Night Of The Wolves Part 33

"Missing!" Abor repeated, with mock surprise. "Tell me, Madam, with an organization as tightly run as yours, how could that possibly be the case?" He did not bother to conceal the sarcasm in his tone.

"Mister Abor, I do apologize, and I can tell you that I don't know how a thing like this could have happened-n.o.body has looked at that artifact in years."

"Who was the last person to see it?" Abor asked her. "Surely there must be an information trail."

"Well, going by memory alone, I do seem to recall that a former student looked at it, a very long time ago...There was some kind of a to-do about the security system, and the object was cla.s.sified, but since then-"

"I don't want you to go by your memory," Abor told her coolly. "I want you to go by the records. Find out who accessed that object last, and then contact me."

"Without the container in hand, that may be difficult to ascertain."

Abor smiled coolly. "Well then," he told the woman, "I imagine you'll want to begin looking for the container right away."

"May I ask why this is so important?" the woman asked him, plainly annoyed at the manner in which she was being spoken to. the woman asked him, plainly annoyed at the manner in which she was being spoken to.

"No, you may not," Abor told her. "It does not concern you."

A knowing expression came across the woman's eyes, and Abor punched the disconnect b.u.t.ton. If she thought she knew what was going on, she probably couldn't guess the half of it. But she almost certainly suspected the Order was involved. No matter, Abor decided. If she became a problem, the Order could get rid of her. Tain might be reluctant to arrange it himself, but Abor supposed he had enough influence to make that call on his own.

Of course, it would be ideal to do it before he was sent back to the Valo system. Abor had no intention of allowing another agent to take credit for a breakthrough that was deservedly his to claim. It had been Abor who had uncovered the long-overlooked transmission that he believed might lead the Order to the heart of the risen Oralian Way.

Enabran Tain may have been far less interested in the Bajoran artifacts than his predecessor, but that didn't mean that Dost Abor had lost interest in them. Abor had recently learned that the artifact from the Ministry of Science was the only one that had ever gone on record as causing anyone to have any kind of so-called "mystical" experience since it had been removed from Bajor.

Abor was not certain, but he believed that the artifact in question had been removed from Bajor under the authority of Rhan Ico, one of many agents who had disappeared during the upheaval that followed Tain's a.s.sumption of office. There was a short interim during which the vast and untraceable contents of the Order's storage facility had been ransacked by several agents who protested Tain's impending status; those agents had all disappeared shortly following the incident-and so had at least one of the Orbs of Bajor.

Tain was unconcerned about the breach; the old man was convinced that there was no weight to the stories surrounding the artifacts, the suggestion that whoever possessed them might be privy to a kind of second sight, an indefinable source of knowledge and power. But Abor, who had been in the Order at the time of the first artifact's retrieval from Bajor, remembered a few details about that original group of Oralians, those the Order and Central Command had conspired to exterminate. The Oralians had developed a particular fascination with Bajoran religion, and the artifacts that came with it. Now that the Oralians were said to be growing in numbers once again, Tain was sure that it was only a matter of time before Central Command began to tolerate them, and possibly even to condone their foolish, imaginary ideologies. Enabran Tain made no secret of his disdain for many of Central Command's "softer" policies, believing that the military was weakening due at least in part to the sudden influx of wealth from Bajor, turning soldiers who had once been hard and ruthless into soft, complacent politicians-most notably, Gul Dukat.

Reviewing old transmissions when he was last stationed on Valo VI, Abor had discovered an archived communique between Yannik Reyar, the military's liaison with the Order, and his daughter, who apparently worked at the Ministry of Science several years before. Their conversation referenced a Bajoran artifact, one that Dost Abor was certain had been taken from the Obsidian Order, somehow finding its way to the ministry. Tain had shown little interest when Abor sent word that he might have located an item that had been missing from the Order's catalogued inventory. But, Abor hoped, when he a.s.sembled his case, Tain would take notice-for Abor had done a bit of digging since he first came across the transmission, and he intended to find not only the Orb, but the woman who had handled it last-the woman who had apparently attempted to hide it-the woman he believed to be the Guide for the Oralian Way.

THE TEROK NOR SAGA.

CONTINUES IN.

