Chapter 4-Reinforcing the Federation
All around the Federation, UNSC and Elite ships and troops were setting up postions in case of Dominion attack. Around Earth, at least two Orbital Defense stations, the Paris and the London were towed into orbit from the other side of the rift. These were recently built stations and had Human, Elite and Starfleet technology. At every planet in the Federation at least one station was being built, they would all be hybrid stations.
Although the wormhole had been mined, Starfleet had gotten a message that the minefield was going down in a few days. Captain Sisko already had a plan to retake Deep Space Nine but was forced to move up his schedule. Admiral Ross pointed out that the majority of the forces needed were still en route. "Admiral, we have many UNSC and Covenant ships here. I suggest we take them in addition to the forces we already have." Sisko replied. "Go." Said Ross.
On the Defiant, Sisko said "Ensign, inform all ships that they should prepare to head out and set a course for the Bajoran system maximum warp."
"Aye sir."
The entire fleet of twelve hundred ships moved out and jumped into warp or slipspace. They came out of lightspeed near the Bajoran system, Dukat had already moved his fleet to intercept.
"I'm picking something up, a large fleet directly ahead."
"How large?"
"Over two thousand ships sir."
"On screen, maximum magnification."