Enabran Tain was the ruthless head of the Obsidian Order, the Cardassian Union's feared intelligence service, which he controlled tightly for twenty years. Trusting no one but his housekeeper Mila, he was the only director of the Order to live long enough to retire. He was also the secret father of Elim Garak, whom he trained and later exiled.
In an attempt to return to power, Tain led a joint Obsidian Order–Tal Shiar fleet against the Founders, a venture destroyed at the Battle of the Omarion Nebula; captured by the Dominion, he died acknowledging Garak as his son. A recurring antagonist of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, his story is detailed in the Timeline.
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