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Topic: Vorta


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  Vorta - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
Vorta act as the commanders of the Jem'Hadar.
The Vorta are tasked with the distribution of ketracel-white, the drug that ensures the loyalty of the Jem'Hadar (although it has been indicated that this is not entirely necessary).
Vorta are told that this death is quick and painless but this has proven not to be the case.
memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Vorta   (641 words)

  
 Star Trek Lives - Life-Forms - Vorta
Vortas are experts at cloning, and seem to reserve backup copies of themselves that can be cloned if an earlier version was killed or lost in the treacheries involved with Dominion diplomacy.
Later Vortas have not been noted to possess such powers, and it is the belief of the Federation that Eris was an exception.
The Vorta are the administrators and diplomats of the Dominion, the ones who carry out the dictates of the Founders and "negotiate" new worlds into submission.
www.startreklives.de /cultures/vorta.htm   (2928 words)

  
 Vorta
Although the Vorta worship the Founders, they are also preoccupied with their own survival, and if a Vorta is put in a position where he or she has to choose between their personal survival and the good of the Dominion they are quite likely to protect themselves.
Vorta field operatives make sure that they are extremely well informed about the Dominion's opponents, and make a point of studying the psychological profiles of their potential adversaries.
The Vorta are cloned; the Dominion has developed a technique that allows them to implant each version of a Vorta with at least some of its predecessor's memories, ensuring that their accumulated experience continues to serve the Dominion.
www.homestead.com /federation_archives/files/vorta.html   (907 words)

  
 Vorta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
According to the story that the Vorta tell, they were originally small timid creatures who lived in hallowed trees in the forests of their homeworld.
Vorta field operatives make sure that they are extremely well informed about the Dominion’s opponents, and make a point if studying the psychological profiles of their potential adversaries.
Faulty Vorta are supposed to eliminate themselves using the termination implants that all Vorta have.
alltrek.torlanth.com /vorta.shtml   (462 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Episode
Later, while Garak and Nog are searching for food and water, they are captured by Jem'Hadar soldiers who also crashed on the barren world.
Garak and Nog are taken to Keevan, the badly wounded Vorta leader of the stranded Jem'Hadar.
When Garak reveals there is a doctor in their group, Keevan orders his soldiers, led by Remata'Klan, to locate the Starfleet unit without engaging them in battle.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/69038.html   (446 words)

  
 Vorta
The Vorta were created to serve the Founders of the Dominion in administrative tasks.
The Vorta mainly serve as the intellectual branch of the Dominion, functioning as diplomats and ambassadors on behalf of the Dominion and the Founders.
If a Vorta is given an order to commit suicide, he or she will activate the device, resulting in death within a matter of seconds.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Vorta.php   (420 words)

  
 Definition of Vorta
The Vorta were created to serve the Founders of the Dominion in administrative tasks.
It is believed that the Vorta loyalty to the Founders is genetic - that the loyalty had been built into their genetic makeup by the Founders.
If a Vorta is given an order to commit suicide, he or she will activate the device, which would kill that particular Vorta within a matter of minutes.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Vorta   (343 words)

  
 Flare Sci-Fi Forums: Immunity to poison?
No, I don't plan to explain the science behind it, but It makes perfect sense, since Vorta are primarily used in a diplomatic function, and such a position would lend itself to a high probabilty of being poisoned, especially by a disgruntled subject of the Dominion.
One, the Vorta are immune to as many different kinds of poisons as the Founders are aware of.
Vorta 3.1, Vorta 95, Vorta 98, Vorta NT...
flare.solareclipse.net /cgi2/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=001253;p=0   (823 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Article
They, like the Jem'Hadar, serve the Founders without fail.
Borath says "The Vorta serve the Founders, in all things." Though created in two genders, they have poor eyesight but excellent hearing.
A Dominion warship crew's Vorta and Jem'Hadar First are typically the only members of the bridge personnel to be allowed access to data and monitor screens, via small holographic eyepieces worn as a headset.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/library/aliens/article/70752.html   (136 words)

