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:'''Dukat''' redirects here. For the ancient gold coin, see ducat; for other uses, see Dukat (disambiguation)''.
'Dukat, S.G.' is a recurring character in ''. He is a Cardassian leader and an antagonist of Benjamin Sisko. He was played by Marc Alaimo.
He appears throughout the series, being introduced in the pilot episode "Emissary", and is featured in the series' finale "What You Leave Behind".
During the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, Dukat served as Prefect of Bajor, and commanded Terok Nor, an orbital space station that contained ore-processing facilities maintained by Bajoran slave labor. Dukat believed himself to be a kind and generous overseer who cared deeply for the Bajoran people. He claimed that he ruled Bajor with a "softer" and "gentler" hand than the Cardassian Central Command required him to, and often pointed to the abolition of child labor and improved conditions in the labor camps under his charge as examples of his benevolence. However, he blamed the frequent terrorist acts by some Bajorans against the Cardassians as the reason he often required harsh retributions, and he came to hate the Bajoran people for refusing to appreciate him.
When the Cardassians finally left Bajor, the Bajorans requested Federation assistance. Starfleet dispatched a crew led by Commander Benjamin Sisko to take control of Terok Nor, which was renamed Deep Space Nine. Shortly thereafter, they discovered the first known stable wormhole in the quadrant and moved the station nearer to stake the Bajorans' claim to it. Dukat's failure to recapture the station after this important discovery made him very unpopular with the Cardassian government. Dukat vowed someday to retake the station from Sisko and Starfleet.
Dukat had a daughter, Tora Ziyal, born from an illicit relationship with a Bajoran slave woman during the occupation. He sent her away as an adolescent, without acknowledging her existence, because he feared that public knowledge and scrutiny regarding his infidelity would hurt his political standing. Ziyal was discovered six years later, and Dukat was prepared to kill her to keep his indiscretion secret, but Kira convinced him to take her back to Deep Space Nine instead. Father and daughter soon became very close. In fact, Ziyal was one of the few people who gave Dukat the admiration he craved.
In spite of this act of 'kindness', Dukat was demoted to command of the freighter ''Groumall'' and assigned routine duties transporting supplies. During this time, the Cardassian Union and the Klingon Empire had become bitter enemies. In response to Klingon incursions into Cardassian space, Dukat commandeered a B'rel class starship with the assistance of Major Kira Nerys, and began an independent campaign to repel the Klingons. As his successes grew, Dukat managed to restore some of his prestige with the Cardassian leadership.
Later, Dukat became leader of the Cardassian Union when it formally allied with the Dominion. The Dominion-Cardassian alliance succeeded in reclaiming Deep Space Nine, but was forced to give it up after a decisive battle. When Glinn Damar, Dukat's second-in-command, killed Tora Ziyal for having secretly aided a resistance movement against the Dominion, Dukat lost his mind.
Though he was soon captured by Starfleet during these events, Dukat managed to escape after the starship transporting him was attacked and destroyed. While stranded near the crash site with his hated enemy Benjamin Sisko, Dukat, who had supposedly been cured of his madness by Federation doctors, began to suffer from severe delusions and hallucinations. Before making his getaway, he confessed to Sisko that he felt no remorse for the deaths of the 5 million Bajorans who perished during his reign as Prefect of Bajor and he swore to wipe out every Bajoran in the galaxy.
In 2374, believing that he had found a way to wreak his ultimate vengeance on Bajor, Dukat performed an ancient ritual that summoned a pah-wraith, one of the ancient race of evil beings who are the sworn enemies of the Bajoran Prophets. The pah-wraith possessed Dukat and compelled him to travel to Deep Space Nine, where he released the creature into the same room as the Bajoran Orb of Contemplation. This ended up sealing the wormhole... a devastating event to the Bajoran people. During the course of this scheme, Dukat murdered Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax, the station's science officer and the newlywed wife of Lieutenant Commander Worf.
Although Sisko was eventually able to cleanse the Orb and reopen the wormhole, the temporary disappearance of their "Celestial Temple" caused many Bajorans to question their faith in the Prophets. Some of these Bajorans joined the newly-formed Cult of the Pah-Wraiths, which was actually a front for Dukat.
Traveling to Cardassia, Dukat subjected himself to plastic surgery, taking on the appearance of a Bajoran farmer named Anjohl Tennan. In the disguise, he continued on to Bajor, where he wormed his way into the confidence and affection of Kai Winn, the ambitious Bajoran spiritual leader. Preying on the Kai's bitterness over Sisko, a non-Bajoran, having such a prominent role in her religion, Dukat deceived her into believing that the visions she was receiving from the pah-wraiths were actually from the Prophets. Slowly, he seduced and corrupted the Kai with these visions and turned her against the Prophets, eventually convincing her to worship the pah-wraiths instead.
