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Bardock smiled as he looked around at the planet of Kanassa. It had taken a couple of weeks for his armies to beat the Kanasians into submission. it was worth it however not only were the Kanasians great warriors but they had the ability to tell the future and with this skill his kingdom would rise in power till it rivaled that of Vegetas. Now that the fighting was done he was going home to check on his wife and newborn child Kakarot. His other son had been born with a power level of 40 units decent by saiyan standards he quickly conquered the planet he was sent to as a baby and Bardock had no doubt that he would make a great heir someday. Bardock couldn't wait to see his newest sons power level however seeing as how he was 2.5 times stronger when he made Kakarot than when he made Raditz and recent studies had shown that the stronger a parent the stronger their children would be. Bardock walked up to one of the Kanasians and asked him to read the future of his child Kakarot the man touched Bardock's forehead. Your son will be the most powerful warrior your race has ever seen and he will lead your race into a new era of power and wealth. Bardock smiled and thanked the man getting his name so he knew who to reward later he then left for his ship.

As he traveled to planet Bardock (the first planet a saiyan conquers is named after that saiyan) he thought of his wife Gine. She was the most gentle saiyan he had ever known, he had married her when he had merged his kingdom with her father's. At first he had been cold and uncaring however over time she had grown on him and though he would never admit it he loved her and would protect her to his last breath. The only unfortunate thing about her was her laughably low power level of 300 units the reason being that she never went into battle. He wondered if there was a way to boost power other than fighting. Some of the races he had conquered had told him of an idea called training and through the process of training they developed far beyond the norm for their race. Saiyans however never trained any power increases they obtained were either from battle or natural maturation it seemed to work as saiyans are one of the most powerful races in the universe. However they had started encountering races with power that exceeded theirs unless they went Oozaru a form which gave them a tenfold increases in strength. Bardock was interupted from his train of thought as his pod landed on his home planet. The door to his space craft opened and he was greeted by his troops, he brushed them off as he went to his wife's chambers. She was holding his newborn child Kakarot, he stared in disbelief it was like staring into a mirror except for a lack of scars Kakarot was a mirror image of his father. Thinking about the prophecy Bardock clicked his scouter it zeroed in on Kakarot's power level. 2 Bardock looked in disbelief this child was supposed to lead the saiyans into a new age he double checked making sure his scouter wasn't broken.

He turned to his wife and explained the situation to her and she could hardly believe it, a power level of less than 10 units no one had ever heard of such a thing then the realization dawned on her the saiyans would expect Bardock to kill him in order to save face. Bardock looked at his son and an idea ran through his head his men had recently discovered a planet called Earth but passed it over due to the native species there only having a power level between 4-6 if Kakarot could conquer this planet and raise the average power level of the planet as well as his own then Bardock would kill two birds with one stone not only would he have proof that training worked but he wouldn't have to kill his son. He explained his plan to his wife and for lack of better options she excepted the plan in twenty years they would send for him hopefully that would be enough time for their son.

Ages/power levels

Bardock- 25/10,000

Raditz- 6/150

Gine- 24/300

Kakarot- 0/2

Average solider- varies/400-600

saiyan soldier- varies/1000-3000