10 Obscure Star Trek Secrets That Took Years To Discover

Nowadays, the Dominion War is considered to be one the most exciting time periods in Star Trek history by many fans of Deep Space Nine, but the writers, Ira Steven Behr and Ronald D. Moore, had to fight hard to include it in the show. Early on, executive producer Rick Berman wanted the Dominion War to be over within three or four episodes at most.

Berman thought that a drawn-out war arc would be too depressing and violent for Star Trek, but Moore rebutted, telling him that wars are supposed to be depressing and violent. But what was most upsetting to Berman was his belief that the war storyline went against Gene Roddenberry's vision for the franchise he created, specifically his strong desire to keep the stories optimistic, and for Star Trek to be a hopeful look at what the future could be like if we did things right.

Nobody can know what Gene would think of the Dominion war, as he passed away before the series began, but his former wife, Majel Barret, criticised the arc in a letter written in a Star Trek magazine, claiming that Gene would never have approved. During an AOL chat in 1999, Berman spoke about how he agreed with Barret that Gene probably wouldn't have loved the Dominion War, but said that he was now happy with how it turned out.