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This is a list of characters that appeared in the television series Deep Space Nine.

Albino

The Albino (played by Bill Bolender) was a criminal who launched a number of raids against Klingon colonies at the end of the 23rd century. In 2290, he was nearly captured in a concerted effort involving the three Klingon warriors Kor, Koloth and Kang. In retaliation, he used a genetic virus to kill the firstborn of each. By 2345, the Albino was hiding on the planet Secarus IV. In 2370, Kor, Koloth and Kang, together with Jadzia Dax, caught up with him and killed him in a raid of his home.

Bareil Antos

Bareil Antos was a Bajoran Vedek. He was played by Philip Anglim.

Bareil became romantically involved with Major Kira Nerys of the Deep Space Nine space station. He once ran against then Vedek Winn Adami for the role of Kai, but was forced to drop out to protect the reputation of the previous Kai, Opaka. Bareil was injured in a shuttle explosion, and Dr. Bashir had to replace decaying organs with cybernetics so that he could continue to advise Winn in negotiations with the Cardassians. His continued efforts in this weakened state caused brain damage, and eventually his death.

In the mirror universe, Bareil Antos was a petty thief who was close to the alternate Kira. He left his universe in a foiled attempt to steal an orb.

Arandis

Arandis (played by Vanessa L. Williams) was the Chief facilitator and "social director" for the Temtibi Lagoon on the planet Risa. Curzon Dax spent a lot of time with Arandis on his last trip to Risa in 2367, and in fact died while making love with her (Arandis termed it "death by jamaharon"). This fact created a great deal of tension between Curzon's successor, Jadzia Dax, and her beau Worf when they visited the pleasure planet in 2373.

Boday

Captain Boday is commander of a Gallamite ship. Jadzia Dax went on many dinner dates with Boday, a man whom she felt was a brilliant individual. Not too surprisingly given that (like all Gallamites) he has a transparent skull, Boday never appeared on the show but he was talked about in many episodes, usually in conversations between Kira and Dax. Ezri Dax also had dinner with Boday, much to Worf's scorn.

Brunt

Liquidator Brunt is a character played by actor Jeffrey Combs. He is a Ferengi who works with the Ferengi Commerce Authority (FCA) and over the course of the series he makes several appearances (list below). His job is to enforce the decisions of the FCA which, on more than one occasion, has involved shutting down or threatening to shut down Quark's bar. Quark and Brunt become enemies, forming a rather personal rivalry. Brunt derives great pleasure from wielding power, and once made an attempt to become Grand Nagus.

In the mirror universe, Brunt is a kind character.

Brunt appears in the following DS9 episodes:

  • "Family Business" (season 3, episode 23)
  • "Bar Association" (season 4, episode 16)
  • "Body Parts" (season 4, episode 25)
  • "Ferengi Love Songs" (season 5, episode 20)
  • "The Magnificent Ferengi" (season 6, episode 10)
  • "Profit and Lace" (season 6, episode 24)
  • "The Emperor's new Cloak" (season 7, episode 12) (as the mirror Brunt)
  • "The Dogs of War" (season 7, episode 24)

Dax

Dax is a Trill symbiont, that has been "joined" to nine humanoid Trills:

Other Dax hosts were:

Eddington, Michael

Lieutenant Commander Michael Eddington (played by Kenneth Marshall) is a human Starfleet security officer who defected to the Maquis.

Eddington's character was first seen in episode "The Search", during which he was placed in charge of a Romulan cloaking device, on loan for the war against the Dominion. In episode "The Die is Cast", Eddington sabotaged the cloaking device, in order to prevent it from being used against Starfleet orders.

In the episode "For the Cause", Eddington lured Commander Benjamin Sisko and chief of security Worf away from the station in order to steal replicators intended for Cardassia Prime and, in doing so, became a renegade whom Sisko vowed to track down and bring to justice. In episode "For the Uniform", Sisko finally succeeded in capturing the wanted fugitive by threatening to destroy planets colonized by the Maquis, forcing Eddington's surrender. Eddington died in the episode "Blaze of Glory" while heroically saving his wife (and Sisko himself) from attacking Jem'Hadar forces on Athos IV, after Eddington had duped Sisko into releasing him from prison to prevent a fictional missile attack.

One of Eddington's prized possessions, which he left on Deep Space Nine in his hasty departure, was his "lucky loonie", an old Canadian coin from the 22nd century.