  
 About Jen'Hadar + Vorta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Fällt ein Vorta aus, so wird ein Ersatz geklont.
Gründer halten sich aus dem Tagesgeschäft des Regierens heraus; sie befassen sich lieber mit shape shifting und Verschmelzung.
Vorta halten loyal zu den Gründern; Jem'Hadar werden durch die Vorta dadurch kontrolliert, dass sie ihnen das existenznotwendige Enzym Ketracel White jeweils nach einem Treuegelöbnis aushändigen.
www.hadler.de /About/aboutvorta.html   (136 words)

  
 Vorta
All Vorta are naturally immune to a very wide variety of poisons, useful in a species bred to serve partially as political leaders!
8 Vorta operatives carry a termination implant which they are expected to use to commit suicide rather than allow themselves to be captured.
The first known encounter between Vorta and a Federation citizen was when the woman known as Eris met Captain Sisko in 2370.
www.ditl.org /datspecies.php?60   (456 words)

  
 Spotlight on Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Dominion Imperium of The Vorta Hadar is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service.
The Vorta Hadar's national animal is the 2 headed eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Dominionaire.
The Vorta Hadar is ranked 361st in the region and 76,743rd in the world for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector.
www.nationstates.net /-1/page=display_nation/nation=the_vorta_hadar   (225 words)

  
 StarTrek.nl - Welcome to the future - Vorta
The Founders use the Vorta to supervise the day-to-day running of the Dominion; in this capacity they are leaders and administrators of many Dominion worlds.
The Vorta are known to suffer from weak eyes, although their hearing is excellent by Human standards.
Eris demonstrated a form of Telekinesis several times during the encounter, an ability that no other Vorta is known to posses.
www.startrek.nl /sbs.php?i=1166   (303 words)

  
 under the sun - constructed languages - vorta writing
I haven't created very many root words in Vorta, but I picked them for their usefulness and versatility.
Vorta spellings of foreign peoples and places are included.
It now seems to me that "Dominion" is a very good word for the empire of the Founders indeed, especially from the point of view of the Vortas.
www.morosophy.com /sun/conlang/vortawr.html   (860 words)

  
 The Dominion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Vorta serve as the voice of the Founders.
Some say they come from the planet Kareel and despite what it seems, the Vorta hate being controlled by the Founders and did not want to be part of the Dominion.
Others say that the Dominion created the Vorta much as they did the Jem'Hadar and they are genetically engineered for their purpose as communicators.
members.aol.com /Preswelsh/Races/dominion.html   (532 words)

  
 My Two Cents Review
Then we learn the story of how the Vorta came to be "improved," some would say enslaved, by the Founders.
We also learned that Vorta who are unfortunate enough to have their own opinion or to disagree with the Founders are labeled defective and terminated.
This connection was strengthened in the scene where Odo hesitated to bless the Vorta.
home.pacbell.net /robinr/d556.htm   (1517 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Designed to compliment the abilities of the Jem'Hadar, each Vorta is very much like the others of their race, with only minimal variation maintained for specialization purposes.
Vorta are humanoid, with styled fl hair and dark eyes.
It is important for Narrators to tweak the personalities of the Vorta in their game to ensure memorable, quirky characters.
www.coldnorth.com /memoryicon/species/species_vorta.htm   (362 words)

  
 The Web
And now the Vorta was a prisoner of war, destined to be held in comfort and safety until the war was over.
The Vorta was complaining of feeling unwell and had insisted that Bashir be called to attend him.
The Vorta's face wore a satisfied expression as he assured them that nothing was amiss - he and the doctor had merely had a difference of opinion over his treatment, owing to the human's lack of knowledge of Vorta physiology.
yavanna.slashcity.net /web.htm   (6350 words)

  
 Strekonline.com
As one of the Dominion's Vorta, Weyoun was the very essence of his cloned species, the trusted administrators bred by the Founders to handle day-to-day affairs and oversee the Jem'Hadar military.
Although normally a new clone is activated only upon the death of the old one, Weyoun 7 was created when his "defective" predecessor fled, and guided the effort to hunt him down.
This Vorta faced the betrayal of Damar and the rise of his Cardassian resistance force.
www.strekonline.com /ds9/database/weyoun.htm   (481 words)

