Although the Annarene Protectorate were originally a dangerous force in the Mutter's Spiral, they started forming more peaceful alliances. The Tulkan Empire took this for a sign of weakness and invaded. They were stopped and their leaders were all mind-wiped and left on Earth. Despite this, many Annarenes felt that the Protectorate had become weak and ineffective and tried to find ways to gain a strategic advantage. (PROSE: Relative Dementias)