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*** White-withdrawal impedes ability to shroud (DS9: "Rocks and Shoals")
*** White-withdrawal impedes ability to shroud (DS9: "Rocks and Shoals")
** Wholly male; reproduction only via technological creche
** Wholly male; reproduction only via technological creche
* Cultural notes
** Kar'takin (DS9: "To the Death", "Sons and Daughters"; DS9 Novel: ''Avatar, Book Two'')
*** Traditional hand-to-hand weapon
*** Short polearm with a sharp bladed tip, for both slashing and stabbing


[[Category:Intelligent Species]]
[[Category:Intelligent Species]]

Revision as of 10:51, 9 August 2018

  • Appearance: Reptilian; pebbled skin, horned facial ridges
  • Dominion subject race
    • Genetically engineered by Founders as warrior servitor race
  • Biological notes
    • Genetically dependent on ketracel-white to ensure obedience to Vorta
    • Innate capability to shroud oneself, becoming invisible to most forms of vision (DS9: "The Jem'Hadar", "To the Death", "Rocks and Shoals")
      • White-withdrawal impedes ability to shroud (DS9: "Rocks and Shoals")
    • Wholly male; reproduction only via technological creche
  • Cultural notes
    • Kar'takin (DS9: "To the Death", "Sons and Daughters"; DS9 Novel: Avatar, Book Two)
      • Traditional hand-to-hand weapon
      • Short polearm with a sharp bladed tip, for both slashing and stabbing