High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Jem`Hadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. Genetically engineered for strength and resolve, they are also short-lived and believe that "victory is life." They are bred to perceive the Founders, enigmatic shape-shifters who rule the massive Dominion, as gods, and are incapable of harming them. The Jem`Hadar`s numbers are unknown, but they are produced by the thousands as needed.