Terok Nor_ Day Of The Vipers Part 39

Ico showed the slightest glimmer of annoyance in those dark eyes. "Then I would say that difference is a most profound and important one, Jagul Kell."

Dukat stepped back and considered them both: Kell, rocking with such coiled fury that he might at any moment suffer some sort of spontaneous coronary; and Ico, the icy hate and concealed disdain for all around her coming off in invisible waves. A dark chuckle caught in his throat, and then suddenly he was laughing at them.

"You dare to mock me?" Kell snarled.

"You mock yourselves!" Dukat retorted with venom.

"You are fools, both of you. Your vision narrowed to this pathetic game you play, sparring across Bajor as if it were some private arena for your sport?" He shook his head.

"In all of this, as this world falls into Carda.s.sia's grasp, what occupies you the most?" He snorted. "Not succor for our hungry ma.s.ses, but which of you can use me to score points from the other." He turned away. "You have no understanding of what Bajor represents. I knew it five years ago, a decade ago, and it is still true today."

"Bajor belongs to Carda.s.sia because of what I have done," Ico snapped, her mask of calm cracking. "I have set this in motion."

Dukat laughed again. "You have. Like a child putting a flame to tinder, without foresight to see the inferno that will grow from it." He walked toward the door. "Your plans...your schemes will ultimately come to nothing." He halted on the threshold. "And do you know why?"

"Oh please, enlighten us," Ico sneered. "I cannot wait to hear sage council from the common son of a minor archon!"

"You think you know the Bajorans. You don't know them at all." Dukat felt a flash of sudden insight, a moment of hard, sharp self-knowledge. I know the Bajorans. They are like me. At heart, struggling, fighting, searching for a path, nursing old hates. Seeking vengeance. I know the Bajorans. They are like me. At heart, struggling, fighting, searching for a path, nursing old hates. Seeking vengeance. He gave the others one last look, and when he spoke it was with such conviction that neither Kell or Ico could find the words to deny him. "History will prove me right, and I will walk on Bajor again. Of that"-Dukat smiled coldly-"you can be certain." He gave the others one last look, and when he spoke it was with such conviction that neither Kell or Ico could find the words to deny him. "History will prove me right, and I will walk on Bajor again. Of that"-Dukat smiled coldly-"you can be certain."

OCCUPATION DAY TWENTY.

2328 (Terran Calendar)

Epilogue.

The darkness opened up for him, just once, a rush of painful white light flooding into his sensorium. Everything about Darrah ached, as if he had been taken at both ends and twisted like wire. Among the blurs there was a face framed with dark hair, a pleasant face with kind eyes.

"Wenna?" Speaking came hard, but he managed it. He tried to raise a hand to touch her face, but he couldn't get it off the bed. She reached down and took it, her smooth skin against his rough, scarred flesh.

"My name's Gwen, actually," she said, in that not-quite-Hedrikspool accent. "Just rest, Mace. You're okay. Everything's going to be fine."

He had been dreaming, or something close to it. Fires, he remembered. The smell of burning. And dry, rough skin being drawn across his body, serpents ma.s.sing in the dark. He blinked the motes of dream-thought away, concentrating on the woman. Part of her face seemed pinker than the rest, as if she'd been sunburned. He slowly remembered her in the hangar, the burns there from a phaser's near hit. She looked much better. He wanted to tell her that. But something about her was wrong. He couldn't place it.

The hangar-that seemed like only moments ago. Like the ship, like Syjin, like the explosion. Only moments ago. "How...long?" Darrah labored to make the shape of each word.

Gwen's pretty face clouded, and the darkness started to roll back over him. "Just rest," she repeated.

Darrah didn't want to, but the choice was taken from him. He fell away into the black.

He had no sense of intervening time, just disjointed images, sounds, sensations. When all these finally st.i.tched themselves together, he awoke in the medical center of the Starfleet ship, surrounded by busy people in white jackets. They ministered to him for a while and p.r.o.nounced him well.

A severe-looking Andorian brought him to a bowed room where one wall was a series of portals looking out over the disk of the starship's primary hull, over a cl.u.s.ter of warp nacelles and out to the static blackness of s.p.a.ce. The void reminded Darrah a little too much of the darkness that had claimed him, and he sat with his back to it. He didn't understand the shape and meaning of the rank sigils worn by the blue-skinned woman. She told him her name was sh'Sena. She sat across from him with a human male who tried to look friendly, watching. The Andorian dipped her head forward in that way that her species did, so that the antennae rising from her skull were trained upon Darrah, sensing him. She told him this was a debriefing, but he had given enough interrogations in his life to know when he was on the wrong end of one.

After a while, after a few questions too many, he began to get irritable. "I'm tired of giving you answers and getting nothing back," he snapped. "I want you to do some talking now." He pulled at the collar of the nondescript coverall garment they had given him to wear. It was itchy against his flesh, rubbing the dots of scar tissue from the dozens of small lacerations he had suffered aboard Syjin's dying ship. His hand kept falling to the place on his hip where his phaser would have been; they had let him keep only his earring, although it was tarnished and in need of some repair. He pitched forward suddenly, startling the human. "I've told you what happened on Bajor, now what are you going to do about it?"

