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==The Battle==
With the addition of Romulan forces, the counter-offensive was initially blunted as the Dominion forces launched their attack. However, the Dominion forces managed to break through the Allied lines in two places, outflanking allied defenses. The Dominion fleet re-took the planets in the system, as the allied fleet withdrew. As the [[Jem'Hadar]], Cardassian, and Breen ships consolidated their position, Starfleet and its allies rallied their starships for a counterattack to drive the enemy fleet from the system, under the command of [[General]] [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Martok Martok]] of the [[Klingon Defense Force]]s.
The allied ships were pushed back to the edge of the system, as 312 allied warships were rallied to take on the enemy fleet, with all available reinforcements coming in from outside the system, even as far as Bajor. The Allied fleet had no discernible battle plan; leaving a reserve force on the edge of the system, they resolved to destroy the enemy fleet with brute force. The Jem'Hadar and Cardassian warships held back, giving their new Breen allies a chance to prove themselves as worthy combatants.
The Second Battle of Chin'toka was arguably the worst defeat suffered by the Allies throughout the war. In terms of starships lost to ships engaged, it was the worst defeat since the Federation's reversal in the Tyra system, where 98 ships were destroyed out of 112. The battle ended all allied offensives against the Dominion for the next month, while allied engineers scrambled to develop a countermeasure. The [[IKS Ki'tang|IKS ''Ki'tang'']], a [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey]], was the only allied ship impervious to the Breen's energy dampening weapons, thanks to a chance modification made by its chief engineer.
The entire Klingon fleet made the same enhancements, making them the only allied ships invulnerable to the Breen's weapons. However, the Federation and Romulan fleets were left vulnerable, leading to them being temporarily withdrawn from the frontlines. General Martok brought 1,500 Klingon ships to the front line to fight the war while the Allies found a countermeasure; however they were pitted against no less than 30,000 Jem'Hadar, Cardassian and Breen warships, outnumbered twenty to one.(DS9, When It Rains...)
However, the allied fleets were bought precious time to develop a countermeasure when [[Legate]] {{MA|Damar|Damar}}, led the [[Cardassian Rebellion]] in its first assault on the Dominion's [[Vorta]] cloning center on [[Rondac III]]. The Dominion re-focused its offensive energies to defeating the rebellion, costing them the opportunity of launching a massive unstoppable offensive into Allied territory. This bought the allies enough time to develop a countermeasure with help from Damar's resistance, however the primary cells of the rebellion were annihilated when the Dominion destroyed 18 Cardassian Rebellion bases. The Allied fleets, now negating the only advantage the Dominion had, organized their forces for a single, destructive blow to the Dominion at the [[Battle of Cardassia]], two months later.
