KAZON: Cultural Index
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- The Kazon are one of the delta quadrant's first races encountered by the USS Voyager. But why are they divided into so many sects? There delicate political structure is always in flux but some key cultural aspects always remain constant.
(Alright, drinking game time. Take a shot every time I say the word sect. Or don't. Actually don't, it's probably dangerous...)
This is the Cultural Index a series aimed at exploring various Science-Fiction species.
For outsiders to a series to get to know the basics and maybe even hardened Sci-fi nuts might discover something new.
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Yeah, it's pretty bad for a spiecies when even the Borg don't think your worth while for assimilation.
It's pretty bad for a species to be sought after by the Borg. Just ask Species 116.
Kazon: the poor man's Klingon, even down to having ridges on their foreheads, a warrior culture and goofy hair. But sucking at everything.
If I were the Kazon, I'd accept that as both a blessing and an insult. :P
Borg wouldn't hesitate to destroy the Kazon were the Kazon to encroach Borg space.
Best part of the Voyager series? When they left Kazon space.
YES.
Lmfao
It's rare to find a perfect comment, but here we are.
The show did get so much better when they moved on from these loser villains.
They were so annoying to me
Kazons are what happens when you allow an Oompa Loompa to live to adulthood.
I died!
Lmao this comment section is gold
Oompa Loompas should be the next species
The Oompa Loompae were adults.
Me: I want a Klingon!
Mom: WE have Klingons at home.
At home: Kazon
lol finally a good use for this overplayed meme
Three hundred years of over use of this meme and even I got a chuckle.
Kazon do seem like a bad hair discount Klingon
Mom: you have Klingons on Uranus AND I'M TIRED OF CLEANING THEM UP!!!
A Ferengi with a ship load of hair care products could make a mint with the Kazon.
Indeed, the ferengi should have already sold them replicator and transporter technology.
@@Perktube1 They tried to use a replicator they stole from Voyager. Doing so caused a massive explosion, killing many of the Kazon.
@@Perktube1 id imagine the ferengi would make a fortune selling them weapons for their ships.but they are not stupid would be 40 year old technology that's harmless to their ships .
@@jorgecarreras477 it's most likely that the Federation technology just wasn't compatible enough with their tech. Another technology may have been more compatible. There were other races in the Delta Quadrant that already had replicators. So maybe one of their technologies would have worked better.
Kazons are such loosers, even Borg didn`t want to assimilate them
Their loose, huh? So I guess they don't have a lot of rules.
Janeway is an even bigger loser for letting her ship getting taken by the Kazons ...
@@sophieschollsreinkarnation5078 or you know chakotay leaving his shuttle behind on seskas ship in "manuvers" a little plot hole there :p
Then again, there's evidence to suggest that Capt. Picard viewed death as preferable to becoming a Borg drone. So, maybe the Borg's lack of interest in the Kazon race is the Kazon's gain, rather than the Borg's loss.
Man the kazon were just ****oles. Like the poor man's klingons.
I thought that they may have been an offshoot of the Klingons. Whatever race had invaded Kronos, and stolen the Sword of Kahles may have also taken a group of Klingons as well. They eventually escaped and became the Kazon.
You should touch on why the BORG reject them from the collective
lol always thought the borg rejecting the kazon was the writers admitting that they were third-string antagonists
How many species have the Borg assimilated?
Over ten thousaaaaaaand!
Yet, the Kazon were "unworthy of assimilation". Jal Embarrassed.
the borg assimilate cultures and species to bring themselves closer to perfection. the borg took one look at the kazon and decided "yeeah....we assimilate them and we'll be taking 200 steps back."
I think the reason is fairly clear. Their technology is derived from the Trabe and it's possible that the Borg may have already encountered the Trabe before. Biologically, there are other species that are physically more impressive than the Kazon which makes them indistinctive from a Borg perspective.
It's the hair bro.
Maybe it's just me, but I always thought these guys had a lot of untapped potential as characters. Recently-freed ex-slaves who are dealing with tech way beyond anything they're able to use to its best efficiency, yet too proud, angry, and filled with bad memories of their recent lot in life to turn to anyone else for aid.
Adiraiju They are like an inverse version of the bajorans
Difference is they didn't need help.