Revealing his true identity to the Kai, Dukat convinced her to read the mythical Book of Kosst Amojan, a dark tome that held the secrets of the pah-wraiths. In doing so, he arranged for her to murder her assistant, thus sealing her bond with the pah-wraiths. ("The Changing Face of Evil") When Dukat himself attempted to read from the Book, however, he was blinded. Interpreting this as a sign from the pah-wraiths (and feeling betrayed by Dukat), Winn cast the still-blind Cardassian into the street.
After weeks of wandering, Dukat's vision was finally restored to him by the pah-wraiths, who ordered him to join Kai Winn in freeing them from their prison in the Bajoran Fire Caves. Now armed with the Book, the two conspirators traveled there and began the ritual, igniting the Caves' long-dormant flames. As part of the ritual, Winn poisoned Dukat and offered him up as a sacrifice to the pah-wraiths. However, the evil spirits had other plans for the mad Cardassian. Declaring him to be their Emissary, they restored him, revealing his true Cardassian appearance, and filled his body with their dark power. As Benjamin Sisko arrived to stop them, fulfilling his destiny as Emissary of the Prophets, the Kai turned away from both Dukat and the pah-wraiths and attempted to stop him, but the pah-wraiths killed her. Realizing what had to be done, Sisko plunged into the flames with both the Book and Dukat, sealing the Fire Caves and imprisoning Dukat and the pah-wraiths together forever.
Dukat appears in the following '' episodes:
:'''Dukat''' redirects here. For the ancient gold coin, see ducat; for other uses, see Dukat (disambiguation)''.
'Dukat, S.G.' is a recurring character in ''. He is a Cardassian leader and an antagonist of Benjamin Sisko. He was played by Marc Alaimo.
He appears throughout the series, being introduced in the pilot episode "Emissary", and is featured in the series' finale "What You Leave Behind".
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Overview
During the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, Dukat served as Prefect of Bajor, and commanded Terok Nor, an orbital space station that contained ore-processing facilities maintained by Bajoran slave labor. Dukat believed himself to be a kind and generous overseer who cared deeply for the Bajoran people. He claimed that he ruled Bajor with a "softer" and "gentler" hand than the Cardassian Central Command required him to, and often pointed to the abolition of child labor and improved conditions in the labor camps under his charge as examples of his benevolence. However, he blamed the frequent terrorist acts by some Bajorans against the Cardassians as the reason he often required harsh retributions, and he came to hate the Bajoran people for refusing to appreciate him.
When the Cardassians finally left Bajor, the Bajorans requested Federation assistance. Starfleet dispatched a crew led by Commander Benjamin Sisko to take control of Terok Nor, which was renamed Deep Space Nine. Shortly thereafter, they discovered the first known stable wormhole in the quadrant and moved the station nearer to stake the Bajorans' claim to it. Dukat's failure to recapture the station after this important discovery made him very unpopular with the Cardassian government. Dukat vowed someday to retake the station from Sisko and Starfleet.
Dukat had a daughter, Tora Ziyal, born from an illicit relationship with a Bajoran slave woman during the occupation. He sent her away as an adolescent, without acknowledging her existence, because he feared that public knowledge and scrutiny regarding his infidelity would hurt his political standing. Ziyal was discovered six years later, and Dukat was prepared to kill her to keep his indiscretion secret, but Kira convinced him to take her back to Deep Space Nine instead. Father and daughter soon became very close. In fact, Ziyal was one of the few people who gave Dukat the admiration he craved.
In spite of this act of 'kindness', Dukat was demoted to command of the freighter ''Groumall'' and assigned routine duties transporting supplies. During this time, the Cardassian Union and the Klingon Empire had become bitter enemies. In response to Klingon incursions into Cardassian space, Dukat commandeered a B'rel class starship with the assistance of Major Kira Nerys, and began an independent campaign to repel the Klingons. As his successes grew, Dukat managed to restore some of his prestige with the Cardassian leadership.
Later, Dukat became leader of the Cardassian Union when it formally allied with the Dominion. The Dominion-Cardassian alliance succeeded in reclaiming Deep Space Nine, but was forced to give it up after a decisive battle. When Glinn Damar, Dukat's second-in-command, killed Tora Ziyal for having secretly aided a resistance movement against the Dominion, Dukat lost his mind.
