Changes: Gatherer

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The Gatherers were Acamarian marauders who lived in semi-autonomous nomadic bands and survived off piracy. Unlike other Acamarians, they maintained their clan identities and practiced elaborate facial tattooing and/or scarification.

In the 2260s, generations of brutal clan warfare on Acamar III was coming to an end. However, a number of clans refused to accept the nascent peace and left the planet, becoming the Gatherers. Over the next century, the Acamarian government made several attempts to bring the Gatherers back into the fold, none of them successful.

After a century of wandering, the Gatherers had become a major disruption in several sectors near Acamar. Their massacre of a Federation outpost in 2366 compelled Captain Jean-Luc Picard to contact Acamarian Sovereign Marouk and urge her to make another overture to the Gatherers. Negotiations between Marouk and Gatherer leader Chorgan were fruitless at first. But ultimately an assassination attempt on Chorgan by Yuta, Marouk's servant and a member of a rival clan, exposed the poisonous legacy of old hatreds and effected a breakthrough. The Gatherers agreed to a truce and began their reintegration into Acamarian society. (TNG: "The Vengeance Factor")

Two Gatherers were crewmembers of Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel's Miradorn raider, (DS9: "Vortex")

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 [[File:Temarek.jpg|thumb|Temarek, a Gatherer.]]
-The '''Gatherers''' were nomadic marauders and natives of the [[planet]] [[Acamar III]]. Like most [[Acamarian]]s the history of the Gatherers is deeply connected to the history of clan rivalry on that planet.
+The '''Gatherers''' were [[Acamarian]] marauders who lived in semi-autonomous nomadic bands and survived off [[piracy]]. Unlike other Acamarians, they maintained their clan identities and practiced elaborate facial [[tattoo]]ing and/or [[scar]]ification.
-Sometime around [[2266]] the Acamarians were finally successful in ending the centuries of warfare and unrest that had plagued the planet.  The historic clans signed a peace agreement, but the Gatherers, themselves a mixture of various clans, refused to take part and left the planet to live offworld.  Through the next century several attempts were made to bring the Gatherers back into the Acamarian fold, but all failed.
+In the [[2260s]], generations of brutal clan warfare on [[Acamar III]] was coming to an end. However, a number of clans refused to accept the nascent peace and left the planet, becoming the Gatherers. Over the next century, the Acamarian government made several attempts to bring the Gatherers back into the fold, none of them successful.
-Ultimately, in [[2366]] [[Sovereign]] [[Marouk]] was persuaded by [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] to make another attempt.  At first the negotiations brought the sides no closer together.  But ultimately an assassination attempt on [[Chorgan]], the leader of the Gatherers and a member of the [[Lornak]] clan, by [[Yuta]], Marouk's assistant and a [[Tralesta]], exposed the legacy of clan warfare and changed the outcome of the negotiations.  The Gatherers began their re-entry into Acamarian society. ({{TNG|The Vengeance Factor}})
+After a century of wandering, the Gatherers had become a major disruption in several [[sector]]s near Acamar. Their massacre of a [[Federation]] [[outpost]] in [[2366]] compelled [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] to contact Acamarian [[Sovereign]] [[Marouk]] and urge her to make another overture to the Gatherers. Negotiations between Marouk and Gatherer leader [[Chorgan]] were fruitless at first. But ultimately an [[assassination]] attempt on Chorgan by [[Yuta]], Marouk's servant and a member of a [[Tralesta|rival clan]], exposed the poisonous legacy of old hatreds and effected a breakthrough. The Gatherers agreed to a truce and began their reintegration into Acamarian society. ({{TNG|The Vengeance Factor}})
+Two Gatherers were crewmembers of [[Ah-Kel]] and [[Ro-Kel]]'s [[Miradorn]] [[Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel's raider|raider]], ({{DS9|Vortex}})
 == People ==
 * [[Brull]]