Unfortunately, near the end of the year, Dominion forces invade and occupy Betazed. The fall of Betazed—which leaves Vulcan, Andoria, Tellar Prime, and Alpha Centauri open to capture themselves—has a profound effect on many aboard the Pioneer, though none more than Watley, the daughter of a Betazoid mother and a half Betazoid father. Though her parents live off-world, all of her grandparents have lived on Betazed for years.