The Saiyans increased their strength quickly and, around Age 735, Frieza became worried that they would become too powerful. Young Saiyans with low battle powers (Low Class Saiyans) were sent off to other planets to wipe out the inhabitants, making the planet fit to sell. Planet Vegeta was soon transformed into a military base, many of Frieza's men stationed alongside the Saiyans. They found their race was strong and had a love of fighting so, they began to employ them in the Frieza Force to destroy races of people in order to take over their planets for the organization, and eventually bring about Frieza's goal of ruling the entire universe. Soon, around Age 731, the Saiyans are discovered by the Arcosians and the tyrant Frieza. In their new forms, they easily defeated and obliterated the Tuffles and took over the planet, renaming it Vegeta after their king.
The full moon came up, something that only happens once every 100 years (every 8 in the English dubs of the anime), and the Saiyans possessed the ability to transform into giant apes called Great Apes whenever exposed to the light of a full moon. But then, around Age 730, something happened to give the Saiyans an upper hand. The Saiyans were giants compared to the Tuffles but due to the latter's technology, they managed to keep an upper hand in the war. According to King Kai, the clever King Vegeta started the war against the Tuffles to take over the planet after Saiyan numbers rose. Baby however argued that the Tuffles were a peaceful people and Saiyans launched an unprovoked attack against them. Both versions of the story are likely biased, but in either case, led by King Vegeta, the Saiyans declared war on the Tuffles, in a conflict known as the Saiyan-Tuffle war. What started the war is debatable, according to Vegeta the Saiyans were treated poorly, essentially like slaves, by the Tuffles and forced to live in harsh conditions which forced them to rise up against them. Their life was a peaceful one, until suddenly, around Age 720, the Saiyans decided to attack. Meanwhile, the Tuffles used their ingenuity to create large metropolis in which to live, and were fairly prosperous. Raichi in Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans as well as Baby in Dragon Ball GT state that the Saiyans were not originally from Planet Plant they came to the planet in Age 550, apparently seeking refuge from their previous home world. Despite their incredible powers, the Saiyans were primitive and backwards, and lived in small clans scattered across the deserts of Plant. King Kai and Dr. By contrast, the Saiyans were average-sized, but very strong and brutal. The Tuffles were a diminutive race, native to planet Plant, who lacked physical strength and toughness, but were very intelligent and skilled with technology. Planet Plant was later home to two races: the Tuffles and the Saiyans. The Plantians do not seem to recognize him as a Saiyan, and Chilled has never heard of the race. Bardock somehow is sent back in time, and saves the planet from Frieza's ancestor, Chilled. In the manga Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock, the planet is shown to be inhabited by a race known as the Plantians in the distant past. However, this is only a spiritual experience, and they come back afterward. The four Z Fighters do not seem to be under higher gravity while they are there. By using the Pendulum Room in an anime-only segment, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu travel to the planet spiritually, only to be thrashed by the two illusion Saiyans there, Brocco and Panbukin, who say "No one comes to Vegeta!" during their encounter with the Z Fighters. Planet Vegeta seemed to be in ruins about 100 years before Vegeta and Nappa land on Earth. It has at least two natural satellites, and there is a full moon every 100 years or 8 years (depending on the dub). In the anime, Planet Vegeta appears to be a harsh desert world with a yellow/red sky instead of blue. The Tuffles, the other race on Planet Vegeta, appear to have evolved along different lines by having smaller bodies so that the gravity affects them less. This intense gravity gives the Saiyans their natural physical resiliency and power. It is known to possess at least ten times the gravity of planet Earth (whether this means that Planet Vegeta is a physically larger world, merely a denser one, or both, is not explained). Planet Vegeta is seen only briefly in the anime and manga. 2.2 History of the Tuffles and the Saiyans.