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For two hundred years the Ba'ku society continued in a pre industrial state; however, in the 2270's a group of young Ba'ku attempted to seize control of the settlement. They planned to abandon the policy on non reliance on technology and become a star faring species once again, but their attempt quickly failed and the group were exiled from the planet in a spacecraft constructed specifically for this purpose. Renaming themselves the [[ma:Son'a|Son'a]], the exiled Ba'ku spent almost fifty years building a technologically based culture on a world beyond Federation borders. In the 2320's they conquered two other species and integrated them into their society as a labour class in order to provide themselves with the manpower base needed to turn them into a major power. By the 2370's the Ba'ku were maintaining a fleet of some two hundred warships. Their reputation in galactic affairs was not a good one - in part due to their subjugation of other species, but also because they were widely rumoured to employ subspace weaponry on their warships. | For two hundred years the Ba'ku society continued in a pre industrial state; however, in the 2270's a group of young Ba'ku attempted to seize control of the settlement. They planned to abandon the policy on non reliance on technology and become a star faring species once again, but their attempt quickly failed and the group were exiled from the planet in a spacecraft constructed specifically for this purpose. Renaming themselves the [[ma:Son'a|Son'a]], the exiled Ba'ku spent almost fifty years building a technologically based culture on a world beyond Federation borders. In the 2320's they conquered two other species and integrated them into their society as a labour class in order to provide themselves with the manpower base needed to turn them into a major power. By the 2370's the Ba'ku were maintaining a fleet of some two hundred warships. Their reputation in galactic affairs was not a good one - in part due to their subjugation of other species, but also because they were widely rumoured to employ subspace weaponry on their warships. | ||
For many years the Federation declined to establish diplomatic relations with the Son'a, but after the beginning of the [[ma:Dominion War|Dominion War]] it was learned that the Son'a were able to reproduce [[ma:Ketracel | For many years the Federation declined to establish diplomatic relations with the Son'a, but after the beginning of the [[ma:Dominion War|Dominion War]] it was learned that the Son'a were able to reproduce [[ma:Ketracel white|Ketracel White]] in large quantities. The Federation immediately moved to isolate the Son'a from the [[ma:Dominion|Dominion]] and establish an alliance with them, a move the Son'a welcomed with open arms. However, the Son'a had one major problem; without the unique environment of the Ba'ku planet, the original generation of Son'a were reaching the end of their natural lives. Used to immortality, their leaders became obsessed with regaining the youth they had lost. Unable to challenge the Federation directly, the Son'a siezed on the opportunity presented by the offer of an alliance. When they learned that Starfleet had already discovered the Ba'ku settlement and learned of the immortality enjoyed by the natives, the Son'a came to the Federation offering an explanation for the Ba'ku puzzle; high concentrations of metaphasic radiation particles in the planets rings was continually regenerating the genetic structure of the life on the planet. Concealing their Ba'ku heritage, the Son'a offered a method of collecting this radiation via a large orbital vessel they had constructed. The potential was awesome; a whole new medical science would be created, with sufficient radiation present in the rings to treat billions of individuals. | ||
However, the collection method involved initiating an isothermic reaction within the rings which would destroy all life on the surface of the planet. Naturally, the Federation refused this offer as it would contravene the [[ma:Prime Directive|Prime Directive]]. However, it was agreed to establish a duck blind facility on the surface and conduct covert surveillance of the Ba'ku in an attempt to investigate the planets environment more thoroughly. | However, the collection method involved initiating an isothermic reaction within the rings which would destroy all life on the surface of the planet. Naturally, the Federation refused this offer as it would contravene the [[ma:Prime Directive|Prime Directive]]. However, it was agreed to establish a duck blind facility on the surface and conduct covert surveillance of the Ba'ku in an attempt to investigate the planets environment more thoroughly. | ||