Just noticed they’re used by both Bajorans and Cardassians.
Text in the first panel is irrelevant - it was just the best quality picture I could find for that scene.

Obviously…
Nuclear cores. Pick them up and slam them together for an instant atomic explosion.
Also ensures politicians don’t stay in office too long…
Since it’s Kai Winn? Torture device on loan from Delores Umbridge. The activation phrase is set to “My Child.”
Theremins were in vogue during the occupation
Salt & peppers shakers
Torture usage. She can claim there are three of them.
Hostile architecture, to prevent people from sleeping on the desk…
track balls, she has a dedicated holo emitter for playing katamari
For those wondering:
Spoiler
Correct answer: they’re inkwells. The round domes are the lids. In between them are pens/stylii. They may be decorative or they may be functional. It’s hard to tell.
mods this guy is breaking the rules
It’s an E‑Meter for Scientology
It’s a security feature. They don’t actually do anything. But nobody who’s not supposed to sit there knows that. When you touch both of them to see what they do, you’re instantly disintegrated.
They don’t actually do anything
you’re instantly disintegrated
My friend, you and I have astonishingly different definitions of “don’t actually do anything”






