- Had their skin stretched tight
- Accumulated toxins were purged from their bodies
- By the 2370s many were suffering from fatal diseases & nearing death
- Infertile due to genetic engineering, while trying to prolong their lives
- Narcissistic & materialistic people
- Originally Ba'ku, desired to follow the way of the offlanders
- They attempted to take over the Ba'ku planet, but failed & were exiled
- Became desperate to prolong their lives by any possible means
- Raided planets for resources & slave labor, subjugated the Tarlac & Ellora species
- 2370s: They maintained colonies in the outlying areas near Cardassia & Bajor
- 2375: Tried to harvest the metaphasic radiation from the planet Ba'ku;
- Stopped by the Enterprise-E crew, allowed to return to the Ba'ku
