Dominion

The Dominion.

With all the other things going on, Samji hadn't even considered it as a threat. Similar to this Azimuth Horizon anomaly, it was once a power so formidable it threatened to equally overwhelm and annihilate all races and factions in the Alpha and Beta quadrants. Samji knew the current overall 'sit rep', however, and all communications and travel through the DS9 wormhole were heavily monitored. Additionally, it had been common practice for the last 30 years for any officer or ambassador in any position with a potential to cause harm or open up Starfleet's security to intruders to be regularly scanned for Changeling DNA.

"I do not anticipate the Dominion making a play here or being much of a threat," Samji responded. "However, I will mention it to Rear Admiral Kotari when we speak next."

He explained his reasoning further. "In addition to our security measures since the Dominion War, and our intelligence on their activities, the simple fact is that their only point of entry is through the wormhole at Deep Space Nine. Unless they have developed superior transwarp or slipstream capabilities and perfected it to a greater extent than we have, they would first have to take DS9. Then even if they accomplished that, which is unlikely as we have the capability to collapse the wormhole at the first sign of any attack, they would still be on the opposite side of Federation space! I find it hard to believe even the Klingons would be able to muster that kind of force right now."

"Now, granted, there are certain forces they have used as proxies in their first war," he admitted, "and could again: Jem'Hadar, Cardassian 'True Way' terrorists, and Breen. But from our intelligence reports, there has been no attempt between these fractured groups to come up with any sort of joint attack."