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Cardassians (and related entries)
Ari (Billy Burke)
A young Cardassian, a member of the civilian dissident movement. He was going to help Kira escape from the Obsidian Order, but was killed by Entek.
Asha (Jillian Ziesmer)- "Second Skin"
A young Cardassian orphan at the Tozhat Resettlement Center on Bajor. She asked Garak if he had come to take her home.
Barrica Encampment- "Cardassians"
A regiment of Cardassian soldiers on Setlik III who were taken out by two dozen Starfleet officers led by O'Brien.
Dr. Ulani Belor (Wendy Robie)- "Empok Nor"
A Cardassian scientist who came to DS9 with Dr. Gilora Rejal to help set up a subspace relay through the wormhole.
Gul Benil (Christopher Carroll)- "Destiny"
A Gul of the 8th Order, who stopped the Defiant on its way to Cardassia Prime.
Glinn Boheeka (Jimmie F. Skaggs)- "Second Skin"
A Cardassian friend of Quark's, now stationed on Cardassia Prime. Quark contacted him for information on where to get a replacement for Garak's implant. When the information turned out to be classified, Boheeka feared for his career should the inquiry be traced to him.
Raymond Boone (John Beck)- "The Wire"
A shipmate of O'Brien's from the Rutledge, who was at Setlik III. O'Brien was about to take some leave when he ran into Boone, who said he was running a mining sluice on Volan III. Boone used O'Brien's recorded voice to break into a weapons locker and frame O'Brien for it. The real Boone had been killed at Setlik III; this one was a surgically altered Cardassian. Sisko took him to O'Brien's trial, where Chief Archon Makbar ended the proceedings as soon as she saw Boone.
Glinn Borven- "Tribunal"
A political opportunist, according to Ghemor; Trepar's aide.
- "Ties of Blood and Water"
Legate Broca (Mel Johnson, Jr.)
The new puppet leader of the Cardassian Union, chosen by Weyoun.
- "The Dogs of War"
After the Cardassian warships turned against the Dominion ships in battle, Broca was taken off to be executed, protesting his innocence. He happened to be taken out the same cargo door where Kira and the Cardassian rebels were outside; the execution gave them their chance to enter.
Bronok- "What You Leave Behind"
A Cardassian officer under Gul Rusot, one of his most experienced men, who led a sabotage mission on a Jem'Hadar ship.
Brun -- See Surjak, below.- "Tacking Into the Wind"
Cardassian (Anthony Guidera)
A Gul who put his thumbscan on a transaction, paying the Kressari captain of the Calondon for supplying arms to the Circle. Odo witnessed the meeting (disguised as a rat), and took the thumbscan as evidence.
Cardassian (Richard Poe)- "The Circle"
O'Brien spoke to him about the vole problem on the station. He was of no help. He was not named, but he may have been Gul Evek (who was played by the same actor).
Cardassian (Julian Christopher?)- "Playing God"
Supervised O'Brien's processing on his arrest. (Note: Julian Christopher is listed in the credits for the episode, but I've never been able to find out if he played the Cardassian in charge of O'Brien's interrogation, or the Maquis agent who talked to Bashir in the infirmary. The IMDb isn't any help; it lists him as "Clerk", whoever that's supposed to be.)
Cardassian (Robert Kerbeck)- "Tribunal"
Helped track the hijacked Defiant.
Cardassian ale -- See under Food and Beverages.- "Defiant"
Cardassian Bureau of Identification
All Cardassians are required to give them their first molar at age 10. They removed O'Brien's forcibly on his arrest.
Cardassian Central Archives- "Tribunal"
They include a section devoted to Kira, according to Ghemor.
Cardassian Central Command- "Ties of Blood and Water"
Also known as the Cardassian High Command, the main military authority of the Cardassian Empire. It was overthrown in 2372 in favor of civilian rule.
Cardassian Communications ServiceNatima worked for them while she was living on Terok Nor in 2363.
Cardassian Finance Ministry- "Profit and Loss"
Garak claimed that they were responsible for his exile due to his failure to pay his taxes.
Cardassian groat- "Improbable Cause"
A unit of currency, of little value. Odo said of Ferengi that they would sell their own flesh and blood for one.
Cardassian Institute of Arts- "Necessary Evil"
Ziyal had sent some of her drawings to the director, who later agreed to show three of them at an upcoming exhibition.
