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'''Gul Dukat''' is a Cardassian commander who played a major role in ''[[Deep Space Nine]]''.
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|Caption    = Dukat, S.G.
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|Species    = [[Cardassian]]
|Gender      = [[Male]]
|Planet      = [[Cardassia Prime]]
|Posting = ''Kornaire''<br />Prefect of Bajor/Overseer of the [[Cardassian Occupation]]<br />[[Terok Nor]] commanding officer<br />Commanding officer of the Second Order<br /> [[Cardassia Prime]]<br />Chief military advisor to the Detapa Council<br />''Groumall'' commanding officer<br />Leader of the Cardassian Union<br />Emissary of the [[Pah Wraith|Pah-Wraiths]]
|Affiliation = The [[Pah Wraith]]s, formerly the [[Cardassian Union]]
|Rank        = [[Cardassian military ranks#Military ranks|Gul]]<br>[[Cardassian military ranks#Military ranks|Legate]] (demoted)
|Portrayed  = [[Marc Alaimo]]
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'''Dukat, S.G.''' was a recurring character in fictional television series ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. He is a [[Cardassian]] leader and an antagonist of [[Benjamin Sisko]]. The character was played by actor [[Marc Alaimo]]. 
 
Dukat appears throughout the series, being introduced in the pilot episode "[[Emissary (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Emissary]]", and is featured in the series' finale "[[What You Leave Behind]]".
 
==Role==
Dukat played a versatile role throughout the series and was often a nuanced character. In the words of ''Deep Space Nine'' co-executive producer [[Ronald D. Moore]], "I don't think of him as being completely evil through and through ... He can be charming. He can be generous. He can do the right thing. All of that somehow makes his 'evil' actions all the more despicable, because we know that there was the potential in there for him to be a better person." Ultimately, despite the character's versatility, "Dukat is a bad guy. A very bad guy." Indeed, StarTrek.com describes him as "the most complex and fully developed villain in ''Star Trek'' history".<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/1617.html STARTREK.COM : Article<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 
==Appearances==
Prior to the start of the series, Dukat holds the military title of [[Cardassian military ranks#Military ranks|Gul]] and is the head of the Cardassian occupation government of the planet [[Bajor]] as well as commander of the station [[Deep Space Nine]] (then referred to by its Cardassian name ''Terok Nor''). Due to this background Dukat's early appearances range from being anti-heroic to antagonistic. In his debut appearance in the pilot episode "Emissary", he takes a Cardassian warship to Deep Space Nine to demand from the new [[Starfleet]]-appointed commander [[Benjamin Sisko]] one of the recently discovered [[Tears of the Prophets|Orbs]] of the [[Prophet (Star Trek)|Bajoran Prophets]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68084.html|title= Emissary, Part I|accessdate=2007-09-11 |publisher= Paramount|work= StarTrek.com}}</ref> In "[[Cardassians (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Cardassians]]" Dukat is at the center of a conspiracy which his exiled Cardassian enemy [[Elim Garak]] and Dr. [[Julian Bashir]] are trying to unravel.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68132.html|title= Cardassians|accessdate=2007-09-11 |publisher= Paramount|work= StarTrek.com}}</ref> In "[[Civil Defense (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Civil Defense]]" he tries to blackmail the crew of Deep Space Nine when they cannot disarm an accidentally-triggered Cardassian counter-insurgency program.<ref>Erdmann, Terry J. ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'', (Pocket Books, 2000) 183.</ref> He is allied with the main Starfleet characters against the [[Maquis (Star Trek)|Maquis]] rebels in "[[The Maquis]]" and "[[Defiant (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode)|Defiant]]" and against the [[Klingon]]s when they invade Cardassia in "[[The Way of the Warrior]]".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68164.html|title= The Maquis, Part II|accessdate=2007-09-11 |publisher= Paramount|work= StarTrek.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68192.html|title= Defiant|accessdate=2007-09-11 |publisher= Paramount|work= StarTrek.com}}</ref><ref>Erdmann, 259.</ref>
 
