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Spurred by Borg and Dominion conflicts, the United Federation of Planets expanded (310-319 CE), growing to 300+ members in all quadrants (500 by 344). The UFP, concentrated in a 10,000 light year meridian of Alpha/Beta, was predicted to eventually span the galaxy (raising concerns over expanding "too far, too fast"). Much of this was owed to Starfleet.
Innovations in science & technology, gained through space exploration, made the Federation a galactic superpower by 322. Superior offensive & defensive systems made Starfleet masters of the spacelanes, and war seldom occurred. Improved sensor systems opened the galaxy to safe long-range exploration. The wormhole network, quantum slipstream and subspace transporters permitted greater access, commerce and colonization, binding it together. Forays into other galaxies and even other universes led to some relations. The Federation appeared to have entered a golden age of peace, prosperity and progress.
From 317 to 344 CE, this situation deteriorated, due to increasing social strain, corruption, failure of the wormhole network (330), and the Federation civil war (344-346). Several planets seceded and the UFP politically fragmented into a league of autonomous "mini-Federations".
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Bajor had far greater power and influence in interplanetary affairs than commonly perceived.
- ...partitioning known space with Vulcans, granting each other certain rights and territory. The Bajoran ability to see through time, via the orbs, coupled with Vulcans' long lifespans, enabled long-term plans to control humanity and other races through the Federation.
- ...colonizing Cardassia, where Bajoran DNA, combined with reptilian lifeforms, created the Cardassian species. The first Hebitians to rule ancient Cardassia were Bajorans, using the Cardassians as a servant class. Cardassian historians later interpreted the Hebitians to be Cardassians. (Also see Cardassia.)
Some individuals labeled Cardassia's occupation of Bajor (265-306 CE) a hoax, fabrication or misinformation. The Bajoran government sanctioned the takeover and utilized Cardassia to mine Bajor's resources through wealthy Bajorans who controlled Cardassia behind the scenes. Some labor camps claimed to exist by occupation survivors were never found and may not have existed. Bajorans often used the occupation as an emotionally charged bargaining chip in their dealings.
The Prophets and pah wraiths were either ancient Bajorans, transformed into energy-based lifeforms by the Halj'rai, or the Halj'rai themselves (thus the same beings). The "battle for supremacy" purportedly fought between them was a rouse, to influence and corrupt humanity. To this end, they infected the genetic codes of countless alien species (Vulcans/Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians, Ferengi, etc.) who became major interstellar powers and subverted or threatened human affairs. They also infiltrated ethnic groups on Earth, including the ancient Khazars, through whom they shaped human history for centuries, extending into the Federation era (creating the Federation itself). Prophets/pah wraiths are the demons of Earth lore.
Bajor joined the Federation in 313 CE, after the Dominion War ended. Starbase Deep Space 9 (later renamed Bajor-1) – at the Alpha Quadrant terminus of the Bajoran wormhole, gateway to the Prophets' "Celestial Temple" – became a Starfleet facility, while the Bajoran Militia operated on Bajor. Despite the advent of Kahn wormholes, Bajor's wormhole remained a major avenue for shipping and commerce to the Gamma Quadrant.
Via Federation membership, the Bajoran religion, centered around Prophet-worship, spread through the Federation, becoming a major force by 344 CE. The Bajoran church was recognized as the Federation's first (and only) state religion, albeit unofficial. Orbs and sub-orbs, allowing adherents to "see the future", facilitated this movement.
The Bajoran wormhole disappeared in 346 CE (possibly collapsed by Coricians, a calculated move to weaken/eliminate the Bajorans' hold on the Federation). When this happened, the Bajoran civilization vanished in its entirety, including the Bajoran race and any part-Bajoran hybrid, along with all traces of their presence on Bajor. This left Bajor relatively lifeless and ended Bajoran membership in the Federation.
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Marginally upset by Dominion War losses, the Breen recovered the quickest, continuing to pose a threat to Alpha Quadrant security and welfare. As the quadrant's other major powers (Federation, Klingons and Romulans) began cooperating, the Breen withdrew into semi-isolation, resisting individual contact. Breen privateers occasionally preyed on weaker ships and species. The Breen once maintained an embassy on Earth.
During their isolation, a segment of the Breen population led by Thot Gor genetically altered and enhanced their bodies, causing an internal rift. These "new Breen" ousted the previous Breen regime and re-established relations with the Federation after the Federation civil war.
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Cardassians were genetically part Bajoran, created/descended from the early Hebitians (who were Bajoran; see above).
The Cardassian Union (formerly the Cardassian Empire) toppled in the final days of the Dominion War. Perhaps the hardest-hit of all planets in the conflict, Cardassia lay in a state of ruins and anarchy, the population half of what it was before 312 and forced to rely on Federation assistance. In 318, Cardassia voted to join the Federation, though it did not officially take place until 320.
