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Copyright by Cleve Johnson

Ungtok

Planet Grekton Prime

Class M

Political System Confederation of Hives

Capital Unknown

Population 2.3 billion

Warp Capable 2364

Diameter 11,894 km

Distance from Star 149,075,910 km

Surface Temperature -54.3° to 41.1°C, Temperate Zone Avg. 29.4°C

Rotation Period 24 hours 49 minutes

Orbital Period 359 days 12 hours 16 minutes

Gravity 0.93 standard

Moons 2

Orbital Facilities Several dozen defense satellites, Orbital starship

construction facility

Federation Member No (Hostile)

Grekton Prime has extreme weather variations due to an axial tilt of 42 degrees. The planet is home to a wide variety of animal lifeforms and vegetation. Several large and medium sized predators exist in the polar regions as well as in the forested areas of the more hospitable areas of the planet. About 34 percent of the planet is covered by water.

Physical Appearance/Culture: The Ungtok are bipedal insectoids that have an average height of 1.92 meters. They resemble a mantis and have wings that are similar to beetle wings, and they have a thick tail with two prongs at the end. One oddity is that the males have a row of dragon-like spikes protruding from their spinal column. The males also have longer antennae than the females. Nothing is known about their culture other than they are hostile toward other sentient species that they encounter.

Government/History: Like many non-sentient insects, the Ungtok have a hive society with a “queen” and many workers and warriors. It is not clear how many hives exist on the planet, but there seems to be a confederation of various hives that work together for the purpose of raiding other planets and space-going ships for supplies and resources. The Ungtok are considered to be pirates by the Ruhl and several other spacefaring worlds within a couple dozen light years of Grekton Prime. So far, every spacefaring race that has encountered the Ungtok has found them to be extremely aggressive, and they have raided less developed nearby star systems ever since the Ungtok developed warp drive.

Technology: The Ungtok only developed warp drive recently (about 15 years ago as measured on Earth). Their starships are small and highly maneuverable at sub-light speeds, but their warp engines are only capable of reaching warp 4. Their ships have laser weapons and defensive energy shields as well as hull polarization. The warriors carry two hand-held laser pistols. They do not have transporter or replicator technology. They currently have a fleet of thirty-eight ships, and they are on a strict schedule to build more ships at an orbital construction station at a rate of five or six per year.

Vasi

Planet Pelax Vas (f.k.a. Pelax Gobi)

Class M

Political System Monarchy

Capital Janeesha

Population 112 million

Warp Capable 2338

Diameter 11,348 km

Distance from Star 161,128,735 km

Surface Temperature -14.1° to 42.8°C, Temperate Zone Avg. 34.4°C

Rotation Period 22 hours 14 minutes

Orbital Period 373 days 2 hours 7 minutes

Gravity 0.89 standard

Moons 2 (Vala, Krixa)

Orbital Facilities Pelax Star Station II, dozens of communications and

monitoring satellites

Federation Member No (Friendly)

Pelax Vas is smaller than Earth and has a typically warm climate with seasonal precipitation. The planet has one continent and hundreds of small islands that make up about 57 percent of the surface with oceans and fresh water sources comprising the rest. The planet has several active volcanoes, which limit the amount of land that can be inhabited by sentient life. Many plant and animal species inhabit this world, both on land in in the oceans and freshwater lakes and rivers. Some of the underwater plants have medicinal properties that can be used to develop vaccines for a variety of illnesses.

Physical Appearance/Culture: Vasi are amphibious humanoids. Their skin color varies between blue-gray to blue-green, and their bulbus eyes are green. They are hairless but have tentacles growing out of the back and sides of their heads. Their ears are shaped like fins. They have webbed fingers and frog-like feet, and their arms are several centimeters longer than most other humanoids. In addition, the backside of the forearms and legs have fins. Average height for males is about 1.76 meters and 1.8 meters for females. Vasi have an average lifespan of 132 years. Vasi are omnivorous but prefer to eat underwater plants that grow near the shorelines of the main continent.

Government/History: The Vasi are ruled by a hereditary monarch, but the people have many freedoms to live as they see fit. The monarch is not an absolute ruler but does make decisions to settle disputes among the citizens and represents his world to other planetary governments. The Vasi, in response to the benevolent invitation of the Pelaxians, colonized and took possession of Pelax Vas after their home world, Vas, was made uninhabitable by an asteroid strike several decades ago that wiped out most natural resources and billions of inhabitants. The few survivors were evacuated by the Pelaxians and were joined by the crews of the Vasi small space fleet that had been away searching for a habitable planet to colonize when it was discovered that their planet was in danger of being hit by the asteroid. Vasi are pacifists and would never harm others of their race or of other races except in self-defense. The Vasi are allied with the Pelaxians.