Cardassian Intelligence Bureau- "Sons and Daughters"
An organization which replaced the Obsidian Order.
Cardassian Mechanized Infantry- "Rocks and Shoals"
Garak claimed to Bashir that he had once been a gul in this division.
Cardassian Officer -- See under People and Things on DS9.- "The Wire"
Cardassian Officer (Steve Rankin)
Gul Jasad's second-in-command.
Cardassian Officers (Parker Whitman, William Powell-Blair)- "Emissary"
Members of Dukat's crew; they gambled at Quark's together, won, and took their winnings back to their ship in a bag which, unknown to them, was actually Odo.
Cardassian Science Ministry- "Emissary"
One of its rules is not to make any project appear too dangerous. Ulani Belor and Gilora Rejal are members.
Cardassian voles -- See under Flora and Fauna.- "Destiny"
conservator
In the Cardassian judicial system, the officer of the court whose job is to convince the offender of his or her guilt and to accept the verdict with equanimity.
Courier Code 59- "Tribunal"
An old Cardassian code in use during the Occupation; Kira suggested it to try and decode the message which turned out to have been sent by Enabran Tain.
Damar -- See under Recurring Characters.- "In Purgatory's Shadow"
Gul Danar (Vaughn Armstrong)
Commander of the Aldara, who chased Tahna Los to DS9, and demanded his return after the Bajoran had been granted sanctuary. Sisko later tried to enlist him to intercept Tahna, but Danar's ship wasn't in a position to reach him in time.
Gul Darhe'el- "Past Prologue"
Commander of the Gallitep labor camp; known to the Bajorans as the Butcher of Gallitep, as he was responsible for many brutalities there. Darhe'el died in 2363 of a coleibric hemorrhage and was buried under one of Cardassia's largest military monuments. Six years later, his file clerk, Marritza, posed as Darhe'el, but was discovered partly because he had Kalla-Nohra syndrome, which Darhe'el never contracted, having been away on Cardassia receiving the Proficient Service Medallion at the time of the mining accident that caused the disease.
Dejar (Jessica Hendra)- "Duet"
A Cardassian woman who joined Ulani and Gilora to help set up a communications relay through the wormhole. Dejar was actually an observer from the Obsidian Order. She sabotaged the Defiant's weapons relay so that its phasers fragmented the comet instead of disintegrating it, which endangered the wormhole due to the silithium in the comet. Dejar was unmasked by Gilora.
Detepa Council- "Destiny"
The main Cardassian political authority, which nominally controls Central Command and the Obsidian Order. The system had worked for over five centuries, according to Dukat. In 2372, the Council was taken over by a new civilian government. Dukat managed to evacuate them to DS9 with Sisko's help during the Klingon invasion; they returned to Cardassia Prime afterwards. (Spelled "Detapa" in the closed captioning.)
Dukat -- See under Recurring Characters.- "Defiant", "The Way of the Warrior"
Mikor Dukat
Son of Gul Dukat, born in 2360. Dukat told Sisko he had planned to take Mikor to the amusement center in Lakarian City for his 11th birthday, but couldn't, because he had to attend to the crisis with the Defiant.
Ekoor (Greg Ellis)- "Defiant"
A Cardassian soldier who was with the Jem'Hadar First who captured Kira, Garak, and Damar, and were ordered to execute them. Instead, Ekoor killed the Jem'Hadar First, and later aided in the resistance attack on Dominion headquarters.
Eleventh Order- "What You Leave Behind"
A Cardassian reserve unit, stationed at Septimus III. All 500,000 were sacrificed by the Dominion when Septimus III was attacked by and ultimately fell to the Klingons.
Elgol-Red- "Strange Bedfellows"
A Cardassian military code known to Odo, which he eliminated as a possibility when DS9 received a message which turned out to have been sent by Enabran Tain.
"Elim"- "In Purgatory's Shadow"
Garak told Bashir a story about his aide Elim, who was killed aboard a transport which Garak destroyed because it was carrying escaping Bajoran prisoners. Later, Garak told a different story: Garak had let the prisoners go. Later, Garak told still another story: he and Elim were the feared "Sons of Tain", highly regarded officers of the Obsidian Order, who betrayed each other over a scandal involving escaped prisoners, resulting in Garak's exile. Finally, when Bashir asked Tain about Elim, Tain told him that Elim is Garak's first name.
enigma tales- "The Wire"
The Cardassian equivalent of mystery novels. They always end with all the suspects shown to be guilty -- the challenge, according to Garak, is to determine who is guilty of what.
