Diplomatic ties between the Dominion and Klingon Empire were established by the Klingon High Council without the input of the Chancellor himself.  In response to concerns voiced by Dominion officials that Martok might at some later date attempt to sever ties between the Klingon Empire and the Dominion, council members offered assurances that this would not be allowed to happen.  The Dominion is thus particularly displeased by the current turn of events.  When reached for questioning inside the Dominion embassy on Quo'nos, Vorta supervisor Tallan, diplomatic envoy to Quo'nos, reported that Jem'hadar troops will not be sent in to quell the insurgents.  However, despite foregoing physical intervention in the Klingon civil war, it is well known that Dominion loyalists on Quo'nos have been supplied with Dominion arms.  Numerically, the Dominion loyalist and pro-Martok factions are almost equally matched.  The use of superior Dominion armaments wand the fact that the Dominion loyalist faction is composed of the more highly trained and educated members of the Klingon upper class was expected to give Dominion loyalists the upper hand.  However, this may have changed following the stunning announcement made yesterday that the Ferengi Consortium will supply the pro-Martok faction.

Although the pro-Federation leanings of the new Ferengi Grand Nagus, Rom, are well known, choosing to support exclusively one side in a military conflict runs directly counter to traditional Ferengi ideology.  Such radical policies pursued by both the Rom administration and the Zek administration in its later years have sent deep fissures throughout Ferengi society.  The reckless decision to announce favoring the pro-Martok faction in the Klingon civil war may ultimately prove fatal to the fledgling Rom administration.  However, it may yet be too early to predict the downfall of the freshman Nagus as Rom has proven himself unexpectedly clever and resourceful in the past and may yet surprise political analysts both within and outside the Consortium.

Supplied with both Dominion and Ferengi armaments, the brutal fighting continues to engulf the surface of Quo'nos.  Conflict has not yet spread beyond the planet to the outer worlds of the Empire, but some violent conflicts in space are expected to erupt before the war is ended.  With the sides dangerously equally matched, that end may be a long time coming and much Klingon blood may be spilled before a single side emerges victorious.

From Khitomer, Draymon