Technology: Vasi technology is comparable to Earth of the early to mid-22nd Century. Based on information shared by the Pelaxian captain that made first contact with the U.S.S. Raleigh, Vasi ships are limited to a top speed of warp 4.1. Due to their pacifistic philosophy, the Vasi have not developed weapons for their starships, but the ships do employ a form of ablative armor and energy shields for protection. The Pelaxians have recently shared schematics for improved warp engines and improved shield technology with the Vasi.

Vaxinaal

Planet Vaxi

Class K

Political System Unity of Minds

Capital N/A

Population 17.8 million

Warp Capable unknown/estimated at least two thousand years ago

Diameter 12,924 km

Distance from Star 152,027,124 km

Surface Temperature -14.1° to 42.8°C, Temperate Zone Avg. 34.4°C

Rotation Period 28 hours 56 minutes

Orbital Period 368 days 8 hours 52 minutes

Gravity 1.01 standard

Moons 3 (Vaxana, Revlo, Boval)

Orbital Facilities Orbital Spacecraft Construction Station, Vaxi Spacedock,

Several dozen defense platforms

Federation Member No (Friendly)

Vaxi has a rocky barren surface with minimal vegetation and only microbial life on or near the surface; however, the planet has many subterranean caves and grottos that are inhabited by sentient and animal lifeforms. The planet is slightly larger than Earth. Within many of the deep caves, various crystals grow and are essential to the needs of the Vaxinaal people. The planet was once class M, but most of its atmosphere was lost when an asteroid exploded a few hundred meters above the surface about two thousand years ago.

Physical Appearance/Culture: The Vaxinaal are subterranean dwellers. After the asteroid decimated the surface of their world, the survivors found shelter underground and built shelters to live and work in. They found that many aquatic animals lived in the grottos, which became their main source of food. Vaxinaal are humanoid. They have cloven hooves instead feet, but their arms and hands are similar to human upper appendages. They do not have exterior ears, but they have fleshy tubes that hang from the side of their heads. The average height for both males and females is 1.7 meters. They have white hair that grows in a line from the top to the base of their heads. Males also have a white goatee on their chin. They have purple eyes their skin is dark with a dark purple hue. They wear loose, sleeveless tunic tops and loose fit pants and cloth belt wrapped around their wastes. The Vaxinaal are telepathic.

Government/History: The Vaxinaal do not have a specific leader or traditional form of government; however, they are not anarchists. They are connected to each other by telepathy and make decisions that affect the entire society through a unity of thought and consensus; however, they do not have a hive mind like the Borg. They respect individual thought, and they have the ability to block private thoughts from others. The Vaxinaal see themselves as a people who serve and protect other inhabited races that are less developed, so they visit several worlds that have not yet developed warp drive and render aid and protection when needed. They have built several meaningful friendships among other races within about sixty light years of their world.

Technology: In the deep caves, the Vaxinaal discovered crystals that provide the foundation for their technology. Certain crystals enhance the telepathic communication and senses of each individual. Other types of crystals store information, others store energy. Some crystals illuminate homes and places of work, and some are fashioned into staves that are used as portable lights for travel through the caves. It is not known how long the Vaxinaal has had warp drive, but it is assumed that they developed it prior to the asteroid explosion. The orbital stations and defense platforms have been in existence for at least four hundred years. The Vaxinaal have transporter technology and use it as the sole means for transport to the orbital facilities since they do not use any form of surface-to-orbit craft. They recently started to terraform the surface in hopes that they can return the planet to class M and its former glory even though it may take hundreds of years.

Velanwar

Planet Velanwar

Class M

Political System Democratic Republic

Capital Teland City

Population 7.9 billion

Warp Capable 2344

Diameter 12,882 km

Distance from Star 158,371,320 km

Surface Temperature -28.2° to 32.4°C, Temperate Zone Avg. 23.1°C

Rotation Period 25 hours 2 minutes

Orbital Period 362 days 1 hour 6 minutes

Gravity 1.01 standard

Moons 1 (Lanustra)

Orbital Facilities Orbital Construction Yards, Orbital Space Research

Station

Federation Member No (Ally)

Velanwar is like Earth in size and appearance. The planet’s land mass makes up about 42 percent of the surface with two major continents and a few large and hundreds of small islands. Vegetation is abundant on most of the planet’s surface. Several smaller animal species live in the forests and open plain areas and many species have been domesticated as food sources A few medium to large predatory species keep the smaller wild animals from overpopulation.