Corbin Entek (Gregory Sierra)- "Distant Voices"
A Cardassian; a member of the Obsidian Order who kidnapped Kira and had her surgically altered, then tried to convince her that she was actually Iliana Ghemor, a Cardassian who had been under deep cover as a Bajoran to spy on the rebel movement. In reality, however, it was a plot to trap Iliana's father, Legate Tekeny Ghemor, a suspected dissident sympathizer. Entek was shot and vaporized by Garak. (His first name is given in the script.)
Gul Evek (Richard Poe)- "Second Skin"
The official Cardassian liaison to the Cardassian colonies that were placed in Federation space by a treaty redividing the Federation/Cardassian border. Evek accused the Federation of engineering terrorist activities through the Maquis.
- "The Maquis, Part I"
Evek arrested O'Brien, and testified at his trial.
First Hebitian civilization- "Tribunal"
A civilization whose burial vaults were unearthed and plundered 200 years ago on Cardassia Prime.
First Republic- "Chain of Command, Part II" [TNG]
A period of Cardassian history, less than 300 years ago. It featured the serialist poets.
fish juice -- See under Food and Beverages.- "Destiny"
Fourth Order
A Cardassian military division posted near Bajor, headed by Gul Trepar.
- "Emissary", "Ties of Blood and Water"
According to Tolar's fake holorecording, they were supposed to aid the 23rd Jem'Hadar Division in the attack on Romulus.
Elim Garak -- See under Recurring Characters.- "In the Pale Moonlight"
gettle -- See under Flora and Fauna.
Iliana Ghemor
A Cardassian member of the Obsidian Order and daughter of Legate Ghemor; she resembled Kira. In 2361, she went under deep cover, surgically altered and with implanted memories, to serve as a spy on Bajor's rebel movement. Ten years later, Entek kidnapped Kira, altered her appearance, and tried to convince her that she was Iliana. In reality, presumably Iliana is still on Bajor, believing herself Bajoran.
- "Second Skin"
Bajoran Security was still looking for her, but had found no leads.
Legate Tekeny Ghemor (Lawrence Pressman)- "Ties of Blood and Water"
Once a member of the Cardassian Central Command. At 19, he had been in the military less than a year when he was present at the massacre of the Kiessa monastery on Bajor. Later, he had a daughter, Iliana, who became a member of the Obsidian Order and went under deep cover on Bajor. Correctly suspecting Ghemor to be involved in the dissident movement, Entek convinced him that Kira was Ghemor's daughter Iliana, in hopes that Ghemor would use his dissident contacts to try to save her. After figuring this out, Kira was rescued; Ghemor escaped as well, and later took sanctuary on Mathenite.
- "Second Skin"
Ghemor, who had become a leading opponent of the Cardassian/Dominion alliance, came to DS9 and told Kira he was dying of Yarim-Fel syndrome; he wanted her to carry his secrets, which included information potentially damaging to Dukat's new government. Ghemor finally died and was buried on Bajor, beside Kira's own father.
glinn- "Ties of Blood and Water"
A Cardassian military rank, below gul.
Glinn (Bob Kirsh)An aide to Legate Damar.
Legate Goris- "Tears of the Prophets"
A military leader who might possibly add his troops to Damar's rebel movement. He was among the leaders lured to a meeting by Gul Revok and then massacred by the Jem'Hadar.
gul- "The Dogs of War"
A rank in the Cardassian military, equivalent to that of a starship captain.
Gul (Marc Marosi)Attended a party on Terok Nor in 2346; he was pawing a reluctant Kira Meru when Dukat appeared and "rescued" her.
Gul Hadar- "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
A guest at a reception for the Cardassian High Command at the Bajoran Center for Science in 2363. Dukat told Odo two years later that Hadar couldn't stop talking about Odo's "Cardassian neck trick", and wanted to send the shapeshifter out to entertain the troops.
Hogue (Michael Reilly Burke)- "Necessary Evil"
A Cardassian student and dissident leader. For more, see Rekelen, below.
