The Bomar are a very closed people and defend their property and knowledge in a very aggressive way. They have a series of strict rules when Voyager passes their territory. Furthermore they demand a thorough inspection on their way to 17 Bomar checkpoints. The route that the diplomats of Bomar had chosen, avoided all civilization and industrial territories. The route was so twisted that the route would take three months. Nevertheless the Bomar have contacts with other species and traded with the Nazardians. Their privacy also had to do with the preservation of a strong trading position, because the non-Bomar vessels were forbidden to come near any vital locations of the Bomar.