"That's not up to me," said sh'Sena.

"Then, who is it up to?" he demanded.

A door slid open and another human entered. He was of average height, athletic, but he carried himself with a poise that Darrah noted immediately. The reactions of the other Starfleet officers confirmed it. This was the commander.

"I'm Captain Mark Jameson," he explained. "Mr. Darrah, you have to understand the circ.u.mstances. Things have moved very quickly."

Mace was about to argue when a horrible thought struck him. He swallowed hard. "How long? How long was I out for?"

Jameson frowned. "By Bajoran reckoning? You were unconscious for twenty days."

A choke of air caught in his throat. Like only moments ago. Like only moments ago. "Where...where are we now?" "Where...where are we now?"

"Still in the Bajor Sector. We've been monitoring the situation on your home planet, gathering information and tracking signals. As I said, things have moved quickly while you were recovering."

Darrah felt sick. What does he mean? What does he mean? He was gripped with sudden terror that Bajor had somehow been destroyed, the planet flashed to atoms by some catastrophe. He was gripped with sudden terror that Bajor had somehow been destroyed, the planet flashed to atoms by some catastrophe.

"You do deserve answers," said the captain, getting to his feet. The other two officers followed him to the door.

"These people will try to give them to you, if they can."

As Jameson and the others left, two women entered the room. Alla and Wenna. But not. Alla and Wenna. But not.

"I'm Lieutenant Alynna Nechayev," said the blond woman. "You've already met Gwen Jones." She nodded to the dark-haired girl.

Jones placed a steaming cup in front of him. "Deka "Deka tea, from the replicators. It's not quite the real thing, but I thought you'd like it." tea, from the replicators. It's not quite the real thing, but I thought you'd like it."

"Thanks." He sipped the drink; she was correct. Darrah blinked, and rubbed the ridges on his nose with his index finger. "You both look...weird without them."

Nechayev spread her hands as she sat. "This is who we really are."

Darrah nodded, but inwardly he doubted the woman would ever really show him that. She wasn't like Jones, all close to the surface. Nechayev was one of those people who sank into their own depths, hiding almost all of themselves.

"How are you feeling?" asked Jones.

"Lost," Darrah said, with a sigh. "Look, isn't it possible for me to claim asylum or something with you people?"

The women exchanged glances. "If you want to, yes," said Jones.

"And then you could do something? Call in Starfleet?"

Nechayev shook her head. "Doesn't work that way. Bajor is an independent world, Mace. We can't just intervene in its affairs."

"But you can come and spy on us?" He blew out a breath, exasperated. "How can you sit back and let the Carda.s.sians invade?"

Jones's face was sad. "We can't stop it, Mace, because it's already happened. Bajor is under Carda.s.sian occupation."

"What? No! They had troops and tanks, but they don't have control-"

"Yes, they do. Two weeks," Nechayev broke in. "It's been two weeks." She shook her head. "Key figures in the Bajoran Chamber of Ministers have officially announced that the unrest on your planet was caused by a terrorist group, the Alliance for Global Unity. They claimed they were working with militants in the Oralian Way to destabilize Bajor, funded by the Tzenkethi Coalition and the United Federation of Planets."

"Key figures?" he spat. "Lale?"

"Lale Usbor is dead," said Jones. "Murdered by Oralian radicals, so the newsfeeds would have you believe. Minister Kubus Oak is currently acting as interim secretary for planetary affairs."

Jones tapped a keypad set into the tabletop, and a monitor on the wall ran a series of clips from intercepted public broadcasts. Darrah's gut twisted as he saw Kubus being sworn in at the Chamber. His eye was caught by the sight of Jas Holza in the background. The man's face was a rigid, unexpressive mask. He looked beaten and cowed. Of Militia leaders like Coldri Senn and Jaro Essa there was no sign.

"Kubus has officially gone on record as stating that the Carda.s.sian troops on Bajor are 'peacekeepers,'" Nechayev continued. "He says they were invited in to help bring stability to the planet."

"No one will believe that!"

"It doesn't matter," she replied. "The Federation cannot legally become involved in something that has been given official sanction by the Bajoran government."

"Kubus Oak isn't the Bajoran government!" Darrah snapped. "He's a Carda.s.sian puppet!" He was going to say more, but then he saw new footage unfolding on the screen: images from the rebuilding site at the Kendra Monastery. There was Vedek Arin, calling for calm across the planet and endorsing Kubus's stance; but Darrah couldn't look away from the concerned, faithful expression on the man at his side. Vedek Gar's head bobbed in agreement with everything that Arin said.