Legate Hovat- "Profit and Loss"
The honoree at a dinner where Damar met Siana.
Iloja of Prim- "Shadows and Symbols"
Dax's favorite Cardassian writer, a serialist poet from the First Republic. Tobin Dax met him in exile on Vulcan; Jadzia remembered that he had quite a temper.
Informant (Joseph Ruskin)- "Destiny"
A member of the Obsidian Order, who had changed his appearance since last he and Odo met. He owed Odo a favor, and repaid it by telling him of Romulan activity near the Cardassian border, which suggested they were planning an invasion.
Gul Jasad (Joel Swetow)- "Improbable Cause"
A Cardassian gul of the 7th Order, whose warship menaced DS9 when Gul Dukat's ship disappeared in the wormhole.
kanar -- See under Food and Beverages.- "Emissary"
Legate Kell (Danny Goldring)
A Cardassian official, Gul Dukat's superior at the time he created his security program. When Dukat tried to leave the DS9 officers to their fate during the crisis caused by the program, Kell's recorded image informed him that since he had tried to leave the station during the "worker revolt", his command codes had been rescinded and he was now trapped with everyone else.
Tavor Kell- "Civil Defense"
A Cardassian architect, the designer of Terok Nor (now Deep Space Nine). He was one of Onaya's past proteges when he was in exile. She claimed that his work was timid until she brought out his talent. Kell died young as a result of Onaya's aid, but his name is known throughout the Alpha Quadrant.
- "The Muse"
Korinas (Tricia O'Neill)
A Cardassian, the Obsidian Order observer when the Defiant was being tracked after it had been hijacked. She would not confirm or deny the Order's buildup in the Orias system.
kotra- "Defiant"
A Cardassian strategy board game. Garak played it with Nog on the runabout, and enjoined O'Brien to play the winner, though O'Brien passed. Garak later found a board in the gul's office on Empok Nor. (Described in the script as a cross between chess and Stratego, with pieces all the same shape but different colors for each player. A die is rolled before each turn.)
Kovat (Fritz Weaver)- "Empok Nor"
A public conservator, regarded as one of the best, who was assigned to O'Brien at the latter's trial. He was a year away from retirement, and pleaded with his client and with Odo not to make his job difficult. After the dismissal of the case, Kovat fretted that he would be killed.
Legate Krim- "Tribunal"
A Cardassian official who was coming to the station.
- "Behind the Lines"
Professor Natima Lang (Mary Crosby)
A Cardassian who once worked for the Cardassian Communications Service, and became romantically involved with Quark in 2363, after she was impressed by his selling food to the Bajorans. However, she left him when he stole from her employers using her access codes. In 2370, Natima, now a teacher of political ethics, came to DS9 with Rekelen and Hogue. Quark offered to aid the fugitives in exchange for Natima staying with him. Then Natima and her students were arrested, and set to be exchanged for Bajoran prisoners. Quark helped them escape; Natima chose to go with her students.
langour -- See under Food and Beverages.- "Profit and Loss"
larish pie -- See under Food and Beverages.
Glinn Lasaran (Todd Waring)
A Cardassian operative who had been passing information on the Dominion and Cardassians to Starfleet. When Worf and Dax were sent to contact him, Lasaran told them he had been transferred to Soukara, and planned to defect; he said he had vital information such as the number and placement of Founders in the Alpha Quadrant. However, when Worf and Dax failed to show up at the appointed rendezvous spot, Lasaran tried to re-enter the Dominion base, and was killed.
legate- "Change of Heart"
A rank in the Cardassian military above gul, equivalent to that of a Starfleet admiral.
Legate (Wayne Grace)Attended a party on Terok Nor in 2346. He bantered with "Luma" (Kira) and watched with her as Dukat staged the rescue of Meru from an amorous gul. Kira later managed to send the drunken legate off to his quarters alone.
Lonar (Leroy D. Brazile)- "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
A young Cardassian who took up the rallying cry after Damar, Garak, and Kira blew up a Jem'Hadar arms storage facility.
Chief Archon Makbar (Caroline Lagerfelt)- "The Dogs of War"
The Cardassian magistrate who presided over the trial of O'Brien for running weapons to the Maquis. However, when she saw Sisko enter the courtroom with Boone, she declared O'Brien "rehabilitated" to prevent Central Command's role in the false charges from being revealed.
