| Base of operations | Delta Quadrant |
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| Affiliation | Divided into various factions spread across the Delta Quadrant |
In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Kazon (pronounced /ˈkeɪzɒn/) are a Delta Quadrant race. The Kazon are technologically inferior to the United Federation of Planets as it exists in the twenty-fourth century. The USS Voyager makes the Federation's First Contact with the Kazon soon after arriving in the Delta Quadrant.
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Physically, the Kazon are a humanoid species that has at least two racial variants, the most common race with copper-colored skin and a minority race with brown skin. The foreheads of all Kazon feature distinctive ridges and their black or brown hair grows in large chunks ('afros') rather than individual strands.
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 YT, they divided into different sects and have since been in constant conflict with one another. Each sect's ruler takes the title First Maje.
Kazon society is sometimes referred to as the 'Kazon Collective', although this rarely happens in practice as most of the sects are constantly fighting each other. The major sects are:
Kazon 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 fire-power) of the largest ships make them a serious threat to a small, solitary Federation ship.
The Kazon do not possess replicator or transporter technology, as shown in the two-part Voyager episode "Basics." Without a transporter, they took the crew of Voyager by surprise by boarding the ship through the loading docks.
The Borg designate the Kazon as Species 329, and have deemed them unworthy of assimilation; their species' technological inferiority would only serve to detract from the Borg goal of perfection.
The Kazon are a large part of the Voyager series Seasons 1-2. At the end of Season 2, the ship is briefly captured by the Kazon-Nistrim. However, Tom Paris and a number of Talaxian vessels recapture the ship. The Kazon abandon Voyager and have no further encounters with them. At the beginning of the Season 4, Kes propels Voyager over 9,500 light-years toward the Alpha Quadrant, moving them far outside the Kazon's realm.
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