Following the war, a post-war-Germany-style[2] occupation ensued, splitting the planet into zones governed by Federation, Klingon and Romulan forces. During this period, Bajorans and Klingons abused & savaged Cardassian citizens and violated personal rights promised by Federation membership.
Despite material gains, helping Cardassia to rebuild after the war, many Cardassians resented Federation membership, which they saw as forced upon them, and responded to this "foreign" occupation by staging riots, protests and militant uprisings. A rebellion consumed the planet around the Federation civil war period, drawing a heavy Starfleet military presence, perpetuating a state of unrest.[3]
Since the Cardassians were part Bajoran, they presumably vanished with other part-Bajoran hybrids in 346 CE.
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The Cirean transposition (322 CE) wreaked environmental consequences on Earth, including altered orbit and seasonal patterns.
Aliens once inhabited Earth in massive numbers, reducing humans to a minority. This provoked the Federation civil war, leading to the aliens' expulsion by late 346.
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Reforms spearheaded by Grand Nagus Rom transformed the Ferengi Alliance into a beacon of prosperity. Helped by, and taking advantage of, Federation progress, the Ferengi experienced an economic boom previously unparalleled in their history, making them virtual partners in nearly all Federation dealings, based on a credo of fairness. Ferenginar developed commercial and political ties to major powers, generating massive revenue, as gold-pressed latinum, the Alliance's preferred mode of currency, rose in value to equal the Federation credit, enabling massive transactions. Cumulatively, this made the Ferengi a perceived staple in Alpha Quadrant stability.
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The Klingon Empire spent ten years (312-322 CE) recovering from the Dominion War[4]. Federation efforts to integrate Klingon planets as members or dependencies in that time failed, as the proudly independent Klingons resisted membership in favor of alliance. Starfleet and Klingon ships openly shared their territorial space. In late 322, Klingon diplomats, on behalf of Chancellor Martok, discussed making Kronos part of the UFP.[5]
Membership did not happen, however. After the Dominion War, Klingons grew increasingly hostile, launching numerous raids and attacks, in which the Klingon High Council denied involvement, blaming them on "rogue" factions. Corruption thrived and notions of "honor" (views of a secular minority) were contrived, fabricated or nonexistent. In 336 CE, the Khitomer Accords broke down as conflict continued.[6]
By 344, several Klingons had joined Starfleet.[7]
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Shinzon's coup (316 CE, Nemesis) was the final blow to a crumbling political attitude on Romulus. Following his demise, the Romulan people, tired of power struggles and enmity with foreign races, installed an elected regime backed by the military. This new Senate, born from a younger generation hungry for change and reunification with Vulcan[8], signed treaties with the Federation and the Klingon Empire. In 319 the Romulan Star Empire dissolved, giving rise to the Romulan Republic. A Romulan splinter state, calling itself the Romulan Star Empire, also emerged; each vied for control over the Romulan people.
A supernova destroyed Romulus in 324 CE (Star Trek (2009)), weakening the Romulan nation.
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An "emotion virus" infected Vulcan by 322 CE, causing Vulcans to lose their emotional control. This had severe political and cultural ramifications for Vulcans & their relationships with other worlds and species.
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"Extreme Measures" implied that the rogue "Section 31" agency would be dismantled as a result of events in the episode (312 CE). No other canon production has officially corroborated this, but Arcadia contends that it took place (at least for outward appearances). "Article 14, Section 31" of the Starfleet Charter ("Divergence") was revised to disallow the formation of such "long-arm" groups via "loopholes" or "fine print". There is no more "Section 31".
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A truce between the Dominion and the Alpha Quadrant Alliance concluded the Dominion War in 312 CE. In ensuing years, tensions still ran high, but diplomatic work by Odo, former constable of Deep Space 9, proved invaluable to gaining the trust of the Founders (shapeshifting changelings ruling the Dominion behind the scenes), ushering internal reforms. The Vorta continued to administrate the Dominion with the Jem'Hadar as its military, but Dominion policies of imperialism and tyranny began to erode. As relations improved, the Dominion moved towards peaceful coexistence, becoming a member of the galactic community.
The Founders later relinquished their sovereignty over the Dominion. Around 319 CE, they traveled back in time to become the Seeders ("Fade-Out"). The Vorta and Jem'Hadar remained in charge, but began genetically regressing to more primitive forms (as they were before the Founders genetically altered them). Internal strife set in, leaving the Dominion overall weaker than before.
Several Gamma Quadrant races maintained commercial ties to the Dominion, including the Karemma, Dosi and Drai.