Nanpart Malor- "Tribunal"
A famous Cardassian artist, founder of the Valonnan School on Cardassia. Dukat said Ziyal's paintings reminded him of Malor's work.
Gul Marratt- "Sons and Daughters"
One of Cardassia's rising stars, a junior member of the Detepa Council, and quite a ladies' man with other officers' wives, including Dukat's. Dukat daydreamed aloud about demoting Marratt and sending him to the Cardassian embassy on Breen.
- "Return to Grace"
Aamin Marritza (Harris Yulin)
A Cardassian who came to DS9 and was arrested as a war criminal, due to the fact that he was suffering from Kalla-Nohra syndrome, a disease which he could only have acquired at the infamous labor camp Gallitep. Although Marritza protested that he had been a mere file clerk, it was learned that he was actually none other than the camp's commander, Gul Darhe'el. However, finally the real truth came out: he really was a file clerk named Marritza, who had had his face altered to resemble Darhe'el's because he hoped that his trial and execution would force his people to acknowledge their atrocities against Bajor. As he was leaving after his release, Marritza was stabbed to death by a Bajoran named Kainon.
Mavek -- See under People and Things on DS9.- "Duet"
Meditations on a Crimson Shadow
A Cardassian novel by Preloc. Garak gave Bashir a copy of it. It takes place in the future, when the Cardassians and the Klingons are at war. Bashir asked who wins; Garak answered, "Who do you think?"
Memad -- See Surjak, below.- "The Wire"
Mila (Julianna McCarthy)
An old Cardassian woman, Enabran Tain's housekeeper and confidante for over 30 years. She knew Garak, and seemed fond of him. When Garak contacted her after Tain had left Arawath, she begged him to help Tain, as she feared his life was in danger.
- "Improbable Cause"
Tain told Garak Mila might not be around much longer, as she knew too much; Garak tried to persuade him otherwise.
- "The Die is Cast"; she did not appear
She had moved back to the capital on Cardassia Prime, to Tain's old house, which was also Garak's boyhood home. Mila let Garak, Damar, and Kira hide in the cellar.
- "The Dogs of War" (the actress's first name was spelled Juliana in the credits)
She was killed by Jem'Hadar soldiers who came to her door searching for Damar.
Ministry of Justice- "What You Leave Behind"
The body that dispenses the Cardassians' idea of justice. Legate Turrel admitted there were still Bajorans being detained by them.
nestor- "Defiant", "Life Support"
Advisor to the offender in a Cardassian court. Odo was allowed to serve as O'Brien's nestor.
The Never-Ending Sacrifice- "Tribunal"
A Cardassian novel, praised by Garak and loaned by him to Bashir. It is a chronicle of seven generations of a Cardassian family, who all lead selfless lives of service to the state. Bashir found it rather repetitive, but Garak told him that the repetitive epic is the most elegant form in Cardassian literature.
Ninth Order- "The Wire"
Kira led a raid on their base near Tempasa during the Occupation, after they destroyed her father's village.
Obsidian Order- "Ties of Blood and Water"
The elite intelligence organization of the Cardassian Empire. Garak was once a high-ranking member of it. In theory they answered to the Detepa Council, as did Central Command, but in practice they went their own way. They were forbidden to have military equipment, including ships, but evidence suggested they were mounting a buildup in the Orias system in 2371.
- "The Wire", "Defiant"
The buildup turned out to be preparations for a joint attack with the Tal Shiar on the Founders' homeworld, led by former Obsidian Order head Enabran Tain. However, the attack was a disaster; the entire fleet was apparently destroyed when it was ambushed by the Jem'Hadar.
- "Improbable Cause"/"The Die is Cast"
The Order seems to have been disbanded after this fiasco.
"odo'ital"- "The Way of the Warrior"
A Cardassian word to which the overseer at the Bajoran Center for Science translated the label "unknown sample" when Odo was first discovered. It literally means "nothing". As a joke, the Bajoran scientists turned it into a Bajoran-style name: Odo Ital, which was shortened to Odo.
Overseer (actor uncredited)- "Heart of Stone"
At the Hutet labor camp on Cardassia IV. O'Brien and Kira approached him, posing as a pimp and prostitute, then stunned him after he lowered the forcefield in order to "inspect the merchandise".