If I remember correctly
These 2nd rate discount Klingons got far too much screen time and an exaggerated threat level
Evil Ash Yeah like the klingons
Just dumber
Adiraiju I'm under the assumption there are to few good and well written writers.
I wonder if there is a dream team of science fiction, science and dialogue writers?
Sticking some of them in a room with the suggestion box from every fanfic comic con attendee and TH-cam comment would make for an Epic anything, the only real trouble would be who would be willing to pay to put it up lol... Assuming they have pride.
I thought they had potential as a species but the reasons for the division between the sects and an opportunity to truly explore Kazon culture never occurred.
they remind me of Klingons without the concept of honor
With hair like that I agree
That was the idea but the end result was far from what was intended
Oh, you mean the House of Duras!
Kazon were the least believable long running threat in all of Star Trek. A massively technologically inferior species constantly catching up to an attacking a ship that can travel multiple warp factors faster, has stronger weapons, stronger shields, better literally everything... and somehow they were a serious threat?
How about: Oh no, the Kazon are attacking, engage warp factor 9, leave them in the dust?
🤣🙌🙌🙌💯
Less believable than TNG Ferengi?
@Jimmy Whisper TNG wanted them to be big villains and they’re just not intimidating enough for that. Ultimately they don’t do any harm though and we got Cardassians and Borg down the line, so it’s not a big deal now
Voyager is a superior vessel but it's only one ship against many.
They made the excuse in the show that the warp drive was inoperable
Proof my phone is eavesdropping. Watch television. An episode of Enterprise where some Kazon get assimilated by The Borg. Lo and behold, I get recommended videos on Kazon and The Borg.
Ugh, Enterprise was a mess, Kazon in the wrong Quadrant, Borg centuries early to the Quadrant.
@@nvfury13 seriously? The borg were there because it was the remains of the sphere from First Contact.
@@nvfury13 you forgot the nazi fish people stomping around in earth's past
you forgot that the borg see them as inferior and as such won't assimilate them
Bill Irvine that was hilarious and completely understandable
To be fair, it was something like a freighter the Borg encountered. Not a predator class starship.
@@CelticVictory To be fair, a predator class Starship is just a toilet paper roll soaked in gasoline straped to a big stick of dynamite.
That's quite unfair. Predator class starships were a threat to Voyager especially when there was more than one.
@@CelticVictory yes 8 of them in an ambush where a threat 4 are managable. 1vs1 there where a joke. Lets be honest here, the kazon didn't fully understood their outdated technology and where never a real thread to anybody except pacifists like kes and lone traders like neelix. Any major or semi powerful party in the delta quadrant could take out the kazon in a heartbeat. If i understand 7of9s statement correctly the kazon are not worthy to be assimilated because their biological features where nothing special and their intellect is so low they would never had developed warp technologies if they did not steal them from their slavers 200 years ago.
Maybe the Kazon defeated enemies because anyone who sees a Kazon feels an irresistible impulse to wash their hair.
"HIlghameH QIt vIlo'taHvIS neHchugh jIH!"
Congratulations; you have made the Kazon as interesting as they are capable of being. :-)
Kazons: possess ships capable of traveling tens of thousands of times the speed of light
Also Kazons: can't fucking work out how to find water
The most interesting fact about the Kazon to me is that they sucked so much that the borg didn’t even bother ever assimilating them
It's the "Not the Klingons" from Voyuager.
At least they're not the "Uh no, those ARE the Klingons" from Discovery.
Cue the Baby from Dinosaurs.
It never made sense how the Kazons were able to keep up with Voyager for 2 years. Voyager was literally hundreds of times faster than Kazon ships.
Voyager kept stopping for souvenirs
The Kazons had already been spreading through local space for a couple decades.
Their ships were clunky and primitive tech compared vs Voyager. But probably equivalent to the 23rd century stuff which let Kirk cover a lot of space over the years.
Grand Asguardians
This comment needs a boost! For Asgard!
I need an Asgard boost.
Asgardian*
How about one about Denobulan: Cultural index?
Brutish...err Brutes.
yep
Asgardians, But only if you mention the differences between them and the actual Æsir.
