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* Capital: Cardassia City (DS9 Novel: ''A Stitch in Time'')
* Capital: Cardassia City (DS9 Novel: ''A Stitch in Time'')
* [[Class M]]
* [[Class M]]
** Climate warmer, more arid than most Class M worlds, with slightly higher carbon dioxide concentration than average (TNG Novel: ''The Battle of Betazed'')
** Formerly incredibly arboreal world (DS9 Novel: ''Dawn of the Eagles'')
*** Resource exploitation in early years of the Union led to planet-wide dustbowl conditions, reducing arable land (DS9 Novel: ''A Stitch in Time'')
* Three moons
* Three moons
** [[Letau]]
** Cardassia II A - [[Letau]]
** [[Blind Moon]]
** [[Blind Moon]]
** Unknown
* Inhabitants: [[Cardassian]]
* Inhabitants: [[Cardassian]]
* Nation
* Nation
** c.19th century - Present: [[Cardassian Union]]
** c.19th century - Present: [[Cardassian Union]]
* Climate darker, wetter than most Class M worlds
* Formerly incredibly arboreal world (DS9 Novel: ''Dawn of the Eagles'')
** Resource exploitation in early years of the Union led to planet-wide dustbowl conditions, reducing arable land (DS9 Novel: ''A Stitch in Time'')


==History==
==History==
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===Surface===
===Surface===


* Cardassian City (DS9 Novel: ''A Stitch in Time'')
* Most of surface devastated in [[Dominion]] attack of December 2375
* Continents
** South Forbella (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
*** Largest continent (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
** Cities
*** Lakarian City (DS9: "Defiant", "What You Leave Behind"; DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
**** Population: ~2,000,000 (2375) (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
**** Considered one of the planet's top leisure destinations prior to its razing by the Dominion (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
**** Razed to the ground as the first strike in [[Dominion]] counterattack against the Cardassian Union (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
***** All inhabitants killed in the attack (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
**** Krendalee (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
***** Amusement park destroyed in Dominion attack (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
* Unknown location
** Cardassian City (DS9 Novel: ''A Stitch in Time'')
*** Devastated in 2376 Dominion attack (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
*** Munda'ar Sector (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
*** Unknown sector
**** Cardassia Institute of Art (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit'')


==Indigenous Life==
==Indigenous Life==
===Animal===


* Cardassian vole
** Rodent-like pest animals (DS9)
** Approximately 25cm long
** Possibly similar reptilian/mammalian biology as Cardassians, given little fur, physical similarities
* Scottril (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
* Utoxa (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
** Fist-sized winged predator (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')


[[Category:Planets]]
[[Category:Planets]]

Latest revision as of 17:55, 8 April 2019

Facts

  • Primary: Cardassia
  • System Name: Cardassia II
  • Capital: Cardassia City (DS9 Novel: A Stitch in Time)
  • Class M
    • Climate warmer, more arid than most Class M worlds, with slightly higher carbon dioxide concentration than average (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
    • Formerly incredibly arboreal world (DS9 Novel: Dawn of the Eagles)
      • Resource exploitation in early years of the Union led to planet-wide dustbowl conditions, reducing arable land (DS9 Novel: A Stitch in Time)
  • Three moons
  • Inhabitants: Cardassian
  • Nation

History

  • c.19th century: Establishment of the Cardassian Union (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)

Locations

Surface

  • Most of surface devastated in Dominion attack of December 2375
  • Continents
    • South Forbella (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
      • Largest continent (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
    • Cities
      • Lakarian City (DS9: "Defiant", "What You Leave Behind"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
        • Population: ~2,000,000 (2375) (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
        • Considered one of the planet's top leisure destinations prior to its razing by the Dominion (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
        • Razed to the ground as the first strike in Dominion counterattack against the Cardassian Union (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
          • All inhabitants killed in the attack (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
        • Krendalee (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
          • Amusement park destroyed in Dominion attack (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
  • Unknown location
    • Cardassian City (DS9 Novel: A Stitch in Time)
      • Devastated in 2376 Dominion attack (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
      • Munda'ar Sector (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
      • Unknown sector
        • Cardassia Institute of Art (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)

Indigenous Life

Animal

  • Cardassian vole
    • Rodent-like pest animals (DS9)
    • Approximately 25cm long
    • Possibly similar reptilian/mammalian biology as Cardassians, given little fur, physical similarities
  • Scottril (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
  • Utoxa (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
    • Fist-sized winged predator (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)