Syjin's words came back in a rush. They knew where to find us! They must be tracking you, or me- They knew where to find us! They must be tracking you, or me- "Or someone told them," he whispered. The import of that thought, that Gar Osen could be a traitor, made him feel sick. He performed my wedding ceremony. He blessed my children. We are...friends. He performed my wedding ceremony. He blessed my children. We are...friends.

And with the thought of Osen, Mace thought of Syjin, the laughing, wild fool torn apart in a welter of blood. He thought of Proka and Myda, still back there on Bajor. Were they still alive? Had they been gunned down in some back alley, named as terrorists after the fact? He held on to the table, feeling dizzy. With a trembling hand, he reached out and sipped at the unpleasant tea.

After a long moment, Nechayev spoke in a low voice. "We can't do anything for your planet now. But there are operations in place. Other people-this ship, even-are taking steps to oppose the Carda.s.sians."

"And what can I do?" he asked in a dead voice. "A lawman without law to enforce. A man without a world."

"You can take asylum within the Federation if you want, like you said," offered Jones. "Or somewhere else."

He nodded woodenly. "Yes. I'll tell you where you can take me."

Jameson wouldn't let Jones accompany them down to the surface of Valo II, so they said their good-byes in the Gettysburg Gettysburg's transporter room. As Darrah and Nechayev materialized in the square of the main settlement, Mace still had Gwen's D'jarra D'jarra earring in his hand, the one she'd used during the mission. The gift was all she had to give him, she explained, a small piece of Bajor for him to carry. earring in his hand, the one she'd used during the mission. The gift was all she had to give him, she explained, a small piece of Bajor for him to carry.

Darrah glanced at the Starfleet officer. "I can take it from here." A group of Bajorans were approaching them.

Nechayev nodded, hesitating with her hand over her communicator badge. "For the record, I wanted to tell you this. The Federation was wrong to let Bajor slip away. We had a chance to intervene and we didn't. Now the Carda.s.sians have a grip there, and they'll coil around it like snakes with prey." She leaned closer, and her voice became conspiratorial. "I will do whatever I can to help your people resist them. Someone has to."

With a nod, the woman stepped away from him, and in a moment he was alone. Darrah glanced around. He'd never visited Valo II, but he knew the place from images and newsfeeds. A small colony on a temperate world, farms and resorts, the kind of place a man might retire to.

None of that applied to the planet he saw around him now. The settlement was overloaded with people, the adobe buildings crowded out by the sprawls of shantytown shacks made from cargo pods and scavenged metals. It was the mirror of the Oralian encampment outside Korto, but here the people peering warily from the flaps of makeshift tents were all Bajorans.

He recognized the man at the head of the greeting party. "Minister Keeve."

Darrah got a shake of the head in return. "Not for a long time. I'm just Keeve Falor now. And we know you, Darrah Mace. We know you well enough."

They shook hands. Mace frowned. "Jekko Tybe was killed," he told the other man, eliciting gasps from some of Keeve's men. "He saved lives by giving up his own."

Keeve was silent for a moment, then nodded. "He spent it well, then. That's like him. A good man. He'll be missed." He beckoned Darrah after him. "Come on, this way. Valo's not the jewel it once was, but there's still room here. Still room for Bajorans."

They walked. Darrah was curious to see that the place was open, without the divides between D'jarra D'jarra castes he had expected. Keeve saw the question in his eyes and nodded. "We're all Bajorans now, Darrah. Soldier, priest, lawman, minister. We need to look to what's common to us, not what sets us apart from one another." castes he had expected. Keeve saw the question in his eyes and nodded. "We're all Bajorans now, Darrah. Soldier, priest, lawman, minister. We need to look to what's common to us, not what sets us apart from one another."

He halted near a shallow river where ragged children were playing and women worked. Even among all this, there was life and community. For what seemed like the first time in years, Darrah felt hope bloom at the sight of the simple ordinariness of it, the sight of life going on despite all the darkness that threatened it. "What can we do?" he husked, turning to face the other man.

"Resist," said Keeve. "Fight the Carda.s.sians at every turn, gather our strength and weaken theirs. Fight for Bajor." said Keeve. "Fight the Carda.s.sians at every turn, gather our strength and weaken theirs. Fight for Bajor."

Darrah nodded slowly. "We turned out backs, and look what it brought us. We turned our backs and they took our world from us."

Keeve smiled and pointed. "Not all of it." Three figures were racing up the riverbank toward them: a teenage boy with long hair and wide eyes, a younger girl who was crying with joy, and behind them a woman who made Darrah's heart lift.

His face split in a smile, and for that moment everything he had lost was returned to him.

THE TEROK NOR SAGA.

CONTINUES IN.

NIGHT OF THE WOLVES.