DAWN OF THE EAGLES.

Appendices The following is a guide to many of the specific characters, places, and related material in Night of the Wolves Night of the Wolves. Where such an item was mentioned or appeared previously in a movie, episode, or other work of Star Trek Star Trek fiction, its first appearance is cited. fiction, its first appearance is cited.

APPENDIX I: BAJOR.

Characters Akhere Bis (male) resident of Valo II (male) resident of Valo II Akhere Juk (male) resident of Valo II, father of Akhere Bis (male) resident of Valo II, father of Akhere Bis Arin (male) kai of the Bajoran faith ( (male) kai of the Bajoran faith (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Aro Seefa (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell Ba.s.so Tromac (male) personal aide to Gul Dukat. (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") (male) personal aide to Gul Dukat. (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") Bram Adir (male) resistance fighter, leader of the Bram cell (male) resistance fighter, leader of the Bram cell Crea (female) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell (female) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell Dakahna Va.s.s (female) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (female) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell Darrah Mace (male) resident of Valo II, former member of the Bajoran Militia ( (male) resident of Valo II, former member of the Bajoran Militia (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Daul Mirosha (male) researcher at the Bajoran Inst.i.tute of Science (male) researcher at the Bajoran Inst.i.tute of Science Dava (male) a kai who lived several hundred years prior to the Carda.s.sian occupation (male) a kai who lived several hundred years prior to the Carda.s.sian occupation Faon (male) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell (male) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell Furel (male) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Shakaar") (male) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Shakaar") Gantt (male) resistance fighter and medic, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Ties of Blood and Water") (male) resistance fighter and medic, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Ties of Blood and Water") Halpas Palin (male) resistance fighter, leader of the Halpas cell (male) resistance fighter, leader of the Halpas cell Hintasi (male) resident of Valo II (male) resident of Valo II Istani Reyla (female) monk, friend of the Kira family ( (female) monk, friend of the Kira family (DS9/Avatar) Kanore (male) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell (TNG/"Preemptive Strike") (male) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell (TNG/"Preemptive Strike") Keeve Falor (male) resident of Valo II, former member of the Bajoran Chamber of Ministers (TNG/"Ensign Ro") (male) resident of Valo II, former member of the Bajoran Chamber of Ministers (TNG/"Ensign Ro") Ketauna (male) artist, follower of Opaka Sulan (male) artist, follower of Opaka Sulan Kira Meru (female) mistress of Gul Dukat, mother of Kira Nerys (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") (female) mistress of Gul Dukat, mother of Kira Nerys (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") Kira Nerys (female) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Emissary") (female) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Emissary") Kira Pohl (male) brother of Kira Nerys (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") (male) brother of Kira Nerys (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") Kira Reon (male) brother of Kira Nerys (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") (male) brother of Kira Nerys (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") Kira Taban (male) father of Kira Nerys (DS9/"Ties of Blood and Water") (male) father of Kira Nerys (DS9/"Ties of Blood and Water") Kubus Oak (male) special liaison between Gul Dukat and the Carada.s.sian-sanctioned Bajoran government (DS9/"The Collaborator") (male) special liaison between Gul Dukat and the Carada.s.sian-sanctioned Bajoran government (DS9/"The Collaborator") Lafe Darin (male) resistance fighter, member of the Halpas cell, lifelong friend of Lenaris Holem (male) resistance fighter, member of the Halpas cell, lifelong friend of Lenaris Holem Legan Duravit (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell Legan Fin (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell Lenaris Holem (male) resistance fighter, former member of the Halpas cell and later the Ornathia cell (DS9/"Shakaar") (male) resistance fighter, former member of the Halpas cell and later the Ornathia cell (DS9/"Shakaar") Lenaris Jau (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell, brother of Lenaris Holem (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell, brother of Lenaris Holem Lenaris Pendan (male) father of Lenaris Holem and Lenaris Jau (male) father of Lenaris Holem and Lenaris Jau Lino (male) resident of Valo II (male) resident of Valo II Luma Rahl (female) friend of Kira Meru (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") (female) friend of Kira Meru (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") Lupaza (female) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Shakaar") (female) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Shakaar") Matram Tryst (male) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (male) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell Mesto Drade (male) resident of Rakantha Province (male) resident of Rakantha Province Mobara (male) resistance fighter and engineer, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Shakaar") (male) resistance fighter and engineer, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Shakaar") Mora Pol (male) researcher at the Bajoran Inst.i.tute of Science (DS9/"The Alternate") (male) researcher at the Bajoran Inst.i.tute of Science (DS9/"The Alternate") Opaka Bekar (male) husband of Opaka Sulan (male) husband of Opaka Sulan Opaka Fasil (male) son of Opaka Sulan (Opaka's son is first mentioned, but not named, in DS9/"The Collaborator") (male) son of Opaka Sulan (Opaka's son is first mentioned, but not named, in DS9/"The Collaborator") Opaka Sulan (female) priest at the Kendra shrine, later kai of the Bajoran faith (DS9/"Emissary"; Opaka's given name was established in (female) priest at the Kendra shrine, later kai of the Bajoran faith (DS9/"Emissary"; Opaka's given name was established in DS9/Rising Son DS9/Rising Son) Ornak (male) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Shakaar") (male) resistance fighter, member of the Shakaar cell (DS9/"Shakaar") Ornathia Delle (female) resistance fighter, member of Ornathia cell, cousin of Ornathia Lac (female) resistance fighter, member of Ornathia cell, cousin of Ornathia Lac Ornathia Harta (female) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell, cousin of Ornathia Lac (female) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell, cousin of Ornathia Lac Ornathia Lac (male) resistance fighter, leader of the Ornathia cell (male) resistance fighter, leader of the Ornathia cell Ornathia Nerissa (female) resistance fighter with the Ornathia cell (female) resistance fighter with the Ornathia cell Ornathia Sten (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell, cousin of Ornathia Lac (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell, cousin of Ornathia Lac Ornathia Taryl (female) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell, sister of Ornathia Lac (female) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell, sister of Ornathia Lac Par Lusa (male) resistance fighter with the Shakaar cell (male) resistance fighter with the Shakaar cell Petra Chan (female) childhood friend of Kira Nerys (female) childhood friend of Kira Nerys Porta (male) priest, friend of the Kira family (DS9/"Accession") (male) priest, friend of the Kira family (DS9/"Accession") Res (male) resistance fighter with the Ornathia cell (male) resistance fighter with the Ornathia cell Ro Gale (male) father of Ro Laren (Gale's name comes from a computer screen graphic in TNG/"The Next Phase") (male) father of Ro Laren (Gale's name comes from a computer screen graphic in TNG/"The Next Phase") Ro Laren (female) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell (TNG/"Ensign Ro") (female) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell (TNG/"Ensign Ro") Sadakita Ra.s.s (female) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell (female) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell Shakaar Edon (male) resistance fighter, leader of the Shakaar resistance cell (DS9/"Shakaar") (male) resistance fighter, leader of the Shakaar resistance cell (DS9/"Shakaar") Shev (male) resident of Yarlin, follower of Opaka Sulan (male) resident of Yarlin, follower of Opaka Sulan Sorash Mabey (female) resident of Dahkur Province (female) resident of Dahkur Province Tancha (female) resistance fighter with Ornathia cell (female) resistance fighter with Ornathia cell Thera Tibb (female) resident of Relliketh (female) resident of Relliketh Thill Revi (male) resident of Rakantha Province (male) resident of Rakantha Province Tiven Cohr (male) resistance fighter and engineer, member of the Halpas cell (male) resistance fighter and engineer, member of the Halpas cell Tokiah (male) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell (male) resistance fighter, member of the Bram cell Tora Naprem (female) mistress of Gul Dukat, mother of Tora Ziyal (DS9/"Indiscretion") (female) mistress of Gul Dukat, mother of Tora Ziyal (DS9/"Indiscretion") Trakor (male) ancient religious figure, writer of prophecies (DS9/"Destiny") (male) ancient religious figure, writer of prophecies (DS9/"Destiny") Tynara (female) Gallitep laborer (female) Gallitep laborer Vusan (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell (male) resistance fighter, member of the Ornathia cell Winn Adami (female) monk, friend of the Ornathia family (DS9/"In the Hands of the Prophets") (female) monk, friend of the Ornathia family (DS9/"In the Hands of the Prophets") Places Artist's Palette: area of Dahkur Province Berain Valley: near Relliketh, its main port is Berain city Denorios Belt: ring of charged plasma in the Bajoran star system; where the odo'ital odo'ital was found (DS9/"Emissary") was found (DS9/"Emissary") Derna: Fourth moon of Bajor, former site of a Carda.s.sian base (DS9/"Image in the Sand"; the base was established in Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Gallitep: Carda.s.sian-run labor camp and mining facility (DS9/"Duet") Genmyr: ruined city in Kendra Province Jalanda: population center in Hedrikspool Province (The Jalanda Forum was first mentioned in DS9/"Sanctuary") Jeraddo: fifth moon of Bajor; site of the Lunar V base (DS9/"Progress") Jo'kala: population center in Musilla Province (DS9/"Starship Down") Karnoth Mountains: range near the city of Relliketh Kendra Shrine: religious temple in Kendra Valley; the second to be built on the site after the first was destroyed in Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers (Kendra Valley first mentioned in DS9/"The Collaborator"; Kendra Province first mentioned in DS9/"Penumbra") (Kendra Valley first mentioned in DS9/"The Collaborator"; Kendra Province first mentioned in DS9/"Penumbra") Meiku Forest: wooded area just outside Rakantha Province Mylea: population center in Kendra province (Worlds of Star Trek: Deep s.p.a.ce Nine, Volume Two-Fragments and Omens) Naghai Keep: ruined ancient castle in Kendra Valley, former ancestral home of the Jas clan (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Sahving Valley: region of Kendra Province (DS9/"The Home-coming") Tamulna: city in Dahkur Province (DS9/"The Reckoning") Tilar: a Bajoran peninsula, famous for its temperate climate and beautiful landscape (DS9/Unity) Tozhat: Carda.s.sian settlement on Bajor, governed by Exarch Kotan Pa'Dar (DS9/"Carda.s.sians") Valo II: habitable planet in the Valo system, home to many refugee Bajorans (TNG/"Ensign Ro") Valo VI: barren planetoid in the Valo system, site of a Carda.s.sian listening post Yarlin: settlement in Kendra Province Food and Drink alva: grapelike fruit (DS9/"Resurrection") copal: ciderlike alcoholic beverage (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) dekatea: hot brewed beverage (DS9/"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night") jumja: tree with a sticky, sweet sap from which a popular confection is made (DS9/"A Man Alone") kavaroot: edible tuber, part of the extremely versatile kava plant (DS9/"Starship Down") makara: herb known for its medicinal value, particularly to pregnant women (DS9/"The Darkness and the Light") moba: sweet, tree-grown fruit (DS9/"Rejoined") ratambastew: good eats (DS9/"For the Cause") Other balon: fuel source abandoned before the occupation because of its notorious instability, later revived by the resistance batos: big, smelly, domesticated herd animal (DS9/Section 31: Abyss) borhya: ghost (TNG/"The Next Phase") bell: benchmark of time, similar to "o'clock" (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) B'hava'el: the star of Bajor (Star Trek: Deep s.p.a.ce Nine Technical Manual) cadge lupus: large canine predator, similar to a wolf dolamide: versatile material that can be used, in very pure form, to manufacture explosives (DS9/"Dramatis Personae") Fostossa virus: source of an epidemic that swept across Bajor during the occupation (VGR: "Nothing Human") fusionstone: ancient building material (Worlds of Star Trek: Deep s.p.a.ce Nine, Volume Two-Fragments and Omens) (Worlds of Star Trek: Deep s.p.a.ce Nine, Volume Two-Fragments and Omens) gra.s.s vipers: gray-skinned snakes (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) haracat: large feline predator (DS9/"Second Skin") hiunaleaf: Bajoran tobacco (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Ih'tanu: traditional celebration of a Bajoran girl's fourteenth birthday (DS9/"Accession") Kalla-Nohra: unique medical condition suffered by Bajorans and Carda.s.sians who were exposed to the effects of a mining accident at Gallitep in 2353 (DS9/"Duet") kellipate: unit of distance (DS9/"Progress") kelbonite: material known to interfere with various types of scanning equipment (TNG/"Silicon Avatar") kosst: swearword or curse, derived from Kosst Amojan (DS9/"The Reckoning"; however, the word's original meaning was simply "to be" (DS9/"The a.s.signment") linnipate: unit of distance, roughly two or three meters (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) lugfish: large, slow, and ugly fish (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) nyawood: type of wood similar to mahogany (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Orb: also known as a "Tear of the Prophets"; one of several religious artifacts that sometimes impart visions or insights upon those who gaze into them (DS9/"Emissary") Orkett's disease: affliction being studied at the Bajoran Inst.i.tute of Science (VGR/"State of Flux") porlifowl: chickenlike food animal raider: generic name for a small attack craft used by the resistance ra-vu rum'ta: Old Bajoran expression meaning "child of night"; the cla.s.sic poetical name for a cadge lupus salam: type of gra.s.s (DS9/"Shakaar") sinoraptor: animal known for its fierceness and eyes that face opposite directions (DS9/"Shakaar") spoonhead: slur used by some Bajorans when referring to a Carda.s.sian (DS9/"Things Past") tessipate: unit of area (DS9/"Progress") tyrfox: wily canine predator (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) uridium: mineral that, in its unprocessed state, is highly unstable; uridium ore is processed on Terok Nor (DS9/"Civil Defense") Religious Ranks The following is a breakdown of known ranks in the Bajoran religion, in ascending order.