Fontaine, Vic

Vic Fontaine is a holographic entertainer appearing in a program run in one of Quark's holosuites on the space station Deep Space Nine. He is played by James Darren.

Created by a holoprogrammer named Felix, Vic works as a crooner in an idealized version of 1960s Las Vegas. He is charismatic and extremely perceptive. He is used as an informal counselor by crewmembers of Deep Space 9, and he took it upon himself to get Odo and Kira together romantically, giving Odo lessons on how to relax around women so that he could be more expressive around Kira.

His program was once altered by a "Jack in the box" that the holo-programmer threw in to keep things interesting. This made "Frankie Eyes", and his muscle, the owners of the casino, financed by mulit-millionaire mobster Charlie Zemo. Frankie Eyes knew Vic during their childhood and, after Vic would continuously beat him at stickball, they had been adversaries for years. The users of the program could not remove the altered programming, meaning that there was no way to simply cut Frankie Eyes out of the simulation, and resetting the unit would completely wipe Vic's memory. As a result, to get rid of Frankie they would have to get rid of him in 1960's fashion, and his status as a made man meant that they could not simply shoot him. This "Jack in the box" was put to an end when the senior staff of Deep Space Nine robbed the casino before Frankie and Cheech could give any tribute money to Zemo, forcing Zemo to remove Frankie and, as a result, giving the casino back to Vic.

Unique among holographic characters, he is self-aware and knows he is a hologram. He has the ability to turn his program on and off. After Vic helped Nog deal with a traumatic battlefield experience, Nog arranged for Vic's program to run constantly so that Vic could experience a full life within his holodeck environment.

In the Mirror Universe, Vic was an android rather than a hologram. He was destroyed by the alternate Bashir.

Goran'Agar

Goran'Agar was a Jem'Hadar unit commander in the Dominion from the Deep Space Nine episode "Hippocratic Oath".

After crash-landing on an alien planet, Goran'Agar apparently discovered that he had been freed from his genetic addiction to Ketracel White. He brought other Jem'Hadar soldiers to the same planet, but they continued to be dependent on the drug. A desperate Goran'Agar lured Dr. Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien to the planet, but they were unable to find the cause. Bashir concluded that, for some reason, Goran'Agar had never been addicted in the first place. Goran'Agar reluctantly freed them and set off to deal with the rest of his soldiers (who were suffering from White withdrawal).

Goran'Agar was played by frequent Trek actor Scott MacDonald.

Hudson, Calvin

Calvin Hudson was a long-time friend of Benjamin Sisko and Starfleet attache' to the demilitarized zone along the Cardassian border. He defected however to help the Maquis fight the Cardassians when the Federation gave the territory in which the Maquis lived to Cardassia.

Appearances: "The Maquis" parts 1 & 2

Ishka

Ishka, daughter of Adred and widow of Keldar, is played by Cecily Adams and Andrea Martin. Both Adams and Martin were heavily made up to appear as older women. In reality Adams was actually over nine years younger than Armin Shimerman, and Martin was only a few years older than Shimerman.

Ishka is a rather unorthodox female of the ultra-capitalist Ferengi race, flouting Ferengi law by wearing clothes and earning profit. These activities landed her son, Quark, in trouble with the FCA (Ferengi Commerce Authority) for "improper supervision" in 2371. In 2373, Ishka began a relationship with Grand Nagus Zek, leader of the Ferengi, and through him exerted considerable influence on Ferengi politics and economic policy.

She was briefly held captive by the Dominion when her transport shuttle was captured. Quark was charged by Zek with rescuing her. With the help of her other son Rom, she was eventually rescued through a prisoner exchange during which Ishka is traded for the Vorta captive Keevan, who was captured earlier.

Notable accomplishments of her family include Rom succeeding Zek as Grand Nagus, and his son, Ishka's grandson, Nog, becoming the first Ferengi in Starfleet. Her family usually refers to her by the nickname "Moogie".

