Thomas Kind Bendiksen (born 8 August 1989) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Rangers.
He signed for Rangers on 31 August 2007 on a three-year deal from Harstad I.L. Rangers paid the Norwegian side a nominal fee.
Bendiksen is highly regarded in Norway and is thought to be a player for the future.
He signed for Rangers on 31 August 2007 on a three-year deal from Harstad I.L. Rangers paid the Norwegian side a nominal fee.
Bendiksen is highly regarded in Norway and is thought to be a player for the future.
The June Di$CiPLe$ are a private and underground African-American fraternal body established circa 1996.
The outfit defines itself as a "spiritual organization" seeking to unite and further enlighten "peculiar and
errant" souls threaded together by the hardships and misfortunes of certain universal systems throughout the
inhabited planets. There are seven degrees extant within the order.
The group mainly functions subliminally; and, it--more than often--changes its use of symbolism. However, elementary
systems of communication are described and taught to the initiates. This is devised as a method of discipline, as well as,
indirect misrepresentation--as the higher degrees prove to unite members from more diverse backgrounds and factions than
presumably imagined by the candidate. Complexity and silence are intended to preserve and secure the core beliefs inside
the group. Measures for stern corrections are assumed to exist.
Members pride themselves in practical charity, sincere brotherhood, and ecumenical education. As of date, there are less
than 300 active members (with approximately 12% being female and 08% being teenagers) whom are mainly dispersed strategically
throughout the various states; and, according to there recorded history, there can never exist any more than 360 active members--
all of whom participate and stem from various classes of society.
Every member exists under the umbrella of the Mafia Blocc Nation alongside of three additional groups (often termed quadrants):
The ABM, the 531s (also known as the ACE Gang), and the BABY CHOPPERS (also known as the Baby Capones). The ABM exist as the
governing body of ideaologies and is seated above the June Di$CiPLe$. The 531s and the Baby Choppers closely resemble the typical
street-gang and are established as equals, resting below the June Di$CiPLe$ in the structural hierarchy. These two are said
to collectively administer instructions to the entry-level $torm Troopers--also known as the A'llik Y'menes.
The outfit defines itself as a "spiritual organization" seeking to unite and further enlighten "peculiar and
errant" souls threaded together by the hardships and misfortunes of certain universal systems throughout the
inhabited planets. There are seven degrees extant within the order.
The group mainly functions subliminally; and, it--more than often--changes its use of symbolism. However, elementary
systems of communication are described and taught to the initiates. This is devised as a method of discipline, as well as,
indirect misrepresentation--as the higher degrees prove to unite members from more diverse backgrounds and factions than
presumably imagined by the candidate. Complexity and silence are intended to preserve and secure the core beliefs inside
the group. Measures for stern corrections are assumed to exist.
Members pride themselves in practical charity, sincere brotherhood, and ecumenical education. As of date, there are less
than 300 active members (with approximately 12% being female and 08% being teenagers) whom are mainly dispersed strategically
throughout the various states; and, according to there recorded history, there can never exist any more than 360 active members--
all of whom participate and stem from various classes of society.
Every member exists under the umbrella of the Mafia Blocc Nation alongside of three additional groups (often termed quadrants):
The ABM, the 531s (also known as the ACE Gang), and the BABY CHOPPERS (also known as the Baby Capones). The ABM exist as the
governing body of ideaologies and is seated above the June Di$CiPLe$. The 531s and the Baby Choppers closely resemble the typical
street-gang and are established as equals, resting below the June Di$CiPLe$ in the structural hierarchy. These two are said
to collectively administer instructions to the entry-level $torm Troopers--also known as the A'llik Y'menes.
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Battle of Cardassia was the final major engagement of the Dominion War featured in the hit series Star Trek Deep Space 9. The episode the battle was featured in was "What You Leave Behind".
Prelude
By late 2375, the Dominion's seemingly unstoppable offensives into Federation and other Allied territories had stalled. With the conflict dragging on, the Cardassian industrial infrastructure was unable to sustain the Dominion's starship requirements. Though the Dominion had impressive shipbuilding techniques and could clone its soldiers, thereby replacing casualties a lot faster than the Allied forces, the entering of the Romulan Star Empire into the war had brought the conflict to a stalemate.
