When this war ends the Alpha Quadrant is going to have a decidedly different face to it. What do you think it's going to be? What will the politices of Post-Dominon-War Alpha Quadrant be like? Some ideas:

Bajor- They will most probably have a new Kia. It is also quiet possible that they will now be able to safely join the Federation.

Federation- I think we are going to see a Federation that will do almost anything to stay-out of another war. We may even see the UFP act like the U.S. did with Rewanda (or a situation similar). The fleet will have to be rebuilt. A lot of aid will probably end-up flowing to Cardassia (Kind of like the post-WWII rebuilding of Europe).

Klingons- They will have to rebuild there fleet. Hopefully Martock will try to make political changes at home. The Klingons have had the war they wanted, they have re-asserted there military power, now they need to work on there Honor in the counicle.

Romulans- They will probably keep some of the worlds the liberated. Some cold-war like tension is in store for the Fed's.

Cardasia- They need to Rebuild there world, and there society.

Breen- They will probably slip-back into the shadows.

Dominon- Well it depends if they survive. I think it would be neat if the founders die, and the Vorta and Jem'Haddar become forces for hier.

Ferengi- Peace is good for business.

Bajor- They will most probably have a new Kia.

That's good news for the Korean Car company. :-)

Dominon- Well it depends if they survive. I think it would be neat if the founders die,
and the Vorta and Jem'Haddar become forces for hier.

I don't think the vorta would live if their gods die.

I would kind of like to see Jem'Haddar working for Ferengi.

Ha! The Jem'Haddar working for the Ferengi? That would certainly be, uh, interesting...^_^

Quark: You ARE paying for that drink, aren't you?

Federation: Rebuilding Starfleet. Occupied planets as Boilias and Betazed will have to restored. New ship designs will include heavyer amarment, and will be for defense rather than exporation. Section 31 will be in hideing for a few years. In a few years will be completely destroyed By Species 8479

Klingons: The KDF will have to rebuild. Martok will be the unchanglled leader of the Empire. Merit will be the new baisis for the KDF. Honor will be restored.

Romulans: After 200 years of cold war the Romulans and the federation will finally have peace. Vulcan Romulan reunification will still go on. Rebuilding

Thorilians, Gorn, Miradorn, and Breen.-
Minor Races may become maijor as an alliance of them clould conceivibly pose a threat to the alpha quadrent.

Dominion. Will retreat from alpha quadrent. deny the entire war ever took place. And proberly may learn a thing about compassiion.

Feraggi- Socialization will continue. Grand Nagus Rom will be eventually over shadowed by ambitious underlings.

Borg: will find out about Dominion send one ship to assimilate them and it will be blasted apart by a Jem Hardar squade.

Maque: If any left will emerg from hiding

Cardassians: Most of the cardassian space will be uncontrollable for decades. The Cardassian Union will be replaced with another form of government. The Orion Syndicate will efectly controll some areas of space for a while. The demirialtarized zone is dead.

I have some more thoughts on post-war alpha quad:

Federation- Hopefully we will learn from the mistakes made in the war. We need some real military men in Starfleet command. I hope we can continue to produce ships at the amazing rate we did during the war. Section 31 should have some new objectives, I hope we see evidence of them more.

Klingon Empire- Go Martock! They need to become more democratic. Its obvious that this power by birthright thing isn't working out. Through out the Durases and the Gorwens(sp)!

Romulan Star Empire- I doubt that this war will have much of a lasting affect on our(Federations) relations with them. The Neutral Zone will be back in high security mode in less then a year.

Breen Confederacy- It looks like they did slip back into the shadows. There forces are probably the least deplited of all the races that fought in the war. They may be more then willing to form an alliance with one of the other major powers, like mabye the Romulans.

Dominon- I'd assume that all of the surviving Jem'hadder and Vorta went back or are going back to the Gamma Quad. Some might stay on in our Quad, like Vorta (and the Jem'haddar under there command) who were supposed to kill themselves but didn't.

Ferangi Alliance- Ferangi nationalst are sure to make there voices of disaproval heard over the new 'great sociey' Zek and Rom are trying to build. Civil War could be on its way to Feranganer. Rom will be a very will intentioned Nagues, but will lack results. Rom = Jimmy Carter.

Borg- They won't attack until Voyager gets back.

