Sauria
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Facts
- Primary: Psi Serpentis A
- System name: Psi Serpentis A IV (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Also known as: Lyaksti'kton, N'Ragolar (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Class M
- Surface gravity: 1.2G (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Inhabitants: Saurian
- Nation
- Antiquity - 2165 - : Non-unified (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- - 2270 - Present: Federation (DTI Novel: Forgotten History)
- Councillor S'Kaa ( - 2270 - ) (DTI Novel: Forgotten History)
- Planet suffers frequent heavy storms, especially in daylight (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel, Patterns of Interference)
- Extreme heat during daylight (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
History
- Prior to 4th millennium BCE: Beginnings of Saurian civilization (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Saurian civilization older than Human per text
- Third Oceanic War (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- War between Veranith and M'Tezir during the reign of the Basileus prior to Maltuvis (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- All Veranith immigrants in M'Tezir expelled or executed (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- September 26, 2165: Maltuvis begins planetary invasion of Sauria from M'Tezir via orbital bombardment of opposing nations, declaring establishment of the Maltuvian Empire (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
- Majority of opposition forces falls overnight to Orion-provided spaceborne weaponry (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- All but two nations yet to surrender by October 8 (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
- January 24, 2166: Federation cuts off trade with Sauria, releasing an official statement decrying the sentient rights violations of Maltuvis against the Saurian people (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
Nations
Global League
- Spans all but M'Tezir by 2163 (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Begins to lose membership to M'Tezir through actions of Maltuvis starting 2164 (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Government:
- - 2163: Federated representative democracy (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Central ruling body: Executive Council led by Presider (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- - 2163 - : Presider Moxat (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Executive Council convenes upon administrative barges in neutral waters (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Central ruling body: Executive Council led by Presider (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- - 2163: Federated representative democracy (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
Individual Nations
- Lyaksti (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures, Patterns of Interference)
- Founding member of Global League mid-22nd century (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Largest land mass on Sauria (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Rainforested continent (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Government:
- c.1st millennium BC - mid-22nd century: Imperial state, possible monarchy (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Dominant power on Sauria prior to formation of Global League (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Mid-22nd century - : Global League (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- c.1st millennium BC - mid-22nd century: Imperial state, possible monarchy (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Cities
- Capital city
- Destroyed September 2165 upon attack by Maltuvis (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Akleyro (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Ancient city along Vasakleyro River (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- By 2166, Center of surviving resistance against Maltuvian Empire (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Capital city
- M'Tezir (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures, Tower of Babel, Patterns of Interference)
- Initially spanned continent of M'Tezir through 2164 (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Lilac-skinned Saurian race native to M'Tezir continent (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel, Patterns of Interference)
- Expansionist efforts under Maltuvis allowed M'Tezir nation to expand through annexation of other nations (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Historically in conflict against R'Ganik, Veranith (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel, Patterns of Interference)
- Government:
- - 2163: Hereditary monarchy (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Title of head of state: the Basileus; monarch abandons birth name upon taking the title (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- 2163 - 2165 - : Dictatorship (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures, Tower of Babel)
- First head of state Maltuvis, former Basileus (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- - 2163: Hereditary monarchy (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Military force known as M'Tezir Royal Command (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- High mineral concentrations (including dilithium, duranium, and tritanium) leading to great prosperity upon opening of offworld trade (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures, Tower of Babel)
- The result of the massive upthrust of land forming the M'Tezir continent bringing rare earths in the mantle closer to the surface than anywhere else on the planet (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Initially spanned continent of M'Tezir through 2164 (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Narpra (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Spans an archipelago running from the northern tip of M'Tezir to the west coast of Sauria's largest continent (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Prior government:
- - mid-22nd century: Independent state (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Mid-22nd century - 2164: Global League (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- 2164 - : M'Tezir (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Forced, alongside many other nations, to cut ties with Global League in order to allow M'Tezir military forces to distribute cure to Maltuvis's engineered plague, under the guise of having discovered a cure to a natural malady (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Cities
- Patorco Harbor
- Built on the largest island of Narpra
- Patorco Harbor
- First inhabited c.6th millennium BCE (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- R'Ganik (ENT Novel:Patterns of Interference)
- Lilac-skinned Saurian race native to R'Ganik (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Near to M'Tezir
- Historical enmity with that nation (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Veranith (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel, Patterns of Interference)
- Historically enemies of M'Tezir (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel, Patterns of Interference)
- Various wars in the past between the two, including the Third Oceanic War (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Government:
- Some sort of representative democracy (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Main legislative building Veranith Parliament Building (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Military body Veranith Defense Force (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Some sort of representative democracy (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Historically enemies of M'Tezir (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel, Patterns of Interference)
Indigenous Life
Animal
- Bioluminescent insects of various species (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
Plant
- Bioluminescent algae of various species (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Loka (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Produces edible leaves (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Rumweed (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Kelp-like plant used in the brewing of Narpran rum (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)