Sigol Rusot
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| Sigol Rusot | |
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| Full Name: | Sigol Rusot |
| Species: | Cardassian |
| Gender: | Male |
| Born: | 24th century |
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| Previous Assignment: | Terok Nor |
| Final Assignment: | Dominion Headquarters |
| Rank: | Gul |
Sigol Rusot was a male Cardassian and a Gul in the Cardassian Guard in the 2370s. He was a close friend and aide of Corat Damar and the pair served the Cardassian Union together for all of their adult lives. (DS9 short story: "Face Value")
In the late 2350s, Rusot held the rank of Dalin and was assigned to Terok Nor under Skrain Dukat. In 2357, he met Gul Morad Pirak and his staff when they arrived on Bajor. A group of Bajorans approached them and Rusot attacked them, angering Gul Pirak. The Gul condemned Rusot's actions and ordered him back to Terok Nor. (DS9 novel: Fearful Symmetry)
In 2373, Rusot welcomed the Union's entry into the Dominion, believing they would help the Cardassian people conquer the galaxy. He later realised he was mistaken and believed his people had been conquered themselves and had become servants of the Dominion. Rusot was later assigned to Terok Nor during the Dominion's control of it until 2374. Damar would often tell Rusot how much he despised Kira Nerys. (DS9 episodes: "The Changing Face of Evil", "When It Rains...")
Rusot later helped his friend Damar in his preparations to begin a rebellion by compiling a list of trusted officers and their troops for the attack on Rondac III. As the attack neared, Rusot was concerned that many fine soldiers would die in the attack, although Damar reassured him they would be dying for Cardassian and not the Dominion. (DS9 episode: "The Changing Face of Evil")
After the attack, Rusot accompanied Damar to Vanden Prime, the primary base for the Rebellion. Rusot was uneasy about accepting help from the Federation (such as replicators) but his main problem was working with Kira Nerys. Rusot took exception to Kira's idea to attack locations where Cardassians would be amongst those killed, although Damar overruled him. Intending to annoy Kira, Rusot brought up the fact that the majority of the Bajorans Odo charged while stationed on Terok Nor during the Occupation were executed by the Cardassians. (DS9 episode: "When It Rains...")
Several days later, Rusot's men placed an explosive on a Jem'Hadar fighter, destroying it as it left orbit of a planet. Kira confronted him becaue his men had ignored orders and planted the device in a place where the Jem'Hadar could have easily found it. Rusot did not appear to care because the mission had been successful. Later, when Kira and Elim Garak planned to steal a energy dampening weapon from the Breen, Rusot was less keen, believing they should not be doing Starfleet's "dirty work." Rusot confronted Kira, telling her he would attempt to kill her when the war was over. In response, Garak told Kira she should kill Rusot first.
Rusot later joined Kira, Damar, Garak, and Odo on the mission to the Kelvas V space station to steal the weapon. Although the station's bridge crew were killed, the group was unable to leave since the Breen had not finished installing the energy weapon. After Odo collapsed due to the effects of the morphogenic virus, Rusot insisted on leaving and produced a phaser, pointing it at Kira. Rusot asked Damar to let him kill Kira and Garak. Faced with a difficult choice, Damar killed Rusot, explaining that "He was my friend. But his Cardassia is dead... and it won't be coming back." (DS9 episode: "Tacking Into the Wind")
Damar labored over his decision to kill Rusot for several weeks, wondering why he had chosen Kira over Rusot, eventually realizing that he knew in his heart that she was the best hope for freeing Cardassia from the Dominion. Garak also recalled Damar's words several weeks later. (DS9 short story: "Face Value")
[edit] Connections
- Rusot article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
