Saiyan-Tuffle war

Saiyan-Tuffle war
Beginning	Age 720
End	Age 730
Place	Planet Plant
Outcome	Saiyan victory Complete annihilation of the Tuffle race Renaming of Planet Plant to Planet Vegeta Saiyan's meeting the Arcosian Saiyan's later annexation by Frieza and his planet trade organization Baby's attempted vengeance over sixty years later
Belligerents
Saiyans
Tuffles
Commanders
King Vegeta Other Saiyans
Tuffle King † Other high-ranking Tuffles †
Strength
Thousands of Saiyans
Thousands if not millions of Tuffles
Casualities
Unknown, likely moderate
All known Tuffles

The Saiyan-Tuffle war is the name given to the ten-year-long civil war waged by the Saiyans and the Tuffles over control of Planet Plant.

History

Saiyan arrival

The Tuffles, a very peaceful, yet technologically advanced race shared their planet with a very primitive, barbaric race known as the Saiyans. In the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files and the Super Exciting Guides, as well as from bits and pieces revealed by Baby, King Kai and Vegeta, it is revealed that the Saiyans themselves actually originated on The Original Saiyan home world, but were driven away by the Original Super Saiyan. By unknown means, the Saiyans either acquired or built many spaceships which brought them to the then Tuffle home world.

It is explained by King Kai, and later by Baby, that the Tuffles had used their technological skills to construct and live in great cities. However, King Kai states that the Saiyans on the other hand, lived in small primitive villages in the outskirts and badlands of Plant. He also explains that although they shared the same planet, the two races rarely confronted each other and stayed relatively peaceful for many years. However, after awhile, the Saiyans began to grow tired of living in filthy primitive villages (as well as allegedly being treated like slaves, from what Vegeta mentioned), and so it was devised that they would start a great war for the planet against the Tuffles.

The start of war

Saiyans attacking Tuffles

Led by the command of the great King Vegeta, the Saiyans, using their great power and brute strength, attacked the Tuffles. Although physically the Tuffles were much weaker and smaller than the Saiyans, they had advanced weaponry and technologies at their disposal. As the war waged on both the Saiyans and the Tuffles each won their fair share of battles, and for the next ten years, the horrible war waged on.

The tide turns

Tuffle soldiers combat Saiyans in urban style warfare

As the war continued with no end in sight, something occurred that brought the conflict to a quick and violent end. When a full-moon appeared on Planet Plant, something that only happened every seven to eight years on the planet, the Saiyans transformed into Great Apes. This transformation greatly increased their power, and within a few short hours, they completely annihilated the Tuffles from the face of the planet, thus ending the war. The Saiyans then claimed the planet as their own, and it was renamed Planet Vegeta after their great leader who had led them to victory.

A Great Ape levels a Tuffle city

Saiyan expansions

Over the next few years, the Saiyans began rebuilding and constructing their empire. King Kai explained that there was a problem however, with the Tuffles gone, they had no one to battle but each other, so they built a spaceship and visited a nearby planet called Arcose, home of the Arcosian race. The Arcosians had great wealth and technology, and were apparently members of the World Trade Organization.

King Vegeta during the Saiyan-Tuffle war

However, their planet was not suitable, so they hired a group of Saiyans to attack and take over a new one for them in exchange for money and technology. Not too long after, they met the galactic dictator Frieza, who then annexed the planet and forcefully drafted all Saiyans into his army. After seeing the Saiyans will to fight and their great power, he made them his official pirates, and had them take over entire planets so that they could be sold to the highest bidder. This continued for many years until Frieza began to grow wary of the Saiyans' ever growing power, and feared that one day a Saiyan would arise that would be strong enough to challenge him. So in Age 737, with one devastating attack, Frieza blew up Planet Vegeta, taking almost all of the Saiyan race with it, with the exception of a very select few (only Goku, Raditz, Vegeta, and Nappa in the manga).

Tuffle survivors

Dr. Raichi's spaceship escapes from Planet Plant

Though the Tuffles were rendered extinct in approximately Age 730, traces of their race managed to survive, most notably the Dr. Raichi, who appeared in Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans, and technically died on the same fateful night as the rest of the race. However, he was resurrected as a Ghost Warrior by his own creation, Hatchiyack, a machine designed to amplify the "power of hate" in order to help the Tuffles fight back and defeat the Saiyan menace. Both of these creatures are successfully destroyed by the collective might of the remaining Saiyans, Goku and Vegeta, and their descendants.

A spaceship containing genes of the Tuffle King escapes from Planet Plant

The only other survivor was the tuffle experiment Baby, a genetic experiment combined with the genes of the current Tuffle King, who takes his revenge in Dragon Ball GT. Though Baby himself is not an actual Tuffle, he possesses their genetic information (notably that of the last Tuffle king as mentioned above), making him a DNA archive for the race. In Age 789, Baby manages to find the remaining Saiyans after encountering Goku, Trunks, and Pan in space, and later proved to be a powerful foe, mind-controlling the people of Earth and recreating Planet Plant which was destroyed by Frieza while under Saiyan control. Finally, however, Super Saiyan 4 Goku destroyed Baby by blasting him into the sun from the reborn Planet Plant with his Kamehameha technique.

Trivia

• It is unknown if Bardock or any of his team members are veterans of the Saiyan-Tuffle war, however they all appear to be similar to the age of King Vegeta, so it may be possible.

Gallery

Saiyan's arrival on Planet Plant The start of war Saiyans attacking Tuffles Saiyans attacking Tuffles Tuffles attacked by Saiyans Tuffle soldiers combat Saiyans Tuffle soldiers combat Saiyans Tuffle soldiers combat Saiyans The full-moon appears during the Saiyan-Tuffle War A Great Ape Tuffle cities destroyed by Great Apes Dead Tuffles Dead Tuffles Dr. Raichi's ship escapes from Planet Plant

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