Keevan

Keevan, a Vorta in charge of a Jem'Hadar attack ship, is most known for his deceit and willingness to break morals for his own gain. He was presumably cloned, as all Vorta are. In the DS9: Rocks and Shoals he ordered his ship to move into a nebula agianst the recomendation of his third in command. The ship crashed on an unihabited planet days before Benjamin Sisko and his crew also crashed on the planet while evading dominion persuit. Keevan was injured by the crash to a point which would be fatal if untreated, stuck with a group of surviving soldiers who were likely to kill him when their food ran out, and left a broken transmiitter that could not contact any help. Therefore, he decided to try to side with Sisko to get medical attention and a means of killing off his men before they would kill him in a withdrawl rampage. After being healed by Lt. Bashir, Keevan planed to have his Jem'Hadar attack the Federation-held cave while giving the plan of attack to Sisko so he could kill them off. Sisko reluctantly agreed, and his men killed off the Jem'Hadar, though it was revealed that the Jem'Hadar knew their offensive was designed to kill them off. Keevan was taken to a Federation POW camp.

Later Keevan was used as a bargaining chip (DS9: The Magnificent Ferengi) to retrieve the Consort of the Grand Nagus of Feriginar, Ishka. Keevan would be returned to the Dominion as Ishka would be realesed. Keevan tried to do everything possible to keep this from happening, as he failed to commit suicide when captured and would be therefore tortured upon return to the Dominion. He was accidentally killed by a poorly aimed phaser blast. To keep the deal the Ferengi diplomatic team installed a series of Cortical Stimulators designed to make it appear as if he were still alive (Though it looked robotic, much akin to Frakenstein). This worked well enough to allow Ishka's release. Keevan was discovered to be dead only seconds before the Dominion negotiator, Yelgrun, was captured by the Ferengi.

Keevan is famous for his conniving nature and biting sarcasm. He was played by actor Christopher Shea, who played several other characters on multiple Star Trek series.

Keldar

Keldar, a Ferengi, was the father of Quark (the owner of a bar on Deep Space Nine) and Rom. Keldar had always warned his sons never to leave home, insisting that there were plenty of opportunities for profit right outside their front door; however, Quark heeded the maxim "Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum" (one of the Rules of Acquisition) and left Ferenginar to make a name for himself on DS9. Keldar disapproved of his elder son's choice, but respected it nonetheless. Keldar's greatest strength was his devotion to family, though he was never very good at acquiring profit - that honor fell to his wife Ishka, who said she loved her husband anyway, despite his relative lack of business sense.

As the series began, Keldar was apparently already dead (he had never appeared onscreen, though he had been mentioned several times) though the circumstances of his death have never been revealed. Keldar and his wife left behind two sons, Quark and Rom; each child took after a different parent - Rom inherited their father's compassion and attention to family, whereas Quark inherited Ishka's business acumen.

Leeta

Leeta is a recurring character on Deep Space 9, portrayed by Chase Masterson. She is a Bajoran and is employed as a Dabo girl in Quark's bar. She married Rom after having a brief romantic relationship with Dr. Julian Bashir.

Although initially played as a stereotypical "airhead", over the course of the series it was revealed that she was in fact an intelligent woman who chose to maintain a carefree attitude. She was a ringleader when Quark's employees attempted to start a union, and also volunteered to play temporary host to one of Jadzia Dax's former personalities.

Lense, Elizabeth

Doctor Elizabeth Lense, played by Bari Hochwald, appeared in the episode "Explorers" as Chief Medical Officer of the USS Lexington. She was valedictorian in Julian Bashir's Starfleet Medical School class.

Dr. Lense also has a major role in the non-canon Starfleet Corps of Engineers series as Chief Medical Officer of the USS Da Vinci. In the series, she once said she won second place in a competition at Starfleet Academy, with Julian Bashir being the winner. However, the only reason Bashir won was because he had been genetically engineered as a child.

Dr. Lense also had an argument with Captain David Gold, captain of the Da Vinci, about genetic engineering. Lense thought it was necessary to save a dying alien race, but Gold told her it was unethical. Lense eventually won the argument and saved the alien race.

Leskit

Leskit is a Klingon played by David Graf. He served as the pilot of the Klingon Bird of Prey Rotarran in the episode "Soldiers of the Empire". He was discouraged and cynical until a victory under the command of General Martok restored his warrior's pride.

Leskit also has a major role in the non-canon novel series "I.K.S. Gorkon" by Keith R. A. DeCandido, as the pilot of the new Chancellor-class cruiser I.K.S. Gorkon. He has a habit of wearing a string of Cardassian neckbones around his neck as a war trophy.

