Cardassians
Production Number: 425
Original air week: 10/25/93
Written by: James Crocker (Teleplay);
Gene Wolande & John Wright (Story)
Directed by: Cliff Bole
Guest Stars:
Notes:
- Vidal Peterson, who played Rugal here, also played D'Tan in TNG's
"Unification" two-parter.
- The Cardassians left a number of orphaned children on Bajor after
the occupation. The Bajorans took them in as their own children.
- This story is similar to TNG's "Suddenly Human", except that the
Cardassian child has no desire to return to his blood family,
while Jono did have some feelings of returning to the Federation.
- Cardassians tend to pay attention to details, and would not leave
a task unfinished.
- Gul Dukat was in charge of the withdrawal from Bajor.
- In practice, the civilian government of Cardassia has no control
over the military. (cf. "Defiant")
- According to Gul Dukat, the Bajoran pullout was a civilian
political decision that the military opposed, and that the decision
to leave the orphans was made by the civilian leaders.
- Dr. Bashir and Garak visit the Tozak resettlement center on Bajor,
the location that Rugal was taken during the withdrawal.
- Garak can repair computers.
- Children without parents have no status on Cardassia.
- Garak: "I don't make the rules."
Bashir: "But you do play the game, don't you, Garak?"
- Garak: "I believe in coincidence. Coincidences happen every day.
But I don't trust coincidences."
- A Bajoran administrator named Jomat Lusan would have been the person
to write the original fila about Rugal.
- Sisko: "So, you deduced that Garak thinks Dukat is lying about
something you're not sure of, and you proceeded to interrupt my
conversation to confront him about whatever that might be."
- Terok Nor is the Cardassian name of the station. When the Federation
took over (cf. "Emissary"), they renamed is
"Deep Space Nine".
- Gul Dukat is a key witness in the investigations of the Cardassians
involved with the recent coup attempt (cf. the
second season opener).
- Gul Dukat was the commanding officer of Terok Nor at least eight
years ago (SD 39000.0 or so), and stayed at the position until the
withdrawal.
- Garak: "You don't need me to tell you, my friend. Notice the
details. They're scattered like the crumbs all over this table."
- Program Highlights
- STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE: "Cardassians" -- A young Cardassian,
orphaned in the war and raised by Bajorans, causes turmoil on the
station when his people attempt to reclaim him.
- TV Guide Ad
- BOY WITHOUT A COUNTRY
Born of Cardassians, raised by Bajorans,
a young boy becomes a pawn in a sinister poltical game.
- TV Log Listing
- Cardassian orphan arrives on station/STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.
