Tiburon

Facts

• Class M
• Inhabitants: Tiburonian, Suliban, Vanoben
  • Suliban and Vanoben settlers recent arrivals as of 2380 (TTN Novel: The Red King)
• Nation
  • - mid-2370s - 2380 - : United Federation of Planets (DS9 Novel: Avatar, Book One; Novel: Articles of the Federation)
    • Councillor Gnizbreg ( - 2380 - ) (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
• Rotational period: ~32 hours (TTN Novel: The Red King)
• Extreme axial tilt (TTN Novel: The Red King)
  • North Quadrant in perpetual twilight for half of the year (TTN Novel: The Red King)
    • Can't be literally true unless axial tilt is 90 degrees
    • Assuming poetic license, assuming day-night cycle similar to northernmost Earth settlement, this implies an axial tilt of ~60 degrees giving at least 4 months of twilight down to 45 degrees
• Adjective: Tiburoni (TTN Novel: The Red King)

History

• By 2149: First contact with Denobulans, other allied races (ENT: "Affliction")
• Mid-2370s: Site of Jem'Hadar attack during Dominion War (DS9 Novel: Avatar, Book One)

Locations

• North Quadrant (TTN Novel: The Red King)
  • Spans 45-90° N
    • Presumptive given name
  • Generally lacking in large cities (TTN Novel: The Red King)
    • Local tribes instead tend to live in smaller, self-sufficient settlements (TTN Novel: The Red King)