Mila

Mila, played by Julianna McCarthy, was for over three decades the housekeeper of Enabran Tain, the head of the Obsidian Order. During their time together, Tain and Mila had a child, whom they named Elim Garak. Due to Tain's position, it was decided to hide the fact that he was Garak's father. In 2371, Tain considered to have Mila killed because she knew too much about him. However, he did not go through with her execution. Sadly, she was killed by Jem'Hadar soldiers on the eve of Cardassia's liberation from the Dominion. She appeared in several episodes as well as in the novel A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson.

Mora Pol

Doctor Mora Pol was the Bajoran scientist who was assigned to study the Changeling who would become known as Odo. Mora studied and taught Odo at the Bajoran Center for Science during the Occupation of Bajor from 2358-2365. When Odo assumed the shape of a humanoid, he imitated Mora's hairstyle.

Odo initially resented Mora for failing to realize he was sentient. Under pressure from the Cardassians to get answers and not fully understanding what he was dealing with, Mora used some questionable methods in his experiments. Odo left the institute two years later. They would not reconcile their differences until 2373, when Mora arrived on Deep Space 9 to assist Odo in treating an infant changeling.

Mora Pol was played by actor James Sloyan.

Morn

Morn is played by Mark Allen Shepherd. He is a Lurian male and the only member of his species seen in Star Trek. Morn has 17 brothers and sisters.

Morn runs a shipping business, but he is more frequently seen sitting on Deep Space Nine at Quark's bar. Morn's name is a deliberate anagram of the name Norm, a character on the TV show "Cheers" whom Morn resembles both physically and for his regularity at the bar.

Morn has never spoken on camera (though he has laughed), but from the accounts of other characters, one gets the impression that Morn rarely stops talking. This was a running joke of the series, and used successfully several times. Morn is credited with knowing the funniest joke in the Universe, and in several episodes an incidental character is seen to start laughing as he/she/it leaves his side. Quark often breaks down laughing when he tries to retell the joke, and always gives up by saying that no one can tell it like Morn can. Despite this, Morn rarely seems to get Quark's jokes, and when he does, it takes him a while.

Often, other characters will refer to something Morn has done that, to the viewer, would seem very uncharacteristic for Morn, considering his usual on-camera silence. For example, when it became clear war with the Dominion was inevitable, Morn is said to have thrown a chair at Quark, then run around the promenade, screaming "We're all doomed!" Then rushed into a Bajoran temple, and thrown himself at a priestess' feet, begging for forgiveness. Vic Fontaine, the holographic singer who is a recurring character in the later seasons, has stated that Morn's rendition of "New York, New York" has to be seen to be believed.

Very little is revealed about Morn or his species on the show. In The Way of the Warrior, it was implied Lurians are usually found near the Hyundite Nebula, a hostile Klingon suggested it was suspicious to find Morn so far from there. It was revealed in the episode "Who Mourns for Morn?" that he had been previously involved in some criminal activities, notably the Mother's Day Heist in which his crew stole 1000 bricks of gold-pressed latinum. Like all Lurians, Morn has two stomachs; it was revealed that he was storing the latinum in one of them, and it was implied that is the reason his hair had fallen out.

Morn also appeared on the The Next Generation episode "Birthright, Part I" and made a cameo on the Voyager episode "Caretaker".

Trivia

In the episode "Who Mourns for Morn?", Quark pleaded that Morn's chair should never be empty, he then sits down a person claiming to "keep it warm...for Morn". This person is Mark Allen Sheppard without his makeup on.

Also, the painting of Morn seen in this episode was actually painted by Mark Allen Sheppard.

O'Brien, Keiko

Keiko O'Brien, born Keiko Ishikawa, is played by Rosalind Chao. She is the wife of Miles O'Brien in both The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.

Keiko married Miles O'Brien aboard the USS Enterprise-D in the TNG episode "Data's Day". A year later, on Ten-Forward, she gave birth to a daughter, Molly, with Worf as midwife (TNG episode "Disaster"). When Miles was assigned to Deep Space Nine, Keiko's mother was still living in the city of Kumamoto, Japan. Keiko began talking of visiting her mother after seeing the condition of the space station when first arriving there.

Keiko soon decided to start a school. Jake Sisko and Nog were the first students to enroll. Later, Keiko went on a botanical expedition to Bajor. Pregnant with her second child, an accident endangered mother and child, on the way back to DS9. Doctor Julian Bashir saved them both by removing the fetus and implanting it into Kira Nerys's womb. In her honor, the child was named "Kirayoshi".

