Akellen Macet (Sigils and Unions)

Gul Akellen Macet (Ilojan transliteration: Akelen Maset) was the Cardassian commander of the Galor-class warship Trager. 

Macet was the cousin of Skrain Dukat and shared a striking resemblance with him that caused many familiar with Dukat to distrust Macet; however that mistrust was generally put aside when such individuals got to know him and learned he was a very different man. As commander of the Trager, Macet was known by his fellow Cardassians for the great loyalty he inspired among his men with his measured disciplinary hand, as well as for his ability to approach situations with other galactic powers in a levelheaded manner. ( s: ', ')

2360s
In 2367, Macet opened fire on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) in retaliation for attacks against Cardassia by Captain Ben Maxwell of the USS Phoenix (NCC-65420). However, after opening communications with with Captain Picard, they worked together to resolve the situation and prevent the outbreak of major hostilities between the Federation and Cardassia. The two forged an unprecedented, successful working relationship, though Macet found himself annoyed at times by perceived speciesist arrogance on the part of Picard, who seemed to believe he could not understand the true nature of loyalty. Before returning to Cardassian space, Macet was warned by Picard that the Federation would be watching Cardassia's military buildup. 

During this mission, Macet even punished Glinn Dovetz Telle, one of his senior staff who was caught attempting to acquire classified data from the Enterprise, confining him to quarters aboard the Starfleet vessel. Deeply angered and disappointed by his chief engineer's breach of trust with this unauthorized espionage attempt--and his apparent affiliation with the Obsidian Order--Macet informed Telle upon his return to the Trager that he was no longer welcome aboard his ship, dismissing him to face the consequences of the Order. Macet would promote Jeval Topak to fill the vacancy left by Telle. (Star Trek: Sigils and Unions--The Thirteenth Order)

2370s
During the late 2360s until 2371, Macet kept up with dissident legate Tekeny Ghemor, and was one of his supporters. When the Obsidian Order exposed Ghemor's sympathies in 2371, they discovered enough ties between Ghemor and Macet that the gul was barred from any further advancement through the ranks. Macet accepted the judgment gracefully, believing that for an individual like Ghemor, it was worth it. In fact, in his mind, the irony was that by leaving him on the Trager, they had in fact left him in his greatest stronghold for future support of the movement to restore the Detapa Council. (The Thirteenth Order, "A Weaver of Lives")

When the Dominion absorbed the Cardassian Union at the behest of his cousin Dukat, Akellen Macet did away with all pretense of family solidarity and began plotting a way to retake control of his vessel from its Dominion "representatives." In doing so, he turned the technique used to expose Legate Ghemor against his own enemies: he had the Vorta Arawil replaced by one of his own, a position from which the Jem'Hadar could be eliminated.

At the same time as he strove to retake the Trager, Macet was involved in the capture of a number of Starfleet soldiers without the Dominion's knowledge, including Lieutenant Commander Makis Spirodopoulos. Though he attempted to reassure the Human officer that he would be safe in the cargo hold of his vessel, these reassurances fell on deaf ears. (The Thirteenth Order)

In the later stages of the Dominion War, Macet was part of Corat Damar's resistance against Cardassia's Dominion oppressors. ( : )

In 2376, Macet met Colonel Kira Nerys when he and the Trager aided in the evacuation of the Europa Nova Colony. ( : ) During this year, Macet was also one of those interviewed by ambassador and journalist Natima Lang for a memorial piece written about his late mentor, Tekeny Ghemor. ("A Weaver of Lives")