With the allies only foothold in Cardassian territory lost in the Chin'Toka system, the Allied commanders agreed that the only way they could win the war soon would be to launch an invasion of Cardassia Prime its self, thereby removing the Dominion leadership from power. The Female Changeling ordered a complete withdrawal of all Dominion forces from captured territories back to Cardassian space. The idea was that with smaller territory to defend, the Dominion could concentrate their forces more and repel any attack, building up its forces for a renewed invasion some years later.
Since the allied forces were unable to build ships at the same rate as the Jem Hadar, the allied commanders agreed to launch the invasion of Cardassia Prime. A fleet of some 1,200 ships were gathered at Deep Space 9, and made a beeline directly for Cardassia Prime, crossing the five light year distance over the course of around one and a half days.
The Battle
The Dominion had full knowledge of the Allied invasion fleet moving towards Cardassia Prime. The Dominion fleet was around 2,000 ships-strong. But the Dominion lines were spread relatively thinly, so the Female Changeling ordered Weyoun to send additional reinforcements to the Dominion's fleet. However when they activated communications, all Dominion installations on Cardassia Prime lost power; the Cardassian Rebellion led by Legate Damar had sabotaged the communications network. The Dominion leadership were now unable to contact their fleet.
On the Cardassian border the two fleets engaged, pummeling each other with torpedo and energy beam fire. The battle quickly degenerated into a melee of close quarter combat, each fleet inflicted heavy losses upon their opponents. Despite the Jem Hadar lines spread thinly, they heavily hammered the Romulan lines, destroying their flagship, the IRW D'ridthau. Leaderless, the Romulan lines began to break up under the enormous pressure of the Jem Hadar attack.
Admiral Ross attempted to rally ships to launch an attack against the Dominion left, but Sisko convinced him it would be too risky, the Dominion's left flank was too heavily guarded. Instead Sisko, commanding from the USS Defiant led several attack wings and reinforced the Romulan lines. However this left the Allied centre and left weakened, which began to crumble under the enormous pressure of the Dominion assaults.
Back on Cardassia Prime, the Dominion regained their communications. As punishment for the Cardassian's betrayal of the alliance, Lakarian City on Cardassia was bombarded by Jem Hadar ships, annihilating it completely. Some 2 million civilians perished during the bombardment. Distributed by Weyoun, the Cardassian portion of the Dominion fleet, some 700 ships, caught wind of this and turned on their Dominion allies, firing upon Jem Hadar and Breen ships alike.
Using this new advantage, the allies rallied an attack on the Dominion centre, punching through their lines and breaking up the fleet. Furious, the Female Changeling ordered a full withdrawal to Cardassia Prime, proclaiming "there will be no more running". Meanwhile in space, the Allies celebrated their victory, but decided to press on against the routing fleet, rather than let them build up their fleets again.
At this, the allies advanced. Meanwhile the Female Changeling ordered Weyoun and Thot Pran to begin exterminating the Cardassian populace. Jem Hadar soldiers began an indiscriminate rampage, showing complete disregard for civilians, they shot every Cardassian they came across. In space, the allies found a daunting sight. After having lost an astounding one third of their fleet, thereby reducing their overall strength to around 800 ships though the Cardassians brought the strength to around 1,500, the Allies planned a three pronged assault against the Dominion: the Federation ships would attack the Orbital Weapon Platforms, the Romulans and the Cardassians would assault the Jem Hadar while the Klingons would fight the Breen. The attack was predicted to cost the allies some 40% of their forces.
On Cardassia Prime however, the Cardassian Rebellion, led by Legate Damar launched a headlong assault on the Dominion headquarters, managing to break into the facility and taking Weyoun and the Dominion leadership hostage. Still the Changeling would not surrender, ordering the Dominion fleet in orbit to fight till the last man. Fuelled with anger, Garak shot Weyoun much to the dismay of the Changeling. In orbit, recently cured of the Morphogenic Virus, Odo beamed down to the surface and linked with the Female Changeling, curing her of the virus and convincing her to surrender.
