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After their initial contact with the Federation, a treaty of non aggression was reached, as the UFP was embroiled in the [[Second Klingon War]] at that time. One condition of the treaty, which the Federation protested vehemently, was the Tholians demanded phaser technology. Until that time they had used a weapon that was somewhat similar, but could not manufacture or repair it. Only the fact that the UFP was in a costly war with the Klingon Empire|Klingons]] at the same time, and could not afford to fight a war on two fronts, caused the Federation to agree to such a stipulation. | After their initial contact with the Federation, a treaty of non aggression was reached, as the UFP was embroiled in the [[Second Klingon War]] at that time. One condition of the treaty, which the Federation protested vehemently, was the Tholians demanded phaser technology. Until that time they had used a weapon that was somewhat similar, but could not manufacture or repair it. Only the fact that the UFP was in a costly war with the Klingon Empire|Klingons]] at the same time, and could not afford to fight a war on two fronts, caused the Federation to agree to such a stipulation. | ||
The Klingons sought to take advantage of the situation by drawing the Tholians into outright conflict with the Federation. In rare form, the [[Klingon Empire|Klingons]] attempted to use stealthy methods of entering Tholian space and stage attacks meant to appear as Federation attacks. The [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] cloaking technology appeared useless against the Tholians. Their highly maneuverable ships and adaptive use of anchoring their web technology to asteroids (instead of between two ships) proved disastrous for the [[Klignon Empire|Klingons]]. It is believed that the Tholians were able to use their suspected psionic capabilities to track the [[ | The Klingons sought to take advantage of the situation by drawing the Tholians into outright conflict with the Federation. In rare form, the [[Klingon Empire|Klingons]] attempted to use stealthy methods of entering Tholian space and stage attacks meant to appear as Federation attacks. The [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] cloaking technology appeared useless against the Tholians. Their highly maneuverable ships and adaptive use of anchoring their web technology to asteroids (instead of between two ships) proved disastrous for the [[Klignon Empire|Klingons]]. It is believed that the Tholians were able to use their suspected psionic capabilities to track the [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] invaders. Fully 43 ships were lost to the [[Klingon Empire|Klingons]], with figures for the Tholians believed to be less than a dozen. | ||
At that time, all Tholian ships were based on a diamond design. The largest warships they had brought with them were light cruisers, roughly the size of a modern frigate. They had no true capital ships, their solution was to effectively weld three light cruisers together. | At that time, all Tholian ships were based on a diamond design. The largest warships they had brought with them were light cruisers, roughly the size of a modern frigate. They had no true capital ships, their solution was to effectively weld three light cruisers together. | ||
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These Neo-Tholians brought with them a fleet repair docks, and more importantly engineers and schematics for ship designs. At last contact, the Tholians had converted the repair dock into a ship yard, and had begun producing new ships and refitting their older ones. Once the Neo-Tholians arrived at Tholia, the Assembly cut diplomatic ties with the outside, and very little has been heard from the Holdfast since. Sporadic diplomatic contacts, and reports from pirates and smugglers let us know that the Tholians are still around, but all in all there has been little or no contact in over sixty years. | These Neo-Tholians brought with them a fleet repair docks, and more importantly engineers and schematics for ship designs. At last contact, the Tholians had converted the repair dock into a ship yard, and had begun producing new ships and refitting their older ones. Once the Neo-Tholians arrived at Tholia, the Assembly cut diplomatic ties with the outside, and very little has been heard from the Holdfast since. Sporadic diplomatic contacts, and reports from pirates and smugglers let us know that the Tholians are still around, but all in all there has been little or no contact in over sixty years. | ||
==PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILE== | ==PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILE== | ||
