Tosk

• Appearance: Reptilian; pebbled skin
  • Genetically engineered by Founders as prey for the Ochshea, or "Hunters" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
    • Related to Jem'Hadar (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
• Homeworld: Tosk homeworld
• Biological notes
  • Have the natural ability to shroud themselves from sight and most forms of sensors (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
    • Functions equivalently in all respects to that of the Jem'Hadar ("The Jem'Hadar" script)
  • Only require 17 minutes of sleep per night (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
    • Tosk do not dream, nor are they neurologically able to hallucinate (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
• Cultural notes
  • Shares native language with the Ochshea (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
  • Lives of the Tosk devoted to training as skilled prey (DS9: "Captive Pursuit"; DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
    • Nearly all Tosk live on their homeworld, training from birth for the Hunt (DS9: "Captive Pursuit"; DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
      • Only exceptions tend to be those selected as prey (DS9: "Captive Pursuit"; DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
      • Education includes engineering, computer operation, tactics, physical training, and presumably any other skills that could provide a Hunt of greater difficulty (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
    • Greatest achievement in Tosk society to be selected as prey for a given pack of Ochshea (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
      • Prey Tosk are well-respected and even admired in both Tosk and Ochshea society (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
      • The duty of such a Tosk is to apply all their talent and training to escaping their hunters across space, to provide an exciting hunt (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
    • Tosk are held to an oath not to speak of the hunt with outsiders nor to request protection (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
    • Those killed in the Hunt are honored, while those captured alive are mocked and reviled (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
  • Clans identified by number (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
    • Especially effective quarries pass honor along to their clans, leading them to be more desired as sources of further quarry (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
  • Individuals have no names, known only as "Tosk" (DS9: "Captive Pursuit"; DS9 Novel: Rising Son)