At last, the Changeling surrendered - the battle - and the war - were suddenly over.
Aftermath
Following the Battle, the Treaty of Bajor was signed, in which the Dominion agreed to withdraw all ships to the Gamma Quadrant, they would end their occupation of the Cardassian Union and the Breen while the Female Changeling would come under Federation Custody to stand trial for War Crimes.
However, despite the battle being a decisive victory for the Allies, in the long run it was bittersweet. Some 800,000,000 Cardassians had been massacred by the Dominion, throughout the war the allies had lost thousands of warships and fighters and both the Cardassian Union and the Klingon Empire had been left destitute.
Prelude
By late 2375, the Dominion's seemingly unstoppable offensives into Federation and other Allied territories had stalled. With the conflict dragging on, the Cardassian industrial infrastructure was unable to sustain the Dominion's starship requirements. Though the Dominion had impressive shipbuilding techniques and could clone its soldiers, thereby replacing casualties a lot faster than the Allied forces, the entering of the Romulan Star Empire into the war had brought the conflict to a stalemate.
With the allies only foothold in Cardassian territory lost in the Chin'Toka system, the Allied commanders agreed that the only way they could win the war soon would be to launch an invasion of Cardassia Prime its self, thereby removing the Dominion leadership from power. The Female Changeling ordered a complete withdrawal of all Dominion forces from captured territories back to Cardassian space. The idea was that with smaller territory to defend, the Dominion could concentrate their forces more and repel any attack, building up its forces for a renewed invasion some years later.
Since the allied forces were unable to build ships at the same rate as the Jem Hadar, the allied commanders agreed to launch the invasion of Cardassia Prime. A fleet of some 1,200 ships were gathered at Deep Space 9, and made a beeline directly for Cardassia Prime, crossing the five light year distance over the course of around one and a half days.
The Battle
The Dominion had full knowledge of the Allied invasion fleet moving towards Cardassia Prime. The Dominion fleet was around 2,000 ships-strong. But the Dominion lines were spread relatively thinly, so the Female Changeling ordered Weyoun to send additional reinforcements to the Dominion's fleet. However when they activated communications, all Dominion installations on Cardassia Prime lost power; the Cardassian Rebellion led by Legate Damar had sabotaged the communications network. The Dominion leadership were now unable to contact their fleet.
On the Cardassian border the two fleets engaged, pummeling each other with torpedo and energy beam fire. The battle quickly degenerated into a melee of close quarter combat, each fleet inflicted heavy losses upon their opponents. Despite the Jem Hadar lines spread thinly, they heavily hammered the Romulan lines, destroying their flagship, the IRW D'ridthau. Leaderless, the Romulan lines began to break up under the enormous pressure of the Jem Hadar attack.
Admiral Ross attempted to rally ships to launch an attack against the Dominion left, but Sisko convinced him it would be too risky, the Dominion's left flank was too heavily guarded. Instead Sisko, commanding from the USS Defiant led several attack wings and reinforced the Romulan lines. However this left the Allied centre and left weakened, which began to crumble under the enormous pressure of the Dominion assaults.
Back on Cardassia Prime, the Dominion regained their communications. As punishment for the Cardassian's betrayal of the alliance, Lakarian City on Cardassia was bombarded by Jem Hadar ships, annihilating it completely. Some 2 million civilians perished during the bombardment. Distributed by Weyoun, the Cardassian portion of the Dominion fleet, some 700 ships, caught wind of this and turned on their Dominion allies, firing upon Jem Hadar and Breen ships alike.
Using this new advantage, the allies rallied an attack on the Dominion centre, punching through their lines and breaking up the fleet. Furious, the Female Changeling ordered a full withdrawal to Cardassia Prime, proclaiming "there will be no more running". Meanwhile in space, the Allies celebrated their victory, but decided to press on against the routing fleet, rather than let them build up their fleets again.