prylar: a monk ranjen: a monk specializing in theological study vedek: a high-ranking priest, typically a regional spiritual leader kai: the world leader of the Bajoran religion D'jarra Caste System Caste System Until recent times the Bajorans had a series of castes called D'jarra D'jarras. This is a rough order of ranking for the ones that have been established so far.

Ih'valla: artists (above Te'nari) (DS9/"Accession") Te'nari: unknown, but below Ih'valla (DS9/"Accession") Mi'tino: low-ranked merchants and landowners (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Va'telo: pilot, sailor, driver, and similar professions (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Ke'lora: laborers and lawmen (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Sern'apa: unknown (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Imutta: those who deal with the dead, the "unclean," and lowest ranking d'jarra d'jarra (DS9/"Accession") (DS9/"Accession") Resistance Cells The following is a list of the established Bajoran resistance cells and their areas of operation.

Bram: active in Jo'kala (Musilla Province) Halpas: active in Relliketh (Hedrikspool Province) Kintaura: active in Rakantha Province Kohn-ma: active in Dahkur Province (DS9/"Past Prologue") Ornathia: active in Tilar Peninsula (Hedrikspool Province) Shakaar: active in Dahkur Province (DS9/"Duet") APPENDIX II: CARDa.s.sIA.

Characters Abor, Dost (male) operative of the Obsidian Order, a.s.signed to Valo VI listening post (male) operative of the Obsidian Order, a.s.signed to Valo VI listening post Astraea (female) traditional name of the ceremonial "guide" or religious leader for the Oralian Way ( (female) traditional name of the ceremonial "guide" or religious leader for the Oralian Way (DS9/A St.i.tch in Time) Dalak (male) official of the Carda.s.sian Information Service, superior of Natima Lang and Veja Ketan (male) official of the Carda.s.sian Information Service, superior of Natima Lang and Veja Ketan Damar, Corat (male) military officer serving on Terok Nor (DS9/"Return to Grace") (male) military officer serving on Terok Nor (DS9/"Return to Grace") Darhe'el (male) military officer, overseer of the Gallitep mining facility on Bajor, political rival of Gul Dukat (DS9/"Duet") (male) military officer, overseer of the Gallitep mining facility on Bajor, political rival of Gul Dukat (DS9/"Duet") Dukat, Athra (female) wife of Skrain Dukat ( (female) wife of Skrain Dukat (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Dukat, Skrain (male) military officer who served under Danig Kell during the formal first contact with Bajor, later prefect of Bajor and commander of Terok Nor (DS9/"Emissary"; Dukat's given name was established in the DS9 novel (male) military officer who served under Danig Kell during the formal first contact with Bajor, later prefect of Bajor and commander of Terok Nor (DS9/"Emissary"; Dukat's given name was established in the DS9 novel A St.i.tch in Time A St.i.tch in Time) Ico, Rhan (female) Letin Pasir's handler in the Obsidian Order ( (female) Letin Pasir's handler in the Obsidian Order (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Kell, Danig (male) military officer and member of Central Command, direct superior of Skrain Dukat (DS9/"Civil Defense"; Kell's first name was established in (male) military officer and member of Central Command, direct superior of Skrain Dukat (DS9/"Civil Defense"; Kell's first name was established in Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Ketan, Veja (female) correspondent for the Carda.s.sian