Though he was soon captured by Starfleet during these events, Dukat managed to escape after the starship transporting him was attacked and destroyed. While stranded near the crash site with his hated enemy Benjamin Sisko, Dukat, who had supposedly been cured of his madness by Federation doctors, began to suffer from severe delusions and hallucinations. Before making his getaway, he confessed to Sisko that he felt no remorse for the deaths of the 5 million Bajorans who perished during his reign as Prefect of Bajor and he swore to wipe out every Bajoran in the galaxy.
In 2374, believing that he had found a way to wreak his ultimate vengeance on Bajor, Dukat performed an ancient ritual that summoned a pah-wraith, one of the ancient race of evil beings who are the sworn enemies of the Bajoran Prophets. The pah-wraith possessed Dukat and compelled him to travel to Deep Space Nine, where he released the creature into the same room as the Bajoran Orb of Contemplation. This ended up sealing the wormhole... a devastating event to the Bajoran people. During the course of this scheme, Dukat murdered Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax, the station's science officer and the newlywed wife of Lieutenant Commander Worf.
Although Sisko was eventually able to cleanse the Orb and reopen the wormhole, the temporary disappearance of their "Celestial Temple" caused many Bajorans to question their faith in the Prophets. Some of these Bajorans joined the newly-formed Cult of the Pah-Wraiths, which was actually a front for Dukat.
Traveling to Cardassia, Dukat subjected himself to plastic surgery, taking on the appearance of a Bajoran farmer named Anjohl Tennan. In the disguise, he continued on to Bajor, where he wormed his way into the confidence and affection of Kai Winn, the ambitious Bajoran spiritual leader. Preying on the Kai's bitterness over Sisko, a non-Bajoran, having such a prominent role in her religion, Dukat deceived her into believing that the visions she was receiving from the pah-wraiths were actually from the Prophets. Slowly, he seduced and corrupted the Kai with these visions and turned her against the Prophets, eventually convincing her to worship the pah-wraiths instead.
Revealing his true identity to the Kai, Dukat convinced her to read the mythical Book of Kosst Amojan, a dark tome that held the secrets of the pah-wraiths. In doing so, he arranged for her to murder her assistant, thus sealing her bond with the pah-wraiths. ("The Changing Face of Evil") When Dukat himself attempted to read from the Book, however, he was blinded. Interpreting this as a sign from the pah-wraiths (and feeling betrayed by Dukat), Winn cast the still-blind Cardassian into the street.
After weeks of wandering, Dukat's vision was finally restored to him by the pah-wraiths, who ordered him to join Kai Winn in freeing them from their prison in the Bajoran Fire Caves. Now armed with the Book, the two conspirators traveled there and began the ritual, igniting the Caves' long-dormant flames. As part of the ritual, Winn poisoned Dukat and offered him up as a sacrifice to the pah-wraiths. However, the evil spirits had other plans for the mad Cardassian. Declaring him to be their Emissary, they restored him, revealing his true Cardassian appearance, and filled his body with their dark power. As Benjamin Sisko arrived to stop them, fulfilling his destiny as Emissary of the Prophets, the Kai turned away from both Dukat and the pah-wraiths and attempted to stop him, but the pah-wraiths killed her. Realizing what had to be done, Sisko plunged into the flames with both the Book and Dukat, sealing the Fire Caves and imprisoning Dukat and the pah-wraiths together forever.
Appearances
Dukat appears in the following '' episodes:
''Season 1'' ★ Emissary, Parts I and II ★ Duet ''Season 2'' ★ The Homecoming ★ Cardassians ★ Necessary Evil ★ The Maquis, Parts I and II ''Season 3'' ★ Civil Defense ★ Defiant ★ Explorers ''Season 4'' ★ The Way of the Warrior, Parts I and II ★ Indiscretion ★ Return to Grace ''Season 5'' ★ Apocalypse Rising ★ Things Past ★ In Purgatory's Shadow ★ By Inferno's Light ★ Ties of Blood and Water ★ Call to Arms | ''Season 6'' ★ A Time to Stand ★ Sons and Daughters ★ Behind the Lines ★ Favor the Bold ★ Sacrifice of Angels ★ Waltz ★ Far Beyond the Stars ★ Wrongs Darker than Death or Night ★ In the Pale Moonlight ★ Tears of the Prophets ''Season 7'' ★ Covenant ★ Penumbra ★ 'Til Death Do Us Part ★ Strange Bedfellows ★ The Changing Face of Evil ★ When It Rains... ★ What You Leave Behind, Parts I and II |
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