At this, the allies advanced. Meanwhile the Female Changeling ordered Weyoun and Thot Pran to begin exterminating the Cardassian populace. Jem Hadar soldiers began an indiscriminate rampage, showing complete disregard for civilians, they shot every Cardassian they came across. In space, the allies found a daunting sight. After having lost an astounding one third of their fleet, thereby reducing their overall strength to around 800 ships though the Cardassians brought the strength to around 1,500, the Allies planned a three pronged assault against the Dominion: the Federation ships would attack the Orbital Weapon Platforms, the Romulans and the Cardassians would assault the Jem Hadar while the Klingons would fight the Breen. The attack was predicted to cost the allies some 40% of their forces.
On Cardassia Prime however, the Cardassian Rebellion, led by Legate Damar launched a headlong assault on the Dominion headquarters, managing to break into the facility and taking Weyoun and the Dominion leadership hostage. Still the Changeling would not surrender, ordering the Dominion fleet in orbit to fight till the last man. Fuelled with anger, Garak shot Weyoun much to the dismay of the Changeling. In orbit, recently cured of the Morphogenic Virus, Odo beamed down to the surface and linked with the Female Changeling, curing her of the virus and convincing her to surrender.
At last, the Changeling surrendered - the battle - and the war - were suddenly over.
Aftermath
Following the Battle, the Treaty of Bajor was signed, in which the Dominion agreed to withdraw all ships to the Gamma Quadrant, they would end their occupation of the Cardassian Union and the Breen while the Female Changeling would come under Federation Custody to stand trial for War Crimes.
However, despite the battle being a decisive victory for the Allies, in the long run it was bittersweet. Some 800,000,000 Cardassians had been massacred by the Dominion, throughout the war the allies had lost thousands of warships and fighters and both the Cardassian Union and the Klingon Empire had been left destitute.
The Cardassian Occupation or simply The Occupation is a period in the fictional Star Trek universe affecting the planet Bajor and the Bajorans.
Background
The period began in 2328 when the Cardassians shed their image of benevolent advisors and forcibly subjugated the Bajoran authorities, brutally enslaving the inhabitants. The Cardassians also apparently suppressed knowledge of Bajor's early achievement of spaceflight, using means such as removing and hiding ancient space relics from Bajor.
The Cardassians formally annexed the planet in 2339. All Bajorans were summoned to fight the Cardassian invaders regardless of their social status. As a result, the D'jarras, or Bajoran castes, were abolished.
The Federation could not intervene in the situation, due to Prime Directive considerations; since Bajor had formally aligned itself with the Cardassians some time before, it was an internal matter between the Cardassian Union and a subject planet. This caused some resentment towards the Federation by the Bajoran people, especially when the Federation was initially invited to administer Deep Space Nine.
The Occupation was the most brutal period in Bajoran history, damaging the highly advanced Bajoran culture. Many people ended up in "refugee camps" where they were mistreated by the Cardassians...in reality they were little more than concentration camps. Bajor's natural resources were mined at notorious labor camps such as Gallitep, commanded by the cruel . Only their faith in the Prophets (embodied by Kai Opaka) made sure that the Bajoran people and, most importantly, the Bajoran culture survived.
Bajoran response
As a result of the call to arms in 2339 many resistance cells were formed. The most notable resistance group was the Shakaar resistance cell, under the lead of Shakaar Edon, a local farmer from Dahkur province and future First Minister of Bajor.
Major Kira Nerys joined this resistance cell in 2355 and was involved in some terrorist attacks and she was apparently considered a threat to Cardassian troops as records of her resistance activities still exist on Cardassia.
In 2352 Gul Dukat became the last prefect of Bajor. He resided on the orbital mining station Terok Nor which was built a year earlier. The station greatly increased Cardassian mining operations and soon contained a sizable community of Bajoran forced laborers.
Not all Bajorans opposed the Cardassian occupation and a Bajoran occupational government existed consisting of Bajoran collaborators led by Kubus Oak. The Vedek Assembly was led likewise by Prylar Bek. Collaborators were often given better quarters to live in and food to eat than the average Bajoran. In 2365 a collaborator named Vaatrik was killed by Kira Nerys.
The Bajoran Resistance launched their first off-world attack against the Cardassians at Pullock V.
