1. How often does the Barzan Wormhole connect the Gradin Belt to the Alpha Quadrant? Once every thirty days
2. What year did the Vaadwaur return with vast forces to build a new empire? 2402
3. What is the name of the alliance that helped close the Underspace apertures in 2401? Turei Alliance
4. What is the Vaadwaur’s stated intention for their invasion in 2402? The Vaadwaur’s stated intentions, spread by broadcasts to those they have conquered and broadcast to the galaxy through their Underspace-traversing communications technology, is the re-establishment of a new Vaadwaur Supremacy. They claim they are responsible for extending Underspace access to this reach of the galaxy.
5. Why do Vaadwaur raiders target specific resources rather than mundane ones? To gather valuable resources or technology, or take territory and infrastructure for their advantage. In the short of things the main reason seems to be to either occupy or raze the area.
6. What kind of radiation contaminated the Vaadwaur homeworld’s atmosphere? Gamma Radiation and Radiogenic Particles.
7. How did the Vaadwaur survive after their defeat in the 15th century? Statis pods
8. What’s the Vaadwaur’s reputation among enemies in Delta Quadrant? Although their glory days were 900 years behind them, their negative reputation in the Delta Quadrant's historic records still made the Turei and other local species fearful of their capabilities.
9. What is the Vaadwaur’s attitude towards cooperation with other species? The Vaadwaur are, however, clearly an authoritarian society with a high belief in their species’s superiority to others. They are deeply xenophobic; while Voyager reported of a people who were willing to cooperate with their saviours, societal racism has never stopped polite interpersonal interactions, and the awakened battalion were particularly desperate. They believe unshakably in the superiority of the Vaadwaur species, and it is from this sense of superiority that they derive justification for their violent expansionism and conquest. They are largely lacking in paternalism or any belief that their occupation ‘improves’ the territories they hold or the people they conquer. It is instead a sense of might making right, that they are an ambitious people who will take what they can hold. Conquered people are broadly dehumanised; if they wanted to be worthy of respect, they should have been able to defend themselves. No culture is a monolith, and some Vaadwaur officers may be curious about occupied people or believe that their lot will be improved under the Supremacy, but they have no national lie akin to, for example, the Dominion’s stated belief of bringing order to a chaotic galaxy.
11. What kind of society is the Vaadwaur Supremacy? The Vaadwaur are, however, clearly an authoritarian society with a high belief in their species’s superiority to others.
12. What motivates Vaadwaur soldiers in their military service? Vaadwaur soldiers seem motivated to military service through not only patriotism, but the allure of adventure, the promise of military camaraderie, and treat this invasion as an opportunity to test and prove themselves, the chance to participate in an historic, generation-defining event for their people. This, along with the lack of regard for any sense of personhood of their enemies, seems to make the attraction of war all but irresistible to them.
13. What strategy did the Turei use to choke the Vaadwaur resurgence in the 2380s? By cutting the Vaadwaur off from trade and putting economic pressure on the Hazari to break off their support, they choked this blossoming resurgence over a matter of years.
14. What tactic do the Vaadwaur prefer in their military engagements? They enjoy and benefit from sneak attacks, striking from the shadows, or demonstrating their superior knowledge of a bewildered foe. This goes beyond simple tactical benefit; the Vaadwaur are at their happiest if they can confound and terrify their enemy.
15. What was the outcome of the Turei Alliance’s campaign against the Vaadwaur in the 15th century? In the 15th century, the Turei Alliance led a successful interstellar campaign against the Vaadwaur. This uprising ended with the massive orbital bombardment of the Vaadwaur homeworld and many of their colonies, a genocide that rendered most of these planets uninhabitable for centuries.
16. What kind of weapon technology do Vaadwaur soldiers use? Their polaron-based small arms are concussive, resembling kinetic weapons, and those unfamiliar with such weapons report finding their weight and recoil unwieldy.
17. What event in 2402 caused disruptions to subspace across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants? Blackout
19. How do the Vaadwaur use Underspace for their advantage besides travel? The strategic benefits have been clear. In addition to swift traversing of vast distances, the Vaadwaur have learnt to use Underspace for long-distance communication that dwarfs the capabilities of most subspace communication technology, transmitting across the network. They have also mastered surveillance technology that lets them observe goings-on in normal space from within Underspace. While this is ostensibly limited by the network itself - the Vaadwaur can only scan regions in proximity to tunnels - it is a largely undetectable source of boundless intelligence.
20. What is the primary physical characteristic of the Vaadwaur? A large fin-like crest runs across the center of their foreheads, becoming wider as it reaches the tops of their skulls.
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