These Aliens Are Literally BRED for Battle

[@OrangeRiver]

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At least 33k

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[@Torontokid]

Another great video. I always loved DS9. They would often show re runs every night at 1 and 2 am every night and we watched the hell out of those. TNG was great when I a young kid but DS9 really hit hard as a teenager. anyways. Thanks alot for the lore and great memories.

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[@danceswithdirt7197]

I think that the Dominion was one of the most intriguing civilizations in all of Star Trek canon. Thanks for this excellent (and I do mean excellent) video on the Jem'Hadar.

[@stevencoardvenice]

Yup, I just finished running through DS9 for the first time. Took about 5 or 6 months. Definitely a thought provoking setup for a civilization, if you can even call it that. I hope stuff like that doesn't exist out there in the galaxy

[@bajankurt]

I wish Star Trek would elaborate more on the Dominion. I wouldn’t mind a series based fully on or in the Gamma Quadrant, the Founders focusing on their empire!

[@howardlanus8467]

You think the Dominion had a long period of preparation, the Founders keeping to themselves, consolidating their strength while playing their neighbors off each other before keeping out with fleet after fleet of ships? Or did they make alliances with convenient species here and there?

[@daniel4647]

@@howardlanus8467 Probably made alliances as it suited them, their goal was control, not annihilation, so it would make sense if they would use more docile species to serve their goals without initiating a violent conflict with them. Since they are so obsessed with controlling everything tough, they would have probably had to resort to violence eventually, or at the very least the threat of violence, to keep everyone in line. But I could totally see them as the type to appear as benevolent helpers at first. Their whole demeanour and everything make me think of them a little bit like the aliens in Final Conflict, or the Aschen in Stargate, in the sense that they're strategic and think very long term.

[@stevencoardvenice]

Obedience Brings Victory! Victory is Life! Just finished the DS9 series. Been watching since Christmas

[@JemHadar422]

Thank you for covering my people.

[@JemHadar422]

@@subraxas yes, my people. We serve the Founder from until death. Victory is life!!! 😂

[@Nom_AnorVSJedi]

Were the Jem’Hadar the predators who hunted the ancestors of the Vorta for food? Hence the animosity and contempt the Vorta have for their Jem’Hadar men?

[@charlestaylor253]

Quite possibly. The Founders love genetically tampering with/enslaving all hated "solids". They call themselves the 'Dominion' for a reason, y'know. 🤪

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Great conclusion to the mini series. Watch out for The Man! 😁😉

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Ometaklahn and his soldiers were awesome. Great video Tyler,as always.

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Another interesting video Tyler most enjoyable. Can hardly wait for Monday's live stream see you then.

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[@OrangeRiver]

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[@jonathanfornwalt4919]

I've seen it hypothesized that the Jem'hadar ability to shroud, scaly skin, and sense of honor indicates that they may have been derived in some way from the Tosk. They may contain genetic traits from multiple gamma quadrant species.

[@JeremyWS]

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[@quantafreeze]

Great video! Thanks!

[@BTScriviner]

I love your deep dives into alien species and their biology. Another excellent video. 👍

[@edfrees]

I now wish the Jem'Hadar kid said "this isn't even my final form". Someone please make an edit.

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New subscriber, by the by, greetings from my mighty Decepticon Army!!!

[@bradameerbeg2154]

Great episode, Tyler.

[@allnamesaretakenful]

I remember Test Tube Baby being an insult in the 80s and 90s. I don't think any of us kids even knew what a Test Tube Baby actually was. Mentioning the CIA and their Crack Trade. You are brave, unlike most of the cowards on KZbin. Let's hope they don't treat you like they did Gary Webb.

[@yhird]

Bravo regarding the CIA comment at 7:08 LOL.

[@johnmorey720]

All of this, and they still get curbstomped by a handful of Ferengi.

[@charlestaylor253]

The Ferengi would probably end up paying off Hirogen ex-hunter mercenaries to protect them...😉

[@KingOfMadCows]

Considering how the Founders seem to have taken some inspiration from the Tleilaxu. I would not be surprised if female Jem'Hadar were made into something similar to axolotl tanks.

