Title: Legacy, Year 1 Series: Alternate Histories of the Dominion war Author: Valerie Shearer Contact: thenightbird@sbcglobal.net Series: DS9 Part: 0/? Rating: PG-!3 Codes: Angst,Character Death Summary: What if the Dominion War had been World War 1 instead of World War 2? What if the war had started early and stalled along a line of death, leaving many Federation citizens on the wrong side of the boarder and their war was the struggle to live under Dominion occupation and rule. What if the Dominion had little colonies with too many refugees and not enough food that didn't even need the Jem'Hadar to threaten? And what if you, Benjamin Sisko, had to dance the fine line between the contempt of your own people and the demands of the enemy because if you didn't do what they told you the Jem'Hadar enforce the rules for you? Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Bashir, Garak, Sisko, Kira, O'Brien and his family, Dax, Worf, Ross, Bajor, DS9 and any other canon person or place is the property of Paramount Studios. Cyrus and the people who lived there, along with the new crew persons of DS9 who come, and the Vorta who takes charge of the area are all mine. Note on Distribution: This story may be passed on in to others provided the entire header, especially my name and e-mail address, remains intact. It may not be printed or published in fanzines or posted to websites without my permission unless there is already a link to my website. Note to Archivist: Please archive this story in it's yearly parts on the official site. Note on feedback: I love feedback. Give me lots. Constructive feedback is especially good, but I like egoboo too. Any non- flames laden mail will get a reply. Send email to thenightbird@sbcglobal.net. Comments in the newsgroup are also welcome. Feel free to visit my website at http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/3017/arch1.html for my other stories and this one once it gets added. I confess . . . I didn't really try to get a good beta read on this one. It's been sitting on the drive for years, and while I nearly rewrote whole passages while updating it, some parts were untouched. But in earlier drafts it has had some ruthless betaing, and chose to go with that. Many thanks, a few years later, to Gabrielle Lawson for her sometimes hard comments on this story. Also, I'd like to thank Paula Stiles and a few others who read bits and pieces. So if you see problems be free to tell me. There is always Revision time. Valerie, The Nightbird