STARFLEET SPACE FORCES 44 THE ROMULANS ENTER THE WAR 14 THE STARFLEET TABLE OF ORGANIZATION 44 THE BETAZED/KALANDRA FRONT 14 STARFLEET STRATEGY AND TACTICS 46 C STARFLEET GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE 14 THE STARFLEET GROUND FORCES 47 EARLY 2375: THE IMPACT OF THE WORMHOLE 15 THE GROUND FORCES TABLE OF ORGANIZATION 47 THE CLOSING OF THE WORMHOLE 15 TACTICS 49 THE WORMHOLE REOPENS 16 AFTER THE WAR 49 MID-2375: THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD VICTORY 16 OF THE SIEGE OF AR-558 16 CHAPTER FIVE THE BOLIAN FRONT 16 THE FEDERATION’S ALLIES: THE LATE 2375: DISASTER AND TRIUMPH 17 KLINGONS AND THE ROMULANS . 51 THE DOMINION-BREEN ALLIANCE 17 THE KLINGON ORDER OF BATTLE 51 DAMAR’S REBELLION 17 KLINGON FLEETS 51 KLINGON DISCONTENT 18 KLINGON GROUND WARFARE 54 THE LIBERATION OF BETAZED 19 AFTER THE WAR 55 THE FINAL ATTACK ON CARDASSIA 19 THE ROMULAN ORDER OF BATTLE 55 THE WAR’S END 20 THE ROMULAN STAR NAVY 55 THE TREATY OF BAJOR 20 THE ROMULAN GROUND FORCES 58 CODA 21 AFTER THE WAR 59 FACTORS INFLUENCING THE WAR: WHY STARFLEET WON 21 CHAPTER SIX ABLE BREADTH OF CHARACTER 21 THE DOMINION ORDER OF BATTLE . 61 BREADTH OF TRAINING 22 DOMINION MILITARY DOCTRINE AND HISTORY 61 FEDERATION PRODUCTION CAPACITY 22 JEM’HADAR AND VORTA 62 OMINION UPPLY IFFICULTIES OMINION PACE ORCES T D S D 22 D S F 63 HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE 22 TABLE OF ORGANIZATION 63 DOMINION SPACE TACTICS 65 CHAPTER TWO DOMINION GROUND FORCES 66 A THUNDER TO SHAKE THE STARS: TABLE OF ORGANIZATION 66 BATTLES OF THE DOMINION WAR . 23 GROUND FORCES TACTICS 67 THE SABOTAGE OF VULDOK NOR 24 AFTER THE WAR 69 THE SECOND BATTLE OF VULCANIS 24 THE BATTLE OF SYBARON 25 THE THIRD BATTLE OF VULCANIS 26 THE BATTLE OF RICKTOR PRIME 27 THE BATTLE OF CHUDALA 28 THE KALANDRA CAMPAIGN 28 THE BATTLE OF THE THREE SUNS 29 CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER TEN THE DOMINION’S ALLIES: THE THE CRUCIBLE OF BATTLE: DOMINION CARDASSIANS AND THE BREEN . 71 WAR CHARACTER CREATION . .107 THE CARDASSIAN ORDER OF BATTLE 71 OVERLAYS 107 THE CARDASSIAN MILITARY: AN OVERVIEW 71 COMBAT ENGINEER 107 THE CARDASSIAN SPACE FORCES 72 FIGHTER PILOT 107 THE CARDASSIAN ARMY 75 STARFLEET GROUND FORCES OFFICER 108 AFTER THE WAR: THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CARDASSIAN UNION STRATEGIC OPERATIONS OFFICER 108 AND THE CENTRAL COMMAND 75 BACKGROUND HISTORY PACKAGES 108 THE BREEN ORDER OF BATTLE 77 ACADEMY LIFE BACKGROUND HISTORY PACKAGES 108 THE BREEN CONFEDERACY 77 STARFLEET TOURS OF DUTY PACKAGES 109 THE BREEN SPACE FORCE 77 CIVILIAN WARTIME PROFESSIONAL CAREER PACKAGES 110 THE BREEN LEGIONS 80 SKILLS 111 AFTER THE WAR 81 TRAITS 112 ADVANTAGES 112 CHAPTER EIGHT DISADVANTAGES 113 TOOLS OF DESTRUCTION AND DEFENSE: MILITARY TECHNOLOGY . 83 CHAPTER ELEVEN OFFENSIVE TECHNOLOGY 83 FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT: DOMINION ENERGY WEAPONS 83 WAR SERIES . 115 HEAVY WEAPONS 84 THE DOMINION WAR IN YOUR SERIES 115 MELEE WEAPONS 85 INEVITABLE VICTORY OR POSSIBLE DEFEAT? 115 DEFENSIVE TECHNOLOGY 85 INCORPORATING THE WAR INTO AN EXISTING SERIES 116 MISCELLANEOUS TECHNOLOGY 86 WAR SERIES 117 GROUND VEHICLES 87 CHARACTERS IN THE WAR 118 EXPLANATION OF TEMPLATE ELEMENTS AND RELATED RULES 87 STARFLEET CHARACTERS 118 ARMORED ASSAULT CRAFT 90 OTHER MILITARIES 118 ATTACK SKIMMER 91 MERCHANTS AND TRADERS 118 GROUND TROOP TRANSPORT 91 PIRATES, PRIVATEERS, AND RAIDERS 119 GROUND ASSAULT VEHICLE 91 MERCENARIES 119 VENDREL-CLASS PHASER TANK 92 OTHER ROGUES 119 GROUND VEHICLE COMBAT 92 OPERATING GROUND VEHICLES 93 APPENDIX A INITIATIVE 93 SPACEDOCK TEMPLATES . 121 MOVEMENT 93 TACTICAL 94 APPENDIX B STARFLEET ORDER OF BATTLE: CHAPTER NINE THE EIGHTH FLEET . 161 STARSHIPS OF THE DOMINION WAR . 