When the Dominion War began, Keiko and the children were evacuated away from the war zones. They remained away for a time until the fields of battle had shifted far enough away to make Deep Space Nine safe again. After the war, the O'Brien family relocated to Earth when Miles became a professor at Starfleet Academy.

O'Brien, Kirayoshi

Kirayoshi O'Brien is the son of Miles and Keiko O'Brien, and was carried to term by Kira Nerys after Keiko was critically injured during her pregnancy (a plotline developed to explain actress Nana Visitor's real-life pregnancy). He has an older sister named Molly.

O'Brien, Molly

Molly O'Brien, played by Hana Hatae, is the daughter of Miles and Keiko O'Brien, and the older sister of Kirayoshi. She originally appeared on The Next Generation.

Molly was born in 2368, with Worf delivering her, on the USS Enterprise-D, in the TNG episode "Disaster". Later, she moved to Deep Space Nine when Miles was assigned there.

In the DS9 episode "Time's Orphan", the O'Briens went on a picnic to Golana IV, where Molly accidentally fell into an abandoned time portal and emerged as an 18-year-old (played by Michelle Krusiec). From her point of view, she had experienced approximately ten years of solitary existence. Back at Deep Space Nine she was wild and uncontrollable, and unable to cope with life on the space station. The O'Briens returned to Golana IV, hoping to send her back through the time portal so she could survive. However, she was returned to the point where she had first entered, allowing the adult Molly to help her child counterpart return home.

Opaka Sulan

Opaka Sulan, played by Camille Saviola, was the Kai or spiritual leader of the Bajorans through the latter years of the Cardassian occupation, and the first few months after it ended in 2369. Opaka recognized Sisko as the long awaited Emissary of the Prophets, although he did not return her enthusiasm.

In response to a prophetic Orb experience, Opaka left Bajor for the first time to pay an unannounced visit to DS9. Journeying with Sisko and Kira through the wormhole, she was killed in a Runabout crash on the Nol Ennis penal moon, and was then resurrected by the artificial microbes present there. The microbes were specifically designed to only work on moon, forcing her to stay behind. She took this as an opportunity to help end the prisoners' fanatical clan war.

Pazlar, Melora

Melora Pazlar is a female Elaysian, a species from a planet where gravity is weaker than on most other planets. As of stardate 47229.1, Pazlar was an Ensign in Starfleet, and a cartographer.

Melora Pazlar first appeared in the episode "Melora", played by Daphne Ashbrook. She came to the station prior to a mapping mission to the Gamma Quadrant. Because the gravity on DS9 was too strong for her, she had to rely on either a wheelchair, or an exoskeletal network of flexible metal beams worn over her body to help her move around the station. Doctor Julian Bashir devised a treatment to help her walk like the other humanoids on the station. Pazlar started the treatment, but when she realized that she wouldn't be able to enjoy low-gravity environments anymore, she decided to discontinue the process.

Pazlar later appeared in the (non-canonical) Trek novels "Gemworld" (two novels) and "Star Trek: Titan: Taking Wing". She joined the crew of the USS Titan, serving under the command of Captain Will Riker.

William Ross

Vice Admiral William Ross, played by Barry Jenner, was the Field-Commander of Starfleet forces during the Dominion War and was the coordinator of Starfleet's defense of the Bolian and Bajoran fronts in the early stages of that war. His command post was on Starbase 375, where he was in direct command of the 7th Tactical Wing. During the first three months of the war, Ross was under severe pressure to halt the advance of the Dominion. Ross did this by making Captain Sisko his adjutant, in order to relieve himself of making minor tactical plans and reports. This action gave Ross the initiative to find the "Argolis Cluster Sensor Array." This sensor array was the Dominion's line of sight over all the Bajoran and Bolian fronts at the start of the War. Ross, along with Sisko, planned the attack on the Argolis Array and succeeded in the destruction of the array in late March 2374. As the war progressed, Ross took a much more tactical role rather than strategically planning the war effort.

After the first battle of Chin'toka, Ross was posted aboard Deep Space Nine to command the Allied forces presently hemmed in at Chin'toka.

During the Battle of Cardassia, Ross led the Starfleet wing of the assault fleet. He devised the planned assault on Cardassia and, soon afterwards, presided over the signing of the Treaty of Bajor at which he gave a speech to the delegates.