British brutes.
yepp, butes
Great video I like the history of Star Trek various races & tech keep up the great work. I always personally thought that the Kazons, we're centuries ago a long lost Klingon Empire Patrol & Conquest Fleet that got lost in the Delta Quadrant via the caretaker like in the premiere or got there the long route by crossing the Beta & Delta Quadrant borders or something like that and as it usually happens with the Klingons they cross path with a tougher enemy that didn't like being attack or invaded, the Fleet most was destroyed & the remaining survivors captured & interrogated over the centuries they might lost their way and become something new & devolved.
Your next Star Trek one should be on the Bajorans, DS9 gave us soo much lore for them :)
Give the Oompa Loompas warp drive technology and what do you get?
I don't like the look of it.♬♪
Kinda wish they'd have addressed how spread out they were. Voyager encountered them for like 3 seasons. Musta been 5-6 thousand light years. Thats a large percentage of the galaxy.
Actually pretty small given that the galaxy is over 100,000 light years across. Also since they had to get supplies time to time Voyager wasn't cutting an exact straight line either.
Like the Tutsi and Hutus ethnic groups in DRC following their liberation.
You could at least have a conversation with a Hutu or a Tutsi
You should have added that the Kazon borg designation is species 329 (Star Trek Voyager Mortal Coil
Talking about a Baaadd hair day 😝😝😝
That's what happens when you stick your head out the window at warp speed in the solar wind.
Like always I enjoy your insightful view, I have only look at Star Trek cultural index. But I believe you but the intense work into all your projects. I have seen some on the Breen but you don't have a CULTURAL INDEX on them.
Lol, it almost makes me feel guilty how much i detested the Kazon, makes me feel racist. They're just Klingon-lite, and there was already one of those, they called them Nausicaans...
Right
Over hill, over dale
As we hit the dusty trail,
And the Kazons go rolling along.
In and out, hear them shout,
Counter march and right about,
And the Kazons go rolling along.
The Kazons deserved to be oppressed.
I'd love to see how you would culturally analyze the human race.
I think everyone can agree that the best Kazon episode was the one with Aaron Eisenberg
That's because Nog made a good Kazon.
A low bar, I'll grant you that.
The writers based the Kazons on Somali people. A nomadic race of warriors, find themselves in the hand of colonisers exploiting the traditional clan system (sects), one guy (Mad Mullah) unites the clans to fight their oppressors, they get their independence, resort back to clan in fighting, break up into de facto autonomous clan states, excessively prideful, brutal, vindictive, hostile to outsiders, little regard for their own lives let alone others, technologically lagging, and a society that is stagnant due to suspicion and continued in fighting. Lawlessness ensues that reverberates around the region (Invading neighbouring countries, border wars, piracy, terrorism etc). They were introduced at the peak of Somalias civil war and their disregard for international law or peacekeepers. I dont hate the Kazon, they are just a product of their environment, which has made them callous and cynical. I feel like the writers could have fleshed them out a bit more, to make it more exciting.
''so what are the Kazon like?''
''Belligerent and numerous...''
I would like to see the Kaleds, the Thals, & the Daleks.
Show the Kazon some respect! For such a primitive species they did one hell of a job: beating their technically superior supressors (Trabe) and taking over a starfleet ship (Voyager).
It's like apes escaping zoo and supressing mankind. Where have I seen that before ...
The Kazon had no hope of capturing Voyager on their own. They were given stolen data, tactical specs and psychological insights by a vengeful fanatic/traitor. They committed a lot of ships and resources towards the planned ambushes. And barely succeeded. And ultimately failed.
They're just space orks with comparatively low tech and profoundly bad hair.
I can never not see these guys as Giorgio Tsoukalov from Ancient Aliens.
The Kazon would have been better utilized as a low-tech but wide-spread species that sought to wear down the superior but single Federation vessel through sheer attrition and clever use of more primitive technology. A low-tech enemy that could still pose a threat to a state-of-the-art Federation vessel through numbers, grit, and savvy.
Instead we got these guys.
I never thought about that, this could have worked much better than the Chinese Klingon knockoffs we got
Would you consider doing a video on the Talarians from Star Trek.
They were a good enemy I thought. They managed to take voyager and left the crew on that planet to die of thirst.
ONLY with Seska’s help
luddite witch that’s true she made the trap and knew how to disable the self destruct.Wonder how long the crew would of survived on that planet with problems like hunger, thirst and no change of clothes.
can we vote fpr the asguard from sg1
will you be doing anymore Doctor Who species?
