Vulcan (planet)

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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
  • 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)
    • Also known colloquially by locals as the Forge (ENT: "The Forge")
    • 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")
    • 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")
        • Vulcan Learning Center (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours; DIS: "The Vulcan Hello")
          • Primary school education for Vulcans
  • 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)