Appendices The following is a guide to the specific characters, places, and related material in Day of the Vipers. Day of the Vipers. Where such an item was mentioned or appeared previously in a movie, episode, or other work of 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 Arin (male) priest, aide to Kai Meressa (male) priest, aide to Kai MeressaColdri Senn (male) a high-ranking Militia officer (male) a high-ranking Militia officerCotor (male) a senior vedek at the Kendra Monastery (male) a senior vedek at the Kendra MonasteryDarrah Bajin (male) eldest child of Darrah Mace and Darrah Karys (male) eldest child of Darrah Mace and Darrah KarysDarrah Karys (female) wife of Darrah Mace (female) wife of Darrah MaceDarrah Mace (male) officer of the Korto City Watch (male) officer of the Korto City WatchDarrah Nell (female) youngest child of Darrah Mace and Darrah Karys (female) youngest child of Darrah Mace and Darrah KarysEls Renora (female) public defender for Korto Justice Department (DS9/"Dax") (female) public defender for Korto Justice Department (DS9/"Dax")Gar Osen (male) priest, resident of Korto District (male) priest, resident of Korto DistrictJarel (male) an artist, cousin of Darrah Karys (male) an artist, cousin of Darrah KarysJaro Essa (male) Militia officer (DS9/"Homecoming") (male) Militia officer (DS9/"Homecoming")Jas Holza (male) Korto District administrator and member of the Chamber of Ministers (TNG/"Ensign Ro") (male) Korto District administrator and member of the Chamber of Ministers (TNG/"Ensign Ro")Jekko Tybe (male) adjutant for Minister Keeve Falor, former partner of Darrah Mace (male) adjutant for Minister Keeve Falor, former partner of Darrah MaceKalem Apren (male) member of the Chamber of Ministers (DS9/"Shakaar") (male) member of the Chamber of Ministers (DS9/"Shakaar")Keeve Falor (male) member of the Chamber of Ministers(TNG/"Ensign Ro") (male) member of the Chamber of Ministers(TNG/"Ensign Ro")Kored (male) junior officer aboard the Militia s.p.a.ce Guard vessel (male) junior officer aboard the Militia s.p.a.ce Guard vessel Clarion ClarionKubus Oak (male) member of the Chamber of Ministers (DS9/"The Collaborator") (male) member of the Chamber of Ministers (DS9/"The Collaborator")Lale Usbor (male) First Minister of Bajor, succeeding Verin Kolek (male) First Minister of Bajor, succeeding Verin KolekLi Tarka (male) colonel in the Militia s.p.a.ce Guard; commanding officer of the Militia s.p.a.ce Guard vessel (male) colonel in the Militia s.p.a.ce Guard; commanding officer of the Militia s.p.a.ce Guard vessel Clarion; Clarion; father of Li Nalas (Li Nalas first appeared in DS9/"The Homecoming") father of Li Nalas (Li Nalas first appeared in DS9/"The Homecoming")Lirro (male) duty technician aboard Cemba Station (male) duty technician aboard Cemba StationLonnic Tomo (female) senior adjutant to Minister Jas Holza (female) senior adjutant to Minister Jas HolzaMeressa (female) kai of the Bajoran faith (DS9/"Indiscretion") (female) kai of the Bajoran faith (DS9/"Indiscretion")Myda (female) officer of the Korto City Watch (female) officer of the Korto City WatchProka Migdal (male) officer of the Korto City Watch (DS9/"Carda.s.sians") (male) officer of the Korto City Watch (DS9/"Carda.s.sians")Rifin (male) captain of the scoutship (male) captain of the scoutship Eleda EledaRifin Belda (female) wife of the captain of the scoutship (female) wife of the captain of the scoutship Eleda EledaSyjin (male) freelance pilot and courier (male) freelance pilot and courierTikka Rillio (female) a childhood bully who made Syjin's life h.e.l.l (female) a childhood bully who made Syjin's life h.e.l.lTima (female) religious novice (female) religious noviceVerin Kolek (male) First Minister of Bajor during 2318 (male) First Minister of Bajor during 2318Wule (male) dock chief at Korto's starport (male) dock chief at Korto's starportYilb (male) an old priest who taught Darrah Mace, Syjin, and Gar Osen when they were youths (male) an old priest who taught Darrah Mace, Syjin, and Gar Osen when they were youths Places Avenue of Lights: a central boulevard in the city of Ashalla a central boulevard in the city of AshallaAshalla: capital city