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The Obsidian Order is a Cardassian secret police organization in the fictional Star Trek universe. Image File history File links Logo_Obsidian. ... Image File history File links Logo_Obsidian. ... Cardassians are a spacefaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... // Secret police (sometimes political police) are a police organization which operates in secrecy for the national purpose of maintaining national security against internal threats to the state. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an epic American science fiction franchise. ...

Security Chief Odo of Deep Space Nine remarked that it was one of the most brutally efficient organizations in the galaxy. The Order kept very close tabs on all Cardassian citizens to ensure loyalty, and was greatly feared. It was said that the average Cardassian could not sit down to dinner without the contents of the said meal being noted and logged by the Order. Odo also noted that the Order caused people to disappear for even less than eating something of which the Order did not approve, although this statement may have just been an exageration for effect. The Obsidian Order's agent training program is so advanced that they are made immune to most forms of interrogation, including Vulcan mind melds. Odo is a shapeshifter played by Rene Auberjonois on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, Deep Space Nine (or DS9) is a space station. ... Disappear redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Tplana-hath be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Tplana-hath be merged into this article or section. ...

Elim Garak was a member of the Order, before being exiled from Cardassia to Deep Space Nine by his father, Enabran Tain. Tain had retired for a time, the only director to ever live long enough to do so. Garak became an ally of the Federation who used his knowledge to aid them in the war against the Dominion. Garak redirects here. ... Damar of the Cardassian Union, prior to launching a revolution against the Dominion. ... Enabran Tain is a character in the popular Star Trek series. ... This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state, consisting of many different races, with ultimate power held by the xenophobic Changelings. ...

In 2371, the Obsidian Order and their Romulan equivalent, the Tal Shiar, allied in an attempt to destroy the Dominion. To this end, the Order began stockpiling a fleet of ships, even though its governmental charter strictly forbade it from possessing or developing military equipment of any kind. The plan, originated by Tain, involved a fleet of cloaked Romulan and Cardassian vessels traversing into the heart of Dominion territory in the Gamma Quadrant where they would annihilate the homeworld of the Founders. Romulans are a fictional alien species in the Star Trek universe. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Tal Shiar is a Romulan intelligence organization, comparable to the KGB. The name possibly refers to the Tal Shaya, or Vulcan death grip (actually an erroneous term) as seen on the original Star Trek series. ... The quadrant arrangement of the Star Trek Galaxy. ... Salome Jens as The Female Changeling from Star Trek: Deep Space 9. ...

The Founders soon learned of the plan and saw it as an opportunity to eliminate the two dangerous organizations. When the Romulan/Cardassian fleet arrived at the Founders' homeworld, they found it deserted. Moments later, a fleet of 150 Jem'Hadar fighters emerged from hiding in a nearby nebula and proceeded to wipe out the fleet. At least a few Romulan and Cardassian officers survived to be taken prisoner. Tain himself survived for two years in a Dominion internment camp before dying of heart failure. Ikatika, a JemHadar soldier in 2373 In the fictional Star Trek universe, the JemHadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. ...

The disastrous results of this attack (and perhaps fear that the Order had clearly become too independent) led to the downfall of the Obsidian Order. The Order's surviving resources and personnel were absorbed into a new security agency.

The Obsidian Order is similar in many respects to the Romulan Tal Shiar and the Federation's Section 31. In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Tal Shiar is a Romulan intelligence organization, comparable to the KGB. The name possibly refers to the Tal Shaya, or Vulcan death grip (actually an erroneous term) as seen on the original Star Trek series. ... Section 31 is the unofficial designation of a rogue and officially nonexistent intelligence and defense organization resembling secret police or a black-ops organization in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

External links

• Obsidian Order article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.