| Year |
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| 2267 |
| •1 | The USS Enterprise uncovers a Klingon plot to gain development rights to Shermans planet. Unknown to the crew, they receive covert assistance from the crew of the USS Defiant, thrown back in time from 2373.1
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| 2363 |
| •2 | Odo and Dukat meet for the first time.2
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| 2365 |
| •3 | Dukat orders Odo to work as chief of security of Terok Nor.3
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| 2369 |
| •4 | The Cardassians retreat from the Bajoran system, abandoning the Terok Nor ore processing facility in orbit of the planet. The Bajoran Provisional Government asks Starfleet to take over the running of the station.4
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| •4 | Odo begins working for Starfleet when they take over the station and rename it Deep Space Nine.4
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| 2370 |
| •5 | The Dominion destroy the USS Odyssey.5
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| 2371 |
| •6 | Odo discovers that his species are the Founders of the Dominion.6
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| •7 | Odo is forced to kill a Founder when it attempts to provoke a war between he Federation and the Tzenkethi.7
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| 2372 |
| •8 | Odo's shape shifting powers are removed by the Founders for killing another of his kind.8
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| 2373 |
| •9 | Odo crashes on an inhospitable planet with Quark, and is forced to climb a mountain to call for help9
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| •10 | Odo regains his shape shifting abilities when an infant Changeling joins with him.10
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| •11 | Dukat regains control of Deep Space Nine when the Dominion capture the station.11
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| 2374 |
| •12 | Sisko becomes an adjutant on Starbase 375. Jadzia Dax becomes commander of the Defiant.12
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| •13 | Starfleet launches an operation to recapture Deep Space Nine. Captain Sisko leads a large Federation force, but this is bogged down battling a Dominion fleet. The Defiant breaks through and reaches Deep Space Nine just as the minefield is destroyed; Sisko convinces the Prophets to prevent Dominion reinforcements from coming through the wormhole. A joint Federation/Klingon force recaptures the station.13
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| •13 | As Dominion forces leave, Damar murders Ziyal. Distraught at losing both the station and his daughter, Dukat becomes mentally unbalanced and is captured by Federation forces.13
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| •14 | The Romulans join the war against the Dominion.14
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| •15 | Kira becomes romantically involved with Odo.15
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| •16 | The first Allied offensive captures the Chin'Toka system from the Dominion.16
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| 2375 |
| •17 | Odo meets Laas, another of the infant Changelings sent out into the galaxy.17
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| •18 | The Chin'toka system is retaken by Dominion and Breen forces. The USS Defiant is destroyed during the battle.18
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| •19 | Odo begins to display signs of a terminal illness; he is later cured by Doctor Bashir.19
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| •20 | The Cardassian fleet switches sides, helping the Allies to inflict a major defeat on the Dominion and Breen forces. As allied forces approach Cardassia, Odo links with the female Founder and convinces her to end the Dominion war. Garak chooses to remain on the devastated Cardassia to assist in rebuilding efforts.21
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| •20 | In the aftermath of the Dominion war, Kira is appointed commander of Deep Space Nine; Worf becomes Ambassador to the Klingon Empire; O'Brien accepts a teaching post at Starfleet Academy; Odo returns to the Great link, ending his relationship with Kira; Rom becomes the Ferengi Grand Nagus.20
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