The Dominion Rescue | STO:SS E112 Prelude

[@salenstormwing]

"Vacation is Life. We are already dead. We were dead the moment we stepped into the office. We go onto vacation to reclaim our lives." -- Jem'Hadar on Risa (probably)

[@ronin3381]

Vacation is a part of the order of things.

[@lieutenantdata7156]

Man that was so good 😊

[@samuelmeasa9283]

"This is not the warriors way." - Worf son of Mogh, of the Klingon House of Martok

[@davidreeves4556]

B v

[@SonicHalo9107]

The trailer monologue with Odo still gives me Goosebumps.

[@goldenknight578]

R.I.P. René Auberjonois. One of the reasons why I love replaying the Swarm TFO is just to hear his voice.

[@johnwclick]

Such beautiful cadence; such a voice is a rare thing, and he made use of it like a maestro plays a Stradivarius.

[@bajatruckguy]

Odo will be missed.

[@dougsmith6262]

He was a once in a generation actor.

[@ainesheehan]

RIP René Auberjonois, finally returned to the Great Link

[@Eucep]

Yeah, was quite shocked about that, it was literally months after this came out.

[@fingerboxes]

First: "Why are we protecting a Tzenkethi general?" Second: "Hell yeah, I'm getting promoted!" First: "What?" Second: *shoots the First* "Never question the orders of the founders."

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

Just as the _Delta Rising_ Season Arc was a de facto sequel to _Voyager_ ; _Victory is Life_ is a de facto sequel to _DS9_ . I am fascinated to see how Rick's in game characters interact with more of the DS9 characters.

[@francescoevangelista1448]

How about the other ds9 story arc when then dominion recaptures the station? He did a video on it

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

@@francescoevangelista1448 ; He did a few videos on that story arc; _The Lost 2800_ . Yes I would also count it as a sequel, however I would not to the same extent as this Arc, given how in the _Victory is Life_ arc, many of the original DS9 actors reprise their roles here; which they do not in _The Lost 2800_ .

[@JDEhlert]

The part I love about this is that the devs asked Aron Eisenberg to reprise his role as Nog, and he pulled a lot of the cast and crew of DS9 to reprise their old roles. I think he also supplied them with the blueprints of the station from the old sets that allowed them to revamp the station. (Which is really hard on the storyline 2800 =, unfortunately. Talk about cramped fighting quarters!)

[@golgarisoul]

Every second of Rene talking is gold in audio form.

[@luisfilmsite]

Good job securing that empty corridor :D

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

Yours is the best "Lest play" channel on KZbin. My Trekkie mom loves your narration style. Live long and prosper.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

Very happy to see things from an alien empire's perspective.

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

Of the additions the _Victory is Life_ Season Arc brought beside the episodes themselves. Finally being able to play as the Dominion as well as access the Gamma Quadrant were among the two I enjoy most.

[@Kitsula]

Same, just wish there was stuff to do like some patrols and/or a hub in the Gamma Quadrant. I often go to the Delta and Alpha quadrants for things but very rarely go to the Gamma.

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

@@Kitsula ; I agree. It would be cool to have a Dominion embassy/Starbase or a few ground battle zones on planets new and familiar to fight the Hurq. Perhaps in a future update.

[@ISAF_Ace]

I like the dominion opening, it’s cool

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

But let's be real, the Romulan opening is the best.

[@francescoevangelista1448]

I agree

[@laahocsm0019]

This dominion intro story arc was really well-done.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

Nothing beats the Romulan Republic exclusive original storyline, but toally agree. The writing, mission design, and performances are all honed to a peak.

[@kevinramsey417]

I've got the Jemmie recon ship from the Lobi store. It's sweet.

[@LustyDwarf95]

Watching these videos has gotten me into playing STO and I'm really enjoying it. Thank you

[@Peregrine57]

Yeah, I've made it a point to avoid MMOs for years until I stumbled onto this series.

[@gallendugall8913]

Just avoid becoming financially invested, also avoid zone chat, disable fly-ins in the notification panel, and the DPS obsessives are best avoided, as well as anyone attempting PVP, fleet drama can be incredibly nasty so you probably want to be careful of getting too involved in that, and well to keep this short just play through the single player missions and take advantage of any events ongoing.

