Eleventh Order

The Eleventh Order was a division of the Cardassian military that was, according to Klingon General Martok, a reserve unit that was composed of "old men and walking wounded." They were stationed on Septimus III during the Dominion War.

Damar, fearful of an impending Klingon attack that would overwhelm the Order, pleaded with Weyoun to send reinforcements, to which Weyoun promised to "deal with the situation". However, he had no interest in protecting these Cardassian troops, as by this time the Cardassians were viewed as being as disposable as Jem'Hadar.

In 2375, all 500,000 members of the Order were sacrificed by the Dominion when Septimus III was attacked by and conquered by the Klingons. When word reached Damar of Septimus III's conquest and the Eleventh Order's destruction, he furiously confronted Weyoun as to why no action was taken to protect the planet; Weyoun callously brushed off Damar's protests, asserting that the Klingons had wasted valuable troops and resources conquering the strategically worthless Septimus III, and that the Eleventh Order's soldiers should have felt honored to give their lives in service to the Founders. Weyoun's utter lack of empathy or respect for the fallen Cardassian soldiers confirmed Damar's fear the Dominion regarded the Cardassian people as nothing but cannon fodder to serve their own ends, prompting him to found the Cardassian Liberation Front and start plotting Cardassia's secession from the Dominion. (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows")

External link

• Cardassian Eleventh Order at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works