  
 Variations on a Theme of Semil - STSF Message Boards
The faint blue sparkle of the brig forcefield outlined the Vorta figure as he stepped effortlessly through the screen into the unsecured space of the chamber.
Two Vorta, light years apart but seemingly separated only by the layers of polymer composite and optical diode, spoke brusquely in the Dominionese tongue they had known for as long as their progenitors could remember.
The Vorta took him from the installation during the evacuation." The Klingon began to describe methods the Dominion had employed to gain information.
www.stsf.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=5760&view=findpost&p=45375   (7160 words)

  
 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
When Captain Benjamin Sisko is captured by the Jem`Hadar, she pretends to be a fellow prisoner and tells him details of her people`s historical background.
Borath is a Vorta who poses as a Founder during an elaborate hallucinatory scenario played on the captured crew of the USS Defiant.
She lays siege to Captain Sisko when he is trapped inside a crashed Jem`Hadar Warship, and refuses to negotiate with him.
scifi.esmartweb.com /30.html   (188 words)

  
 Chris Karr’s Big Thoughts » Blog Archive » DS9: Hits… And Misses
However, the Vorta controlling the Jem’Hadar is only interested in saving his own skin and is eager to sacrifice his Jem’Hadar troops to get off the planet as a Federation POW.
The episode ends with the Vorta ordering the Jem’Hadar to attack Sisko and crew in such a way that they will surely be slaughtered.
However, despite the respect and understanding gained between the two opposing leaders, the social structure and control of the Dominion wins out in the end and Sisko is forced to slaughter the entire Jem’Hadar squad in a completely lopsided battle.
www.aetherial.net /wordpress/?p=286   (1077 words)

  
 [No title]
Proper Vorta were 'born' after they were physically mature, and were instantly useful to society.
Proper Vorta could connect to their previous clone's memories during sleep.
She told the infant all the legends of the Vorta, and all of her memories, and started reading her reports, findings and analyses.
www.odospadd.com /padd1/cath_s.txt   (2695 words)

  
 vortarus
This Vorta is the most devious one we have.
if there is a Vorta we are missing and you would like to own we will gladly Clone him or her for you..
In the unlikey event that you happen to be the actors that played one of these Vorta..
www.geocities.com /weyoun6/vortarus.html   (349 words)

  
 While Morningstar is Away, Evil will Play - STSF Message Boards
Gannel, Vorta Administrator of the Hanquin Cloning Facility, smiled to himself.
Terrias, Vorta of the Tilnoth could not imagine the hubris of the attacker.
The news weighed heavily on the Vorta Council.
www.stsf.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=9136   (598 words)

  
 Rocks and Shoals
The Vorta leader, wounded and frightened by his depleted supply of Ketracel-White, wants to make a deal with the Starfleet crew; if Sisko's crew will get him off the planet alive, the Vorta will deliver the drug-deprived Jem'Hadar into their waiting hands.
Sisko can't stand the Vorta, and tries to make a deal with the Jem'Hadar leader, telling him stories of other Jem'Hadar he knew before the war.
The leader realizes that the Vorta plans to deliver his men into the hands of the enemy, but refuses to let Sisko talk him into rebelling.
www.littlereview.com /getcritical/ds9reviews/rockshls.htm   (803 words)

  
 Taurus : 01-015
The Founder nodded to the two Vorta who took seats at the far end of the table, whilst Tinx took a seat on the right hand side of the table.
The Vorta and the Jem'Hadar you have aboard know far more about fighting their own than anyone, they could be an asset to you."
The Founder and his Vorta escort followed the security detail back to the transporter room, along with the Commander whilst Logan escorted Sabá to the cargo bay.
azoriusd.focus.lu /startrek/drfussleviathanb/T-Season1/01-015.html   (1322 words)

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