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The Borg underwent an evolutionary transformation in 315 CE, becoming "technomorphs" (techno-organic shapeshifters).[9] It was learned that an artificial intelligence, infesting the "machine half" of the Borg, enforced the "hive mind", accounting for the Borg's malevolent, conquering nature. Freed of this entity, the Borg largely withdrew from interstellar affairs, started working to rebuild much of what they had destroyed and negotiated peace with former enemies, such as the Federation. The Borg power structure altered significantly, ridding itself of a queen and drones, appointing special representatives in external affairs as needed. In late 322 the AI resurfaced, causing some Borg to revert to their former status, threatening other races with assimilation once again, leading to a Borg civil war.[10]
Through cultural exchanges and reclamation of many who had been assimilated, Borg technology gained limited favor in some cultures. Humans and others incorporated Borg advancements into their lifestyles (by choice rather than forced assimilation), creating virtually a "new Borg" in Federation society.
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The majority of the Hirogen continue to live for 'the hunt', as they have for centuries, making this nomadic, aggressive race a thorn in the Delta Quadrant's collective side. Some Hirogen attempted to settle and form societies like those of their distant ancestors, but most such attempts met with failure. Hirogen hunting parties managed to infiltrate other quadrants of the galaxy via the wormhole network.
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Like the Hirogen, the opportunistic Kazon remained one of the more recalcitrant Delta Quadrant races, raiding shipping lanes and attacking other powers including the Federation, despite attempts to negotiate with them. This was due largely to a lack of order among the various Kazon sects, who fought with each other as much as anyone else.
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The Nacene Caretaker's death (308 CE) left the Ocampa with energy reserves enabling them to hold off the Kazon, who sought to conquer the Ocampa homeworld, until 313. Afterward they had to fend for themselves. Kes returned at that time and used her mysterious psionic abilities to convert the Ocampa planet's barren surface into a paradise, then disappeared, though it was believed she continued to protect it from invaders, as the new Caretaker.
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In 316 CE, the Talaxians established the New Talax colony in the Delta Quadrant, with Federation assistance, as the new home of the Talaxian people. Neelix, a former member of USS Voyager's crew, proved invaluable to the process and continued serving as an ambassador in the Delta Quadrant. Of the many Delta Quadrant races, Talaxians had the most contact with Starfleet, due in part to Neelix's efforts.
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The so-called "Think Tank" cured the Vidiians of their deadly "phage" disease, changing the face of Vidiian society. Vidiians resumed ancient pursuits into art, education and exploration, and continued to be one of the most medically advanced of known races. In time they sought to make restitution to societies whose individuals they had "harvested" for body parts. The Vidiian Sodality maintained affable relations with the Federation's Delta Quadrant branch.
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race notes
Benzites
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| "A Matter of Honor" showed Benzites wearing special respirators near the mouth in order to breathe in class-M environments. "The Ship" showed a Benzite without the filter. Between 302 and 310 CE, a means was found to enable Benzites to breathe oxygen. Arcadia's contention: This was accomplished through injection of a special biocompound.
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Gorn
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| In 204 CE the Gorn had multifaceted ("bug") eyes and moved sluggishly in a class-M environment (ST: "Arena"). In 92 there existed in the mirror universe a faster-moving Gorn, with reptilian, binocular eyes (Enterprise: "In A Mirror Darkly"). The difference could be due to any of a number of factors – protective eyewear, environmental conditions, evolutionary changes, or dissimilarities between "our" Gorn and the mirror-Gorn – but the modern, CG Gorn (from Enterprise) is more likely the "correct" version, since special effects weren't as advanced in classic Trek's time, and the original Gorn costume prevented quick movement. The eyes have yet to be officially explained. The Gorn Hegemony is the name of the Gorn nation.
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Ktarians
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| There has been confusion over the Ktarians of TNG & a race of similar name in Voyager[11]. One Ktarian race bears bulbous foreheads (displayed by Etana Jol, "The Game"); another has spikes down the middle of their faces. Greskrendtrek, of the latter species, mated with Voyager crew-member Samantha Wildman, passing this trait onto a female offspring, Naomi Wildman (implying the distinction). These are separate Ktarian races. Voyager Katarians hail from the planet Katarus (not the same world as Etana Jol's Ktarians), and may have spikes in both genders. A community of these latter Katarians inhabited Earth (presumably until 346 CE, at least).
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| No official source compares classic Trek's smooth-headed Romulans to those with "V-shaped" forehead ridges in later productions. Arcadia postulates that the Romulans adopted genetic alteration techniques in order to pass as Vulcans, as a means of infiltration a policy reversed after 230 CE (when Romulan ambassador Nanclus (The Undiscovered Country) still had the smooth forehead).
- Fan references to Romulans as "Rihannsu" – originally coined by author Diane Duane – are not official and disregarded here. In short: They're just "Romulans".
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| In classic Trek, Tellarites had thick, three-fingered hands. In Enterprise, they had five-fingered human-like hands. Arcadia purports two subspecies, one with three digits on each hand, one with five.
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