Trant, Seia(female) physician stationed on Bajor
Tuken(male) professor from the Cuellar region; political dissident
Vara, Miras(female) civilian scientist who went missing sometime after her exposure to a Bajoran Orb ( Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves)
Yopal, Sree(female) director of the Bajoran Institute of Science ( Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves)
Zarale(male) military officer stationed on Bajor, killed by Li Nalas (DS9/“The Homecoming”)
Places
Cardassia II:colony, home of Natima Lang and Gaten Russol
Cardassia City:capital city of Cardassia Prime (DS9/A Stitch in Time)
Coranum Sector:the oldest and most prestigious district in Cardassia City ( DS9/ A Stitch in Time)
Culat:site of a prestigious university (VOY/“Nothing Human”)
Hetrith:site of a station where Dr. Moset spent half of his residency
Lakarian City:population center on Cardassia Prime, site where ancient Hebetian culture was said to have flourished long ago (DS9/“Defiant”)
Letau:the innermost moon of Cardassia Prime; site of a maximum-security prison facility once run by Skrain Dukat, and to which he still made periodic visits during his term as prefect of Bajor ( Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves)
Mekisar:military base outside Cardassia City
Ministry of Science:center of learning and scientific research in Cardassia City (DS9/“Destiny”)
Paldar Sector:residential district of Cardassia City ( DS9/A Stitch in Time)
Sadera:star system that became a refuge for several Cardassian political dissidents (DS9/“Profit and Loss”)
Tarlak Sector:administrative hub of Cardassia City ( DS9/A Stitch in Time)
Terok Nor:space station orbiting Bajor; the main ore-processing facility as of 2346 and the command post for the Bajoran annexation (the station’s original name was revealed in DS9/“Cardassians”)
Torr Sector:most populated district of Cardassia City; a center of culture ( DS9/A Stitch in Time)
University of Prekiv:center of learning on Cardassia II, alma mater of Natima Lang
Other
kanar: popular alcoholic beverage (TNG/“The Wounded”)
kotra: board game (DS9/“Empok Nor”)
lek: denomination of currency (VOY/“Caretaker”)
metric:a unit of time, roughly equivalent to a minute ( Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers)
Obsidian Order:the intelligence bureau of the Cardassian Union (DS9/“The Wire”)
Oralian Way:religion dating back to the First Hebitian civilization on Cardassia Prime, forced to go underground during the era of the Bajoran annexation (the Hebitian civilization was first mentioned in TNG/“Chain of Command, Part II”; the Oralian Way was established in the DS9 novel A Stitch in Time)
polytrinic acid:chemical used by Dr. Moset in his various experiments (VOY/“Nothing Human”)
riding hound:a large canine animal (DS9/“In Purgatory’s Shadow”)
rokassa
juice:nonalcoholic beverage with a very distinctive odor (DS9/“Cardassians”)
Military Ranks
The following is a list of Cardassian ranks and their Starfleet analogs. This system borrows from the work of Steven Kenson’s unpublished Iron & Ashsupplement for the Star TrekRoleplaying Game from Last Unicorn Games.
garresh:noncommissioned officer
gil:ensign
glinn:lieutenant
dalin:lieutenant commander
dal:commander
gul:captain
jagul:commodore/rear admiral
legate:admiral
APPENDIX III: MISCELLANEOUS
Characters
Frool(Ferengi male) waiter in Quark’s bar on Terok Nor (DS9/“Bar Association”)
Gaila(Ferengi male) cousin of Quark (Gaila was first mentioned in DS9/“Civil Defense” and was first seen in DS9/“Business as Usual”)
Gart(Ferengi male) DaiMon, or Captain, of a freight vessel ( Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves)
Gera(Ferengi female) sister of a district sub-nagus with whom Quark was sexually involved (this dalliance was established in DS9/“Playing God,” though the name of the woman was never given)
Hagath(male, species unknown) weapons merchant; business partner of Gaila (DS9/“Business as Usual”)
Ishka(Ferengi female) mother of Quark, sometimes called “moogie” by her sons (DS9/“Family Business”)
Kurga(Ferengi male) member of Gart’s crew
Morn(Lurian male) freighter captain; frequent customer at Quark’s bar on Terok Nor (Morn first appeared in DS9/“Emissary,” but was not named until DS9/“Vortex”)
Nechayev, Alynna(human female) Starfleet admiral (TNG/“Chain of Command, Part I”)
Nog(Ferengi male) son of Rom, nephew of Quark (DS9/“Emissary”)
Odoshape-shifting being of unknown origin, recruited by Gul Dukat to replace Thrax as Terok Nor’s chief of security (DS9/“Emissary”)
Quark(Ferengi male) cook on Gart’s freighter, later proprietor of a bar on Terok Nor (DS9/“Emissary”)
Rom(Ferengi male) brother of Quark, father of Nog (DS9/“Emissary”)
Vaughn, Elias(human male) Starfleet special operative ( DS9/Avatar, Book One)
Other
Boslics:spacefaring species with which Quark has done business (Boslics were first mentioned in DS9/“Homecoming” and were first seen in DS9/“The Abandoned”)
Ferengi:spacefaring species known mainly for their pursuit of profit (TNG/“The Last Outpost”)
greeworms:edible soft-bodied invertebrates favored by the Ferengi (DS9/“Little Green Men”)
Jibetians:spacefaring species with which Quark has done business
Kobheerians:spacefaring species with which Quark has done business (DS9/“Duet”)
latinum:precious metal, typically pressed with gold and used as a medium of exchange in certain parts of the Alpha Quadrant (DS9/“Past Prologue”)
milcake:pan-fried cake of unspecified origin, made from rough-cut grains
plomeek: a Vulcan vegetable, best known for its use in soup (TOS/“Amok Time”)
sargam: slightly bittersweet foodstuff of unspecified origin, usually cut into fillets that are easy to transport and eat
Solvok:star system near Bajoran space
Tarulians:spacefaring species with which Quark has done business
About the Authors
S. D. (Stephani Danelle) Perrywrites multimedia novelizations in the fantasy/science fiction/horror realms, for love and money. S. D. lives in Portland, Oregon, with her excellent family, and is working on an original thriller in her spare time, of which she has very little.
Britta Dennisonis a writer living in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two daughters.