Chancellor Gaumen was a representative of the B'omar Sovereignty. He led the negotiations with the crew of the USS Voyager to discuss passage through B'omar space in 2374. The B'omar were very xenophobic, and councilor Dumah laid down many restrictions on Voyager – they could not exceed warp 3, they had to avoid the planets and colonies of the B'omar, and they had to stop for seventeen inspections.