- "The Homecoming"
Kotan Pa'Dar (Robert Mandan)
The Cardassian exarch of Tozhat during the Occupation. He was a political enemy of Gul Dukat, who arranged for Pa'Dar's son Rugal to be presumed dead in the explosion that killed Pa'Dar's wife, in hopes that Rugal would one day be discovered to be alive, and that Pa'Dar would be ruined for having abandoned his son to be raised by Bajorans. However, Dukat's scheme was uncovered by Garak and Bashir, and Pa'Dar took his son home.
Dr. Parmak- "Cardassians"
A Cardassian doctor once interrogated by Garak, who obtained his confession simply by staring at him for four hours. Parmak served three years in a labor camp, and returned to his practice on Cardassia Prime.
Legate Parn (John Schuck)- "The Die is Cast"
A member of the Cardassian Central Command, who declared to Sisko that the Central Command had no knowledge of the weapons being smuggled to the Demilitarized Zone. He also asserted that the operation was an unauthorized one, led by Dukat. Although Sisko and Kira were not fooled, this did confirm the Maquis' story that the Cardassians were in fact smuggling weapons.
Gul Pirak- "The Maquis, Part II"
Commander of the weapons depot at Hathon on Bajor during the Occupation. Silaran Prin was a servant in his house. Pirak had fifteen Bajoran farmers executed for refusing to display the Cardassian banner outside their homes, after which the Shakaar cell carried out an attack on Pirak's house. Kira set the plasma charge that killed twelve Cardassians, including Pirak and his family, and scarred Prin.
Legate Porania- "The Darkness and the Light"
A Cardassian legate remembered by Tain and Garak. Tain said Porania was speechless for once when Tain told him of his plans to retire; Garak recalled wanting to invent treason charges against him just so he wouldn't have to hear his voice again.
Preloc- "The Die is Cast"
A Cardassian novelist, author of Meditations on a Crimson Shadow.
Prenar- "The Wire"
A Cardassian who worked as a transport dispatcher on Bajor during the Occupation. He was bribed by then-Ranjen Winn to "mistakenly" reroute a transport full of Bajorans who were being taken for execution.
- "'Til Death Do Us Part"
Silaran Prin (Randy Oglesby)
A Cardassian, servant to Gul Pirak on Bajor during the Occupation. When the Shakaar cell bombed Pirak's house, Prin's face was permanently scarred. In 2373, he began killing members of the Shakaar cell, using various remote devices, and sending anonymous messages to Kira. When she found him, living on a planet near the Demilitarized Zone, he captured her, planning to remove the O'Briens' child, which she was carrying, before killing her. She managed to overpower and kill him with a phaser.
Proficient Service Medallion- "The Darkness and the Light"
A Cardassian military decoration. Gul Darhe'el was away receiving it at the time of the accident that caused Kalla-Nohra.
Gul Ranor- "Duet"
Commander of the Kraxon.
redleaf tea -- See under Food and Beverages.- "Defiant"
regova eggs -- See under Food and Beverages.
Dr. Gilora Rejal (Tracy Scoggins)
A Cardassian scientist sent with Dr. Ulani Belor to set up a subspace communications relay through the wormhole. She helped O'Brien adjust the station's signalling array and later modify the Defiant's phasers. Gilora took his irritability with her for flirting, and was embarrassed to find she was wrong. However, when the phaser beam fragmented the comet, she revealed Dejar as a member of the Obsidian Order rather than let O'Brien take the blame.
- "Destiny"
Rekelen (Heidi Swedburg)
A Cardassian student of Natima Lang, who came to DS9 with Natima and another student, Hogue. They were actually leaders of the dissident movement on Cardassia, who were fleeing from the military. The three were arrested and set to be exchanged for Bajoran prisoners, but were aided in their escape by Quark and Garak.
Gul Revok- "Profit and Loss"
A military leader who had apparently joined Damar's cause, but who actually betrayed it by luring Damar and five other Cardassian leaders to a meeting, which was then massacred by the Jem'Hadar.
riding hound -- See under Flora and Fauna.- "The Dogs of War"
Rugal (Vidal Peterson)
A young Cardassian boy, whose father Kotan Pa'Dar was a political enemy of Gul Dukat. In 2362, when Rugal was four, Dukat arranged for Rugal to be presumed dead (killed with his mother by Bajoran terrorists), while he was actually put in an orphanage and later adopted by a Bajoran man, Proka. This was a plot to embarrass Pa'Dar. Although Rugal hated Cardassians as much as any Bajoran, he was sent home with Pa'Dar.
