(covers information from several alternate timelines)
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 was a rank given to members of the Central Command and high-ranking flag officers. (DS9: "Cardassians", "Ties of Blood and Water", et al.)
- 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 was a military rank held by the commander of a vessel or installation. (TNG: "The Wounded", et al.; DS9: "Emissary", et al.)
- 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 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.)
- 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")
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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