[@Peregrine57]

@@gallendugall8913 I play on console where everybody's asocial, and only a few weirdos ever use zone chat. Or any chat, for that matter. Can be kindof hard to get a TFO going that isn't tied to an event, though. I bought 4 T6 ships a few months back for about 90 bucks CDN, and don't plan on spending any more real life money on it. My fleet is pretty chill, which on the plus side, they pretty much leave me alone, but on the down side, they don't seem to be in any hurry to do any asset projects, so I've often got some provisions taking up bank slots that I can't get rid of.

[@ptonpc]

That cliff hanger ending Baaassstttaaaddd!!!!!!! (In a good way Rick)

[@NineWorldsFromDrew]

You’ve done brilliantly, incorporating the original trailer!

[@mikaelmadrigal196]

I wanna wait until dinner to watch this so I can get my usual snack or meal but damn it this is too good.

[@ARCCommanderOrar]

Totally wasnt waiting for this xD All jokes aside I love this series

[@francescoevangelista1448]

I was waiting for this a looong time

[@lieutenantdata7156]

Man theses missions with the hurqs were a real pain

[@JDEhlert]

Look, just get a fire extinguisher and... Okay, yeah...force field domes helped but...yeah. (Ground wise at least)

[@axelrosasjacome5271]

Here comes one of my favorite missions of all STO. That one with the Ferengi of course.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

And Iconians having mastered the art of designing ships with consoles and parts that are actually REALLY HARD to make explode catastrophically. :P

[@michaelmacleod6517]

I never played from the Jem'Hadar perspective. I love how it ties into the last mission. Good thinking.

[@Lukos0036]

They give you a lot from the outset. You start at level 60 with very rare(pink quality) Mk12 ship equipment, ground gear, and some maxed out R&D schools if I recall correctly. More of the latter if you are a Vanguard Jem'Hadar. It's a good choice for an alt if you don't like grinding levels and you are fine running a dominion space set.

[@michaelmacleod6517]

@@Lukos0036 I'll keep that in mind. :D

[@Lans32485]

Story wise there isn't much difference beyond these tutorial levels unfortunately.

[@futurerandomness1620]

Probably a good call not doing a shot every time someone said "Victory is life" would definitely be wasted by now if you did.

[@Centurian128]

I love the opening missions for the Dominion! Great job!

[@TheAsvarduilProject]

Just got my Temer raider. I love it!!!

[@patrikhjorth3291]

When I created my Jem'hadar character, I was _extremely_ fortunate in terms of ship selection. I opened a single lockbox, and found a Jem'hadar Science Dreadnought, which was a perfect fit for my character who is a Scientist. I believe those ships went for something like 80 million EC on the Exchange at the time, and are very rare. I am not fond of loot boxes for the most part, and only unlocked that one on a whim. Could hardly believe the result.

[@vexile1239]

Nice

[@nutzeeer]

"we should proceed with caution" *intro plays* man thats a late intro oh wait its the end lol. damn time flies when you are having fun

[@faustusliviuspraetextatus6773]

It's so weird to hear rick without his dry jokes.. I look forward to seeing the armiger again

[@PREPFORIT]

Great chapter/video I did not want it to end.

[@KalRandom]

Good cliff hanger.

[@SylvanApe]

As always, thank you.

[@daverage4729]

This is going to be a good one...roll on next week. Victory is life!!!

[@justmadesomethingup]

Props to the voice actor doing O'do. Sounds very close :)

[@Timjer92]

Uhm, it _was_ him, the actual actor. These lines were recorded before he passed away.

[@justmadesomethingup]

@@Timjer92 Oh wow that's much better! Rene Auberjonois / O'do was one of my favorite characters.

[@askaniuk]

Talk about cliff hangars !! Keep up the good work !

[@TheGuardianofAzarath]

The Federation, Klingons, Romulans, now the Dominion. Only major power hasn't let us play (and probably won't) is the Borg, though it is nice seeing Odo agin.

[@planescaped]

One of the Borg's greatest strengths is their mystique. Honestly, the more one explains them, the less cool they will become. They _need_ some mystery.

[@MandalorV7]

Well isn’t liberated Borg drone one of the playable races for the Federation? Honestly if there was a playable Borg faction it would have to be something like co-op from Voyager.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

@@MandalorV7 In late but yes, you have to be a lifetime subscriber but you can actually play a liberated borg in any of the factions aside from the dominion.

[@jlalejos]

No Jem'Hadar Vanguard? You missed out on a unit of a ship. Now go fight for your gods!!!

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

Vanguard ship is super cheap with the gamma starter pack. Best for camping with command Boff abilities.