I would like to see a report on the XINDI-INSECTOID: Cultural Index
I always thought of them as Klingon lite.
I vote on the Brutes from Halo.
Had they played on the alliance, and had one Kazon group go along with Voyager. We could have got some character development. The idea of having some Kazon become crew members could have given us the interest that could have been the Marquis/Starfleet mix.
Seeing the Kazon forced into alien space, and having to evolve their tribalistic views would be interesting. Seeing them interact with the more advanced groups of the Delta Quadrant would be cool. Seeing a villian become an antihero, then possibly more is interesting. Seeing the Borg tell them they aren't even worth assimilating, or seeing them encounter species 8472, the Voth, or Hirogen. Imagine them meeting those sirens that wanted to devour Harry.
I just think like the Ferengi in DS9, we could have developed the Kazon. They were obviously meant to mean something.
I read they based their look on roosters but I don’t remember roosters having fros.
Mohawk would’ve been cooler.
You should do the Kryptonions.
The Kazon are just one tiny step above the Pakleds. A Borg Pakled would definitely be a sight!
We are the Borg. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will help us find things that make us go.
@@MKDumas1981 Yes, something like that!
Napoleonic wars saw very decorative uniforms
Btw. The Kazon remind me of what happened after the slave revolt in Haiti. Very different sects overthrowing slave lords, then trying to divide up the spoils amongst the winners not amongst the people. Not saying anything bad about Haitian people in general. In fact, I learned more about the history of Haiti from my Haitian friends in South Florida then I ever did in the American school system.
It reminds me of how the Romans used to get the barbarian German tribes to fight each other. Eventually this ended up with the most Roman sect rising up as Roman citizens , and even joining the Senate. This would be like a Kazon becoming like the trader , and conquering the neighbouring Kazon. Leading to a Kazon winning in the end who are the best traders , and diplomat warriors .
This did not end Well for the Romans... In the end germanics skilled and educated in Roman tactics, led germanics marching towards rome itself....and win.
And not for the germanics as well, unable to maintain a vast empire, they löst part over part, ending in the "dark age" of medieval time. Wars over wars between areas that once Was United, feuds over Generations, evrn hundtrd years ago we still did not play well with each other and even until actual time, Civil unrest and wars are not forgotten.
As disgusting the Kazon are, they have a Real background. Not only should we europeans ask us, if we are not them. The same is for the US.... What was this discussion about building a walled border? Forgive me if I as a German shake my head about it, even if I can understand it....better maybe if some feel comfortable with.
Also Australia, you still did not really come to terms with your native ppl.
Mankind has more of the Kazon than we would like to confess. This makes them extra disgusting. But does it make them a bad constructed people? Maybe not.
Can I add another option and vote for the asguard from SG1?
O now their one liners and technology were second to none
One thing I'm still confused about...How long did the Trabe dominate the Kazon? I know it was long enough to instill resentment in the Trabe that hadn't died out in the nearly 30 years since they overthrew the Trabe.
On an unrelated note: It is rather impressive how large an area of space the Kazon collectively controlled for a race that is basically at each others' throats constantly
If they are anything like humans: a few minutes at least.
Kazon and Culture - yeah, well the Borg don't even want to assimilate them and according to Seven (of Nine) they did even assimilate primitives without warp tech sometimes (like the guys who knew about the Omega Particle!)
The Kazons were not given their proper due. Yeah they were de-evolved Klingons but I think there could've been more done with them.
Always wondered about Taurus people and how they interacted with the ancient Vikings why they come there where they like the Anunnaki and then to mine some kind of mineral here but then slave humans in ancient times
Jiralhanae plz
They are less known than the asguardians and are quite interesting.
Could you do the Sontarans in the Cultural index?
Johnny Kilroy Sontar-ha!
Here's a fun fact: the Kazon were originally conceived as contemporary L.A. street gangs. According to Jeri Taylor, they felt the Kazon were needed to address the tenor of the times and what was happening in cities and recognize a source of danger and social unrest and they wanted to do it metaphorically.
Ahhh Kazon the reject Klingons of Voyager.
I'm really interested in how the Borg determined they weren't worthy of assimilation. Was it through scans or did they assimilate one and were like "oh-mega get that Best Choice Klingon outta here!"? I gotta know.
