Kobliad
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The Kobliad are a humaniod species from a system in the Alpha Quadrant with the same name, located inside Sector 21527 near Cardassian space. They are distiguished by a broad naso-cranial ridge.
In the 2360s, the entire Kobliad population was dying and required deuridium to stabilize their cell structure and prolong their lifespan. By 2369, the Federation had begun supplying them with the element, although the rarity of the substance made this difficult. The large amount of deuridium found in the Gamma Quadrant soon after the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole was unable to help the entire Kobliad population. (DS9: "The Passenger") Some Kobliad turned to smuggling and piracy to obtain deuridium. One such individual was Rao Vantika, who was on his way to Deep Space 9 to hijack a shipment from the Gamma Quadrant when he died.
The Dominion kept the Kobliad out of the Dominion War by offering to supply deuridium to them from sources in the Gamma Quadrant. Despite their agreement, the Kobliad government secretly allowed Federation Alliance ships to stage covert missions in the massive asteroid fields in their sector.
The speech of some Kobliad can be difficult for non-Kobliad to understand.