Physical Appearance/Culture: The Velanwar are humanoid; however, the most prominent facial feature includes sharp cheekbones. Skin color has several variations that run from light tan to medium dark brown. Their average height is comparable to most humans. Eye color for most is gray or brown, but some Velanwar have blue eyes. Their hair color varies from light brown to dark brown. Men’s hair length is usually cut short while woman have elaborate hairstyles, favoring long braids that wrapped in buns. Their average lifespan is 94 years. The Velanwar prefer peace with other races and have a belief that sentient races should work together to benefit each other. They also live their lives according to the wisdom of their ancestors and follow the wisdom contained in ancient scrolls, but they also embrace technology.

Government/History: The Velanwar have maintained a central world government for several decades after several small differences in political ideology almost led to a war between the largest two nations and a few of the smaller ones.

Technology: Velanwar technology is comparable to Earth of the late 22nd Century although they have only had warp capability for less than fifty years. They do possess transporter technology but prefer not to use it for transportation of sentient life forms. Velanwar has a small fleet of starships that are equipped with warp drive; their top ships of the line have a top speed of warp 6.2. The Velanwar are like humans in their desire to explore; however, they have not traveled more than thirty light years from their home world so far. Due to contact with the Enkara, the Velanwar have developed particle beam weapons, torpedoes with nuclear warheads, and deflector shields for self-defense.

Veloran

Planet Velor II

Class M

Political System Constitutional Monarchy

Capital Heshna

Population 5.2 billion

Warp Capable 2189

Diameter 13,927 km

Distance from Star 149,806,000 km

Surface Temperature -12.4° to 41.8°C, Temperate Zone Avg. 31.7°C

Rotation Period 25 hours 21 minutes

Orbital Period 356 days 2 hours 18 minutes

Gravity 1.06 standard

Moons 1 (Geshef)

Orbital Facilities Velor Station, Nenyaki Stardrive Industries, Rihashen

Interstellar Telescope

Federation Member Yes (Joined 2346 Terran Calendar)

Velor is slightly larger than Earth. Most of the planet’s water is underground, but there are several large lakes and rivers on the surface. There are few forests, but the planet has many grassy plains areas.

Physical Appearance/Culture: Velorans are marginally humanoid. They range in height from 1.6 to 1.9 meters in height (both males and females). They have light green skin and green eyes and a vertical column of three short spikes protruding from their foreheads. Velorans have two upper arms with two forearms extending from each elbow. Each of their four hands has three fingers. Each knuckle also has a short spike, which can be deadly for most opponents during a fist fight. They are extremely ambidextrous. Typical hair color is black or dark brown and both males and females usually wear their hair short. A Veloran’s average lifespan is one hundred twelve years. Both males and females wear similar style of leather-like clothing.

Government/History: Velor is a constitutional monarchy, ruled by a king or queen. The ruling monarch is the eldest person of the royal family, so succession is not necessarily from parent to offspring. In addition to the ruling monarch, an elected planetary council represents the people and enacts all laws. The council consists of seventy-two representatives, two from each of the thirty-six provinces. Each province also has a governor appointed by the ruling monarch and then confirmed by popular vote. If the monarch’s appointee does not win confirmation by at least fifty-five percent of the people, a new appointee will be chosen and presented for confirmation. The governor serves for a term of twelve years unless the ruling monarch terminates the term early, but termination only occurs in extreme circumstances.

Technology: Velor’s level of technology is similar to Earth’s as of 2378.

Welvan/Welvani

Planet Welva

Class M

Political System United Welvan Clans

Capital Vil Emlat

Population 2.7 billion

Warp Capable 2352

Diameter 12,348 km

Distance from Star 151,328,000 km

Surface Temperature -23.7° to 32.4°C, Temperate Zone Avg. 23.8°C

Rotation Period 27 hours 57 minutes

Orbital Period 372 days 8 hours 12 minutes

Gravity 0.93 standard

Moons 2 (Veel, Hova)

Orbital Facilities Feryn Science Station, Meriadoc Spaceship

Production Facility

Federation Member Yes (Joined 2380 Terran Calendar)

Welva is essentially Earth-like in size and appearance. The two major continents are heavily forested with various plains and mountains. About 68% of Welva’s surface is covered by water. Weather patterns tend to vary little year-round, but noticeable seasonal rain and snow are normal.

