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The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon (DWS) is a Last Unicorn Games roleplaying game sourcebook written by Steven Long. It was meant to be published in 2001, but when LUG was bought by Wizards of the Coast, Paramount Pictures ended their licensing deal and awarded the RPG license to Decipher. Consequently, The Fires of Armageddon was never put into print, but it was released by Long for free on the Internet.

DWS and Star Trek: The Farthest Star

The Dominion War Sourcebook had a significant impact on pre-reboot Swiftfire. Many of the aspects of the book incorporated into the series and resulted in the first major retconning done in the series. The most significant was using the sourcebook's organisation for the various military forces that took part in the Dominion War. It also included the addition of new ships and vehicles, people and events. It is expected it will play a similarly important role in the The Farthest Star.

External link

The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon Star Trek wiki.

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 '''''The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon''''' ('''DWS''') is a {{mb|Last Unicorn Games}} {{stex|roleplaying game}} sourcebook written by Steven Long. It was meant to be published in 2001, but when LUG was bought by {{w|Wizards of the Coast}}, {{ma|Paramount Pictures}} ended their licensing deal and awarded the RPG license to {{mb|Decipher}}.  Consequently, ''The Fires of Armageddon'' was never put into print, but it was released by Long for free on the Internet.
-==DWS and {{SWF}}==
+==DWS and {{TFS}}==
-The Dominion War Sourcebook has had a significant impact on {{SWF}} since it was discovered by the author in 2001 or 2002.  Many of the aspects of the books have since been incorporated into the series.  Of major consequence was the organisation of the military forces in the sourcebook has been nearly entirely incorporated into the series.  The only really exception is the size of [[Starfleet]] [[fleet]]s in both are different.  In ''Swiftfire'' the early stories set the [[Fifth Fleet]] to be around 500 - 600 [[starship]]s strong, while the sourcebooks has fleets between 100 - 200.  Also [[fighter wing]]s in the sourcebook are much smaller and are basically the equivalent of a [[squadron]] in ''Swiftfire'', whereas a fighter wing in ''Swiftfire'' is comprised of a number of squadrons.
+The Dominion War Sourcebook had a significant impact on pre-reboot {{SWF}}. Many of the aspects of the book incorporated into the series and resulted in the first major retconning done in the series. The most significant was using the sourcebook's organisation for the various military forces that took part in the Dominion War. It also included the addition of new ships and vehicles, people and events. It is expected it will play a similarly important role in the ''The Farthest Star''.
+==External link==
-The timeline and events of the sourcebooks have also been incorporated into ''Swiftfire''.  Several battles that originated from the sourcebook have appeared in ''Swiftfire'' and other events in the sourcebook have inspired events in ''Star Trek: Swiftfire''.  However, the entirety of the timeline in the sourcebook is not included in ''Swiftfire'' as there are sections that don't gel with the continuity of ''Swiftfire''.
-==External links==
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-*[http://stswiftfire.x10hosting.com/about_retro_changes.html ''Star Trek: Swiftfire'' retroactive changes], has a section on impact of the DWS on the series.
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