The former Cardassian prefect of DS9, or Terok Nor, Dukat has proven himself a survivor as well as an expert tactician at political intrigue as well as combat. He has ridden the roller-coaster of change sweeping his people, incredibly recovering from the DS9 loss to becoming military advisor after a shocking civilian coup in 2371, then a lone marauder against Klingon aggressors after losing his legate rank over a mistress scandal, and finally as ruler of a puppet government in the Dominion on the verge of taking the Alpha Quadrant in 2373-74. A wily egotist and more silver-tongued than most Cardassians, he was a part of the Bajoran occupation at least as far back as 2352 (when he fathered a daughter by a Bajoran mistress) and came to head the station about ten years before the overall Bajoran withdrawal he opposed. He had dealt with Quark throughout the Occupation, but had first met both Kira and Odo in 2363 as a member of the Central Command -- afterwards making Odo his station security chief, and later coming to have an ever-enlarging crush on Kira; he had called labeled her a 'minor operative' who ran 'errands for the terrorist leaders. After the withdrawal he still kept meddling in station affairs as commander of the Second Order but was not above cooperating when it suited him, as in hunting down the Maquis with Sisko who kidnapped him in 2370, or searching for his mistress and daughter among the Ravinok survivors with Kira in 2372. Dukat had just been promoted to legate after helping save the civilian Deteppa Council from Klingon capture in early 2372 during their invasion, but he lost all standing and his wife and seven children, including an 11-year-old son Mikor in 2371 by admitting to his illegitimate daughter Tora Ziyal. Rather than keep his demotion to a freighter captain, he broke off to prey as a bandit on Klingon intruders, but eventually sold out his world to the Dominion to become its leader under the Vorta, Weyoun. Although they fought together against the Klingon invaders, Dukat and Garak share a special hatred: the former Obsidian Order agent had Dukat's father on trial and executed, and Dukat has wanted to do the same to his rival, now in exile. His old Terok Nor clearance was the maximum, level 9 with access/authorization code 'Dukat 5116-Green;' in the Second Order his security ID code was A-D-L-4-0. He likes red leaf tea, Bajoran Spring Wine, Didactic Theatre, and had survived five assassination attempts by 2367.
