In late 2376, the Overne were facing starvation after an agricultural plague virus swept across Overne III. As they were an important race in the Dominion, Vannis, a female Vorta, began preparations to take food from a newly subjugated race, the Rindamil, to feed the Overne. (DS9 novel: The Dominion: Olympus Descending) In 2383, Vannis brought Vildish Senra-Nesk, the supervisor of a planet-bound starship construction facility, before Odo and Captain Benjamin Sisko to report on the theft of equipment by forces of the Typhon Pact. (ST - Typhon Pact novel: Raise the Dawn)