of Bajor ( capital city of Bajor (DS9/Mission: Gamma, Book One-Twilight)Cemba (aka (aka Cemba Station): Cemba Station): commerce station and civilian s.p.a.cedock in high orbit over Bajor commerce station and civilian s.p.a.cedock in high orbit over Bajor Derna: Derna: fourth moon of Bajor. (DS9/"Image in the Sand") fourth moon of Bajor. (DS9/"Image in the Sand")Golana: Bajoran interstellar colony (DS9/"Time's Orphan") Bajoran interstellar colony (DS9/"Time's Orphan")Kendra Monastery: main site of theological study in Kendra Province (Kendra Valley first mentioned in DS9/"The Collaborator"; Kendra Province first mentioned in DS9/"Penumbra.") main site of theological study in Kendra Province (Kendra Valley first mentioned in DS9/"The Collaborator"; Kendra Province first mentioned in DS9/"Penumbra.")Korto City: major metropolis on the northern continent of Bajor, situated in the Korto District of Kendra Province on the banks of the Tecyr River, in the plainslands between the Kendra Valley to the northwest and the Sahving Valley to the southeast. Other locations in the city include the Naghai Keep and its ornamental gardens, the Night Market and the Night Market Temple, the precinct house (headquarters of the city police department), the Edar Bridge, the City Oval (where the city's major metropolis on the northern continent of Bajor, situated in the Korto District of Kendra Province on the banks of the Tecyr River, in the plainslands between the Kendra Valley to the northwest and the Sahving Valley to the southeast. Other locations in the city include the Naghai Keep and its ornamental gardens, the Night Market and the Night Market Temple, the precinct house (headquarters of the city police department), the Edar Bridge, the City Oval (where the city's bantaca bantaca spire is located), the Hill District, the Low-Caste District, the river docks, and the starport. Public transport around the city is by tram. spire is located), the Hill District, the Low-Caste District, the river docks, and the starport. Public transport around the city is by tram.Naghai Keep: An ancient castle several thousand years old in the Korto City. Ancestral home of the Jas clan, seat of local government for Korto District. The keep is on a hilltop overlooking the city, set in a series of ornamental gardens, with a ring wall surrounding a central cylindrical tower. An ancient castle several thousand years old in the Korto City. Ancestral home of the Jas clan, seat of local government for Korto District. The keep is on a hilltop overlooking the city, set in a series of ornamental gardens, with a ring wall surrounding a central cylindrical tower.Qui'al: city on the northern continent of Bajor, governed by Minister Kubus Oak (The Qui'al Dam is mentioned in DS9/"Destiny.") city on the northern continent of Bajor, governed by Minister Kubus Oak (The Qui'al Dam is mentioned in DS9/"Destiny.")Tecyr River: waterway that flows west from the Perikian Mountains toward the sea. Korto City sits on the river a few miles inland. (The Perikian Peninsula was first mentioned in DS9/"The Circle.") waterway that flows west from the Perikian Mountains toward the sea. Korto City sits on the river a few miles inland. (The Perikian Peninsula was first mentioned in DS9/"The Circle.")Tilar: Bajoran peninsula ( Bajoran peninsula (DS9: Unity) Ships Clarion: Militia s.p.a.ce Guard heavy a.s.sault vessel, commanded by Colonel Li Tarka Militia s.p.a.ce Guard heavy a.s.sault vessel, commanded by Colonel Li TarkaEleda: civilian scoutship belonging to the Jas clan, lost in Carda.s.sian s.p.a.ce civilian scoutship belonging to the Jas clan, lost in Carda.s.sian s.p.a.ceGlyhrond: s.p.a.ce Guard heavy a.s.sault vessel (named after the Bajoran river) s.p.a.ce Guard heavy a.s.sault vessel (named after the Bajoran river)Kaska: civilian light courier belonging to Jekko Tybe civilian light courier belonging to Jekko TybeKylen: civilian scoutship belonging to the Jas clan, part of reprisal fleet civilian scoutship belonging to the Jas clan, part of reprisal fleetPajul: civilian scoutship belonging to the Jas clan, part of reprisal fleet civilian scoutship belonging to the Jas clan, part of reprisal fleet