Variant 2 wall emblem in DS9: "The Dogs of War"Īnother occurrence of the Dominion emblem, also in "The Dogs of War", is in the streets of Cardassia Prime as a monochrome wall relief, obviously as a means of propaganda. The long side of the "L" sticks out from the rhomb in inverted colors, violet on white. The width and the height of the small cross are equal, with the cross and the horizontal line at the left being located above the horizontal centerline of the rhomb. The height-to-width ratio of the white reversed "L" is about 3:1, noticeably wider than on the later variants 2 and 3. The emblem on the aforementioned containers is white on a violet rhomb, in other words, a monochrome version. The freight containers show up again in "Favor the Bold" and "Sacrifice of Angels", this time on Deep Space 9, which is occupied by the Cardassians and the Dominion.
This will remain the most common pattern during most of the sixth season. On a freight container in DS9: "Rocks and Shoals" (2374) we can see the wide variant of the Dominion emblem for the first time. Variants of the Dominion Emblem Variant 1a Actually, the emblem will not show up again during the complete fourth and fifth seasons! The latter symbol possibly already sports the later familiar violet and green colors.Īs the Dominion emblem is not yet firmly established in this isolated and almost premature occurrence, the "Hippocratic Oath" variations are not further taken into account. The other one is a bright emblem on dark ground, also shaped as a rhomb. The first is a dark symbol on a white rhomb or diamond (more precisely, on a square turned by 45°) as a part of a larger label. In its first appearance in "Hippocratic Oath", set in 2372, we can see the Dominion symbol on various small freight containers, in two color variations. We have identified three basic variants of the emblem that are described in the following chapter.
After that it still took until the sixth season for the emblem to reappear frequently, most often on containers, tactical displays or as wall decoration. It was introduced as late as at the beginning of the fourth season, showing up in DS9: "Hippocratic Oath" for the very first time. It is noteworthy that it did not yet appear in early key episodes featuring the Dominion, such as DS9: "The Jem'Hadar" or "The Search" in the second and third season, although we may have expected to see a symbol representing the Gamma Quadrant superpower on these occasions. The Dominion emblem was visible in 20 episodes of DS9 altogether. By Jörg Hillebrand, Shisma and Bernd SchneiderĮarly Dominion Emblem Variants of the Dominion Emblem Addendum Conclusion
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