Physical Appearance/Culture: Welvans are humanoid. They are taller than most humans, averaging 2.1 meters in height (both males and females). They have copper colored skin and dark brown eyes. Their hair color ranges from yellowish blonde to light brown. Males typically wear their hair at shoulder length, whereas females usually let their hair grow to the middle of their backs. They have slightly pointed ears, but the tips are more rounded than those of Vulcans and Romulans. Like Vulcans, the Welvans enjoy a lifespan greater than most other known humanoid species. The average lifespan for Welvans is three hundred sixty-two years. Men dress in satin-like robes with loose-fitting pants. Females wear satin-like dresses, usually various pastel colors. The head of a clan wears a thin silver band on his head. These crowns are eloquently handcrafted, and the design identifies the clan of the wearer. Males typically carry a bow and quiver of arrows wherever they go. Archery is both a traditional and ceremonial activity. The Welvan clans compete annually in athletic games—similar to Earth’s Olympics. Each winning contestant wins a golden bow, and the clan leader receives a life-size statue of a Welvan slaying a veelat, an extremely large deer-like animal that is a major source of meat for Welvan dietary needs.

Government/History: Welva has been a clan society since the beginning of the planet’s recorded history. The clans are typically peaceful toward one another, but occasional disagreements have occurred between certain clans; however, there has never been a war fought in Welva’s history. The clans have enjoyed a united planetary government for several centuries. The eldest child of each clan’s leader makes up the ruling council. Welva contacted the United Federation of Planets in 2374 and established an Embassy on Pacifica in 2375. The Welvans approached the Federation for membership in early 2378 and was accepted in early-2380.

Technology: Welva has a sophisticated technology, but the people have chosen to keep that technology behind the scenes due to a philosophy of being one with nature. Communications and public long-distance transportation are used between cities and villages, but Welvans prefer to walk or ride hoofan (similar to a horse but has a rhino-like horn on its nose with four nostrils) wherever they go when traveling within a few kilometers of their homes. They turned toward the exploration of their star system in Earth year 2259 and broke the warp barrier in 2352. First contact with the Federation took place in 2374 when a Welvan scout ship entered Pacifica’s star system.

Zanarian

Planet Zanaria

Class M

Political System Democratic Monarchy

Capital Fazir-Kaheem

Population 6.5 billion

Warp Capable 2304

Diameter 12,698 km

Distance from Star 149,548,700 km

Surface Temperature -27.8° to 47.7°C, Temperate Zone Avg. 27.2°C

Rotation Period 28 hours 4 minutes

Orbital Period 361 days 1 hour 14 minutes

Gravity 0.99 standard

Moons 2 (Gunali, Vorto)

Orbital Facilities six dozen communication satellites, Zanaria Research Station, Taku Orbital Library, Brezella Starship Construction and Repair Station

Federation Member Yes (Joined 2358 Terran Calendar)

Zanaria is a highly developed world containing hundreds of towns and more than forty major cities located on three of its four continents. About 64 percent of the surface is water. The major cities have populations of two hundred thousand to one and a half million people. Most towns range in size from a few hundred up to thirty thousand residents. Many agricultural centers exist in the fertile regions.

Physical Appearance/Culture: Zanarians are humanoid with a few minor physical distinctions from Earth humans. Zanarians have six digits on their hands and feet, and their heads are slightly larger than most humanoids along with a horizontal bony brow ridge. Eye shape is more rounded than oval and iris color favors the blue end of the spectrum for most. Very few Zanarians have brown eye color. Hair length is usually worn at shoulder length or longer and sometimes tied back into a braided ponytail (males) or braided buns (females). Hair and skin color variety are similar to that found among Earth humans. The average lifespan for male Zanarians is 104 years and 98 years for females. Zanaria has over three hundred languages, and each Zanarian is proficient in at least a dozen different languages. Their linguistic skills make them valuable as translators and linguistic researchers throughout the Federation. Zanarians, although not fully physically mature until they reach about twenty-two years, are considered adults by age fourteen, and they typically marry by age sixteen. Children are highly valued, and most couples usually have five to seven children. Zanarians only marry once and have no concept of divorce.