Food & Drink cela tea: tea: hot brewed beverage ( hot brewed beverage (Worlds of Star Trek: Deep s.p.a.ce Nine, Volume Two-Fragments and Omens)copal: ciderlike beverage ciderlike beveragedeka tea: tea: hot brewed beverage (DS9/"Wrons Darker than Death or Night") hot brewed beverage (DS9/"Wrons Darker than Death or Night")hasperat: spicy Bajoran dish, wrapped in a flatbread (TNG/ "Preemptive Strike") spicy Bajoran dish, wrapped in a flatbread (TNG/ "Preemptive Strike")jumja: confection made from the sap of the confection made from the sap of the jumja jumja tree (DS9/" In the Hands of the Prophets") tree (DS9/" In the Hands of the Prophets") Other Age of Enlightenment: Bajoran equivalent of the Rennaisance era Bajoran equivalent of the Rennaisance erabell: a benchmark of time, similar to "o'clock," as in two-bells, ten-bells, etc. a benchmark of time, similar to "o'clock," as in two-bells, ten-bells, etc.Chamber of Ministers (aka (aka Council of Ministers Council of Ministers): representational body overseeing the governance of Bajor (DS9/"The Homecoming")City Watch (aka (aka the Watch): the Watch): metropolitan police force, a division of the Militia. Ranks in the Watch include watchman, constable, senior constable, inspector, chief inspector, captain, and major. metropolitan police force, a division of the Militia. Ranks in the Watch include watchman, constable, senior constable, inspector, chief inspector, captain, and major.Dakeeni manta: sea creature common to the Dakeen coastal region (Dakeen Monastery was first mentioned in DS9/"The Collaborator") sea creature common to the Dakeen coastal region (Dakeen Monastery was first mentioned in DS9/"The Collaborator")First Minister: elected political world leader of Bajor (DS9/"Shakaar") elected political world leader of Bajor (DS9/"Shakaar")fusionstone: ancient building material ( ancient building material (Worlds of Star Trek: Deep s.p.a.ce Nine, Volume Two-Fragments and Omens)gra.s.s vipers: gray-skinned snakes gray-skinned snakeshiuna leaf: leaf: Bajoran tobacco Bajoran tobacc.o.kellipate: unit of distance, to unit of distance, to linnipates linnipates (DS9/" Progress") (DS9/" Progress")kosst: A swearword or curse derived from Kosst Amojan. (DS9/"The Reckoning") However, the words' original meaning was simply "to be." (DS9/"The a.s.signment") A swearword or curse derived from Kosst Amojan. (DS9/"The Reckoning") However, the words' original meaning was simply "to be." (DS9/"The a.s.signment")linnipate: unit of distance, roughly two or three meters unit of distance, roughly two or three meterslugfish: large, slow, and ugly fish large, slow, and ugly fishLupar's Summer Tales: a series of popular folk fables a series of popular folk fablesnyawood: type of wood, similar to mahogany type of wood, similar to mahoganyOrb of Truth: one of the Tears of the Prophets, the first Orb taken by the Carda.s.sians. ( one of the Tears of the Prophets, the first Orb taken by the Carda.s.sians. (DS9/Mission: Gamma, Book Three-Cathedral ) )porli fowl: fowl: a chickenlike food animal a chickenlike food animals.p.a.ce Guard: s.p.a.ce naval forces, a division of the Militia s.p.a.ce naval forces, a division of the MilitiaTears of the Prophets (aka (aka Orbs): Orbs): mysterious objects that sometimes impart visions or insights upon those who gaze into them (DS9/"Emissary") mysterious objects that sometimes impart visions or insights upon those who gaze into them (DS9/"Emissary")tessipate: unit of area, (DS9/"Progress") unit of area, (DS9/"Progress")Tilar's New Insights: a volume of religious tracts regarding the worship of the Prophets a volume of religious tracts regarding the worship of the Prophetstyrfox: wily canine predator wily canine predatorVedek a.s.sembly: council of religious leaders (DS9/"In the Hands of the Prophets") council of religious leaders (DS9/"In the Hands of the Prophets")Yerrin syndrome: an incurable genetic blood disorder an incurable genetic blood disorder Religious Ranks The following is a breakdown of known ranks in the Bajoran religion, as established in various episodes of Star Trek: Deep s.p.a.ce Nine, Star Trek: Deep s.p.a.ce Nine, in ascending order. in ascending order.

