Kazon
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In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Kazon are a Delta Quadrant race. The Kazon are technologically inferior to the United Federation of Planets as it exists in the twenty-fourth century; their level of technological development is roughly equivalent to that of twenty-second century Earth as seen on . The USS Voyager makes the Federation's first contact with the Kazon during its return voyage from the Delta Quadrant.
The Kazon were enslaved by the more advanced Trabe until the Kazon united together and overthrew them, stealing their ships, technology and territory. After uniting to overthrow the Trabe, they divided into different sects and have since been in constant conflict with one another.
The major sects are:
- Halik
- Ogla
- Oglamar
- Relora
- Nistrim
- Mostral
- Hobii (pronounced hoe-by)
- Pommar
- Sari
The Kazon are a large part of the series during the show's first two seasons. At the end of the second season, the ship is briefly captured by the Kazon-Nistrim. However, Tom Paris and a number of Talaxians recapture the ship. The Kazon abandon the ship and have no further encounters with Voyager. At the beginning of the fourth season, Kes propels Voyager over 10,000 light-years toward the Alpha Quadrant, moving them far outside the Kazons' realm.
Neelix once mentions the existence of the Kazon to Seven of Nine. She recalls that the Borg once came across a Kazon colony, but decided that it wasn't worth the time or trouble to assimilate the colony; they ignored it.
Their ships range from huge battleships (bigger than the Dominion Battlecruiser and Romulan D'Deridex class warbird) to small shuttles. Kazon technology and spacecraft were taken from the Trabe. Though this technology is primitive compared to that possessed by Voyager, the sheer number of ships and the number of weapons (and hence firepower) of the largest ships make them a serious threat to the small, solitary Federation ship.
External links
- article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki
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