Who Was Admiral Willam Ross?
Today We begin a new Series looking at the various key Figures and Personalities in the Dominion War, taking an in depth look at Admiral William Ross. Originally somewhat of an outsider to starfleet Willam Ross nevetheless managed to ascend the ranks and proved himself as a capable strategist and diplomat during the Dominion War.
But what was his attitude towards the war, and what did it cost him Personally?
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Who Was Admiral Willam Ross?
He was a genetically altered Romulan triple agent working for the Tal Shiar, Section 31, and Starfleet all at the same time.🤣🤣
At least thats what he sounds like at the end of the episode of DS9"Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"🤔🤔
@venomgeekmedia9886 – Great videos! Have you done a comparison of hand phasers/disruptors – Federation, Bajoran, Klingon, etc.? Thank you. 😀
He worked in section 31 at one time.
Why was there a business management in a world without money?
I liked it, I didn't think I would but I liked it.
Ross was great because he broke type. Hey, here’s an admiral who is not an evil, lying PoS. See also Martok, a Klingon from the Klingon Empire who is actually honorable.
This is an interesting analysis for this moment in time. If one looks at the current Russian military you can see the same focus on logistics and supply. Which leads to a more conservative approach to warfare, an emphasis on a war of attrition. This stands in sharp contrast to sweeping maneuver warfare which assumes that victory is gained through the rapid acquisition of territory (which is sadly the current NATO model).
Compared to most Admirals in Starfleet, Admiral Ross was awesome 👌
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Epic timing!
Just as I start my re-watch of you Dominion War series, you out this.
Fantastic!
Great video!
Thanks Mike!
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6:41 I bet the Klingons respected his results
Too me the elite fleet doctrine seems dumb in any battle you will have some losses with a mixed fleet the older ships are more likely to be destroyed and so you can phase them out in a way thought that maybe thats a horrible way to think but war is horrible
I would recommend General Martok also.
His TNG card gave you an option of ether choosing the Honor skill or Section 31 skill.
A chad
Would you call Ross a real Section 31 Sympathizer or a man who was caught up with a moment of weakness to ideals or a man who was being controlled?
Enjoying my second watch through.
I always wondered why he was out on that Starbase which seemed in the middle of nowhere, not even in a star system with huge fortifications, and I think you've given a good explanation in that he didn't want to be around a bunch of other members of the admiralty and have them influence him. He felt being an "outsider" gave him a good perspective, and he did so by literally putting himself in some place away from the bustle of Starfleet Command types constantly offering their opinions and advice. In keeping with DS9 themes, Odo literally said once to the Founder "being an outsider isn't so bad. It gives one a unique perspective."
While it would be best to end there, and remember Ross a hero, sadly we must remember the man.
Ross was one of the Admirals involved with Section 31 and Captain Jean-Luc Picard, in forcing President Min Zife to resign over placing illegal weapons on Tezwa during the Klingon conflict.
When Section 31 was exposed to the public, Ross was arrested by FSA, and murdered by a rogue Security Officer during his interview.
Admiral Ross would have made a great ambassador/negotiator.
A very interesting character and a decent flag officer unlike the usual shower of Badmirals.
Warriors fight with battles, Admirals battle with logistics.
I do wonder about Leighton's coup sometimes. It feels like one of those tragedy's which is underdeveloped in DS9. From the Starfleet perspective you can see a lot of fighting officers being forced to resign just a year or 2 before they will really be needed and some of presumably some of the best tacticians. Whilst Leiighton is wrong to attempt to overthrow the government It does raise interesting questions on is starfleet struggling so much to fight in the early years of the war because of the losses of these officers meaning other ships and crews are being forced to adopt to war.
I always had the thought that Ross was a compentent officer who worked hard on his job faced with a lot of difficult decisions but often one who made the right ones. Which really is quite refreshing for a Starfleet Admiral. Even when making protests about Sisko's plans its on a logical basis not the TNG all admirals are evil and then is willing to be persuaded. On Section 31 I think Ross is an honourable man its understandable why he did. Its a bit like Sisko, when faced with an opportunity to reduce the loses of his men he felt that he had no choice but to act on it. If that meant preventing the next war by problematic means so be it he will have to learn to live with it(computer erase entire log).
And years later he gave the name to a ship class that nobody likes (:gives stern look:)
i like to think him as a man who was willing to muddy his hands if the ends justified the means even if Starfleet would not agree
Do this kind of video on Luther Sloan next
Some people are asking who was in command of the combined Allied Fleet. In reality it would be Martok as he holds precedence over any commander because he is a Head of State, so he would nominally considered C-in-C. In practice however, Martok was only actively commanding the Klingon forces while Ross commanded the Federation forces and whichever Romulan Senator it was commanded the Romulan Fleet. When the Cardassians joined them whomever the agreed upon senior Legate was. As demonstrated, the decision to press the offensive to besiege Cardassia Prime was a joint one between the allies, rather than decided by Martok alone. Modern History is actually mostly devoid of situations where Heads of State led a major coalition force into battle. The most recent example would be Napoleon during his era who commanded French and significant allied forces in battle on many occasions. On the Coalition side, no Head of State led combined forces, though Tsar Alexander led, in name, Russian forces to the catastrophic defeat at Austerlitz in 1805, and Swedish Crown Prince and Regent Carl Johan led one of three Coalition Armies during the 1813-1814 Campaigns, with his army consisting of Prussian, Russian, English, North German and Swedish troops. The overall command was given to the Austrian Field Marshal Schwartzenberg, but even that was very nominal. Carl Johan often went his own way, and could get away with it as Crown Prince and serving Regent of his Kingdom, and Blucher, commanding the primary Prussian Field Army also tended to act independently.
He was the Eisenhower of the alliance
Not the thinker, the implementer of full strategy, the negotiator of the vying egos
Clearly he studied the Rules of Acquisition as a young man:
The Rules clearly state: LOGISTICS EQUALS PROFIT IN PEACE AND WAR.
I've always thought that despite a couple flaws and compromises, Ross was a Good Admiral.
I really liked Bill Ross, He was smart, reasonable, detail oriented, considerate, respectful and importantly never lost sight of the cost of service and war.
Which I think is why it hit me quite hard when he broke and compromised on those Federation values he clearly held dear.
When he retorted to Bashir; "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" I very much felt like he didn't believe it himself.
I never really got much of an impression that Leyton's coup had a large backing, or that there was much of a purge after it.
Then again, Leyton's coup was a series of dumb ideas strung together by hopes and dreams.
VGM who was the supreme allied commander of the Dominion war? Martok or Admiral Ross?
He was the only Admiral I like.
Since you’re doing Dominion War biographies, maybe a deep dive on what Shinzon of Remus was doing during the Dominion War.
I always thought that Ross was too young to be an Admiral since all the Admirals in TNG had grey hair. I know the Federation lost alot of Admirals cause of the neck bug alien infiltration in TNG and the failed coup d'eta in DS9 but it still seems like he got the job simply because there were no other old captains who they could promote.
i wonder during the Dominion war. did Starfleet welcome back admiral laten and conspirators.
What about a video on what if the Dominion had won the war.