prylar: a monk a monkranjen: a monk specializing in theological study a monk specializing in theological studyvedek: a high-ranking priest, typically a regional spiritual leader a high-ranking priest, typically a regional spiritual leaderkai: the world leader of the Bajoran religion 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 artists (above Te'nari) Te'nari) (DS9/"Accession") (DS9/"Accession")Te'nari: unknown, but below unknown, but below Ih'valla Ih'valla (DS9/"Accession") (DS9/"Accession")Mi'tino: low-ranked merchants and landowners low-ranked merchants and landownersVa'telo: pilot, sailor, driver, and similar professions pilot, sailor, driver, and similar professionsKe'lora: laborers and lawmen laborers and lawmenImutta: Those who deal with the dead, the "unclean" and lowest-ranking Those who deal with the dead, the "unclean" and lowest-ranking D'jarra D'jarra (DS9/"Accession") (DS9/"Accession") APPENDIX II: CARDa.s.sIA.

Characters Dukat, Athra (female) wife of Skrain Dukat (female) wife of Skrain DukatDukat, Procal (male) an archon in the Carda.s.sian military justice system; the father of Skrain Dukat. (Note: The elder Dukat is listed in some sources as being a military officer, and in others as a justice of the court. (male) an archon in the Carda.s.sian military justice system; the father of Skrain Dukat. (Note: The elder Dukat is listed in some sources as being a military officer, and in others as a justice of the court. Day of the Vipers Day of the Vipers splits the difference and describes him as a military judge in the Central Command's equivalent of the JAG office. He was first referred to as "the late Justice Procal" in DS9/"The Die Is Cast".) splits the difference and describes him as a military judge in the Central Command's equivalent of the JAG office. He was first referred to as "the late Justice Procal" in DS9/"The Die Is Cast".)Dukat, Skrain (male) Carda.s.sian military officer who served under Danig Kell during the formal first contact with Bajor, and eventually became prefect of Bajor during the occupation (DS9/"Emissary"; Dukat's given name was first established in the DS9 novel (male) Carda.s.sian military officer who served under Danig Kell during the formal first contact with Bajor, and eventually became prefect of Bajor during the occupation (DS9/"Emissary"; Dukat's given name was first established in the DS9 novel A St.i.tch in Time. A St.i.tch in Time.)Hadlo (male) a senior priest of the Oralian Way (male) a senior priest of the Oralian WayHekit (male) a jagul in the Carda.s.sian military (male) a jagul in the Carda.s.sian militaryIco, Rhan (female) non-military xenologist (female) non-military xenologistKell, Danig (male) commander of the starship (male) commander of the starship Kornaire Kornaire in 2318, later promoted to jagul and placed in charge of Bajoran affairs by Central Command. (DS9/"Civil in 2318, later promoted to jagul and placed in charge of Bajoran affairs by Central Command. (DS9/"Civil Defense") Letin, Pasir (male) priest of the Oralian Way (male) priest of the Oralian WayMatrik (male) a glinn serving aboard the (male) a glinn serving aboard the Kornaire Kornaire in 2318 in 2318Orloc (male) a glinn under Dukat serving aboard the (male) a glinn under Dukat serving aboard the Vandir Vandir in 2328 in 2328Pa'Dar, Kotan (male) non-military scientist a.s.signed to the first contact mission to Bajor. The Pa'Dar family are all politicians and they disapprove of Kotan's dalliance with the sciences. (DS9/"Carda.s.sians") (male) non-military scientist a.s.signed to the first contact mission to Bajor. The Pa'Dar family are all politicians and they disapprove of Kotan's dalliance with the sciences. (DS9/"Carda.s.sians")Seren (female) a follower of the Oralian Way, a former nurse (female) a follower of the Oralian Way, a former nurseTunol (female) Dukat's second-in-command aboard the (female) Dukat's second-in-command aboard the Kashai Kashai and later aboard the and later aboard the Vandir VandirUrad (male) a young follower of the Oralian Way (male) a young follower of the Oralian Way Places Corvon: a population center on Carda.s.sia Prime a population center on Carda.s.sia PrimeIngav: a planet annexed by the Carda.s.sian Union in 2301 ( a planet annexed by the Carda.s.sian Union in 2301 (DS9/Section 31: Abyss)Tellel Basin: population center on carda.s.sia Prime population center on carda.s.sia PrimeTerok: military locational/strategic designation code for the planet Bajor (Terok Nor was established in the DS9 episode "Carda.s.sians" as the original name of the s.p.a.ce station that later became Deep s.p.a.ce 9.) military locational/strategic designation code for the planet Bajor (Terok Nor was established in the DS9 episode "Carda.s.sians" as the original name of the s.p.a.ce station that later became Deep s.p.a.ce 9.)Senmir: population center on Carda.s.sia Prime population center on Carda.s.sia Prime Ships Daikon: starship in service with the Union navy in 2323 starship in service with the Union navy in 2323Kashai: starship commanded by Skrain Dukat in 2323 starship commanded by Skrain Dukat in 2323Kornaire: Selek Selek-cla.s.s ship commanded by Danig Kell in 2318 (DS9/"Waltz")Selek cla.s.s: cla.s.s: starship in service with the Union navy, an older-model vessel, not as new as the larger starship in service with the Union navy, an older-model vessel, not as new as the larger Galor Galor cla.s.s cla.s.sVandir: Galor Galor-cla.s.s ship commanded by Skrain Dukat in 2328 Food & Drink rokat: dried, salted fish jerky; an unpopular dish among naval crews dried, salted fish jerky; an unpopular dish among naval crewsseafruit: marine animal, a.n.a.logous to a sea cuc.u.mber marine animal, a.n.a.logous to a sea cuc.u.mbertaspareggs: tasty when they are boiled, fried, or scrambled; eating them raw is not recommended (TNG/"Chain of Command, Part II") tasty when they are boiled, fried, or scrambled; eating them raw is not recommended (TNG/"Chain of Command, Part II")tefla broth: broth: soup of sh.e.l.lfish and vegetables soup of sh.e.l.lfish and vegetables Other deca: a measurement of distance, roughly equivalent to a meter a measurement of distance, roughly equivalent to a meterFaces of the Fates: a term for the recitation masks used by the Oralian Way a term for the recitation masks used by the Oralian WayGalor Banner: the symbol of the Carda.s.ssian Union the symbol of the Carda.s.ssian UnionJanad-cla.s.s tank: military urban a.s.sault vehicle military urban a.s.sault vehiclejevonite: precious stone (TNG/"Chain of Command, Part II") precious stone (TNG/"Chain of Command, Part II")metric: a measurement of time, roughly equivalent to a minute a measurement of time, roughly equivalent to a minuteOralian Way: religion dating back to the First Hebitian civilization on Carda.s.sia Prime, the followers of the Way wear hooded, pastel-colored robes with lines of ornamental beads denoting "rank" within the religion. There are at least four books (or codexes) in the Oralian texts known as the Recitations. (The Hebitian civilization was first mentioned in TNG/"Chain of Command, Part II"; the Oralian Way was established in the DS9 novel religion dating back to the First Hebitian civilization on Carda.s.sia Prime, the followers of the Way wear hooded, pastel-colored robes with lines of ornamental beads denoting "rank" within the religion. There are at least four books (or codexes) in the Oralian texts known as the Recitations. (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.)Tethen: a figure from the Oralian religious texts, "the proud man" from the fourth codex of the Recitations. a figure from the Oralian religious texts, "the proud man" from the fourth codex of the Recitations.

