Dominion. The Tosk are a genetically engineered species, bred and trained by the Dominion
to be tracked, and serve as prey for the Hunters, a humanoid race also from the Gamma
quadrant", who live for "the hunt".
The Tosk require only 17
minutes sleep per rotation. They are completely self-sufficient as they
store liquid nutrients in
plasticfibers throughout their body. They do not have personal names,
they are "all" Tosk.
The Tosk have a code of silence that doesn't allow them to discuss their
role
as the Hunted. Their greatest
wish is it to "die with honor". Being caught alive and brought back
to their planet, were they
are publicly humiliated for as long as they live, is a great disgrace to
them.
tIn 2369, a Tosk was the
first beeing from the Gamma Quadrant to visit Deep Space 9. He was
brough aboard after his
craft was damaged, he formed a friendship with Miles O'Brien. Hampered
by the code of silence,
Tosk could not communicate his role as the Hunted, even when the Hunters
descended upon the station
to take him back to their planet in disgrace. O'Brien disobeyed orders
and violated the Prime Directive
by allowing Tosk to escape, thus continuing the hunt and fulfilling
his friend's deepest wish,
: The chance to die with honor.
Although the Hunters told
Captain Sisko that the Tosk are bred and trained for the sole purpose of
being hunted, he declared
that the Wormhole was out of bounds for future hunts.
