Originally Posted by
The Tatterdemalion King
Well, here's the thing—the Founder can cover up the death of any of them for a short time by assuming their appearance. It's a big, spooky facility, and they're split up turning on systems or searching for the Device. If the Founder brings one of their cool hijacking devices (like the one from 'The Adversary') to take over the Minosian robot control systems, they might also be able to spoof a conversation with a dead team member over the comm. Maybe they could also use the ubiquitous holoprojectors to create sightings of dead crewmembers that the PCs can never catch up with.
Now that I think about it, this might be more like Ten Little Indians in that the NPCs are slowly killed off by the Founder as they get closer to the Omega Device, who is waiting for a predetermined time for pickup of themselves and the device once the signal is sent—remember, they have long-distance transporters that can operate over a range of light-years, too. Their mission might actually be to put a transponder inside the whole facility for a Jem'Hadar dreadnaught to beam into a cargo bay.