Information Service (female) correspondent for the Carda.s.sian Information Service Kieng (male) code name for Joer Varc, an operative of the Obsidian Order (male) code name for Joer Varc, an operative of the Obsidian Order Kretech (male) military officer serving on the scoutship (male) military officer serving on the scoutship Kevalu Kevalu Kruva (male) commander of the patrol ship (male) commander of the patrol ship Drakamair, Drakamair, a.s.signed to the Pullock system a.s.signed to the Pullock system Lang, Natima (female) correspondent for the Carda.s.sian Information Service (DS9/"Profit and Loss") (female) correspondent for the Carda.s.sian Information Service (DS9/"Profit and Loss") Marritza, Aamin (male) military officer and file clerk serving at the Gallitep mining facility on Bajor (DS9/"Duet") (male) military officer and file clerk serving at the Gallitep mining facility on Bajor (DS9/"Duet") Mendar (female) professor at the Ministry of Science on Carda.s.sia Prime (female) professor at the Ministry of Science on Carda.s.sia Prime Moset, Crell (male) civilian physician and exobiologist who worked on Bajor during the annexation (VOY/"Nothing Human") (male) civilian physician and exobiologist who worked on Bajor during the annexation (VOY/"Nothing Human") Ocett, Malyn (female) military officer in command of the scoutship (female) military officer in command of the scoutship Kevalu, Kevalu, a.s.signed to patrol the Bajoran system (TNG/"The Chase"; Ocett's given name was established in a.s.signed to patrol the Bajoran system (TNG/"The Chase"; Ocett's given name was established in A St.i.tch in Time A St.i.tch in Time) Pa'Dar, Kotan (male) former scientist, later exarch at the Tozhat settlement on Bajor (DS9/"Carda.s.sians") (male) former scientist, later exarch at the Tozhat settlement on Bajor (DS9/"Carda.s.sians") Pasir, Letin (male) operative of the Obsidian Order, a.s.signed to Bajor posing as a vedek ( (male) operative of the Obsidian Order, a.s.signed to Bajor posing as a vedek (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Prang, Limor (male) operative of the Obsidian Order ( (male) operative of the Obsidian Order (A St.i.tch in Time) Ratav (male) military officer commanding a base in Hedrikspool Province on Bajor (male) military officer commanding a base in Hedrikspool Province on Bajor Regnar (male) code name for an operative of the Obsidian Order ( (male) code name for an operative of the Obsidian Order (A St.i.tch in Time) Reyar, Kalisi (female) civilian scientist (female) civilian scientist Reyar, Yannik (male) civilian liaison between Central Command and the Obsidian Order, father of Kalisi Reyar (male) civilian liaison between Central Command and the Obsidian Order, father of Kalisi Reyar Sa'kat (male) military officer a.s.signed to patrol the perimeter of Carda.s.sia City (male) military officer a.s.signed to patrol the perimeter of Carda.s.sia City Tain, Enabran (male) head of the Obsidian Order (DS9/"The Wire") (male) head of the Obsidian Order (DS9/"The Wire") Tedar (male) military officer stationed in Dahkur Province on Bajor (male) military officer stationed in Dahkur Province on Bajor Thrax (male) chief of security on Terok Nor (DS9/"Things Past") (male) chief of security on Terok Nor (DS9/"Things Past") Trach (male) noncommisioned officer serving on Terok Nor (male) noncommisioned officer serving on Terok Nor Vara, Miras (female) civilian scientist (female) civilian scientist Varc, Joer (male) operative of the Obsidian Order, code name "Kieng" (male) operative of the Obsidian Order, code name "Kieng"

