Garak & The Maquis

[Yuri Nikolayev]

Just wondering why Garak was completely absent from the Maquis two-parter? He always seemed to have his finger on the pulse of Cardassian goings-on, so you’d think he would have alerted Bashir or Sisko to the rising tensions in the DMZ, be it covertly or directly. But instead, they had Gul Dukat fill that role.

 

[kkt]

Garak is still a Cardassian patriot. He's Cardassian, and the Cardassian government are the only ones who can end his exile. He'd probably rather Cardassia controlled most of the DMZ. Since he's living on the station he can't work against the Federation or Bajor directly, but he certainly doesn't have to feed them any information they didn't already have. He might, however, be feeding information about what the Maquis side are up to to his contacts on Cardassia.

It wasn't until Cardassia was dominated by the Dominion that Garak started working against them.

 

[AntonyF]

I agree with kkt. He didn't really start becoming actively involved and an ally until later seasons. Those early seasons he was still a bit plain, simple Garak.

It was also a more compelling story that Dukat and Sisko were playing ally, with some interesting dynamics there. And that was predicated on Dukat coming to Sisko for help.

 

[Ragitsu]

Garak & The Maquis

When does their first album hit store shelves?

 

[Lynx]

Garak is still a Cardassian patriot. He's Cardassian, and the Cardassian government are the only ones who can end his exile. He'd probably rather Cardassia controlled most of the DMZ. Since he's living on the station he can't work against the Federation or Bajor directly, but he certainly doesn't have to feed them any information they didn't already have. He might, however, be feeding information about what the Maquis side are up to to his contacts on Cardassia.

It wasn't until Cardassia was dominated by the Dominion that Garak started working against them.

True!

At that point, Garak was very eager to be paroled for his "sins", once again being accepted by Enabran Tain and restored to his former glory at the Obsidian Order.

But as time went by, Tain was captured by the Dominion and Cardassia later on became member of the Dominion, he realized that what he wanted was not going to happen.


He had also realized that the Cardassian society was on a wrong path which would lead to defeat and destruction and as the patriot he was, he started to work for the Federation and its allies for a political change on Cardassia.

 

[Davy]

Pre-Cardassian/Dominion alliance Garak and post that, post Tain are very different.
Also, I think for once he felt real guilt at Empok Nor and wanted to help the Federation and clear his conscience.

Plus...seeing Dukat climb to the top again probably pushed him to be more active. ALL of this was post-Maquis.