[@NightOwlModeler]

Looking forward to the next issue! NOM

[@CorvoFG]

Ohh, forgot it’s Tuesday!

[@nexy12]

Me too!

[@Cdr2002]

J’mpok’s actor as that Orion is so funny sounding

[@seltin1988]

oh this will be fun! i do hope we see more of the othere races and there storys!

[@BlueSatoshi]

The devs supposedly wanted to add playable Changelings, but ran out of time to implement them. There's a guy who leaves a Jem'Hadar toon idling on DS9, protesting for their addition into the game.

[@barrybend7189]

Maybe playable changeling is too much but playable Vorta from a special Odo specific new breeds would have been a fun idea. Instead of just being the face of the Dominion and the diplomats Odo's new Vorta show greater independent thinking and are combat ready for ground combat as well as ship command.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

@@barrybend7189 I think that's also partly Odo's intent with the Vanguard Jem'Hadar, engineering to be more whole-person-y than previous batches.

[@barrybend7189]

@@thomasjoychild4962 it would be nice for Vorta as well. Even if he doesn't like Wayun.

[@TheAgent0060]

I had to get me one of those OC ships yesterday since it works for Cpt. Hale so well.

[@bsmnt23]

Well that was a pretty cool new intro.

[@jannegrey]

So we will be playing couple next chapters from the Dominion perspective? Cool - though I do hope that we eventually return to Hale.

[@davidant8901]

I think he's done something similar in the past for the Romulans in Season 3, so we'll get Hale back pretty soon.

[@jannegrey]

@@davidant8901 I know - I actually like the Romulan part a lot. I don't know however how Dominion is represented in STO at all. I've only played Federation character and it was a long time ago.

[@shilohmc]

I love what you do boss, keep it up. I almost want to play Star Trek online again…

[@markclay1813]

The only X-pac I ever purchased. Super worth it.

[@skywise001]

Shroud/White/Orbital Strike. try it :D Fires torpedo spread "It appears they noticed our arrival." You think? :P

[@planescaped]

The Dominion being playable like Starfleet just seems odd to me. If anything the Dominion would play like an RTS. :P

[@TheGuardianofAzarath]

I actually find it pretty cool. Plus, it's nice to see Odo again, he was one of the best characters in DS9.

[@JDEhlert]

I'm liking it as a universe. It shows that the universe/galaxy moved on. Necessarily in the canon universe (tv, movie) we get a slice of the times, but not the sense of what happened afterward.

[@barrybend7189]

All dominion ship segments are actually you flying a squadron of ships.

[@gallendugall8913]

Victory may be life, but catchphrases are fan service!

[@Hazmatt4700]

I upgrade my rural internet to StarLink. What better to play something trek. Can't stay connected. But Rick has my back and tells the story better then the game.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

Interesting that the STO devs would use the word "Idran". It's very similar to "Idiran" who were the antagonist empire in the first few books of the Culture series of books by Iain Banks. The Culture itself is a utopian post-scarcity society, and Iain Banks' writing makes sure to focus on rounding his arguments for how this society lives. It's my absolute favorite sci-fi universe period, with Star Trek coming in second.

[@Sh_rib]

Noice!!!

[@Nichodo]

RIP René Auberjonois...

[@Peregrine57]

I played through these months ago, and completely forgot about the ground missions.

[@daveh7720]

I kept wondering if I was watching the wrong channel. The voice is familiar but without Hale's snark, he sounds like he's been assimilated or something.

[@luisramos821]

That was a good way to start. Will you be doing the rest of the Gama quadrant story as the Jem'hadar?

[@jorgnocke991]

Please can you do doctor who video thank you for your time keep up your amazing work and live long and prosper

[@Canoby]

How did they clone more Weyouns? Did someone have a few clone embryos stashed away somewhere that everyone forgot about or something?

[@skylinecyber3538]

Deception, Stealth and Misdirection.

[@Werezilla]

This is the thanks the Jem'Hadar get for their loyalty. The Founders get them hooked on drugs.

[@trekaddict]

When this came out, I created my dominion toon, did the first mission, went to lunch and.... haven't touched him since.... My need to get back to that.

[@ErikWarhammer]

I find it odd that you can play as a Jem'Hadar in this game now. Especially with certain storylines and events that play out in "Victory is Life" and whatever comes afterwards.

[@harvmaloy3847]

How did you get so much voice audio? I just played it and all I got was odd saying his very opening seen. Everything else I have had to read, even past the end point of your show.

