Ba'neth

The Ba'Neth were a mysterious, paranoid, extremely xenophobic, and reclusive Delta Quadrant race of multipeds. The Ba'Neth had created sophisticated cloaking technology for their ships, bases and themselves. They devoted most of their time to monitoring unknown alien ships passing through their territory by accessing computer records. They would also use Neural disruptors on people to ensure that if they survived a shot a from it they would not remember what they looked like.

The name "Ba'Neth" meant "Shadow People" to the Kesat.(, ST reference: Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 5)

History
Until 2376, the Kesat government denied their existence. However, when a Ba'Neth assaulted the Federation Starship USS Voyager (NCC-74656)'s Security Chief Lt. Commander Tuvok during one of their investigations. Capt. Janeway with assistance from a Kesat security deputy investigator Naroq were able to locate one of their bases and forced them into giving them the disruptor in order to keep their anonymity.(, ST reference: "Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 5")