|
Introduction to Qo'noS:
Qo'noS, also called Klinzai by some of its inhabitants, is an M class
planet which orbits the star Klingon and is found at galactic
coordinates (-321.5, 48.6, -87.9). It is the second planet of the
system and is nearly one and a half times the size of Terra. Qo'noS is
the only world in its five planet system which was inherently capable
of sustaining life. On all other occupied planets, Klingons had to use
large amounts of relatively sophisticated technology to live there.
The surface of Klinzai is almost entirely land mass, but there are
many small bodies of water scattered around it. The largest 13 of
these, the only ones that show up on a planetary map, are very salty.
Klinzai is unique among class M worlds in that it has very little
vegetation. This is not a geology course, so it will not get into the
specifics here, but apparently, damage caused by a passing asteroid
changed the level of silicates in the soil of the planet, thus making
it less amenable to vegetation. This caused nearly every native
species to be carnivorous and hostile in nature. Because of the small
amount of axial tilt to the planet and because of the high carbon
dioxide layer and the greenhouse effect that it creates, there is very
little in the way of changes of season on Klinzai.
|
|
Origins
Geological information from Klinzai suggests that the world was
once rather lush and wet, but suffered catastrophe due to the passing
of a large asteroid which altered the orbit of the planet. This
asteroid is also thought to have caused enormous pressure in the
planet itself which led to disastrous earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions. Fossilized remains in the underground water pockets and in
the lava rock show that a form of Klingon existed before the time of
the asteroid. These Klingons bear the same basic genetic markings as
present-day Klingons, except without the Imperial mutations, which, as
is well-known, bear no chemical resemblance to most of the rest of the
life on the planet. It is for these reasons that it is thought that
the Klingon people were seeded on Klinzai, possibly by The Preservers,
when the planet was lush. It is unknown how some of the early Klingons
survived the destruction wrought by the asteroid, but they did and
they developed into the rich society that is on the planet today.
|