Maquie- They are all dead or imprisoned. The ones that get out of jail, will probably want to start rebuilding there old colony worlds.

Cardassian Union- They will go through a brief occupation by the allies. Rebuilding will last generations. A new government will have to be formed, one designed to prevent massive grabs for power. They will lose territoy.

Bajor- They will join the Federation with in five years.

Orion Syndicate- They are bad guys who we can fight without going to war with. I think we might see more of them in the next trek, or when Voyager gets back.

This is exactly why Voyager should never get home.
There is no way that the writers of Voyager will
deal with the consequences of the Dominion
on the Alpha Quadrant. They don't care
about continuity.

The best way to describe post alphe quadrant is as post WWII. Cardassia and Breen space will be devided up between the allies to do as they wish. Most likely the Federation will support the Cardasians to rebuild a new government. The klingons will most likely be persuaded to return almost every land holding to the Cardasians by the Federation. The romulans will hold on to what they can.

As for the Breen, who knows exactly what will happen to them. I suspect allied ships will make detailed explorations of exactly what the Breen have and attempt to punish them accordingly.

The Dominion will have peace with the Alpha quadrant thanks to Odo. From Odo they will now realize just what the Federation stands for.

Bajor will join the Federation no doubt

The Maque will rebuild, and will be assisted by the new Cardasian government along with the Federation.

As for the Borg, I suspect they know of the Dominion, but have not tried to assimilate them.

Species 8472 thanks to Voyager has a better understanding of the Federation and will probably retreat back to fluidic space. Although they may finish off the borg first.

To MATT PESTI

> Feraggi- Socialization will continue. Grand Nagus Rom will be eventually over shadowed by ambitious underlings.

Grand Nagus Rom?? Austrian ORF did not broadcast the seasons 6 and 7. IS he the new Nagus or do You suggest him to become the new Grand nagus?

Austrailian Spoiler


Rom became grand nagus in the next to the last episode of DS9, "the Dogs of War".

"The Maque will rebuild, and will be assisted by the new Cardasian government along with the Federation."

The maquis are *NOT* a racee they were a rogue group of people FIGHTING the cardasians. I don;t think the Cardassian government would help the rebuild! But that's just me!

Year-Latter Reflections

Federation- The Roddenbury vision is dead. Starfleet will become more military in nature, and less exploratory. No more of this dawdiling around unknown regions looking for a fight. The death and destruction will end the idea of "technolgy unchained". Starfleet ships will move away from Gentle behemoths like the Enterprise-D and move toward cheaper smaller ships. Self Doubt will be cast over the Federation as it's high principles were betrayed under pressure.

Klingons- The Klingons will mostly rebuild their fleet. A new virtous leadership under Martok will arise. The Klingon bloodlust is defintely over as the bloodshed was engoth for them.

Romulans-The End of the Neutral Zone will proberly mark a end for the hostility. The horrors of the war will speed up Vulcan reunification.

Cardassians- Cardassia prime will take years to rebuild. Cardassian space should be occupied, but as the war sickinged all sides, it will remain wild space and would make a great setting for a furture trek series.

Dominion- the Dominion has been around for 10,000 years and will remain longer than the federation. However the founders are unpredictable, and their reaction can't be known. They will be a threat sooner or latter.

Breen- Still Dominion members we think.

Ferangi- reformed, but won't be seen again.

Breen- still members of the Dominion.

Bajor- Won't be heard of again. Joins federation, gets new Kai.

Federation - they'll go back to exploring thinking the coast is clear, and they'll run into another fight sooner or later.

Klingons - Martok will make some changes in the Klingon High Council, and will either become a hero or corrupt like the rest. New songs and operas will be created about the Dominion War.

Romulans - they'll go back to what they were before, being secretive. They'll rebuild in no time.

Cardassians - they'll take the longest time to rebuild, with assistance from the federation but nobody else. Their territory will diminish, but their pride will win overall and they'll be arrogant as ever.

Dominion - little is told to us in the last episode of DS9 what happens with the dominion. My guess is they'll retreat from the alpha quadrant and assume their pre-war borders, this time allowing the federation to explore the gamma quadrant freely. Maybe there will even be an alliance. Depends on how convincing Odo is.

Breen - probably left at the first sign of trouble. Will return to being in the shadows and learn never to be allies with anyone again.

Ferengi - I agree with the civil war. The reshaping of their society will be an interesting one, but eventually they'll accept that women are profitable.

