Who is Who, What is What.... (Part 3)

"Frankly, there really isn't a good 20th century analogy for them....." Daina says, looking over at Odo, "Perhaps back say in the 19th or 18th century with them being conquerors or such, but that was then....before the Lizards, this is now, after the Lizards came to town. Anyway, Odo belong's to a race of shapeshifter called Changlings. He's of the good type, he is, was raised by those in the Federation....but as for his kin.....well, they had this view that all 'solids' need help and guidence in all things.....kind of the type parents give children."
 
 

"Hmm, that attitude sound familiar," Dragon Synizn mutters to himself, wincing as he remembered having similar feelings not to long ago about human beings (before awaking to the truth).
 
 

"Of course, that meant that they felt obligated in conquering other Non-Changlings," Odo (former Head of Security of Deep Space Nine and how default ruler of what remained of the Dominion) sighed, "So it continued on when travel through the Wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant took off and they decided that the Federation and the others of the Alpha Quadrant could also use guidance......"
 
 

Point in fact was that before the Lizards came and threw everything into the fire, the Dominion (through it's genetically engineered soldiers, the Geh'Hadar, and their middle managment) had been waging a slobber knocking battle with the combined forces of the Federation, the Klingon Empire, and (a bit later) the Romulan Star Empire to gain control of the Alpha Quadrant (and the arrayed forces as well). The struggle had been bitter and for a long time it looked as if the Dominion would win the day, but the tides had been turning against the Dominion. Lots of "dirty" tactics had to be used to by both sides (including...somewhere along the way somehow a bio-agent being unleashed against the Changlings that nearly had caused them all, including Odo, to "buy their plot" as Walker put it). 

"But then the Lizards came in the picture," Walker continued, "They dumped Omega all over the place in enough quantity that, when it exploded, caused enough subspace ruptures to deny all warp travel to all races here. Didn't matter to the Lizards, since they knew how to 'jump' to an undamaged mirror reality where they could use warp......."
 
 

However, the Omega dumping pretty much broke the back of any meaningful wide scaled resistence most races could muster against the Lizards. Entire space fleets became stranded.....years if not decades away from the nearest habitable planet that had been easily accessible before at warp speed.
 
 

"Anyway, if it hadn't been for Admiral Jellico.....and the Janeways," Kirk adds the last, after a beat or two, "Things would have looked very different than they do now. With their help the Military was able to locate and aid stranded Federation and, to a lesser extent, Klingon vessels."
 
 

The change in the affair of things sometimes still made Kirk shake his head in wonder. He was used to Klingon's being out for blood (his blood). Now.....Klingon's would almost fall over themselves in admiration for him (or rather, his analogous version of himself). Things changed and changed even more when he'd come here with his "old" Enterprise with it's 23rd century technology that should have made it......well, it was an antique by 24th century books. However, when one remembers that transwarp worked still here and the Enterprise 1701, his ship, not only could achieve it....but by means that still was making those in Star Fleet Engineering screaming up at the heavens "Why didn't we think of that!"
 
 

Uhura had done the old girl, and herself, proud.
 
 

Yes, things had changed, and at least not all of it had been bad. The final change brought about by his Enterprise had been the final death blow to the Lizards. Amazing how quickly one can get forces about by a means even faster than warp.....how quickly battles won.
 
 

"But the Romulan military, being standoffish as they were, had been less than forthcoming with their forces," Odo sighed, "When the Military was finally able to find out where exactly the Romulan force were.....not much was left."
 
 

Not enough left to even consider, seriously, at trying to stay apart and out f the New Federation when membership had been offered. Nor did it matter to the survivors who were left that the "old" Federation had basically tricked them into uniting with them against the Dominion. Truth told, the "faked" proof that the Dominion was going to soon turn
 
 

As for the Dominion, the Lizards had been rather thorough in tracking down and liquidating Changlings to a point where they were a decidedly endangered species. What happened was that the last remaining Changlings, mortally wounded, had given a set of desperate orders that made Odo (and those like him) the sole Rulers of the Dominion. Even if some miracle occurred and the old ruling party returned from the grave.....in Odo's hands now the reigns of power lay. So it came to be that, when offered membership, Odo had also joined the new Federation.
 
 

God knows that recent events with Lizards had pounded the truth of "strength and unity in numbers" home for all in this universe.
 
 

Strange turn of events, but if one travels far enough throughout the multiverse....almost anything can happen.
 
 

The discussion done, Walker and the others soon had to get back to more mundane things like trade talks. However, before leaving to join with the others, Diane Walker hung back for one last thing.
 
 

"Before I run off there is one last small bit of business to take care of," she said to Roland and the others of his group, "And that is that.....it's horribly embarassing knowin' all we know about those Star Fleeters, the Babylon folks.....and you. Isn't right, I say, but what can we do? The Wonks said that while it'd always been possible for us to come across something like this, the odds were VERY long as to be ridiculous."
 
 

"But the fact of the matter is it seems that factors conspire against us so....here we are," Susannah sighs, seeing that the Empress is at least trying....in her own fashion.....to apologize for knowing personal and private things about them.
 
 

With that, Walker nods sadly and heads off. Oh, she'd been thrilled to actually see some of her favorite characters in the flesh....but after a while it had dawned on her......this.

 Soon, Queen Astra and others were given transport to yet another spot on Romulus which had been glowing a few years earlier (but no longer due to cleanup efforts).
 
 

1. Another door drawn in the dirt, and the group steps through......right into a small town with a Cuban theme to it..... Back on Mid-World, they were, and already attracting surprise! 

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