- "Cardassians"
Gul Rusot (John Vickery)
A trusted adjutant of Damar's, who aided in planning the rebellion against the Dominion. He had been stationed on Terok Nor with Damar during the Dominion occupation there.
- "The Changing Face of Evil"
Rusot was present with Damar in hiding, and goaded Kira with insinuations that Odo had been a collaborator.
- "When It Rains..."
On the mission to capture a Breen energy dissipator, Rusot finally threatened to kill both Kira and Odo, but was stopped by Garak. Rusot urged Damar to kill Garak; however, Damar instead shot and killed Rusot.
Gul Russol- "Tacking Into the Wind"
A gul, apparently a friend of Odo's (it's possible that he was the informant from "Improbable Cause"). He was thought to have been executed when Cardassia joined the Dominion. Odo received a coded message purportedly from Russol, but when he went to meet him, the message turned out to have come from Weyoun 6, who admitted that Russol had died almost a year ago, having been put to death by Central Command.
Second Order- "Treachery, Faith and the Great River"
A Cardassian military division, of which Dukat was a gul.
Gul SeltanA military leader who Damar hoped would add his troops to the rebel movement. He was one of those killed at a meeting due to the treachery of Gul Revok.
sem'hal stew -- See under Food and Beverages.- "The Dogs of War"
serialist poets
A classification of Cardassian poets who flourished during the First Republic.
Seskal (Vaughn Armstrong)- "Destiny"
A Cardassian, one of the men who was in hiding with Damar. He and Rusot both goaded Kira and Odo with insinuations of Odo's "collaboration" during the Occupation.
- "When It Rains..."
Seskal was left in command of Damar's stolen Jem'Hadar ship when Damar, Kira, and Garak beamed down to Cardassia Prime. He was killed when the ship was destroyed by Dominion attackers.
Seventh Order- "The Dogs of War"
A Cardassian military division, of which Jasad was a gul.
Shoggoth- "Emissary"
A Cardassian author, writer of many enigma tales, including the ones adapted in a holosuite program Garak gave Bashir.
shri-tal- "Distant Voices"
A Cardassian tradition in which a dying person passes on his or her secrets to a family member or close friend, to be used against their enemies.
Siana (Lori Lively)- "Ties of Blood and Water"
A Cardassian woman with whom Damar was having kanar when Weyoun entered. They had met at a dinner for Legate Hovat.
Soldier (Brenan Baird)- "Shadows and Symbols"
A Cardassian on Terok Nor in 2366. In Odo's flashback, he took Dax to Dukat after punching Garak in the nose when Garak tried to bribe him. Garak took the soldier's PADD and used it to deduce who he, Sisko, and Odo were supposed to be.
Supreme Directive 2645- "Things Past"
A Cardassian law violated by the internment of Bajoran prisoners on Cardassia IV, according to Dukat.
Supreme Tribunal- "The Homecoming"
The highest Cardassian court; one of the subjects Ghemor talked about in his shri-tal.
Surjak- "Ties of Blood and Water"
While dying, Tain rambled to Garak that Surjak, Memad, and Brun couldn't be trusted and must be eliminated.
- "In Purgatory's Shadow"
Enabran Tain (Paul Dooley)
A Cardassian, former head of the Obsidian Order, the only one to live long enough to retire. He was Garak's immediate superior, and was directly responsible for his exile, after Garak betrayed him in some fashion.
In "The Wire", Tain was living in retirement on Arawath when he was visited by Bashir, who sought information on Garak's implant so that he could remove it. Tain helped Bashir so that Garak could live a long, miserable life.
A year later, in "Improbable Cause"/"The Die is Cast", Tain attempted to stage a comeback by destroying the Founders' homeworld with an Obsidian Order/Tal Shiar fleet. First, though, he had several old proteges murdered to protect his secrets; Garak would have been one. Tain was presumed killed in the fleet's ensuing destruction; but actually he survived, and was imprisoned by the Dominion.
