Breen
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| SPECIES | |
| Breen | |
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| A Breen in 2375. | |
| Planet: | Breen |
| Goverment: | Breen Confederacy |
| Location: | Alpha Quadrant |
- "Never turn your back on a Breen".
- -Romulan axiom (DS9: "By Inferno's Light")
The Breen are an reclusive species, native to the Alpha Quadrant.
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[edit] History
Chancellor Mow'ga of the Klingon Empire, was one of the first modern powers to learn of the destructive force of the Breen. An entire fleet was lost when he ordered an invasion of the Breen homeworld. (DS9: "'Til Death Do Us Part")
First contact between the Federation and the Breen was in 2275. (Last Unicorn Games’ All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook)
During the 24th century, Breen often pirated vessels and colonies of other races. (TNG: "Hero Worship"; DS9: "Indiscretion", "To the Death") The Breen were also known to support privateers, with the USS Minnesota battling Breen privateers in 2369 led to the ship's destruction. (Star Trek: Minnesota: "Scream") The wanted Ubessian criminal Yaghim Thau also joined forces with Breen privateers against the USS Prospect-A in 2371, with the privateers and Thau failing and being taken into custody. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles: "Ramifications")
The Breen have also been known to sell cold-storage units to the Maquis. (DS9: "Penumbra")
In 2375, the Breen made the surprising move to join the Dominion. The Founder promised the Breen control of the Romulan Star Empire and Earth in the post-war. (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows")
- It is unknown if the Breen were manipulated into joining the war by a Changeling, or not.
Then, the Breen greatly aided the Dominion in re-taking the Chin'toka system; due, in large part, to a previously unknown energy dampening weapon. (DS9: "When It Rains...")
The Breen proved to be as loyal to the Dominion as the Jem'Hadar. They were more than willing to fight, even after the Federation discovered a defense against their unique power draining weapon. The war turned against them, however, and they surrendered along with all other Dominion forces at Deep Space Nine. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
There has been a massive reordering of the Confederacy following the Dominion War, the Thots, or war chiefs, that led the Confederacy into war have been executed, and their bloodlines negated. (Dark Territory "Corruption of Blood")
In 2382, the Breen signed a treaty with the So'ja Coalition, which brought them into the Coalition War, against the Federation. (Star Trek: Pioneer (STP): "Everything Changes")
[edit] Government
A Breen government is known as the Breen Confederacy. (DS9: "Til Death Do Us Part")
The Breen are a sexually segregated species. Males are join the Confederacy, while females are part of another government, called the Gynarchy. (Dark Territory "Corruption of Blood")
[edit] Physiology
The Breen have no blood as many species define it and their brains are four-lobed, preventing many forms of telepathy. (DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow"; TNG: "The Loss")
[edit] Homeworld
Like many things about the Breen, their home planet is a mystery. Many claim it is a "frozen wasteland," hence the need for the refrigeration suits they wear. However, there are disputing claims that the planet is temperate. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil")
[edit] Society
The Breen utilize slave labor. Often, the slaves are taken in raids. (DS9: "Indiscretion")
They do not underestimate their prisoners. They use a neural truncheon and then still have several guards. (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows", "'Til Death Do Us Part")
The Breen also utilize cortical implants to get information from others, even though they cause brain damage. (DS9: "'Til Death Do Us Part")
The species reproduces at a relatively early age. They also have some form of nursery rhymes. (DS9: "For the Uniform"; VOY: "Elogium")
To ensure the survival of their species, both sexes supply reproductive fluids, which are joined at neutral sites, and then the eggs are incubated and the hatchlings are brought to term and then sent to their respective worlds. (Dark Territory "Corruption of Blood")
[edit] Language
Without a universal translator, the Breen language sounds like a chaotic mix of electronic noises.
- It is unknown if this effect is their "true" language or simply created by their helmets.
[edit] Technology
The Breen seem to be at least as advanced as the Federation, if not more so.
The species use organic technology in their ships. Some vessels have been known to be equipped with cloaking devices. (VOY: "Scorpion"; TNG: "Hero Worship")
They also produced a powerful hand-held energy cannon known as the CRM-114. (DS9: "Business as Usual")
[edit] External links
- Breen article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Breen article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