It was later revealed that Ross was one of the few Starfleet personnel to know of the existence of Section 31, and he was also suspected to be one of their operatives.

Shakaar Edon

Shakaar Edon was a resistance leader, farmer, and later First Minister of Bajor. He was played by Duncan Regehr.

During the occupation of Bajor by Cardassia, Shakaar led the successful Shakaar Resistance Cell, which counted Kira Nerys among its members. After the war, Shakaar became a farmer in the Dahkur Province, the same area where his resistance fighters used to fight. He came into conflict with the leader of the Bajoran government at the time, Kai Winn Adami, over the use of industrial soil reclamators. A tense situation that almost sparked a civil war was averted when Shakaar decided to run against Kai Winn for the position of First Minister. Sensing defeat, Winn withdrew from the election and Shakaar won easily. He remained the civil head of Bajor for the rest of the series.

In the non-canon Deep Space Nine relaunch novels, Shakaar was one of the first victims of the "Conspiracy" parasite attacks. He was infected by a parasite and then executed by a Trill assassin.

Sisko, Joseph

Joseph Sisko, father of Captain Benjamin Sisko, was played by the late Brock Peters (who also played Admiral Cartwright in Star Trek IV and Star Trek VI).

Joseph ran a restaurant in New Orleans called "Sisko's Cajun Grill," with a particular specialty each night (generally seafood). While Nog was at Starfleet Academy, he commuted from San Francisco to dine, as Sisko obtained Ferengi tube grubs for Nog, wishing he could cook them to make them palatable for humans. Jake has often worked at the restaurant, and Benjamin worked there after the Pah Wraiths collapsed the wormhole. He was waiting for the Prophets to communicate with him.

Joseph was first married to a woman named Sarah, but inexplicably, when Benjamin was a year and a half old, Sarah left, eventually moving to Australia and dying in a shuttle accident. Joseph remarried soon after, and Benjamin and his stepmother had such a close relationship Joseph could not bring himself to disclose the truth to his son. This discovery was made by Benjamin and Jake in the episode "Tears of the Prophets".

Though Joseph Sisko does reveal to Benjamin the truth about Sarah, he vows to take his gumbo recipe "to the grave."

Sloan, Luther

Luther Sloan is played by William Sadler. An operative in the secret police organization known as Section 31, Sloan appeared in three episodes of Deep Space Nine: "Inquisition," "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges," and "Extreme Measures."

In 2374, Sloan placed Dr. Julian Bashir in a psychologically intense holodeck scenario designed to test his loyalties to the Federation. Satisfied that Bashir was a steadfast Starfleet officer, Sloan offered Bashir a position in Section 31, knowing of the doctor's fondness for 20th century espionage fiction. Bashir adamantly refused, but Sloan was content to let him consider the offer.

In 2375, Sloan attempted to recruit Bashir for a mission to gather information on Koval, chairman of the Romulan Tal Shiar. Bashir initially declined, but agreed with Captain Sisko that this would allow them to learn more about Section 31's operations and possible connections to Starfleet Command. However, unbeknownst to both of them, Sloan had already enlisted the assistance of Admiral William Ross and thus succeeded in strengthening covert ties to one highly-placed Romulan and subverting the career of another. Despite appearing to perish at Koval's hand, Sloan returned to thank Bashir for playing his part and living up to Sloan's high expectations of him.

Later that year, Bashir discovered evidence that Section 31 was responsible for infecting Odo with a genocidal virus intended to bring an end to the Dominion War. With the assistance of Miles O'Brien, Bashir lured Sloan to Deep Space 9 and captured him. Rather than risk handing Bashir the cure, however, Sloan triggered a neuro-depolarizing device in his brain, effectively killing himself. After stabilizing Sloan, Bashir and O'Brien linked their minds to his in a last-ditch effort to secure information that would lead to a cure. While inside Sloan's mind, Bashir was offered secret documents that could bring about the end of Section 31. This was Sloan's way of delaying Bashir from escaping with the knowledge needed to save Odo's life, and the lives of the Founders. If not for O'Brien's intervention, Bashir would have died with Sloan and the Founders would have perished as a species.

