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 was found (DS9/”Emissary”)
Derna: Fourth moon of Bajor, former site of a Cardassian base (DS9/”Image in the Sand”; the base was established in Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers)
Gallitep: Cardassian-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 (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 Space 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: Cardassian settlement on Bajor, governed by Exarch Kotan Pa’Dar (DS9/”Cardassians”)
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 Cardassian 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)
Deka Tea: 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”)
Kava Root: 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”)
Ratamba Stew: 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 Space Nine Technical Manual)
Cadge Lupus: Large canine predator, similar to a wolf
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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 Space Nine, Volume Two-Fragments and Omens)
Grass Vipers: Gray-skinned snakes (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers)
Hara Cat: Large feline predator (DS9/”Second Skin”)
Hiuna Leaf: 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 Cardassians 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 Assignment”)
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 Institute of Science (VGR/”State of Flux”)
Porli Fowl: Chicken-like 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 classic poetical name for a cadge lupus
Salam: Type of grass (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 Cardassian (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
Until recent times the Bajorans had a series of castes called D’jarras. This is a rough order of ranking for the ones that have been established so far.
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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 (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: Cardassia
Characters
Abor, Dost: (male) Operative of the Obsidian Order, assigned to Valo VI listening post
Astraea: (female) Traditional name of the ceremonial “guide” or religious leader for the Oralian Way (DS9/A Stitch in Time)
Dalak: (male) Official of the Cardassian Information Service, superior of Natima Lang and Veja Ketan
Damar, Corat: (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”)
Dukat, Athra: (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 A Stitch in Time)
Ico, Rhan: (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 Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers)
Ketan, Veja: (female) Correspondent for the Cardassian Information Service
Kieng: (male) Code name for Joer Varc, an operative of the Obsidian Order
Kretech: (male) Military officer serving on the scoutship Kevalu
Kruva: (male) Commander of the patrol ship Drakamair, assigned to the Pullock system
Lang, Natima: (female) Correspondent for the Cardassian Information Service (DS9/”Profit and Loss”)
Marritza, Aamin: (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 Cardassia Prime
Moset, Crell: (male) Civilian physician and exobiologist who worked on Bajor during the annexation (VOY/”Nothing Human”)
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Ocett, Malyn: (female) Military officer in command of the scoutship Kevalu, assigned to patrol the Bajoran system (TNG/”The Chase”; Ocett’s given name was established in A Stitch in Time)
Pa’Dar, Kotan: (male) Former scientist, later exarch at the Tozhat settlement on Bajor (DS9/”Cardassians”)
Pasir, Letin: (male) Operative of the Obsidian Order, assigned to Bajor posing as a vedek (Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers)
Prang, Limor: (male) Operative of the Obsidian Order (A Stitch in Time)
Ratav: (male) Military officer commanding a base in Hedrikspool Province on Bajor
Regnar: (male) Code name for an operative of the Obsidian Order (A Stitch in Time)
Reyar, Kalisi: (female) Civilian scientist
Reyar, Yannik: (male) Civilian liaison between Central Command and the Obsidian Order, father of Kalisi Reyar
Sa’kat: (male) Military officer assigned to patrol the perimeter of Cardassia City
Tain, Enabran: (male) Head of the Obsidian Order (DS9/”The Wire”)
Tedar: (male) Military officer stationed in Dahkur Province on Bajor
Thrax: (male) Chief of security on Terok Nor (DS9/”Things Past”)
Trach: (male) Non-commisioned officer serving on Terok Nor
Vara, Miras: (female) Civilian scientist
Varc, Joer: (male) Operative of the Obsidian Order, code name “Kieng”
Veda: (male) Military officer serving on the scoutship Kevalu
Yopal: (female) Director of the Bajoran Institute of Science
Places
Lakarian City: Population center on Cardassia Prime, site where ancient Hebetian culture was said to have flourished long ago (DS9/”Defiant”)
Cardassia City: Capital city of Cardassia Prime (A Stitch in Time)
Letau: The innermost moon of Cardassia Prime and the site of a maximum-security prison facility
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)
Pullock V: Habitable planet in the Pullock system; site of a Cardassian manufacturing complex (DS9/”Shakaar”)
Terok Nor: Space station orbiting Bajor; the main ore processing facility as of 2346 and the command post for the Bajoran annexation
Other
Drakamair: Hideki-class 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-class 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 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)
Riding Hound: 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 & Ash supplement for the Star Trek Roleplaying Game from Last Unicorn Games.
Garresh: Non-commissioned Officer
Gil: Ensign
Glinn: Lieutenant
Dalin: Lieutenant Commander
Dal: Commander
Gul: Captain
Jagul: Commodore/Rear Admiral
Legate: Admiral