Three years ago, Federation forces attacked Dominion shipyards in Cardassian space, resulting in the beginning of the Dominion War. Betazed, a friendly blue planet orbiting an average star, became a casualty of that war. Jem'Hadar forces occupied the planet for nearly six months, ruling brutally over the peaceful population, before Starfleet finally drove them out..

Crying out for help, the people of Betazed needed the Federation. Protection from their enemies, economic support, social justice. That is our job, to bring them what they need. To bring them tranquility.