Varahat

The Varahat were an alien species that resided in the galaxy with their home territory being on the opposite side of the territory held by the Cardassian Union.

Overview
Whilst seemingly Humanoid in shape, the body of a Varahat was covered in a living protective suit of armor known as a Tok Govor that were known to be very strong. On a genetic level, they were similar to the Cardassians which meant that the two were cousin species.

A Varahat starship were large spheres that were bigger than a Terok Nor type space station.

History
For reasons unknown, the Cardassians became violent to the Varahat leading to both species hating one another. In the mid-24th century, a skirmish erupted between the Varahat and the forces of Gul Akha who ambushed their foes leading to the death of the Varahat ship's healer. Furthermore, their Controller's was wounded and his Tok Govor was killing him. As Akha's force ship was in retreat to Deep Space 9, his vessel exploded due to the stresses placed on its engines though the Gul and his entourage managed to survive in an escape pod. There, they attempted to get the Starfleet crew of the station under the command of Benjamin Sisko to fire on the Varahat ship. All Cardassian communications were stopped by the Varahat who asked Sisko for the aid of his Doctor Julian Bashir to save their Controller. This was because they lacked the time to return to Varahat space and could not travel through Cardassian territory due to the feud between the two races. The Varahat later beamed their unconscious Controller to Deep Space 9 where Doctor Bashir to save his life whereupon the Varahat departed for their own space.