They were technologically backward. Biologically ordinary (aside from the chunky hair). Culturally primitive. Lacking any distinctive developments, traits, or merits. They were easily subjugated by another race for a very, very long time - which suggests inferiority. They immediately revert back to their rude ways instead of evolving forward - which demonstrates inferiority.
Borg Queen: "It's the hair. We have a whole bald thing going on and: you ever tired shaving Kazon hair? It's not worth the resources."
I like the different sects 😝
One day one Sect will conquer the rest and spread shockingly horrific hairstyles throughout the galaxy.
Can you do one on the Q?
Q who?
It's been a long time since I watched the episodes of Voyager that had the case on it and I haven't even completed the series of them in season 7 right now, but I forget what was the reason why the kazon stopped being present after season 2. I feel like it had something to do with that other race that was trying to enslave them, but I'm not sure. I just hope it's not because they felt like they needed to change things up and make the Borg be the enemy all the time instead of being creative with their enemy. The Borg Great obviously in the kazon Do Not compare but, it would be more interesting to see the kazon have a bigger presence in Voyager but that seem to only be the case and seasons 1 & 2
Asguardians! Especially now that a new Thor movie is coming out.
The borg didn't want to assimilate the kazon.So of all the races of the galaxy, the safest to be around the borg was the kazon
The Borg considered the Kazon unworthy of assimilation, how fortunate for the Kazon
Adam Santer. How fortunate. Since they will not assimilate them, the Borg will exterminate them. Either way, it is bad.
Tholians,please. :)
Not even the Borg wanted them
A species-wide Bad Hair Day 😊
There cranial ridges give them a klingon look. They are also aggressive like klingon. Guess there is no relation.
Kazon look like overgrown Oompa-Loompas from Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
Goa'uld or Ancients/Ori from Stargate please.
The Kazon, species 329!
befor 8472 came along the Kazon were deemed not worthy by the borg for assimilation
Did the Kazon know how to build more ships or they stuck with just the ones they took from the trabe?
Jal Kalden? Have you seen the show? They clearly say Jal Kardane (however you might spell it).
you know I realized something the Kazon actually have fair amount in common with DBZ sayians both are warrior races, both have the hair that’s pointy and stands on end, both were nothing in their previous society until they rose up and drove out the other race( driving their opposing race into near extinction just like the sayians), both pillaged the remaining technology using it to become galactic powers, and both have little regard for life it’s kinda shocking how much these two fictional races have in common
Vegeta: "I will give you a ten minute headstart."
@@tyrant-den884 Thank you, I’m going to need it you’re very fast
Imagine a Klingon battle cruiser in kazon space it would be a blood bath
The Kazon where supposedly based on early 90's L.A. street gangs.
But in SPAAAAAAACE! It's not a bad concept, I'm just glad they didn't draw it out beyond one season. It's kind of like real-life gangs, dangerous within their territories, but once you leave their domain they're no longer a threat.
Krap Klingons. It was a major misstep of the show to begin with something so derivative when novelty was one of its main selling points.
Asgard please
I didn't care for the Kazon. They always came across as annoying but Voyager let them get further than they should have. More a nuisance and only a threat because Janeway allowed them to be more
Where does he find all this information????
All hail twin evils, Dogar and Kazon!
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Kazon need some serious hair conditioner!!
Wait was that kid kazon Aron Eisenberg, the guy who played nog?! Lol was nog in the delta quadrant for a deep spy mission? Lol
boring and unmemorable opponents
yeah, they even had to bring in a female Cardassian in order to make the Kazon more interesting
If they were unmemorable, we wouldn't be discussing them now.
Trabe and Kazon are space Australians?
The Kazon were analogous to the Zulu and their uniting leader to Shaka Zulu. They were a primitive people. The least technological species in the Alpha and Beta quadrants is a Cardassian. Seska, a Cardassian spy assigned and trained by the Obsidian Order was not a scientist or engineer, but was given enough knowledge to use those disciplines as a cover. Her knowledge of both was inadequate for even a low technology species like the Cardassians. Yet, she was probably the technologically smartest person in the entire Kazon space. That is how low tech the Kazon were.
I dare you: Kryptonians!
The Space Marines.
Probably the worst, most obnoxious of all the major ST:Voy races. I was so glad when they got left behind.
Aww the sand klingons
He he he.... he said sects!!🤣🤣🤣