[@cesspresso]

I’m dying to hear you’re deep dive on Horta

[@tyrant-den884]

I wonder how things are for these species in the post war Dominion; the _Odominion_ as it were.

[@marcomirhayes7121]

Incredible job as always. You go so indepth to explain these concepts and it is always very entertaining and educational to watch. I sent this to several of my friends urging them to give your channel a look.

[@OrangeRiver]

Thank you Marcomir!

[@lifeinthevoid1595]

Thanks for video this alien biology series is fascinating. Are you planning one on the Hirogen? Always enjoyed seeing them 🙂

[@OrangeRiver]

I definitely have some thoughts about the Hirogen! I don't know how quickly I'd be able to get to that topic, but eventually I'd like to cover them on my channel

[@malirabbit6228]

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[@blaked7532]

When dealing with Jem'Hadar, set phasers to cripple.......

[@vulpecul-astrology0625]

Victory is Life! 😊

[@devonstart2758]

another thing about them is they are named after an indian army rank.. when they were under the british. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemadar

[@violetlight1548]

When I was like 11, I wrote a fanfic about female Jem'Hadar, since I thought it was stupid to have an all-male race. I envisioned the females as being still humanoid, but capable of flight -- something no Star Trek species has been able to do, to my knowledge. Too bad I wrote it on a typewriter, long before I knew what fanfiction even was. Anyway, I always thought canon Jem'Hadar had the potential to be more than they were portrayed as, like the Klingons before them. It's a shame they seem designed to just be cannon fodder. "It's okay to kill them -- they're only genetically engineered monsters."

[@irregularassassin6380]

There are very few sapient Star Trek species (from alpha canon) capable of flight. I am aware of four, and only three of these can do so in Earth-standard atmospheres and gravities. One of those hovers rather than flies. For your reference, I've spent too much time outlining them below: First up are the Skorr and the Aurelians; both are from TAS. Notably, the design of the only Skorr we saw, Prince Tchar, was largely reused by the production company for the only Aurelian we saw, Aleek-Om, to save on budgetary constraints. The former appeared in TAS: "The Jihad" and the latter in "Yesteryear." The Aurelians have also made a background appearance in Lower Decks (LD: "An Embarrassment of Dooplers"). Second in appearance are the Exocomps, first seen in TNG: "The Quality of Life." These were beachball-sized, hovering, utility robots designed to "learn" and "adapt" as they completed tasks. However, their inventor, Dr. Farallon, inadvertently made them "too" capable of learning; the robots were able to develop sentience over time, much in the way droids seem to in Star Wars. It wouldn't be until LD: "No Small Parts" that the Exocomps appeared again, this time represented by recent Starfleet Academy graduate Ensign Peanut Hamper. She apparently picked her name using a mathematical formula. Interestingly, Ensign Hamper references having a father (likely not Dr. Farallon, as she was female), and claimed to have only joined Starfleet to anger him. Dialogue in the same episode from Ensign Tendi also suggests that she, Hamper, was one of the first Exocomps in Starfleet. The last flying race, that I can think of, are the Elaysians from DS9: "Melora." This is also the species that cannot fly, or even move much, in environments with more gravity than their native G. Though appearing similar to most humanoid races, they are capable of something very resembling flight under the exceedingly low-gravity conditions present on their home planet. In alpha canon, we have only ever seen one Elaysian, Ensign Melora Pazlar, who used a type of mechanical exoskeleton and a wheelchair incorporating anti-grav tech to get around in standard 1G environments. Anyway, I agree that I wish we had seen some more Jem'Hadar development in DS9. I suspect that the writers did what they could, and we will have to wait for another series to explore them more. I suspect Discovery would be best-suited to do so, as a great deal of time has passed, and the show can easily go anywhere in the galaxy for its stories.

[@irregularassassin6380]

@@JanetStarChild Mmm. I'm kind of glad we don't see much of that, because I have a feeling that any storyline around a species like that would quickly become ... distasteful, shall we say. In a perfect world, without misogyny, such a species would be a fascinating inclusion to any sci-fi franchise.

