Jalik was a member of the Maquis in the 2370s. He was a friend of Ro Laren.

During the Dominion War, Jalik sacrificed his life in a mission through a minefield of Jem'Hadar antimatter mines to Osborne's World. (DS9 - Gateways novel: Demons of Air and Darkness, DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Cathedral)