Breen
The Breen are a species in the science-fiction franchise Star Trek. They wear suits which generate an arctic environent inside them; this is because their homeworld is believed to be an arctic wasteland. They have never been seen on the show outside their suits (although a few characters on the show have seem them offscreen). They established the isolated Breen Confederacy in the Alpha Quadrant and became a powerful ally of the Dominion of the Gamma Quadrant.The Breen suit looks almost exactly like what Princess Leia wears upon trying to infiltrate Jabba the Hutt's palace.
Not only is their appearance mysterious, but their behaviour perplex others as well. The Romulan have a saying: "Never turn your back on a Breen." This is shown when a Breen sacrificed himself or herself willingly during an escape attempt of several others from a Jem'Hadar-guarded asteroid prison.
The Breen have established mining facilities consisting of Breen guards and kidnapped workers (from spaceships), such as Tora Ziyal, Gul Dukat's daughter.
The Breen suits are usually thought of as refrigeration suits, but some speculate that the Confederacy is a comfortable environment (from the Cardassian point of view). The helmet of the suit consist of a glowing green visual piece and a beak, which seems to suggest the breen have an unusual facial structure. The breen have no blood or any similar liquid circulatory system.
The breen eat algae paste, which is probably the only plant life that grows in an arctic environment.
Even though their language is entirely electronically coded and then broadcasted outside of the suit, they still can be translated with ease by the Dominion. The leading representative of the Confederacy to the Dominion is the Thot (similar in rank to a General).
Although the Breen appear almost exclusively in episodes of , one Breen appeared as a hologram enhanced by the Hirogen in .
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