Berengaria VII

Facts

• Primary: Berengaria
• Also known as: Draed'ulhei (Romulan) (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• Class M
• Gravity approximately 0.4x Earth normal (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • About equivalent to Martian gravity by that work
• Potentially at least one moon (SCE Short Story: "Here There Be Monsters", "Breakdowns")
  • See Andrea Lipinski
• Inhabited
  • Formerly inhabited by native intelligent species; extinct by 22nd century (TNG Novel: Q & A)
  • Settled by Confederacy of Vulcan and United Earth c.mid 22nd century (ENT: "Bount"; ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• Nation
  • - Historical - : Independent (TNG Novel: Q & A)
  • - Later historical - : Uninhabited (TNG Novel: Q & A)
  • c.2100 - 2155: Confederacy of Vulcan (ENT: "Bound"; ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • 2155 - 2160: Romulan Star Empire (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • 2160 - 2161: Confederacy of Vulcan (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • 2161 - Present: United Federation of Planets (TOS: "This Side of Paradise"; DS9: "In the Cards"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight)

History

• c.2100: Vulcan scientific research outpost established (ENT: "Bound"; ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• 2154: Scouting begins for construction of Earth Starbase 1 (ENT: "Bound")
• November 8, 2155: Attacked by Romulan forces during Earth-Romulan War; all planetary outposts destroyed (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

Locations

Surface

• Noted for dangerous mists (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
• Vulcan scientific outpost
  • Destroyed in 2155 attack, lost with all hands (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• Earth Starbase 1
  • Destroyed mid-construction in 2155 attack (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

Indigenous Life

Animal

• Berengaria dragon (ENT: "Bound"; ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Jokingly known as "Draco berengarius" (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Reptile-esque form, but completely unrelated biology (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Grey hide (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Tough, tubular skeleton (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Low planetary gravity allows for airship-like flight through internal gas bladder system (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Forward gas bladders contain flammable compounds including hydrogen sulfide, used to fend off threats and hunt prey (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• Yrilijk (TNG Novel: Q & A)
  • Extinct dire-wolf-analogue (TNG Novel: Q & A)
  • Alive concurrently with native intelligent species (TNG Novel: Q & A)