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{{Update History}}''[[United Federation of Planets|Federation]], [[Klingon Empire]] and [[Romulan Star Empire]] vs. [[Dominion|The Dominion]], [[Cardassian Union]] and [[Breen Confederacy|The Breen Confederacy]]''   The '''Second Battle of Chin'toka''' in [[2375]] marked the entry of the [[Breen Confederacy]] into the [[Dominion War]]. This culminated in a second attack against the [[Chin'toka system]], a territory of the [[Cardassian Union]] currently held by the allied forces of the [[Federation]], [[Klingon Empire]], and [[Romulan Star Empire]]. It was considered the worst tactical defeat of the Allies throughout the entire war, with 99.6% of the fleet destroyed in this battle. However, it was also the last major Dominion victory of the war.

Although Though the Federation had previous contact with the [[Breen]] for at least the previous decade, very little solid information was known about them. Isolated Xenophobic and physically isolated behind their full-body [[refrigeration suit]]s, they the Breen as a species remained shrouded in mystery, a mystery that was only enhanced by their isolationist policies. As a result, the [[United Federation of Planets|Federation ]] and its allies considered the Breen to be little more than a minor regional power.

In the second half of [[2375]], the [[Dominion]] was faced with the prospect of their war in the [[Alpha Quadrant]] dragging on for several more years. Their original plans had projected their invasion of the Federation and the [[Klingon Empire]] to take six months at most. Known only as a [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Founder Founder] or the [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Female_Changeling Female Changeling], the Leader of the Dominion was suffering degenerative effects of the [[morphogenic virus]], and so sought additional allies in order to increase the Dominion's numbers, to bring a quicker end to the conflict. After initial contact between the [[Breen]] and the [[Founders]], the Breen eagerly agreed to join the war and support the Dominion.  Within days, the Breen launched a massive offensive against the Federation and its territories. Most Perhaps the most damaging in terms of destruction and morale was a bold an attack against [[Starfleet Star Fleet Headquarters]] on [[Earth]] – . This marked the first time that open combat had taken place on Earth in over 200 years.   After the [[First Battle of Chin'toka]], the system was the only foothold the allies had in Dominion territory. Even so, [[Jem'Hadar]] forces for the Dominion were constantly attacking the Alliance's positions, and its hold on the system was growing weaker by the day. The [[Dominion]] and their allies decided to re-take the system using a combined attack from Jen'Hadar, Breen, and Cardassian forces. With most of their forces engaged with the [[Romulan|Romulans]], the [[Founders]] were forced to rely on technology from their newest addition, the [[Breen]].

With the addition of [[Romulan |Romulans]] bringing additional forces, the counter-offensive was initially blunted as allies were able to launch a defense against the Dominion forces launched their 's second attackagainst Chin'toka. However, the Dominion forces managed was able to break through and flank the Allied lines in two placesallies, outflanking allied negating their defenses. The Dominion fleet re-took the planets in the system, as and the allied fleet fleets retreated and withdrew. As the [[Jem'Hadar]], [[Cardassian]], and [[Breen ]] ships consolidated firmed their positionpositions, 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]]srallied for a counterattack to drive the enemy from the system.

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(45 lightyears away). The Allied fleet had With no discernible battle plan; , leaving a reserve force forces on the edge of the system, they the Allies 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.

When the Allied Fleet opened fire, destroying several Breen warships, the Breen attack wing retaliated by firing a volley of a new kind of energy weapon. Never seen before, this weapon completely disabled all of the Allies' primary systems. The Allied warships now adrift and free targets for the Breen ships , the Breen switched to conventional weapons, and targeted the adrift targets with their torpedoes. The entire allied fleet was left totally vulnerable, unable to take evasive action or to fire back. Ship , fell as ship after ship exploded or was rendered uninhabitable after volleys of destructive torpedo fire. Unable to retaliate, the survivors onboard of the heavily damaged allied ships launched their [[Escape Pods|escape podpods]]s in a desperate bid to escape the carnagesurvive. The Dominion leadership allowed the pods to escape, under the justification that the survivors would spread fear through the Alliance about with tales of the destruction of during the battle. The Breen warships proceeded to destroy the crippled allied ships and re-took the system.  The Allied escape pods were picked up by emergency rescue ships, dispatched from the reserve force held back at the edge of the system. The Allies quickly retreated to Federation-held space.

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 Allied offensives against the Dominion for the next month, while allied Allied engineers scrambled to develop a countermeasureany sort of defense against the Breen weaponry. The [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/IKS_Ki%27tang IKS Ki'tang|IKS ''Ki'tang'']], a [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey]], was the only allied ship impervious to unaffected by the Breen's energy dampening weapons, thanks to a chance modification made by its chief engineer.   The entire Klingon fleet made the same adjustments, making them the only Allied ships invulnerable to the Breen's weapons. However, the Federation and Romulan fleets were unable to adjust their engines as such, leading to them being temporarily withdrawn from the front lines of the war. General Martok brought 1,500 Klingon ships to the front to fight the war while the other Allies worked on their defenses. Unfortunately, the Klingon ships were against no less than 30,000 Jem'Hadar, Cardassian and Breen warships, outnumbering them twenty to one.  When [[Legate]] [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Damar Damar] led a Cardassian rebellion against the [[Dominion]], he unintentionally brought the Allied forces enough time to develop defenses against the Breen. The Dominion re-focused its energy into defeating this rebellion, which cost them an opportunity to launch a massive offense into Allied territory. The Allied fleets, now that the Dominion's only advantage was gone, organized their forces for a single, destructive blow to the Dominion at the [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Cardassia Battle of Cardassia].   

However, the allied fleets were bought precious time to develop a countermeasure when [[LegateCategory:Historical Archives]] [[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.