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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 [[ | 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 [[Klingon 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. | ||
