This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers.
I wonder what the Breen look like under those helmets?
asks Ezri Dax in theDeep Space Nineseason seven episode Till Death Do Us Part.
But despite their close and uncomfortable contact with the hostile alien species, neither hostage learned much about them.
They say no one has ever seen one and lived to speak of it, Worf answers.
Ezri continues in her usual lighthearted manner.
Maybe theyre all furry.
Its supposed to be very cold on Breen.
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One thing is certain.
They are dangerous, responds Worf, with even greater gravity than the Klingon usually assumes.
They do not tolerate incursions into their space.
Until today, that bit of dialogue encapsulated everything that Trekkies knew about the Breen.
It would take a miracle for the Alpha Quadrant forces to win.
The Breen rarely appeared afterDeep Space Nineconcluded, and its easy to see why.
That is, until theStar Trek: Discoveryseason five episode Mirrors.
In fact, Mirrors does a lot more than just show us the face of the Breen.
Those changes are a good thing, because the Breen have always created problems forStar Trekcanon.
They must have gotten a glimpse of the Breen then, right?
ForRonald D. Moore, one of the key creatives during the 90sStar Trekera, thats not necessarily the case.
Theres nothing in those helmets.
Or maybe theres a little slug, some tiny little creature in there.
I never wanted them to be humanoid in any way.
Looks like it will be ending its life by radically altering the Breen.
But this time, its for the better.
Star Trek: Discovery is streaming now on Paramount+.