In the season 4 episode "[[Indiscretion]]", [[Kira Nerys]] accompanies Gul Dukat on a search for a lost Cardassian starship, where it is ultimately revealed he is trying to track down and kill his illegitimate half-Bajoran daughter [[Tora Ziyal]]. He ultimately resolves to take her home with him.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68236.html|title= Indiscretion|accessdate=2007-09-11 |publisher= Paramount|work= StarTrek.com}}</ref> The follow-up episode "[[Return to Grace]]" shows Dukat being disgraced with the Cardassian military as a result of this move, reduced to commanding a freighter with Ziyal and his deputy [[Damar (Star Trek)|Damar]]. With Kira's help he commandeers a Klingon raider and sends his government their battle plans. When he hears that the Cardassian government still wants to negotiate with the Klingons he decides to use his new ship to launch a one-man war against the Klingon Empire, leaving Ziyal with Kira at Deep Space Nine.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68254.html|title= Return to Grace|accessdate=2007-09-11 |publisher= Paramount|work= StarTrek.com}}</ref> In this capacity he helps Sisko, [[Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)|Miles O'Brien]], [[Odo (Star Trek)|Odo]] and [[Worf]] infiltrate the Klingon Empire in the season five premiere "[[Apocalypse Rising (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Apocalypse Rising]]".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/68960.html|title= Apocalypse Rising|accessdate=2007-09-11 |publisher= Paramount|work= StarTrek.com}}</ref>
 
Dukat's character takes a more [[villain]]ous role in season five's "[[By Inferno's Light]]", where he is revealed to have negotiated Cardassia's joining [[Dominion (Star Trek)|The Dominion]] and becoming ruler of the planet in the process.<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/DS9/detail/68988.html STARTREK.COM : Detail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He leads an invasion force which recaptures Deep Space Nine in the season finale "[[Call to Arms (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Call to Arms]]", effectively starting the [[Dominion War]] and retaking his old command.<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/DS9/detail/69022.html STARTREK.COM : Detail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He loses the station again in the sixth season episode "[[Sacrifice of Angels]]", where Ziyal is also killed by Damar in retaliation for her helping the Federation. Mentally broken, Dukat is easily captured by Starfleet.<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/DS9/detail/71447.html STARTREK.COM : Detail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He escapes their custody when he and Sisko are marooned in "[[Waltz (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Waltz]]", during which he hallucinates appearances of Kira, Damar and [[Weyoun]], denies responsibility for atrocities committed by himself against the Bajorans and swears vengeance on all Bajor before escaping.<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/DS9/detail/71715.html STARTREK.COM : Detail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Towards this end Dukat allies himself with—and is possessed by—the [[Pah-wraith]]s, the effective archenemies of the Bajoran Prophets, renders the latter's orbs useless and kills regular character [[Jadzia Dax]] in "[[Tears of the Prophets]]".<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/DS9/detail/100631.html STARTREK.COM : Detail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 
Dukat returns in season seven at the head of the cult of the Pah-wraiths in "[[Covenant (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Covenant]]", but quickly is disgraced in front of his followers by Kira and goes into hiding again.<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/DS9/detail/104005.html STARTREK.COM : Detail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In "[[Penumbra (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Penumbra]]" he seeks Damar's help to find a surgeon to make him look like a Bajoran.<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/DS9/detail/105485.html STARTREK.COM : Detail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In this guise he convinces [[Kai Winn]] to join him in his efforts to free the Pah-wraiths from their imprisonment in the Bajoran Fire Caves in "[[Strange Bedfellows (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Strange Bedfellows]]", even when she discovers his true identity in "[[The Changing Face of Evil]]".<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/105688.html STARTREK.COM : Episode<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/105788.html STARTREK.COM : Episode<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Their plan is put into action in the series finale "[[What You Leave Behind]]", where the Pah-wraiths choose him as their emissary instead of Winn. Sisko, emissary of the Prophets, arrives to stop him and at Winn's advice shoves himself, the Pah-wraiths' holy book and Dukat into the burning fire caves, sealing Dukat in the Fire Caves with the Pah-wraiths forever.<ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/106608.html STARTREK.COM : Episode<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/episode/107768.html STARTREK.COM : Episode<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*{{memoryalpha|Dukat|Dukat}}
*[http://startrek.wikia.com/wiki/Skrain_Dukat Dukat] at [http://startrek.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Memory Beta]
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