History:
Humanoid civilization from planet Acamar III. The Acamarians had enjoyed peace for the past century, with the exception of Acamar's nomadic Gatherers, who left their homeworld to become interstellar marauders. These people appeared largely human with the exception of a facial cleft in their foreheads. They are also notable for individualized decorative facial tattooing. Acamarian blood is based on an unusual iron and copper composite, making it readly identifiable. Within Acamarian culture, membership in a clan is considered of great social and political importance, and conflicts between the various clans often became violent. One such feud, between the Lornaks and the Tralestas, lasted some three centuries, and ended only after the last Tralesta was dead. The Acamarian government, headed by Sovereign Marouk, extended an offer of reconciliation to the renegade Gatherers in 2366. The negotiations, mediated by Jean-Luc Picard, were eventually successful.
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Gatherer
History:
Nomadic marauders from planet Acamar III. Believed to have been responsible for numerous raids on various outposts and ships in sector near Acamar III, the Gatherers were genetically identical to the Acamarians who remained on their homeworld. The Gatherers split from the more conservative Acamarians a century ago when they refused to accept a peace settlement in that planet's brutal clan warfare, but agreed to return home in 2366 as part og an accord negotiated by Jean-Luc Picard and Acamarian Sovereign Marouk.
The Federation science outpost attacked by the Gatherers just prior to the episode used a large scenic background painting originally from the classic 1956 movie Forbidden Planet. The painting is a planetscape seen through the window of the station.
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