S01E04 Smoke and Mirrors

Case files for the Star Trek Adventures game Star Trek Eclipse

Dolus
A Vorta the team met earlier (and Nolen spotted the name back at the briefing). Officially he's here as an observer and diplomat for the Dominion. Intelligence has tracked him to dozens of worlds over the past few years. In principle it's not strange for him to be on Khitomer, but with the Dominion you never know.

Dolus has been quite busy, hammering out deals all over the Alpha and Beta quadrants. Most of these deals aren't that great for the Dominion, according to several economic commentators (a lost art within the Federation). People speculate the Dominion is here to create goodwill rather than just engage in pure commerce. This might also be an attempt to get the lay of the land and search out new allies for a future second invasion. Who knows?

Luthuk
A Cardassian politician and diplomat. He's made some big speeches in the past about Cardassia turning over a new leaf and working together with their neighbors. Intelligence has noted a meteoric rise to wealth and influence for him and his family after the war. Like many powerful politicians, he's got connections to some shady groups.

Luthuk's name appears on some relatively unimportant documents. They would seem to place him as some sort of administrator or commander's aide during the Bajoran occupation and the Dominion war. Specifically, a comfortable life on the home world, far away from any battlezone. But this doesn't quite fit with his current important position.

M'nerva
Suspected Romulan operative of the Tal Shiar. Suspected of being responsible for numerous high-profile operations. Officially she's here to run security for a Romulan senator but that seems outside her usual wheelhouse.

She is shrouded in secrecy and rumor. She's basically the Romulan counterpart to, well, you guys. A lot of reports about things she might have done but never enough proof to tell for sure. The only things you can confirm is that she worked together with Starfleet Intelligence for a while during the Dominion War, when the Tal Shiar were being the good guys for a change. She did some sabotage and wetwork, things Intelligence usually avoids and as such doesn't have tons of experts for that kind of job.

Merok
A Ferengi merchant and a relative of the captured and killed smuggler Nooze. He runs the local trading group which was expecting the shipment. He insists that he knew nothing of the smuggled explosives and must have been a side hustle of Nooze. No evidence was found in his home or place of business, but perhaps a second look is in order?

Merok is a very public civilian figure but that works more against Nolen than for him when researching. Lots of junk data and irrelevant trips to Risa. He's about 87% certain to be involved with the Orion Syndicate and other criminal organizations. Your typical shady Ferengi who'll do almost anything for profit.

Nooze
A Ferengi smuggler. Was caught and apprehended but disintegrated within his cell. Sensors never picked up the weapon discharge.

Thot Varr
A Breen "war hero", if such a thing exists. Which means he killed a lot of our people during the war. As the Breen Confederacy is quite far away, they have no interest in directly joining the mission. But he's here to observe developments and to offer a trade in resources and technology. Breen energy dissipation tech might be useful in dampening certain subspace anomalies (analogous to turbulence), or so he has suggested. This seems an odd role for a military commander though and there might be more at play here.

It's hard to get good recent data about Thot Varr. The Breen aren't big on sharing. What you do find mostly involves some reports from, again, the Dominion war. He was the head of an elite strike force. Recently there have been political tensions and minor skirmishes between the Breen and the Tzenkethi. Varr is most likely still spending most of his days with warfare.