[@irregularassassin6380]

@@JanetStarChild Yeah. I hate that that's the state of entertainment right now, but it kinda is. I think we're very close to the time when things like a race of asexually-reproducing female aliens can be a thing in mass-market sci-fi without it being made weird. Close, but not there yet. To be fair, there is nothing wrong with a character making it weird, so long as they're shown the error of their ways, in some form. Turn it into a reflective moral lesson on the male gaze. That would be a good step forward, but I'm very glad it wasn't attempted on DS9 back in the 90's.

[@STSWB5SG1FAN]

With what you just said, have you ever heard of the anime series called "Gal Force"?🤔😏

[@STSWB5SG1FAN]

This was a question to you, @Iregular Assassin. Damn Fire Tablet won't let me edit.🙄😂

[@SAVAGEBEAST80]

Ever thought there are a lot of similarities between the jemhadar and toth from the first season of ds9 and star fleets first encounter with a gamma quadant speceies have a look totally is basically a proto jemhadar

[@SAVAGEBEAST80]

Please have a look into it

[@SAVAGEBEAST80]

@@subraxas yes tosk thanks for the correction bro

[@jasperdoornbos8989]

Hi Tyler, thank you for all your very interesting and enjoyable videos about Star Trek. I never watched DS9, I am afraid. Even though i know it is your favorite series. But your friday evening launches are a sort of ‘white’ for me. I am really looking forward to them.

[@benjamingarner2881]

Love your content. I would be interested to see how you go about your research and such.

[@OrangeRiver]

Thanks! I do showcase some of that kind of stuff for members and patrons and talk about it a bit on my livestreams. Not to hide my process behind a paywall but just as an exclusive behind the scenes treat 😉

[@pigeonsil240sx]

ketracel white and gem hadar reminds me of opiates like methadone and humans so much.

[@rayden120]

I've thought the bone forehead ridges were just the result of them being Alpha Jem'Hadar

[@daniel4647]

If it's specifically stated in the show that they are all male, then you have to assume an origin with two or more sexes, if they had been grown from scratch they wouldn't be considered male as they would have no sex.

[@georgejones8481]

Jem hadar Vs Remans......the fight I'd like to see

[@Nom_AnorVSJedi]

It happened in one of the novels. The Romulans used the Remans as cannon fodder during the Dominion War.

[@harrypothead42024]

I always just assumed that the changelings lied to the jem'hadar and the vorta about being created by the changelings

[@ryanhau1073]

Weird coincidence that you cover artificial wombs during a time when the A-Word is bit in the news

[@canis2020]

I have a little bit of head canon that the Jem' Hadar are actually the replacements for the Hurq. I feel like the Hurq were the first enforcer species but they rebelled. Thus the ketricel addiction. It fits with the Klingon lore too. It would explain why the Hurq are only in the history books as the Jem' Hadar we're sent to erase the Founders mistake and make an example.

[@josephphelps5213]

Of course they remember who Houdini is. 24th century culture is obsessed with golden age earth culture. They all play classic music and love Charlie Chaplin too.

[@animationfanatic2133]

Jem Hadar: how old are you? DAX: I stopped counting after 500 Jem Hadar: shocked Pikachu

[@warrenreid6109]

Speaking if the white, let's work hard to get the coke back in coke.

[@OUTSIDER40]

Live long and prosper 🖖

[@ClintSprayberry]

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!!!!

[@kemonotaku]

Incorrect. The Gem'hadar themselves canonically stated that they indeed needed to eat. What was probably meant about not eating, show wise, is that they don't need it often or can go long stretches so long as they're also getting the White. From the episode Hippocratic Oath.

[@stephenrobinson8244]

I want to see more of sponsor clone 😂

[@CristySFM1234]

I would like to see you cover the hurq since they are tied to the jem'hadar in sto

[@CristySFM1234]

@@daxbashir6232 I mean a full breakdown of the hurq, the early klingon space flight video briefly talked about them

[@CristySFM1234]

@@daxbashir6232 same can be said with the Breen but still covered them

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

The shroud of the Dominion has fallen, BEGUN THE JEM'HADAR WARS HAVE...