95 STARFLEET VESSELS 95 STARFLEET ATTACK FIGHTER 95 EL DORADO-CLASS HEAVY FRIGATE 96 WYVERN-CLASS PLANETARY TROOP TRANSPORT (“HOPPER”) 96 ALLIED SHIPS 97 KLINGON JEN’THAR-CLASS ASSAULT CRUISER 97 KLINGON TORATH-CLASS HEAVY WARSHIP 98 ROMULAN T’KOREX-CLASS WARBIRD 99 ROMULAN D’GEROK-CLASS ASSAULT GUNSHIP 99 ENEMY SHIPS 100 CARDASSIAN ABERAX-CLASS DESTROYER 100 CARDASSIAN GURAN-CLASS FAST ATTACK SHIP 101 JEM’HADAR CARRIER 102 JEM’HADAR FAST ATTACK SHIP 102 BREEN GOR TAAN-CLASS BATTLE CRUISER 103 BREEN KAATH PEK-CLASS CRUISER 104 BREEN ATTACK FIGHTER 105 iv The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon f all the dramatic events in galactic history, few are more Odramatic, both for good and for ill, than war. War shows us the most brutal, horrifying side of humanoid existence, while simultane- ously presenting some of the best opportunities for heroism, bravery, compassion, and sacrifice on behalf of a just cause. The Dominion War was no exception. The most significant event in the recent history of the Alpha Quadrant, it pitted a powerful, unmerciful foe bent on conquest against the might of the Federation, Klingons, and Romulans. Although hundreds of millions of humanoids died during the two-year conflict, without the heroism of thousands of Starfleet, Klingon, and Romulan personnel, bil- lions more would have died under the Dominion yoke. The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon describes for you the events, forces, and technologies of the Dominion War, allowing you to use them in your Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Roleplaying Game series. CONTENTS Chapter One, A Chronicle of Tears, sets forth the events of the war—the battles, subterfuges, daring mis- sions behind enemy lines, and personal sacrifices. From early changeling infiltration of the Federation to the signing of the Treaty of Bajor, it provides in-depth information about what happened where. Chapter Two, A Thunder To Shake the Stars, complements Chapter One. It describes several significant battles in detail, accompanied by notes for the NTRODUCTION Narrator regarding how to work them into his series. It lets the crew fight the Second Battle of Vulcanis, save the day at Ricktor Prime, and participate in many I other significant conflicts. Chapter Three, Fluid Fronts and Ultritium Artillery, offers a general review of how governments conduct war in the 24th century. It reviews both space and ground warfare, covering the fundamentals players and Narrators need to know to make war episodes run logically and smoothly. Chapters Four through Seven describe the major forces that fought the war: Starfleet; its allies the Klingons and the Romulans; its chief enemy, the Dominion; the Dominion’s allies, the Cardassians and the enigmatic Breen. It includes informa- tion on the space forces, ground forces, tactics, and equipment used by each force. Chapters Eight and Nine provides you with information on the technology of the Dominion War. Chapter Eight covers weapons ranging from energy rifles, to combat drones, to artillery shells, and has rules and templates for ground vehicles such as phaser tanks. Chapter Nine describes over a dozen starships that fought on the front lines. Chapter Ten, The Crucible of Battle, offers character creation notes. Within its pages you’ll find new Overlays and Background History packages, rules for playing characters who graduated from Starfleet Academy’s “intensive training” accelerated program, and suggestions about skills and Traits for wartime characters. Chapter Eleven, Fighting the Good Fight, advises the Narrator on how to use the Dominion War in his series. Whether you want to base your entire series around the war, or simply use it as part of a broader series, you’ll find helpful tips and suggestions to guide you. SPACEDOCK WRITEUPS This book contains starships, defense platforms, and similar objects described using the basic Icon System starship combat rules.