Vulcan (planet)

Facts

• Primary: Nevasa
• System name: Nevasa II
• Also known as: Minshara, T'Khasi, T'Rukh, Thhaei, Ti-Valka'ain (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru; Myriad Universes Short Story: "The Tears of Eridanus")
• Capital: ShiKahr
• Class M
• No moon
• Sister world to T'Khut (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Tidally locked to T'Khut (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• 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
  • Large enough to hold a Columbia-class starship within internal birthing (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)

Surface

• Kel Province (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
  • Located in the far north of Vulcan (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
  • Burning Lake (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Southern portion of the province (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Nuclear wasteland similar to the Forge, with similar EM anomalies (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
      • Technology and outside scanners less effective as a result (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
  • Irinthar Mountains (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Northernmost mountain range on the planet (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Location of a secret Vulcan Defense Force supply depot as of 2165 (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
• Sas-a-shar Desert (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
  • Also known colloquially by locals as the Forge (ENT: "The Forge"; ENT Novel: ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Much of the region a nuclear wasteland from Vulcan's ancient nuclear wars
  • Suffused with electromagnetic anomalies that interfere with technology and outside scanning
  • Llangon Mountains (TAS: "Yesteryear"; DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
    • On the edge of Sas-A-Shar, on the far side of the desert from ShiKahr (TAS: "Yesteryear")
    • Mount Seleya (ENT: "The Forge"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic; Star Trek III: The Search For Spock)
      • Extremely sacred location
      • Tallest peak in the Llangon Mountains
    • Surak's Peak (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • One of the tallest (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Located near Mount Seleya (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • T'Karath Sanctuary (ENT: "The Forge", "Kir'shara"; TNG: "Gambit, Part II")
      • Approximately 37 kellicams south of Mount Seleya within the Sas-a-shar Desert (TNG: "Gambit, Part II")
      • Site of the Syrrannite revolutionists during the brief Vulcan civil war of the 22nd century (ENT: "The Forge", "Kir'shara"; TNG: "Gambit, Part II")
  • 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
      • Administration Tower (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
      • Business District (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
      • ShiKahr Academy (ENT: "Fusion")
      • T'Plana-Hath Historical Museum (Hidden Universe Travel Guide: Vulcan)
      • United Earth Embassy (ENT: "The Forge")
      • Vulcan Learning Center (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours; DIS: "The Vulcan Hello")
        • Primary school education for Vulcans
• Unknown region
  • Landmarks
    • Mount Tar'Hana (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Lake Yuron (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Voroth Sea (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Plain of Blood (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Cities
    • Dycoon (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Gol (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Kir (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Mond (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
      • Existed c.12th century (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Raal (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • TesKahr (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
      • Establishments
        • TesKahr Central Hospital (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Vulcana Regar (ENT: "Fallen Hero"; ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TNG: "Coming of Age")

Indigenous Life

Animal

• Sehlat (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru; ENT: "The Forge"; TOS: "Journey to Babel"; TAS: "Yesteryear")
  • Urso-feline species (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Some domesticated as pets (ENT: "The Forge"; TAS: "Yesteryear")
  • Common on Vulcan colony worlds as well (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Sha'vokh (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Desert scavenger bird (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Wingspan averaging over two meters (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

Plant

• Alem-vedik (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Salt weed native to the desert
• Favinit (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Flowering plant
• G'teth (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Berry-bearing bush
• Gespar (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Fruit-bearing tree
• Hla-meth (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Herb
• Ic'tan (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Conifer tree
• Kylin'the (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
  • Native to the Forge
  • Leafy succulent said to have healing properties
• Pla-berries (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
• Plomeek (ENT: "Strange New World"; ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TOS: "Amok Time")
  • Flowering plant (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Roots are edible, used in preparation of plomeek broth (ENT: "Strange New World"; TOS: "Amok Time")
• Rillan (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Gourd
• T'su'ke (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Berry-bearing bush