Chapter 34 - Who is Minister Jaro Essa? (Patreon)

In the show, The Alliance for Global Unity, also known as the Circle, was an organized Bajoran extremist political faction, publicly led by Bajoran Minister Jaro Essa, one that emerged not long after the Cardassian withdrawal from Bajor, ending the Occupation. This seemed to be the case yet again, only the political situation was perhaps even more complex, as my actions had changed things in a pretty significant way, though the main instigators behind the Circle remained the same.

Through my foreknowledge, I knew that Jaro was behind the Circle and that he had the secret support of Vedek Winn and her cult of orthodox fanatics, but the real impetus for the Circle's success had been fifty years of oppressive Cardassian rule which had created a fierce desire for independence in the hearts and minds of many Bajorans, a desire so strong that many had been willing to join the Resistance, to pick up arms, to fight and to die in an almost certainly lost cause against the Cardassians. Those folks were the heart and soul of the Resistance and that willingness to fight against overwhelming odds had been a big reason why they had eventually succeeded.