Government/History: The people hold an election every 10 years to choose a king or queen, who has the responsibility of appointing a cabinet of ministers to head up the major areas of responsibility such as a Minister of Finance, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Science, Minister of Education, etc. Also, the king or queen appoints governors over each of the major cities and surrounding areas and town administrators. In addition, the people elect advocates and judges to keep the king/queen from making decrees outside of the law and to settle disputes between people. The laws regarding each city or town are proposed by the governors and town administrators and voted on by the people. Laws pertaining to the entire planet are few and relate to the basic rights and needs of the citizens for a unified productive society.

Technology: Zanaria’s development of warp drive is less than one hundred years old, but the technological knowledge of the inhabitants has grown quickly to the point that the Zanarians are at the same level as Earth is currently. One exception is that the Zanarians did not develop transporter technology independent of other races and received the technology from the Federation upon Zanaria’s entrance as a member world in 2358.

Zarosian Probe Robot

Planet Zaros

Class P

Political System Unknown

Capital Unknown

Population Unknown

Warp Capable Unknown/less than 100 years (?)

Diameter 10,683 km

Distance from Star 162,591,800 km

Surface Temperature -84.2° to 23.6°C, Temperate Zone Avg. 17.8°C

Rotation Period 17 hours 51 minutes

Orbital Period 403 days 5 hours 21 minutes

Gravity 0.84 standard

Moons 2

Orbital Facilities Unknown

Federation Member No (Unknown)

Not much is known about Zaros other than what could be obtained through a long-range scan. It is class P and smaller than Earth.

Physical Appearance/Culture: Probe robots 0are bipedal mechanisms with the apparent function of searching for and exploring planets in order to learn about resources and alien life with the intention of transmitting that data back to the planet Zaros. Upon first contact, it appears that the race that created the Probe Robots is not hostile.

Government/History: Nothing is known about the people who created the Probe Robots.

Technology: The Probe Robots are sophisticated machines that seem to have limited sentience. They seem to operate under an organized rank structure. The robots are equipped with rocket backpacks that allow them to fly within a planetary atmosphere as well as in outer space. The starship operated by the robots has FTL capability to match at least warp 5.7. The ship has defensive laser weapons and nuclear guided missiles as well as polarized hull plating and ablative armor. The ship also has multiple repulse beam emitters instead of deflector arrays. The ship utilizes a variable gravity drive for maneuverability and planetary egress and regress functions.

ZELL

Planet Jorel IV

Class M

Political System Various non-aligned nations

Capital various

Population 1.1 billion

Warp Capable No

Diameter 11,497 km

Distance from Star 161,513,400 km

Surface Temperature -31.8° to 42.9°C, Temperate Zone Avg. 28.4°C

Rotation Period 23 hours 58 minutes

Orbital Period 367 days 4 hours 3 minutes

Gravity 0.9 standard

Moons 1 (Kal)

Orbital Facilities several dozen communication and weather monitoring satellites

Federation Member No (Allied with Welva)

Jorel IV is a beautiful planet with many grasslands, forests, and freshwater lakes and rivers. About 55 percent of the surface is water. Although the Zell have not developed warp drive, they are aware that sentient life exists on other planets, and other races, including the Welvans and Pelaxians who have visited Jorel IV on numerous occasions.

Physical Appearance/Culture: The Zell are humanoid with only minor physical distinctions from Earth humans. Among these differences are slightly larger ears and noses. If a Zell travelled to Earth, he or she would probably not be recognized as an alien. Males and females both have an average height of 1.9 meters. The Zell skin, eye, and hair coloration has many variations. Men and women have total equality when it comes to leadership in the home and in public life. They share responsibilities in all areas of life. Most people prefer to live in small towns and rural areas, and cities are fairly small compared to cities on many other planets that are at a similar stage of development. There is a near-perfect balance between agriculture, industry, medical, and public service careers. The average lifespan is 94 years.

Government/History: There is no central planetary government, but several nation-states exist on Jorel IV. Most nations have good relations with each other, but a few have shown aggressive behavior toward neighboring countries, usually over border disputes or economic issues. Some nations are led by hereditary rulers while most have democratically elected councils and/or representatives to lead. Many people in several of the nations are currently entreating their leaders to start working toward a unified planetary government.

Technology: Zell technology is currently similar to mid-21^st Century Earth but has not focused on manned space travel, being content with unmanned satellites and probes sent to other planets in their star system. The Zell have developed magnetic levitation vehicles.

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