[@bpdmf2798]

Bred for battle, as strong as multiple humans, embedded intelligence so they know tactics and all relevant battle knowledge from birth, fully mature in a matter of days, train their whole lives, ultra loyal, perpetually on drugs, and still get knocked out cold for minutes to hours at a time by a single star trek style double fisted punch to their gut from a species that is considerably weaker. Yup, that's trek.

[@peterjf7723]

Just like in Doctor Who how the Sontarans, another race of cloned soldiers can easily be knocked out by a blow to the back of the neck.

[@cgmoran91]

What was the episode name and season with the young Jem'Hadar. I always love the episode when the Jem'Hadar are "stranded" on a planet with Bashir and O'Brian. The first is trying to weed them off the failsafe drug.

[@jadendafinger]

I believe it's called "The Abandonned'

[@comentedonakeyboard]

Possibly the most inteligent Comment on the "political Buzzword starting with A" i've seen recently 👍

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can wee take a minute to take a look at the likes to views and comments to views ratios? these numbers are great and just go to show how great your stuff is

[@OrangeRiver]

Thank you!

[@relpmat]

Hey Love the video but can I make a recommendation? Add Jam'hader into the video title. I been looking for jam'hader related videos for ages and youtube algorithm never recommended this one to me. I was only able to find in browsing through your channel after seeing your krogan video. Loved that too btw.

[@OrangeRiver]

Glad you enjoyed it! I may try that, but there's no guarantee adding "Jem'Hadar" to the title would actually increase its reach in the algorithm. Jem'Hadar is in the tags, for what those are worth. And as far as the hashtags in the top of the description, as I've said before, only the first three actually show up in the video description as it's displayed publicly. So my priority with those should be to make them as broad as possible. Using more generic language in the titles can actually be beneficial as when the video lands on the recommendations of someone outside the Trek fandom, they can be more intrigued than if they see a bunch of keywords that are specific to the Star Trek fandom. That's why I don't have (Franchise Name) in the title of all my videos, because my goal is to reach as many people as possible. That said, I was actually thinking about going through and redoing a bunch of my titles again. Adding the species name might help, but we'll see. It's KZbin's job to promote it.

[@rickm9244]

Population control would need to be in effect to let us "grow" people at whim. When we get to that stage. That will sadly affect couples wanting to have children through natural means. The Jem'Hadar are basically weapons of war. Though DS9 tried to give them human qualities in a few episodes. So to grow more of them makes logical sense.

[@dennisdean7366]

Harry Houdini is an eastern European magician who gained a reputation of an escape artist.

[@peterjf7723]

@@subraxas Erik Weisz was his real name. Houdini was the name of French magician who was his teacher.

[@SGTMontgomeryMACO]

I believe those are Alpha Quadrant Jem’Hadar. Klingons head bunt in close quarters. Since they would have fought more Klingons hand to hand. Here’s a cut and paste from Memory Alpha The Alphas were Jem'Hadar who were created in the Alpha Quadrant in 2374, after the Dominion realized that no reinforcements could come through the Bajoran wormhole.

[@davidseligman6445]

Ofcourse they remember Houdini. Do you remember Merlin? He'll be more myth than man by then. Haha

[@davidseligman6445]

@@subraxas Most elaborate , well thought out reply to any youtube statement I've ever made. Nice. I shudder to think of the amount of post atomic horror that would remove the name Houdini from the lexicon. Hopefully our path isn't as rough as predicted in Trek.

[@commissaryarrick9670]

They are kind of like orks

[@drahcir8402]

I do like the idea that the Jem'Hadar were the species the persecuted and hunted the founders.

[@rmeddy]

I love these guys they're so 90's badass edgelord Thay actually remind me of Doomsday from DC comics

[@asagoldsmith3328]

Meanwhile the Jam'Hardar are bred to GET DOWN

[@patricksmith9700]

I have always suspected that the jem Hadar ancestors were hirogens

[@sashamitsell2212]

As a single male I would be interested in that technology. Only I'd be too old take advantage of it.

