Editing Kazon (section)

=== History and politics ===
In the ''Star Trek'' universe, prior to the arrival of ''Voyager'' in the Delta Quadrant, hostilities between the Trabe and the Kazon led to the Trabe keeping them subjugated. Violence between the Kazon was encouraged to limit the risk of them rising up against the Trabe.<ref name="Episodes2" /> Before being conquered by the Trabe, the Kazon were the most advanced society in the quadrant.<ref name="People">[[#okudamirek1994|Okuda & Okuda & Mirek (1994)]]</ref> On [[stardate]] 2346, Jal Sankur united the sects into the Kazon Order or the Kazon Collective to overthrow the Trabe.<ref name="Youth" /><ref name="Episodes2" /><ref name="People" /> The Kazon stole the Trabe's technology and ships and, rather than settle on a new homeworld, became a [[Nomad|nomadic]] species. After achieving independence from the Trabe, the Kazon continued to fight among themselves for control of resources and technology.<ref name="Youth" /><ref name="Episodes2" />

In ''Star Trek: Voyager'', the Kazon are known under the collective title of the Kazon Order, but the species are also separated into various sections.<ref name=":0" /> While the official ''Star Trek'' website lists the Kazon as having eighteen sects,<ref name=":0" /> the episode "Initiations" represents the number of sects as highly unstable and changing every day.<ref name="Academic1">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.eduhi.at/dl/Star_Trek_Voyager.pdf|title=Star Trek Voyager - PC or non PC?|last2=Nemtzeanu|first2=Yonit|last1=Niculescu|first1=Christina|magazine=Medienimpulse|issue=20|pages=37–48|date=June 1997|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051231063404/http://www.eduhi.at/dl/Star_Trek_Voyager.pdf|archive-date=December 31, 2005|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Only eight groups were named in ''Star Trek: Voyager'': Kazon-Halik, Kazon-Ogla, Kazon-Oglamar, Kazon-Relora, Kazon-Nistrim, Kazon-Mostral, Kazon-Hobii, and Kazon-Pommar.<ref name="Bundle1">The names of the eight Kazon sects were mentioned in the following episodes:
* {{cite episode|title=Caretaker|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]|network=[[UPN]]|season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 1)|1]]|author=Writer: Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor. Director: Winrich Kolbe.|airdate=January 16, 1995}}
* {{cite episode|title=State of Flux|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]|network=[[UPN]]|season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 1)|1]]|author=Writer: Chris Abbott. Director: Robert Scheerer.|airdate=April 10, 1995}}
* {{cite episode|title=Maneuvers|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]|network=[[UPN]]|season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]|author=Writer: Kenneth Biller. Director: David Livingston.|airdate=November 20, 1995}}
* {{cite episode|title=Alliances|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]|network=[[UPN]]|season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]|author=Writer: Jeri Tayler. Director: Les Landau.|airdate=January 22, 1996}}
* {{cite episode|title=Basics, Part I|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]|network=[[UPN]]|season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]|author=Writer: Michael Piller. Director: Winrich Kolbe.|airdate=May 20, 1996}}
* {{cite episode|title=Basics, Part II|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]|network=[[UPN]]|season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 3)|3]]|author=Writer: Michael Piller. Director: Winrich Kolbe.|airdate=September 4, 1996}}</ref> The sects are portrayed as "blood enemies" who rarely make attempts at diplomacy or forge alliances.<ref name="Academic1" /> At the time that ''Voyager'' passed through Kazon-occupied space, the Kazon-Ogla and Kazon-Relora were the most powerful of the eight, controlling the most members and ships.<ref name="Episodes1" /> A Kazon who does not belong to a sect is viewed as a "Goven" or an outcast.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.startrek.com/database_article/kazon |title=Kazon|publisher=[[Startrek.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120210642/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/kazon|archive-date=November 20, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>  The title "first maje" is used to reference the leader of a sect.<ref name="Alive" /> The political structure of the Kazon is built around "political killings inside the sects as well as between sects",<ref name="Academic1" /> with peace perceived as an impossible construct.<ref name="DevelopingWorld">[[Kazon#gonazalez2015|Gonazalez (2015)]]: p. 10</ref>