Vulcan (planet)

Facts

• Primary: Nevasa
• System name: Nevasa III
• Also known as: Minshara, T'Khasi, Ti-Valka'ain (Myriad Universes: "The Tears of Eridanus")
• Capital: ShiKahr
• Class M
• No moon
• Sister world to T'Khut
• Major Inhabitants: Vulcan
• Nation
  • 12th century - Present: Confederacy of Vulcan
• Temperatures commonly reach high-40s Celsius (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)

History

• c. 500th millennium BCE: Survivors of the Arretian empire either settle and revert to an earlier stage of development or seed life on Vulcan, leading to the later emergence of the native civilization. (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")
• c. 4th millennium BCE: The Furies dominate space around Nevasa, influencing early Vulcan civilization and inspiring, as in many contemporary cultures, a large number of frightening mythological figures. (INV Novel: First Strike)
• c. 4th century: The Time of Awakening occurs when, while gripped in the aftermath of nuclear war, the philosophy of Surak begins to spread across Vulcan. (TNG: "Gambit, part II")
• c. 12th century: The planet unites under a single government, the Confederacy of Vulcan. (Presumptive)

Locations

Orbit

• Vulcan Space Central (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
  • Main spacedock complex for travel to or from Vulcan

Surface

• Sas-a-shar Dessert (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
  • ShiKahr (ENT: "Fusion", "The Forge", "Awakening", "Kir'shara"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic; TAS: "Yesteryear")
    • Laid out as a series of concentric circles radiating out from the central tower (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Straight pneumatic-tube highays extend radially out throughout the city and to the surrounding park district (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Park district serves as a wall of vegetation to mediate the heat and aridity of the desert (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Establishments
      • ShiKahr Academy (ENT: "Fusion")
      • United Earth Embassy (ENT: "The Forge")
• TesKahr (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
  • Establishments
    • TesKahr Central Hospital (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
• Vulcana Regar (ENT: "Fallen Hero"; TNG: "Coming of Age")

Indigenous Life

Plant

• Pla-berries (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)