Veda (male) military officer serving on the scoutship (male) military officer serving on the scoutship Kevalu Kevalu Yopal (female) director of the Bajoran Inst.i.tute of Science (female) director of the Bajoran Inst.i.tute of Science Places Lakarian City: population center on Carda.s.sia Prime, site where ancient Hebetian culture was said to have flourished long ago (DS9/"Defiant") Carda.s.sia City: capital city of Carda.s.sia Prime (A St.i.tch in Time) Letau: the innermost moon of Carda.s.sia Prime and the site of a maximum-security prison facility Ministry of Science: center of learning and scientific research in Carda.s.sia City (DS9/"Destiny") Paldar Sector: residential district of Carda.s.sia City (DS9/A St.i.tch in Time) Pullock V: habitable planet in the Pullock system; site of a Carda.s.sian manufacturing complex (DS9/"Shakaar") Terok Nor: s.p.a.ce station orbiting Bajor; the main ore processing facility as of 2346 and the command post for the Bajoran annexation Other Drakamair: Hideki Hideki-cla.s.s patrol ship under the command of Dalin Kruva, operating in the Pullock system kanar: alcoholic beverage (TNG/"The Wounded") Kevalu: scoutship under the command of Dalin Malyn Ocett, operating in the B'hava'el system Koeder: Keldon Keldon-cla.s.s warship marga: fish with a smooth, pink belly metric: unit of time, roughly equivalent to a minute (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers) Obsidian Order: intelligence bureau of the Carda.s.sian Union (DS9/"The Wire") Oralian Way: religion dating back to the First Hebitian civilization on Carda.s.sia 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 St.i.tch in Time A St.i.tch in Time) riding hound: large canine animal (DS9/"In Purgatory's Shadow") roka.s.sajuice: nonalcoholic beverage with a very distinctive odor (DS9/"Carda.s.sians") Military Ranks The following is a list of Carda.s.sian ranks and their Starfleet a.n.a.logs. This system borrows from the work of Steven Kenson's unpublished Iron & Ash Iron & Ash supplement for the supplement for the Star Trek Star Trek Roleplaying Game from Last Unicorn Games. Roleplaying 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.

Antosians: species capable of cellular metamorphosis (TOS/"Whom G.o.ds Destroy") Chameloids: shape-shifting species (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) Ferengi: s.p.a.cefaring species known mainly for their pursuit of profit (TNG/"The Last Outpost") flyer: generic term for a small aircraft Gart (male): Ferengi DaiMon (captain) whose ship routinely stops at Terok Nor (male): Ferengi DaiMon (captain) whose ship routinely stops at Terok Nor greeworms: edible soft-bodied invertebrates favored by the Ferengi (DS9/"Little Green Men") Kressari: s.p.a.cefaring species known mainly for being traders in botanical DNA (DS9/"The Circle") Lissepia: inhabited planet on DaiMon Gart's trade route (DS9/"The Maquis, Part II") New Sydney: inhabited planet on DaiMon Gart's trade route (DS9/"Prodigal Daughter") odo'ital: Carda.s.sian designation for the mysterious shape-shifting life-form that was discovered in the Denorios Belt in 2345; translates as "unknown sample" (DS9/"Heart of Stone") skimmer: generic term for a near-ground hovercraft Valerians: s.p.a.cefaring species known mainly for trading with the Carda.s.sians (DS9/"Dramatis Personae") Vendorians: shape-shifting species (TAS/"The Survivor") Wraith: shape-shifting species (ENT/"Rogue Planet")

ABOUT THE AUTHORS.

S. D. (Stephani Danelle) Perry writes 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. writes 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 Burdett Dennison once had pipe dreams of becoming a comic book artist, before fully realizing just how many little panels she would have been required to draw, and so turned to writing instead. She is an enthusiastic newcomer to the once had pipe dreams of becoming a comic book artist, before fully realizing just how many little panels she would have been required to draw, and so turned to writing instead. She is an enthusiastic newcomer to the Star Trek Star Trek universe. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and daughters. This is her first published book. universe. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and daughters. This is her first published book.