Cardassian ranks

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The Cardassian ranking system was a hierarchical collective command structure, utilized by the Cardassian military, based on at least three known officer ranks.

In addition to their rank, the nature of their duties also defined their military hierarchy, in as far as an officer holding the title of "prefect", or one who served as the commanding officer of an Order. (DS9: "Emissary", et al.)

Legate

Legate Parn in 2370

Legate was a rank given to members of the Central Command and high-ranking flag officers. (DS9: "Cardassians", "Ties of Blood and Water", et al.)

This rank was presumably comparable to that of an admiral.

• Legate Broca
• Legate Damar
• Legate Dukat
• Legate Tekeny Ghemor
• Legate Goris
• Legate Hovat
• Legate Kell
• Legate Krim
• Legate Parn
• Legate Porania
• Legate Turrel

Gul

Gul Macet in 2367

Gul was a military rank held by the commander of a vessel or installation. (TNG: "The Wounded", et al.; DS9: "Emissary", et al.)

This rank was presumably comparable to that of a captain.

• Gul Benil
• Gul Broca
• Gul Cazanjian
• Gul Dan Curry
• Gul Darhe'el
• Gul Damar
• Gul Danar
• Gul Dolak
• Gul Dukat
• Gul Evek
• Gul Elim Garak
• Gul Hadar
• Gul Gary Hutzel
• Gul Jasad
• Gul Lemec
• Gul Macet
• Gul Madred
• Gul Marratt
• Gul Nador
• Gul Ocett
• Gul Pirak
• Gul Ranor
• Gul Revok
• Gul Rusot
• Gul Russol
• Gul Seltan
• Gul Spumco
• Gul David Stipes
• Gul Toran
• Gul Toran
• Gul Trepar
• Gul Tulet
• Gul Vorlem
• Gul Zarale

Glinn

Glinn Boheeka in 2370

Glinn was a rank below gul, and may be held by officers who served as a gul's aide. (TNG: "The Wounded", "Chain Of Command, Part I", et al.)

This rank was presumably comparable to that of a lieutenant grade or less.

• Glinn Boheeka
• Glinn Borven
• Glinn Corak
• Glinn Daro
• Glinn Damar
• Glinn Delgado
• Glinn Dukat
• Glinn Lasaran
• Glinn Tajor
• Glinn Telak
• Glinn Telle

Trooper

Troopers were the lowest rank of soldier in the Cardassian military, comparable to a private.

After two Cardassians were taken prisoner by Federation colonists on Dorvan V in 2370, Gul Evek of the orbiting Vetar ordered his officer Glinn Telak to "[p]repare to send an armed squad of troopers to rescue them and to occupy the village." (TNG: "Journey's End")

The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual (p. 116) names gil as the rank below glinn. Cardassian space stations such as Terok Nor were typically equipped with enough lifeboats for officers down to, and including, the rank of gil.

This chart shows only general equivalencies based on the ranks used by many governments on Earth, as well as the rest of the galaxy.

Appendices

Apocrypha

The Star Trek: Terok Nor novel Day of the Vipers introduces the ranks of dalin and dal (in between glinn and gul), and jagul (between gul and legate) and also refers to the rank of gil.

External link

• Cardassian ranks at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works