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Tain, Enabran

Enabran Tain, played by Paul Dooley, was the former head of the Obsidian Order and the biological father of Elim Garak. However, he never admitted this fact publicly, believing that his son was a "weakness * couldn't afford".

Tain was the head of the Obsidian Order for twenty years, and the only head of the Obsidian Order to live long enough to retire. As the head of the Order, Tain trusted no one, with the exception of his housekeeper, Mila. He was known for ruthlessness, and many said that he lacked a heart. Tain was also Garak's immediate superior, whom he trained and molded into a mirror image of himself. Nevertheless, Tain was directly responsible for exiling Garak after being betrayed by him in some way.

The following year, Tain attempted to stage a comeback by destroying the Founders' homeworld with a combined fleet of Obsidian Order and Tal Shiar ships. His plan was compromised by a Changeling infiltrator, and the resulting Battle of the Omarion Nebula was a complete failure. The entire combined fleet was destroyed by the Jem'Hadar. Tain was assumed to have perished when his warbird exploded, but he was actually captured by the Dominion and detained at Internment Camp 371.

In 2373, Tain managed to modify the camp barracks' life support system to send a subspace signal to Garak, indicating he was alive. By the time Garak reached him, he was dying of unspecified heart trouble. On his deathbed, Tain asked Garak to escape, so that he could seek vengeance on the Dominion for what it had done to him. Garak agreed, but only if Tain asked him as his father. Tain died, after finally acknowledging that Garak was his son.

Tora Ziyal

Tora Ziyal is the half Cardassian / half Bajoran daughter of Gul Dukat and Tora Naprem. She was played by Melanie Smith.

Ziyal was first introduced in the Season 4 episode "Indiscretion". In this episode, Gul Dukat accompanied Kira Nerys to the crash site of the Cardassian prison transport "Ravinok". On the crash site (in the Dozaria system) Kira found out Dukat went along because his mistress (Tora Naprem) was aboard the Ravinok. They discovered the grave of Tora Naprem, and Dukat confessed Tora Naprem and he had a daughter, Tora Ziyal, who was also on the transport. Dukat originally intended on killing Ziyal to protect his career, as it was an abomination for a Cardassian and a Bajoran to have a child, but Kira's arguments and his own paternal love convinced him not to kill his daughter. They found Ziyal in a Breen prison camp on the planet and freed her.

After living on Cardassia for a short time, Ziyal moved to DS9. She lived there until she was killed by Gul Dukat's first officer Damar, because she confessed to freeing Rom, Kira, Jake and Leeta from prison (Season 6 episode "Sacrifice of Angels").

She spent most of her early life with her mother, and thus her name is structured as are all Bajoran names (with the family name first). Her given name, Ziyal, is a popular Cardassian name.

Trivia

Ziyal was portrayed at different times by three actresses: Cyia Batten, Tracy Middendorf, and finally Melanie Smith.

Vash

Vash, played by Olay model Jennifer Hetrick, is an archaeologist who first appeared in the The Next Generation episode "Captain's Holiday", in which Jean-Luc Picard went to vacation on Risa. She had discovered the Tox Uthat, and thieves were determined to take it from her, but with Picard's help, that was avoided. During this adventure, she and Picard fell in love. They met again in the episode "QPid", in which Vash was annoyed to find that none of Picard's senior staff had even heard of her, explaining that "he's a very private man". Q abducted Vash and the Enterprise's senior staff, casting them into a Robin Hood scenario, with Picard as Robin Hood and Vash as Maid Marian.

After that, Vash went with Q to the Gamma Quadrant to scour archeological sites. She appeared in the Deep Space Nine episode "Q-Less", in which she had mistaken an "egg" for an artifact which then hatched at the end of the episode as a lifeform.

Vaughn, Elias

Commander Elias Vaughn was only featured in the non-canon series of Deep Space Nine relaunch novels. He first appeared in "Avatar, Book One" by S.D. Perry. However, his earliest chronological appearance is in the Lost Era novel "Serpents Among the Ruins" by David R. George III.

Vreenak

Senator Vreenak (played by Stephen McHattie) was a key member of the Romulan Senate from 2360 to 2374. He was also the vice-chairman of the Tal Shiar, secretary of the War Plans Council, and one of Proconsul Neral's most trusted advisors. Vreenak was key in negotiating the non-aggression pact between the Romulan Star Empire and the Dominion in late 2373. One of the most ardently pro-Dominion senators, Vreenak had very little faith in the Federation-Klingon alliance's chances against the Dominion.

