Palas
Note: My use of Duras is an alteration of my original concept, where I had used mirror universe counterparts of characters created by a fellow rounder writer. I am hoping nothing happens in the future of the official Star Trek universe to challenge my use of Duras's mirror counterpart, but even if it does, this is a different continuity, so it probably doesn't matter.
Born 2360, Changeling homeworld. Palas was a fighter pilot till he was
five. After that he was promoted to captain of a Jem'Hadar Dominator ship,
the Grifter. Five years after that, at age 10, he was promoted to
admiral, and given control of the Karemma fleet. He travelled mostly
on the Karemma flagship Empire. Throughout his 15 years of
service, Palas proved himself one of the most brilliant military men
of his time. He had many victories against the Rebellion, as well as
smaller independent uprisings. He also conquered a dozen worlds, adding
to the territory of the Dominion. He thought some day he might become
Supreme Dictator of the Dominion. But his next immediate goal was to
wipe out the Rebellion once and for all, and become Chief Coordinator
of all the Major Fleets. Finally, in 2375, he was given a chance to
prove himself by coordinating the battles against the Rebellion, who
had recently stepped up their attacks. He nearly won, but just as the
Rebellion seemed doomed, they snatched victory from the jaws of death.
The Empire was destroyed, along with most of the Dominion fleets.
Admiral Palas died at age 15, one of the oldest Jem'Hadar soldiers in
the Dominion.
Dalig Leole
Born 2320, Karemma. Leole was by no means a brilliant man. But he was
highly competent, and always did his job to the best of his abilities.
He also knew the limits of his abilities, and was not afraid to admit
them if he thought they could be a liability to a mission. he recognized
intelligence and talent in others, whether above or below him. He made
sure that those who deserved recognition and reward got it, and often
helped his best officers get promoted above him. He also recognized
incompetence in those above or below him, and was just as quick to
point it out. This made him some enemies, but those enemies generally
feared him, and did nothing to upset him. People in high places came
to trust Leole's judgement, and take what he said seriously. Not only
was a good judge of character, he tried to learn all he could from those
he realized were good leaders. He never became as brilliant as they
were, but at least he knew who to watch. And all the time he was making
friends, lots of friends in high places. After awhile, some of the most
powerful people in the Karemma fleet were where they were largely
because of him, and they didn't forget it. At age 30, Leole was promoted
to captain, and over the next 15 years his commands grew steadily
larger. At age 45 he got command of the Karemma flagship Empire.
In his first five years commanding the Empire, he saw a number
of Jem'Hadar admirals come and go. But Then came Palas, who Leole had
of course heard was one of the best men in the Jem'Hadar fleet. He was
glad to finally have a truly great leader in charge of the Karemma
fleet, and serving with him on his ship. He watched Palas closely over
the next five years, learning all he could. They had lots of victories
together, and the greatest victory seemed close at hand in 2375. The
final destruction of the Rebellion seemed imminent. But in the end the
rebels one, the Empire was destroyed, and Leole died.
Lurtran Dalt
Born 2325, Lnfanna. Dalt was a master politician, and was brilliant at
determining his enemies plans, sniffing out conspiracies and traps and
such. He soon rose to become governor of his homeworld, Lnfanna. It was
a relatively minor world, but not without its importance. Dalt never
really aspired to anything more than governing Lnfanna to the best of
his abilities, and keeping his own people happy, as well as the Founders.
He succeeded rather well, and was content. But in 2375, a Dominion
base on his world was raided by rebels, as were bases on most worlds
in recent weeks. Something gnawed at him for quite some time after the
attack on the base, something he couldn't pin down for awhile. Finally
it occurred to him that the rebels might be tampering with Dominion
ships, perhaps to somehow control them later on. He tried to warn
Admiral Palas of his suspicions, but Palas paid him no attention. This
lead to the major Rebellion victory over the Dominion. But Dalt had
sat the battle out. He had searched all his ships and found the slave
circuits the rebels had installed, and gathered together as many ships
from other fleets as possible. With his own ships and the few others
he managed to save, he put together a small fleet of about 20 ships of
varying sizes, including one Karemma Cruiser, the Lisara. Dalt
temporarily assumed the title of admiral, until such time as his fleet
found a place to settle, well out of the way of heavily traveled space,
where the Rebellion wouldn't find them for quite some time.
Volia Torkls
Born 2345, Karemma. Torkls graduated at the top of her class, and
rose fairly quickly through the ranks of the Karemma military to command
her own Cruiser, the Lisara. She hoped that some day she might
become a fleet captain, or even an admiral. It seemed entirely possible
to her that this would be near at hand. She believed that before long,
Admiral Palas would be promoted to Chief Coordinator, and that Captain
Leole should become fleet captain. If that happened, she would try to
get command of the Empire, and from there the next step was
fleet captain... But then the Rebellion won their stupid victory, and
it put a rather sizable crimp in her plans. However, she quickly joined
"Admiral" Dalt's little fleet, and perhaps, she thought, some day she
could help retake the Dominion, and then her position would improve
dramatically.
Evazan Torat
Born 2306, Vorta. Evazan Torat was a very charming and insidious man.
He could stab you in the back and convince you to thank him for
scratching an itch you didn't have. He was careful never to be anything
but polite and complimentary to anyone until he knew he had the power
to ruin them. He was always climbing politically, and was soon the
second most powerful senator in the Vorta World Council. Second only
to Bol Niroka, who he quickly eliminated as competition by discovering
and exposing his anti-Dominion activities. It was one of the few times
that the claims he made against his enemies were valid. Niroka barely
escaped with his life, but Torat had his whole family murdered, even
though most of them had been loyal members of the Dominion for
generations. In 2365, Torat named himself governor of Vorta, but also
maintained his position as Chief Senator. He still holds over half the
planet, though the capital and a good deal of the rest of the planet
has been retaken by Sil and the Republic. He will continue to be a
most troublesome enemy to the Republic for some time yet, most probably.
Pondob Torat
Born 2315, Vorta. Pondob was a decent officer in the Vorta fleet, but
not a spectacular one. He only made captain as early as he did because
of the help of his brother, Senator Evazan Torat. He was given command
of the Vorta flagship Senate, and when Evazan named himself
governor in 2365, he made Pondob an admiral, and put him in charge of
the Vorta fleet. Normally this honor would have gone to a Founder, but
Senator Torat was very well connected. Still, Pondob did improve with
age. He continued to learn, and became almost worthy of his rank,
eventually. But in 2375, he died when the Senate was destroyed,
along with most of the Dominion fleets.
Duras
Regent Duras, along with his sisters and other supporters, was exiled from the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance because of a failed coup attempt, and escaped with his personal fleet, including the Primus,
a huge Klingon Imperial Cruiser like the one commanded by Regent Worf in the "Shattered Mirror" and "The Emperor's New Cloak" crossover episodes of DS9. The Primus can carry within its
docking bays dozens, perhaps hundreds of normal sized Klingon and Cardassian
Alliance ships.