at the request of some people I've created the following document. i hope you like it. this is just something in between chapters, the next one is still far out so sorry if you thought this was the next chapter already. i may incidentally update this, but im not sure about that yet.
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TAU'RI FEDERATION CENTRAL INTELIGENCE AGENCY FACT SHEET:THE DOMINION
FROM: DIRECTOR ED FOLEY, TFCIA
TO: SENIOR GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OFFICIALS, NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION
VERSION: 14.3.7
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23/11/2024
SUMMARY
BACKGROUND:
First contact by Tau'ri Federation forces was made by the TFS Odyssey under the command of then Colonel Emerson at April 18th 2015. At this time the Dominion forces, unprovoked, fired upon the aforementioned ship. At this time the Odyssey was in contact with another race known as the ORI, further detail on this encounter can be found in the Odyssey log book no.419. since this first encounter Tau'ri forces have never been friendly with Dominion forces.
GEOGRAPHY:
The area the Dominion race occupies is unknown, but from captured records it seems to be hundreds of galaxies in size.
Milky Way Galaxy: Dominion forces invaded the milky way galaxy at August 23rd 2023. The incursion point is located at approximately 28.000 light years from Earth, this now forms the main arrival area for any and all Dominion forces entering the galaxy.
At the time of publication the Dominion forces have approached Earth to a distance of approximately 6.000 light years. Their current lines have absorbed the former Aschen territories. At this moment a large part of their operational fleet is located at the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, executing a siege of the system. The TFCIA thinks, and the TF military agrees that the siege will not last much longer and Tau'ri and Colonial forces will be forced to retreat. The details of Dominion forces and planets, as well as their current operations and positions can be found in attachment 1. An area estimated at about 21 percent is currently occupied by, or threatened by Dominion forces.
Asgard galaxy: approximately 4 months after the invasion of the Milky Way galaxy the Dominion forces invaded the Asgard galaxy. Due to the small amount of habited Asgard planets the Asgard have seen fit to use another strategy, namely one of hit and run tactics for as long as the Dominion are far enough away from their main planets. Tau'ri military forces are assisting in this war by offering knowledge, ships and troops. At this time an estimated 27 percent of the Asgard galaxy is occupied or threatened by Dominion forces.
POPULATION:
The number of Dominion is as of yet unknown, but estimates put the number well over the five trillion. The population so far encountered seems to be an integral part of their military in so far that their mother ships, also carry a large number of noncombatant personnel, even in battle. Only a small number of planets so far encountered have contained a settled Dominion population, these planets may be new Dominion planets or may be temporary settlements.
The Dominion language seems to be like anything we have seen before. Fortunately an extensive library is available for any and all forces and intelligence agencies.
CHARACTERISTICS:
The dominion themselves are a large people, easily towering over 7 feet in height. The Dominion have a green/grey skin color, if shot their blood will be green as well. For what we can tell, the Dominion can age into the thousands of years, perhaps even tens or hundreds of thousands of years in age. Every time we have managed to capture a Dominion warrior alive we have not been able to get it talking and they have always attempted to commit suicide, oftentimes forcing their guards to kill them.
Beyond this not much is known about the Dominion population.
GOVERNMENT:
No known intelligence service has ever been able to obtain solid information on Dominion leadership. However, it is assumed that the Dominion are led by a dictator, some sort of royal family or a small elite of powerful members. At any rate, the leadership seems to be undisturbed by heavy casualties to their own forces, even at little to no reward. It also seems to be standard practice for Dominion forces to wage war against anyone they encounter.
ECONOMY:
Not much is known about the Dominion economy. Intelligence suggests that Dominion forces occupy planets to extract all useful resources and then abandon them. What these resources are used for is not entirely clear. It is expected that a large amount of resources is used to fuel their war economy by building their ships, but nevertheless, they mine more than they need. Therefore it is suspected that the Dominion also use these resources to ship home for domestic use.
In addition to the planets that the Dominion strip bare of any useful resources there is a second kind. Namely the kind where the Dominion build their ships using slave labor. These planets also produce a number of other products but not much is known about those products. These slave labor planets have been infiltrated by Tau'ri, Colonial, Tok'ra and Free Jaffa special forces, oftentimes conducting special operations to obtain information, plant tracking devices or sabotage the production of ships and other war materials.
There is very little information about any currency or unemployment within the Dominion territory.
COMMUNICATIONS:
The Dominion have varying ways of communication, these range from simple on board wired lines to sophisticated, though decodable long range communications. Insofar we have not yet encountered any means of communication that cannot be cracked, except for their short range tactical battle net. This battle net can however be jammed by nearly any ship in the Tau'ri fleet.
TRANSPORTATION:
Most of the transportation done by Dominion forces calls for the use of ships. At this point there is no intelligence that the Dominion use some sort of matter transportation like the Asgard beaming system. In addition it is noteworthy that the Stargate network is only used in limited terms, mostly for attacks on planets that have no Dominion orbital supremacy.
