A slightly altered version of a thread I did some months back, although in that version Broly was taken to Yardrat. Here, he's taken to a different location.

- For this hypothetical scenario, we get the scene in the past where King Vegeta learns of Broly's power level been equal to or potentially surpassing his son; responding with a mix of jealousy/fear for his family's rule as well as concern that Broly will become a threat to Planet Vegeta's existence due to his power. As such, he sends him away in a pod to Vampa.

Paragus learns of this and guesses the King's reason for doing so. This time, however, he doesn't give chase; assuming (albeit incorrectly) that King Vegeta will already have thought of that and will prevent him from pursuing his son. As such, Paragus merely states his hope that Broly will return and prove the King wrong before leaving; King Vegeta requesting afterwards that Paragus be monitored just in case he tries anything.

(Honestly, considering King Vegeta considered Broly such a threat as to banish him, the fact he let Paragus go so easily without any attempt to stop him feels off to me).

- Having anticipated that going after his son himself won't be possible, Paragus decides to have someone else rescue his son. While out on a mission and while his fellow Saiyans are sleeping, Paragus - after scanning to see the locations of various Saiyans out on missions - notices that Bardock's Team are the closest to Vampa. As such, he uses his ship's radio to send a coded message to Bardock - informing him of his son Broly been on Vampa and requesting for Bardock to go and rescue him before taking him to another, more hospitable world where Paragus can retrieve him later; sharing information regarding the locations of Cold/Frieza Force Traffic Control stations so Bardock can avoid getting picked up.

(As for why he's contacting Bardock specifically to do this mission, the original version of Paragus was implied to be Bardock's superior, so I'm carrying that over here).

- Needless to say, Bardock tells his crew to carry on the mission without him and stall anyone who asks for him. Before leaving, Gine - who I'd imagine is still part of Bardock's team at this point - offers to come with him, since he's off to recover a child and she may be able to help better there than she has fighting on the battlefield.

Bardock relents and allows her to accompany him to Vampa in a two-seater pod - the pair managing to land safely and with Bardock wiping out any Vampa Beetles that attack them before the pair find Broly's ruined pod. Not long afterwards, Bardock uses a Scout-Scope to successfully find the young Saiyan, with him been surprised to see Broly surrounded by dead Vampa Beetles and even eating one of their legs.

Despite Broly's power level been higher than Gine's own (and Bardock wanting to just grab the youngster by the tail to get him quickly), Gine is able to use some of their rations - notably actual food and water - as well as her kind nature to coax Broly over to her; the young Saiyan coming to trust her (since she's been nice and giving him food that tastes better than Vampa Beetle fluids) and allowing himself to be taken by the pair back to their ship, with Bardock noting that Broly must have become a Great Ape based on his armour been stretched and torn in places.

- As for where to take the young Saiyan, Bardock scours through several planets that aren't on the Cold/Frieza Force's radar (or are at least low on it). After looking through them, he and Gine settle on Namek - owing to the planet been relatively out of the way, so Broly should be fine there.

When they arrive (Gine having taken charge of looking after Broly, although Bardock did interact with him a bit by showing him some basic combat techniques), Bardock and Gine request for the Namekians to look after Broly; Gine explaining to their elder, Guru, that Paragus should hopefully be able to collect him at some point.

Needless to say, Guru agrees to look after Broly until then – having sensed his pure heart despite his fluctuating power – and so Bardock and Gine leave; Gine getting a bit emotional during their journey back at leaving Broly behind as she had started to bond with the boy, although Bardock assured her that he would be fine (him mulling over getting Gine to quit fighting and do something else).

In any case, Bardock informed Paragus via coded message that Broly had been rescued and where he'd been taken to, with Paragus thanking Bardock for this; their messages remaining secret.

- While Paragus would intend to leave Planet Vegeta and recover his son at some point, it sadly wouldn't be the case as he was still been heavily monitored to make sure he couldn't slip away to rescue his son. Ultimately, he - along with Bardock, Gine and most of the Saiyans - would sadly perish during Frieza's genocidal attack on Planet Vegeta five years later, with this leaving only a few survivors who weren't on the planet at the time.

As for Broly, Guru and the Namekians would continue looking after him - with Nail been strong enough to train Broly and end any "tantrums" the boy may have (since his power level is 42,000), while the Namekians would also have meditation techniques to help Broly's mind.

With Broly growing up on Namek this time, how do you think this may change the Dragon Ball timeline?

Curious to see what you guys think.