Gul Toran is the main antagonist of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Profit and Loss".
He was portrayed by the late Edward Wiley, who also played DeSilva in Sniper.
Biography
Gul Toran was the commander of the Cardassian warship which came to Deep Space 9 searching for Professor Natima Lang and her students Hogue and Rekelen, a trio of dissidents. He was known to Garak, who noted things must be difficult back home if Toran had been promoted to gul. Garak convinced the Cardassian and Bajoran governments to agree to a prisoner exchange deal where the Bajorans would hand the three over in return for six Bajoran prisoners. However, Toran convinced Central Command to break the deal and instead have the dissidents killed, dismissing Garak's concerns that it would make martyrs of them. He told Garak to do the job, suggesting he might be rewarded for it.
Accordingly, when Quark attempted to smuggle Lang and her students off the station, Garak stopped them and held them at gunpoint. However, Toran then arrived and prepared to kill the three himself and take the credit. He mocked Garak for thinking that completing the task would be enough to restore his reputation with Central Command. Garak promptly killed him and let the three go.
