Unofficial first contact with the Breen?

[FederationHistorian]

Ever notice that the ship designs of the harvester ship in "Fight or Flight" and the Breen ship in DS9 seem very similar to one another?

Harvester ship

Breen ship

Was that supposed to be a 22nd century Breen ship that Enterprise encountered? If it was, what would the Breen need to harvest triglobulin from Anaxar for? I know what its triglobulin is supposed to be used for (medicines, vaccines, aphrodisiacs), but I've never really thought of the Breen having need for any of that.

 

[Dukhat]

I'm not seeing your pics, but I know what you're talking about. Yes, I'm almost positive that was supposed to be a 22nd century Breen ship. Globulin is a protein in blood; the Breen were stated in DS9 to not have blood (whatever that means.) Perhaps they need to harvest blood to survive because they don't have any of their own?

 

[Timo]

The Breen being mysterious, and pirates, and interested in getting value out of (more or less) live captives through slavery or other schemes, are established character traits and go well with "Fight or Flight". It's for the better that we didn't learn more in this episode - otherwise it would be very difficult to accept that ambiguity remains in the 24th century! But projecting the Breen onto this story is very doable and attractive.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[at Quark's]

What an interesting idea!

 

[publiusr]

My thinking is that the Breen may have a different chirality... perhaps something they share with others...I haven’t seen any mirror matter use, except Bele’s ship from TOS LTBYLB

 

[Annorax849]

Was it SFDebris who theorized the Breen were the Valakis from "Dear Doctor"?