Bajorans - get a new Kai, a better one. One that can rebuild after the loss of a Kai and Emissary. They'll soon join the Federation.

The Maquis - there aren't many left. Those who remain will see the war as a victory, albeit a costly one, and demand the DMZ be moved far, far into Cardassian space. They'll probably get what they want.

Section 31 will be back to their usual activities, but stay in the shadows for the most part.

This is what i think will happen:
Federation: They'll make ships that are more heavily armored but they'll still explore the galaxy to the best of their ability. They'll rebuild things that were damaged and get the planets that they lost during the war back. They may explore the Gamma Quad again.

Klingons: They'll be under better leadership and will be stable for many years.

Romulans: They'll will start negotiations for less hostility with the Federation and more representatives on each others worlds.

Cardassians: Their space will be occupied and they will have help from the Federation and others in rebuilding and to get their government back on its feet.

Ferengi: They will have prosperous times on Ferenginar although there will be those who will oppose the new system although others, like Brunt, will try to make the best of it.

Dominion: Odo will convince the Founders that the Feds are good and the two powers may become allies or something. They won't be as tyrannical ans they used to be.

Borg: They will continue to give the Federation trouble from time to time, but they may shift their attention to the more damaged places like Cardassia.

Breen: They will retreat back to their space. They may have to sign some sort of treaty to not attack any of the other Alpha Quadrant powers. Federation will always be on the lookout near Breen space.

Bajorans: Will have their Golden Age that was mentioned in "The Reckoning" and prosper for 1,000 years. They'll join the Federation in the next few years.

Maquis: Any survivors will go home to try to start a new life.

From Matt Pesti:>Bajor- Won't be heard of again. Joins federation, gets new Kai.>

They were heard from again. A Bajoran was in tommorrow's episode of Voyager ("Good Shepard").

No ones mentioned the minor players in the Alpha quadrant. The Klingon Empire conquered many minor races, with their empire weakened by war, the mraces they conquered may break away from the Empire such as the Kriosions (Minds Eye TNG.). The remaining Maquis also still continue their vendetta against Cardassia such as disrupting any assistance a power may give to the Cardassians to help them to rebuild. What about the founders secretly taking revenge against Earth for the virus 31 unleashed against them ( I can just see it Star Trek Crusade a call to arms.)

This is my penny's worth:

The Federation will continue on almost as if nothing happened. It would make sense if Starfleet focused more on defense, but flag ships will still be sent off to the anomaly of the week for ratings purposes.

The Ferengi (as a human) I feel are headed to hardtimes and possibly a revolution as the old guard react like Quark to the very idea of clothed females! However, they are aliens and if the profits are there might change their tune in a hurry. There will still be disaffected (wrong word) Ferengi, but a riot of 12 is easier to put down than a riot of 1200. Anyway, Rom will have to watch his back. (There will be plenty of powers behind the throne, but crazies will shoot at the throne.)

The Klingons will be a spent force for a hundred years or so as they sing songs of the glorious war and compose Operas. With good diplomacy the races they subjected may get partial (that's partial) autonomy (Not as much as the Hungarians got from the Austrians, maybe like Quebec got from Canada). (That assumes the Klingons can honorably claim those races behave honorably and this is the honorable path that increases the empire's honor.) They may (may) be enticed to give back Cardassian territory they took if they claim Cardassian leaders were dishorable, but the Cardassians themselves were not completely dishonorable.)

The Romulans will not give anything up. They will go back into their shell as after the Earth-Romulan War. After they have consolidated their gains they will again be troublemakers.

Cardassian have one of two routes before them. They can emulate Germany after WWI or after WWII. Since part of the former Cardassian Union is Romulan I think they will be split like East and West Germany.

The Breen go away and will never be heard from again. They can go over the what might have been with the Tholians and the Gorn.

The Founders will fall back. They will let the goody-two shoes Federation explore the Gamma quadrant.

The Borg after losing to the Federation in a frontal assault and time trick will use their collective minds (or mind) to come up with something else before attacking the Federation again (The Federation may be technologically backward compared to them but something always goes right for them). Oh, I don't think the Borg will attack anyone that might ask the Federation for help. (Even the Romulans if severely pressed may ask the Federation for help.)

The Maqui (or what's left of them) were never a real government. They go back to rebuild their colonies.

