| Background |
Scavenger race, inflicted with a deadly disease called
the PHAGE which destroys their genetic codes and cell structures. The disaster
began more than two thousand years ago and has by now disintegrated their
society. Thousands die each day, but their immunology has not yet been
able to come up with a cure for the phage. The virus, however, has proven
very adaptive and resistant. To survive the Vidiians have become
organ hunters. They try to retrieve organs from deceased beings,
but often time is a scarce good and living prey closer at hand, cruel as
this may be. Each Vidiian has a 'homato' assigned to him whose task
it is to find organs. The Vidiians are organized in a sodality, are
aware of their unethical crimes, and there once was a time when the Vidiians
were a very civilized people respected and known throughout the quadrant
as scientists and explorers and great artists, but now they are forced
to ambush ships in order to harvest organs for their dying population.
In terms of medicine, the Vidiians are more advanced than the Federation,
which is sufficently proven by an analysis of one of their scanners.
This device is able to gather more information than a tricorder; when pointed
at a being it collects all specifics about its anatomy, including it's
DNA sequence. It can also be used as a weapon to paralyze one's victims.
On stardate 48784.2 the Vidiians manage to get hold of B'Elanna Torres.
Klingons, they found out, might be resistant to the phage virus.
Chief Surgeon Sulan extracted B'Elanna's Klingon genome, transformed it
into energy and materialized a 100% pure Klingon female, making use of
a device called 'genotron'. Furthermore, the Vidiians are able to
create extremely efficient forcefields that are nearly impenetrable (such
as for phaser fire) and also shield from view by creating illusions. |