[@ppenmudera4687]

Now the million dollar question: which Weyoun was that?

[@Janoha17]

I think we're on Weyoun 10.

[@nexy12]

And the next question is: how did they clone him again? Ya'know what I don't wanna know. Nope. (Ik they probs have some way its just a joke)

[@daveh7720]

@@nexy12 Most likely they have his DNA (or whatever passes for such in a Vorta) on file. Taking samples from each clone in a series to grow the next one is risking accumulating mutations. If you want to see how that ends up, I'll introduce you to my family.

[@nexy12]

@@daveh7720 XD alright

[@nonamegiven202]

yeah I liked the Dominion faction/experience but man would I had perfer a playable Vorta option.

[@MandalorV7]

The thing is the Jem’Hadar are literally built to be the Dominion’s military. Vorta are diplomats or commanders. So while maybe from a ship role it would work, Vorta are not beaming down and leading fire teams in active assaults.

[@nonamegiven202]

@@MandalorV7 to be fair, captains (and Admirals) also aren't really suppose to be beaming down and leading fire teams either. ;) and it's easy enough to justify as Odo did literal had his own variation of the Jem'Hadar made for the Vanguard fleet, why not a strain of vorta who can fight and lead like Sisko.

[@philly83]

Tuesday!

[@musicking9540]

Could you do a klingon one too, play out the Fek'Ihri arc, name=Devwul

[@Glitch_Online]

Comment for the algorithm Gods!!!

[@Denorius]

I'm still sad we can't play as a Vorta.

[@moanawalters945]

Yes I am in

[@shmee123ful]

Anyone have some big bug spray or a really big shoe? Maybe some death watch space Marines

[@daveh7720]

I tried the bug spray they use on New Romulus but that didn't help.

[@josiahzabel8596]

Deathwatch would be SERIOUSLY OP

[@foreverprime8852]

Was that the real Jeffrey Combs?

[@JDEhlert]

Yes, he reprised his role as Wayoun and also did Th'rykyr Shran (descendent of Shran) with Discovery.

[@foreverprime8852]

@@JDEhlert AWESOME

[@VulpisFoxfire]

Don't mess with his instruments, because He Needed That. Also, if he offers you something green and glowing instead of Ketrecel, run...

[@foreverprime8852]

@@VulpisFoxfire I will go nowhere near any laboratory he's in.

[@thesnuggler9606]

@@foreverprime8852 I would go near the lab he's in on the off chance I might get to become a flying head with bat wings. Awesome.

[@bjornjoseph]

So behind on this game I don't even know how to get back in it. Last I she'd was the dyson Sphere. I tried playing a few months back and I my character had like 300hp. I was getting 1 shotted

[@danieltilson4053]

How is Weyoun still around? They destroyed his facility, and killed the last.

[@mittensfastpaw]

These and you are what Star Trek was meant to be. Not STD or Picard that use blunt objects and guilt. Instead of good writing and the best of humanity to make you think and improve.

[@That80sGuy1972]

I'm just wondering why STO won't let us create Dominion characters that are not Jem'Hadar. The Dominion has many races in it, all elevated to Dominion technology and usefulness. All are allowed to self-govern as long as they are loyal to the Dominion. Wouldn't they allow at least a few non-Jem'Hadar to become captains of Dominion starships and do their Dominion interests outside of Dominion territory? I understand why no Vorta or Changeling, they are the "gods" and their genetically created but-kissing administrators. But, why not, like the other empires, no "alien" option? Okay, I was following this sweet storyline for a while. It's further along than my last visit. Time to go back and see what I missed.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

No, the founders don't trust ANY solid they haven't literally engineered to be incapable of disobeying them. Within the structure of the Dominion itself, as opposed to subject worlds, only Vorta and Jem'Hadar are in positions of "trust'.

[@chadjensen7954]

Dude has a hardon for Cpt Shaun

[@amandamills4133]

Star Trek online at least wear Weyoun is concerned definitely does not keep with Star Trek canon. At the end of Deep Space 9 when is clone was killed, the founder stated that that was his last clome, so how is it that he has at least one more?

[@dannylesbile8592]

New Holoprogram Loris 4 love slave

[@valor1omega]

I tried playing this side of things but I hated the point allocation they gave us. I deleted the character after joining the federation because the dominion is a badly done faction and the story was boring. I found myself wanting to go as fast as I could. I am not easily bored ether as I still enjoy the Iconian missions and play it time to time. But then again I think it's because the cast of characters didn't sound boring and forced.