MILITARY:
The Dominion military is enormous. It relies on overwhelming numbers and large nearly indestructible mother ships to tip the scales of battle. Only a large number of our advanced 305 class battleships can take one of these mother ships down.
Following is a short list on the various types of ships, a full list can be found at TF military intelligence HQ.
-Escorts, Frigates and Destroyers: these ships are small, numerous and without much weaponry. These usually serve as screening ships, taking the fire from our heavier weapons.
-Light Cruisers: these are the somewhat larger versions of the Destroyers, they have the dual role of screening for larger ships, and commanding small units consisting of escorts, frigates and destroyers. When in command of the aforementioned ships it usually serves as a command ship for patrol and scout units.
-Heavy Cruisers: these ships are the bigger brothers of the light cruisers. they have sufficient weaponry to fight it out with an older Ha'tak class or smaller, less advanced allied ships. They usually stay close together or near a battle cruiser. In large groups these ships can do considerable damage to any ship in the allied fleet, safe for the 305 class and our newest designs in capital ships.
-Battle Cruisers: these are the main components of any Dominion Battle group. As far as intelligence has been able to confirm, there are no battleships within their fleet. Traditionally the battle cruiser was a fast, powerful under-armored vessel. For the Dominion it seems to be nothing different, though their speed is about the same as for any Dominion ship.
-Mother Ships: these are the Dominion's most powerful ship known to us. They have the power to destroy any of our ships in a one on one fight. Fortunately, the Dominion only have a limited amount of these ships available. Most of them are currently participating in the siege of the Twelve Colonies. These ships command entire fleets, they seem to carry a large crew, though they may also be generational ships, as the Travelers did before they went to live on the Midway Station. The defenses are formidable, the shields are second only to Ancient designed city shields, which are now in use on Atlantis and on a small number of planets, such as Earth, Caprica, Picon, Tauron, Geminon, Dakarra, Chulak, Heliopolis and several others. These ships use a kind of energy we have not yet been able to determine, only that it easy to destroy them by blowing up the power generators. General Ellis of the Aurora fleet has been able to destroy a mother ship using Ancient drones, for further references on this event see the TRIA log book no.223.
To this date Tau'ri forces have been able to destroy 7 mother ships:
24/06/2015: Special Forces placed and detonated a nuclear device near a mother ship's main power generators. See TFS Odyssey log book no.419, chapter 4.
09/04/2023: Tau'ri forces, protecting an evacuation fleet, blew up two jump gates tied into a black hole, the subsequent explosion destroyed not one, but two Mother ships. See TFS Sol log book no.99, Chapter 8.
20/08/2023: during the first invasion attempt by the Dominion one mother ship is destroyed by the detonation of a ZPM. See TFS Sol log book no. 105, Chapter 9.
09/09/2024: the first Dominion mother ship attack on the Twelve Colonies ends in its destruction. This is the first time a mother ships is destroyed by Tau'ri weapons fire instead of mass destruction. See TRIA log book no.223 chapter 12.
11/10/2024: the second Dominion mother ship is destroyed at the siege of the Twelve Colonies. See TFS Mars log book no. 55, chapter 13(to be published).
29/10/2024: the third Dominion mother ship is destroyed at the siege of the Twelve Colonies. See TFS Jupiter log book no. 19, chapter 13(to be published).
GROUND FORCES:
Estimates suggest that the Dominion have approximately 40-55 million soldiers ready for deployment in the Milky Way galaxy. The Dominion ground forces are not very suited for combat against our own forces. They have few heavy weapons, let alone any fast vehicles. Their firepower lies in their artillery, it can fire at long ranges and therefore lay down a proper cover barrage. Our expectations are that once the Dominion attempt to seize a shielded fortification, they will be unable to use their artillery and they will first have to establish proper emplacements for their artillery. It has been noted however that since recent Dominion defeats at the hands of Colonial and Tau'ri mobile units, the Dominion themselves are starting to employ certain types of mobile equipment. Their use of this equipment however, is not to their best use.
Recent intelligence reports suggest that the Dominion will require twice as much forces as they have in the entire galaxy to have a moderate chance of conquering the four remaining planets of the twelve colonies.
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES:
Because of their warmongering nature the Dominion are bound to have numerous conflicts, it is however expected that most of the Dominion's enemies have already been destroyed. Beyond the wars we have no knowledge of any transnational issues.
THIS IS THE END OF THE SUMMARY, THE DETAILED REPORT CAN BE FOUND ON THE GOVERNMENT'S CLASSIFIED MAINFRAME. AT ALL TIMES BE AWARE THAT THIS IS TOP SECRET MATERIAL AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. THE ENEMY IS ALWAYS WATCHING AND LISTENING. PUBLISHING THIS REPORT WITHOUT PROPPER AUTHORIZATION IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH UNDER THE RYAN/ROBBERTSON ESPIONAGE ACT OF 2023 DURING A TIME OF WAR.
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so i hope this was a bit informative for you guys. if you like me to do these on other races or perhaps even Earth (though that would be a lot harder) let me know, and if possible a suggestion on which race.