In 2374, Vreenak attended a high-level diplomatic meeting with Weyoun on Soukara. Captain Benjamin Sisko convinced him to made a secret detour to Deep Space Nine to view supposed evidence of a planned Dominion invasion of Romulan space. However, Vreenak discovered that the evidence had been forged, and headed back to Romulus threatening to expose the plot. En route home, his shuttle exploded as a result of sabotage by Garak.

A subsequent investigation by the Tal Shiar uncovered the fabricated evidence, but its defects appeared to be a result of the explosion. The Romulans logically concluded that the Dominion had assassinated Vreenak to prevent him from returning to Romulus with the evidence, and joined the Dominion War on the side of the Federation and the Klingons. ( Deep Space Nine: "In the Pale Moonlight")

Yates, Kasidy

Kasidy Danielle Yates is a freighter captain. She was played by Penny Johnson Jerald. She is introduced to Benjamin Sisko by his son Jake. Jake had felt that it was time for Sisko to start dating again after the death of his first wife Jennifer at Wolf 359.

Jake's attempt at matchmaking worked in this instance. Kasidy and Sisko become close friends, even when she is arrested and serves time for working with the Maquis. When she is released from prison, the two resume their relationship.

Eventually, Kasidy became Sisko's second wife. At the end of the series, she was pregnant with their child. When Sisko left to join the Prophets, he told her that he would be away for a while, but did not know when he could return to her.

Yelgrun

Yelgrun, played by Iggy Pop, was a Vorta field-operative in the Dominion. Yelgrun was sent to the abandoned space-station Empok Nor to negotiate a prisoner exchange with a group of Ferengi lead by Quark, exchanging Quark and Rom's mother, Deep Space Nine characters#Ishka, in return for previously-captured Vorta, Keevan. The exchange almost failed when Keevan was accidentally killed before the trade could take place, but by using their cunning, the Ferengi were able to rescue Ishka by capturing Yelgrun himself. The Vorta was then taken back to Deep Space Nine to be handed over to Starfleet as a prisoner.

Zek

Zek was the Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance throughout most of the 24th century. He was played by Wallace Shawn, and was a recurring character on Deep Space Nine.

Zek attempted retirement shortly after the discovery of the wormhole near Bajor. He arrived on DS9 and during a business meeting announced Quark would be his successor and then appeared to have died. Eventually it is discovered that Zek faked his death by entering into a trance his attendant Maihar'du taught him. The whole setup was to test to see if his son Krax was ready to take over but Krax failed miserably. This due to Krax's trying to seize power (assisted by Rom) by attempting to kill Quark instead of, more appropriately, acquiring it quietly by learning all the favourable deals and assuming power by subterfuge and cunning, in keeping with 'Rule of Acquisition' number 168: "Whisper your way to success". (see Ferengi - Redeeming Qualities)

Later, Zek visited the Bajoran Prophets within the wormhole in an attempt to prod them for information about the future he could use to further his profits. Instead, the Prophets 'devolved' Zek's personality to that of a proto-Ferengi, before his people had dedicated their lives to the acquisition of wealth. During his time in this state, Zek made many radical reforms to his people's laws and government directing his people away from their greedy ways, including reformatting the long-standing Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. He was eventually changed back and his reforms nullified after Quark had successfully appealed to the Prophet's fear of interaction with other corporeal life forms that might come investigating the change.

During a Tongo tournament on Ferenginar, he received a tip from Ishka who is the mother of Quark & Rom which helped him make a come back to win. They eventually fell in love. They were briefly broken up by Quark at the prodding of Liquidator Brunt who was plotting to depose Zek and replace him as Nagus. Ultimately the effort failed after Quark realized the plan and stopped Brunt's take over and got Zek and Ishka back together again. ( Deep Space Nine: "Ferengi Love Songs")

Zek, suffering from failing memory, acquiesced all his financial dealings to the financially brilliant Ishka, eventually caving into her not-so-subtle prods for female rights. He was once again deposed, this time successfully by Brunt, after he amended the Ferengi constitution to allow females to wear clothes in public, but was later reinstated after the populace learned of the new and exciting business opportunities such reforms would pave.

Eventually he and Ishka retired to Risa after naming Rom as his successor.

See also

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters | Lists of Star Trek characters

 

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