Q decides the Founders passed his test, for now. (Next for him/it/her/them is the Orgainian / Metrone dispute.)

Of course aliens can be alien in their reasoning.

IMHO:
Federation: In the short run. For the next couple years atleast they'll probably still "go where no one has gone before". Just not "Boldly." The fleet, minus auxilleries and boarder patrol, will probably move around in task groups instead of individually. Any threat will be treated like someone just yelled "Borg cube this way!" Of course there will be the rebuilding. In the long run as the fleet regains its strength things will go back to the way they were. Tho I suspect it'll adopt a more 'profession soldier' attitude.

Klingons: Martok has plans to bring honor back to the empire. He's a dead man. Soon he'll be challenged and killed. Another self serving politician will take over and the empire, like all empires, will continue to crumble into decay under the weight of its own corruption. It'll just have newer ships when it does.

Romulans: They'll be keeping the planets they 'liberated' from the Dominion. the Federation won't have the will power or resources to push the issue. The neutral zone will go back up and the status quo will return.

Cardassians: They'll be rebuilding their planet for the next hundred years. For good or ill their leader is a former spy. Is that for the best? Ask Putin. Eventually they be swallowed into the Federation.

Dominion: The Alpha Quadrent Dominion is no more. The Gamma Quadrant Dominion will go back to how it was before. The Federation will not test that border again for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

Breen: Will be disarmed and swallowed into the Federation.

Borg: Who?

The Ferengi and Bajor will form an trade agreement with the Federation and eventually join

Cardassia and Breen space will be devided up between the allies to do as they wish.

Interesting. It's very hard to say. Obviously, Nemesis showed us that the Romulans are still very much a threat. The Cardassians should be out of commission for a long time to come. But the Breen...were they even scratched? No one knows just how powerful they are. Is it possible that they suffered minimal damage and just backed out of the war because the Dominion and Cardassians did? If so, they might continue to be a threat.

We also don't know if the Breen were a member of the Dominion, or an ally. If they were a member, then Breen space would belong to the Dominion, and therefore, they could concede it, but it they were merely an ally, it would seem unlikely, and the episodes did seem to imply that they were only allies, because they were promised Earth by the Founders, which the Founders would not do to a member race.

I agree that the Dominion War should fundamentally change both the Federation and StarFleet. But here's another thought. During the war, StarFleet had to build new ships as fast as possible. To save time, they probably also refurbished older, decommissioned ships (like those at the Zakdorn shipyard like we saw in TNG's Unification). But who would crew these ships? Even if Starfleet Academy is running an accellerated program and graduating cadets early, StarFleet is still way understaffed.
Unfortunately, we don't know a lot about the the political structure of the Federation. However, it appears that the member planets retain a great deal of autonomy. Most likely, one of the conditions of membership in the Federation is a requirement that they provide a certain number of individuals to serve in StarFleet - and more in the event of war. In addition, retired StarFleet officers are subject to re-activation (as noted by McCoy's line in ST:TMP). This suggests a "StarFleet Reserves", who are called up in the event of emergency but otherwise go about their own business (Local defense forces, transport ships, etc.)
StarFleet lost a sizable number of ships and personnel during the Dominion War, but I suspect that it still has more ships than it had in 2363 (when the Enterprise-D was launched). StarFleet has to maintain peace within the Federation's borders, which may not be so simple now considering the extent of the Dominion's advance during the war. On top of this, StarFleet now has duties to maintain security within occupied Cardassian space. And if that weren't enough, I wouldn't be surprised if the Federation's member worlds didn't start agitating to de-mobilize the reserves. So we're back where we started - StarFleet is spread pretty thin, and is facing some significant staffing problems to boot.
There is a line in one of the TNG Guides where Phil ponders what happens to the Academy graduates who don't graduate at the top of their class. Well, individuals who would have been washed out of the service or shipped off to planet-side assignments would now be posted to starships. StarFleet is probably also extending incentives to keep experienced officers and crew in for a while longer, and possibly may be offering amnesty to former Maquis to sign up. Maybe these individuals wouldn't be given the most critical assignments (an older ship patrolling well within Federation space), but they certainly will affect the development of StarFleet. It might even be interesting to follow a ship and crew like this through a post-war Federation.
Just a thought

That would explain the huge number of Miranda class ships that we saw during the war....