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 noncommissioned officergil: ensign ( ensign (Star Trek: Deep s.p.a.ce Nine Technical Manual)glinn: lieutenant (TNG/"The Wounded") lieutenant (TNG/"The Wounded")dalin: lieutenant commander lieutenant commanderdal: commander commandergul: captain (TNG/"The Wounded") captain (TNG/"The Wounded")jagul: commodore or rear admiral commodore or rear admirallegate: admiral (DS9/"The Maquis, Part II") admiral (DS9/"The Maquis, Part II") APPENDIX III: MISCELLANEOUS.

Characters Foroe (Xepolite male) owner/operator, or "hetman," of a tramp freighter (Xepolite male) owner/operator, or "hetman," of a tramp freighterGold, David (human male) Starfleet lieutenant and senior officer on the (human male) Starfleet lieutenant and senior officer on the U.S.S. Gettysburg (Corps of Engineers #1: The Belly of the Beast) U.S.S. Gettysburg (Corps of Engineers #1: The Belly of the Beast)Grek (Ferengi male) trader and a.s.sociate of Syjin (Ferengi male) trader and a.s.sociate of SyjinJameson, Mark (human male) captain of the Federation starship (human male) captain of the Federation starship Gettysburg Gettysburg (TNG/"Too Short a Season") (TNG/"Too Short a Season")Jones, Gwen (human female) Starfleet lieutenant junior grade; specialist in Bajoran culture and language (human female) Starfleet lieutenant junior grade; specialist in Bajoran culture and languageMuhle (Tiburonian male), Starfleet ensign serving as communications officer aboard the (Tiburonian male), Starfleet ensign serving as communications officer aboard the U.S.S. Gettysburg U.S.S. GettysburgNechayev, Alyanna (human female), Starfleet lieutenant; intelligence operative (TNG/"Chain of Command, Part I") (human female), Starfleet lieutenant; intelligence operative (TNG/"Chain of Command, Part I")sh'Sena, Dilat (Andoran (Andoran shen shen) Starfleet lieutenant, chief of security on the U.S.S. Gettysburg U.S.S. Gettysburg ( (Corps of Engineers: Turn the Page. Note: sh'Sena was erroneously named th'Sena in her first appearance.) Note: sh'Sena was erroneously named th'Sena in her first appearance.)T'Vel (Vulcan female) Starfleet commander; executive officer of the (Vulcan female) Starfleet commander; executive officer of the U.S.S. Gettysburg U.S.S. Gettysburg ( (Corps of Engineers: Turn the Page)Tepper (human female) Starfleet officer serving as a nurse aboard the (human female) Starfleet officer serving as a nurse aboard the U.S.S. Gettysburg U.S.S. Gettysburg Places Ab-Tzenketh: homeworld of the Tzenkethi Coalition (The Tzenkethi were first mentioned in DS9/"The Adversary") homeworld of the Tzenkethi Coalition (The Tzenkethi were first mentioned in DS9/"The Adversary")Delavi III: location of a covert Carda.s.sian listening post ( location of a covert Carda.s.sian listening post (Corps of Engineers: Turn the Page)Talaria: homeworld of the Talarian Republic (TNG/ "Suddenly Human") homeworld of the Talarian Republic (TNG/ "Suddenly Human") Starships & Technology flyer: generic term for a small aircraft generic term for a small aircraftU.S.S. Gettysburg: Federation starship, Federation starship, Constellation Constellation cla.s.s, commanded by Captain Mark Jameson (TNG/"Too cla.s.s, commanded by Captain Mark Jameson (TNG/"TooShort a Season"; the Gettysburg Gettysburg's cla.s.s was first suggested in the Star Trek Encyclopedia.) Star Trek Encyclopedia.)marauder: generic term for a Tzenkethi cruiser generic term for a Tzenkethi cruisershimmerknife: a small edged weapon with a vibrating blade a small edged weapon with a vibrating bladeskimmer: generic term for a near-ground hovercraft generic term for a near-ground hovercraft Food & Drink agnam loaf: loaf: fungal foodstuff that requires several years to mature for the best taste fungal foodstuff that requires several years to mature for the best tastemethrin eggs: eggs: tasty when they are boiled, fried, or scrambled tasty when they are boiled, fried, or scrambledporwiggies: porcine creatures used as food animals porcine creatures used as food animalstranya: a beverage originating in the First Federation (TOS/"The Corbomite Maneuver") a beverage originating in the First Federation (TOS/"The Corbomite Maneuver")