End of occupation
In 2369 despite the objections of Gul Dukat and other members of the military, the Cardassian civilian leaders led by Kotan Pa'Dar decided to withdraw Cardassian troops from Bajor. The end of the occupation left behind a devastated planet and the space station Terok Nor (previously used as a mining center crewed by Bajoran slaves). Before leaving, the Cardassian troops brought about as much destruction as they possibly could; some even purposely left behind the children of Cardassian civilian leaders (such as Pa'Dar's son, Rugal) so that they would be raised by Bajoran families.
The effects of the Occupation are still visible, but Bajor is slowly recovering from the Occupation. Federation worlds have contributed to reconstruction efforts. The discovery of the Bajoran wormhole, or the Celestial Temple, has also contributed a great deal towards the economic recovery of Bajor. This was namely through the establishment of trade routes through Bajoran space, as well as making it a diplomatic center.
Literature
In 2008, Pocket Books are to release a novel series called Terok Nor, which will focus on the Occupation.
Background
The period began in 2328 when the Cardassians shed their image of benevolent advisors and forcibly subjugated the Bajoran authorities, brutally enslaving the inhabitants. The Cardassians also apparently suppressed knowledge of Bajor's early achievement of spaceflight, using means such as removing and hiding ancient space relics from Bajor.
The Cardassians formally annexed the planet in 2339. All Bajorans were summoned to fight the Cardassian invaders regardless of their social status. As a result, the D'jarras, or Bajoran castes, were abolished.
The Federation could not intervene in the situation, due to Prime Directive considerations; since Bajor had formally aligned itself with the Cardassians some time before, it was an internal matter between the Cardassian Union and a subject planet. This caused some resentment towards the Federation by the Bajoran people, especially when the Federation was initially invited to administer Deep Space Nine.
The Occupation was the most brutal period in Bajoran history, damaging the highly advanced Bajoran culture. Many people ended up in "refugee camps" where they were mistreated by the Cardassians...in reality they were little more than concentration camps. Bajor's natural resources were mined at notorious labor camps such as Gallitep, commanded by the cruel . Only their faith in the Prophets (embodied by Kai Opaka) made sure that the Bajoran people and, most importantly, the Bajoran culture survived.
Bajoran response
As a result of the call to arms in 2339 many resistance cells were formed. The most notable resistance group was the Shakaar resistance cell, under the lead of Shakaar Edon, a local farmer from Dahkur province and future First Minister of Bajor.
Major Kira Nerys joined this resistance cell in 2355 and was involved in some terrorist attacks and she was apparently considered a threat to Cardassian troops as records of her resistance activities still exist on Cardassia.
In 2352 Gul Dukat became the last prefect of Bajor. He resided on the orbital mining station Terok Nor which was built a year earlier. The station greatly increased Cardassian mining operations and soon contained a sizable community of Bajoran forced laborers.
Not all Bajorans opposed the Cardassian occupation and a Bajoran occupational government existed consisting of Bajoran collaborators led by Kubus Oak. The Vedek Assembly was led likewise by Prylar Bek. Collaborators were often given better quarters to live in and food to eat than the average Bajoran. In 2365 a collaborator named Vaatrik was killed by Kira Nerys.
The Bajoran Resistance launched their first off-world attack against the Cardassians at Pullock V.
End of occupation
In 2369 despite the objections of Gul Dukat and other members of the military, the Cardassian civilian leaders led by Kotan Pa'Dar decided to withdraw Cardassian troops from Bajor. The end of the occupation left behind a devastated planet and the space station Terok Nor (previously used as a mining center crewed by Bajoran slaves). Before leaving, the Cardassian troops brought about as much destruction as they possibly could; some even purposely left behind the children of Cardassian civilian leaders (such as Pa'Dar's son, Rugal) so that they would be raised by Bajoran families.
The effects of the Occupation are still visible, but Bajor is slowly recovering from the Occupation. Federation worlds have contributed to reconstruction efforts. The discovery of the Bajoran wormhole, or the Celestial Temple, has also contributed a great deal towards the economic recovery of Bajor. This was namely through the establishment of trade routes through Bajoran space, as well as making it a diplomatic center.
Literature
In 2008, Pocket Books are to release a novel series called Terok Nor, which will focus on the Occupation.