Ochshea

• Appearance: Potentially mammalian or reptilian
  • Pale, yellow skin (DS9: "Captive Hunter")
  • Heavily-partitioned forehead (DS9: "Captive Hunter")
  • Flat nose with ridged nostrils (DS9: "Captive Hunter")
• Cultural notes
  • Ochshea language
  • Allied with Dominion (Deep Space Nine Companion; DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
  • Much of Ochshea society devoted to the Hunt of Tosk (DS9: "Captive Hunter"; DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
    • Species name translates literally as "Hunter" in their language (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
    • Tosk are an engineered species created and provided by the Dominion (Deep Space Nine Companion)
    • Quads of four Ochshea will track a chosen Tosk across space (DS9: "Captive Hunter"; DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
      • Tosk who are able to provide an exciting, but ultimately successful, Hunt are honored by the Ochshea (DS9: "Captive Hunter"; DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
    • Red a very significant color, associated with the Hunt (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
      • Members of a quad wear red uniforms (DS9: "Captive Hunter"; DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
      • A slain Tosk is wrapped in red cloth (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)