[@lonesomealeks4206]

Jem'Hodor 🤌

[@chadwickmccarty4944]

I had thought the Jem'Hadar used Polaron energy for their weaponry

[@marcybones64]

lmao at the CIA joke

[@stevenscott2136]

Then why can Sisko take them out with the "Kirk double-fist" without breathing hard? It would have been so easy for him to show off some rapid-fire phaser skills and be halfway believable. The Jem'Hadar literally have teeth on their faces -- you shouldn't be able to punch one without ruining your hand.

[@sashamitsell2212]

its not cannon but the dominion arc in st online has some back story.

[@jd4200mhz]

which also proves that stargeted geneticts is possible

[@alexiachimciuc3199]

How much a jem'hadar need to eat and in how many meals daily to reach adulthood in 3 days??

[@sebastianhebeler3062]

nothing about the Dominion ships ?

[@SnarkNSass]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😎😁🖖🏻

[@donaldmcdaniel1773]

interesting

[@James-hs3tu]

Crack 😂😂😂😂!!!!!!

[@borchmore9]

First

[@milk_bath]

It is 2022. You still think that’s fun and cool? Are you even old enough to use this website?

[@borchmore9]

@@milk_bath Comments help the creator no matter what they are and I don't always have a constructive response. Sorry if it's a bit cringe but KZbin is shit sometimes.

[@OrangeRiver]

Exactly 👆 Appreciate it @Borchmore

[@milk_bath]

@@borchmore9 So you decide to make it crappier with a joke that was funny once in 1995? A simple “Thanks!” to the content creator helps the channel if you just want to leave a comment instead of grasping at attention for yourself.

[@lifeinthevoid1595]

@@milk_bath they weren't rude and they didn't hurt anyone

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Thought they were Indian. You know, like the way ST:TNG used Ferengi.

[@comentedonakeyboard]

Or perhaps inspirer by the Ottoman Empire and it's Janissaries 🤔

[@argonwheatbelly637]

@@comentedonakeyboard : Perhaps, but I'm talking about how they co-opted the word.

[@dauidianus]

What is a “political buzzword that starts with a letter A”?

[@kinagrill]

I mean, sure they remember Houdini. We still recall names like Caesar, Rameses II, etc. etc. to this day.

[@shmee123ful]

i have a question, if the dominion petty much has near or total control of the gamma quadrant, than what or who have the Jem'Hadar being dying to with such attraction that even before the war for the alpha/bata quadrant that 20 year olds are a rareity and 30 year olds are mythical in their rarity. i can understand why they'd start suffering these losers during the dominion war but what was coarsening that attrition rate before. encounters with borg raids? some as yet unknown faction or factions with in the gamma quadrant that have being able to hold the dominion off?

[@brianpayne4549]

“3 parent babies”, oh, you mean that thing that isn’t possible?

[@OrangeRiver]

...I mean, quite literally, it is a thing. Very rare, but an established procedure. It's called mitochondrial replacement therapy.

[@brianpayne4549]

@@OrangeRiver sorry, i don't think so. I'd ask if you ever met someone with 2 dads and a mom, but I'm sure you'd say yes, just to prove me wrong. Personally, I've never met ANYONE with more than the NORMAL required amount of parents.

[@brianpayne4549]

@@OrangeRiver so rare, that, for all intents and purposes, it doesn’t exist? Gotcha….

[@brianpayne4549]

@@OrangeRiver btw, can this third parent be viable WITHOUT the use of gene splicing or genetic manipulation? I doubt it, which means it isn’t possible.

[@OrangeRiver]

@Brian Payne "I've never met ANYONE with more than the NORMAL required amount of parents" Dude... "I've never experienced this so it doesn't exist" is not an argument. Donations of mitochondrial DNA from a third parent to ameliorate genetic diseases is a well documented type of in-vitro fertilization. Read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_replacement_therapy "I'm sure you'd say yes just to prove me wrong" Sure, buddy. Secondary question: Are you a Christian?

[@hemaccabe4292]

With all the discussion of the technology, you fail to mention how creation of something like the Jemhadar is moral abomination and crime against all sentient beings.

[@fallingsky1984]

None of that is a metaphor of crack and the cia. Thats something you added on ur own.