However, in "In Purgatory's Shadow", he managed to send a signal indicating he was alive, but by the time Garak got to him in the Dominion prison, he was dying of unspecified heart trouble. Tain expired after finally acknowledging Garak as his son.
Appearances: "The Wire", "Improbable Cause", "The Die is Cast", "In Purgatory's Shadow".
taspar egg -- See under Food and Beverages.
Terok Nor
The name of DS9 under the Cardassians. It is still known by that name in the mirror universe.
- "Cardassians", "Crossover"
Dukat insisted on calling DS9 by this name when he and Weyoun took it over.
Third Battalion of the First Order- "Call to Arms"
A Cardassian battalion legendary for their fanaticism; their motto is/was "Death to all". There was a detachment on Empok Nor, three members of which were the subjects of test treatments with a psychotropic drug used to heighten their racial xenophobia. It was guessed that they had become uncontrollable and were thus left in stasis.
Third Order- "Empok Nor"
A military order of which Gul Yotar is a member.
Thrax (Kurtwood Smith)- "Image in the Sand"
A Cardassian, Odo's immediate predecessor as security chief on Terok Nor. When Sisko, Odo, Dax, and Garak were seemingly thrown back to the Occupation in the roles of Bajorans, at first they deduced that they were at least nine years back in time, due to Thrax's presence; but later clues indicated that they were only seven years back, when Odo was on the station. In fact, the experience was a mental flashback of Odo's; his mind cast Thrax in the role of himself (Odo) during that time period.
tojal -- See under Food and Beverages.- "Things Past"
Gul Toran (Edward Wiley)
An old acquaintance of Garak's. He ordered Garak to kill Rekelen and Hogue, with the incentive of regaining his status with Central Command. As Garak was about to do so, Toran showed up intending to kill Rekelen and Hogue himself, along with Garak. Garak shot him instead.
Gul Toran- "Profit and Loss"
Of the 6th Order, in the Almathan sector; commander of outpost 61. Obviously a different individual than the Gul Toran in "Profit and Loss".
Gul Trepar- "Defiant"
Head of the 4th Order, and probably Dukat's most powerful enemy, according to Ghemor. He was once Dukat's superior, and now resented taking orders from him.
The True Way- "Ties of Blood and Water"
A Cardassian separatist group opposed to the peace treaty with Bajor, who blamed Cardassia's economic and political troubles on the Federation. They claimed responsibility for the destruction of the Orinoco -- their first actual terrorist action.
- "Our Man Bashir"
The True Way later assassinated two Bajoran officials, and planned to assassinate Shakaar; their operative was arrested by Worf.
Legate Turrel (Andrew Prine)- "Crossfire"
A member of Cardassian Central Command, with whom Vedek Bareil and Kai Winn were negotiating a peace treaty between Bajor and Cardassia. He tried to get Winn to cede all Cardassian property left on Bajor in exchange for reparations, a proposal which Bareil told Winn he had already rejected. Eventually, however, Turrel signed the treaty.
Twelfth Order- "Life Support"
A military division headquartered at Sarpedion V.
Valonnan school- "Tacking Into the Wind"
A category of Cardassian artists, begun by Nanpart Malor.
Gul Vorlem- "Sons and Daughters"
While dying, Tain asked Garak if he had contacted him.
Vornar (J. Paul Boehmer)- "In Purgatory's Shadow"
A Cardassian at the repair facility at Kelvas V, who met Garak, Kira and company at the airlock there. He was a resistance sympathizer, and wished Damar luck.
wompat -- See under Flora and Fauna.- "Tacking Into the Wind"
Gul Yaltar
Of the Third Order. Damar gave a glinn a PADD to give to him.
yamok sauce -- See under Food and Beverages.- "Image in the Sand"
Yeln (Tony Papenfuss)
Apparently a Cardassian agent on Bajor, surgically altered to appear Bajoran. He told Kira he remembered sharing a cell with her at Elemspur. Later it seemed he was the one who falsified the records to show that she had been there.
zabu meat -- See under Food and Beverages.- "Second Skin"
Gul Zarale
A gul responsible for massacring six Bajoran villages. Li Nalas was said to have heroically killed him in single combat. Actually, as Li confessed to Sisko, he had caught Zarale bathing in a river and shot him before the underwear-clad Cardassian could react.
- "The Homecoming"
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