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Bordering Shi'al on the south is the small province of Khomi. Except for the Llangon Mountains, Khomi primarily consists of flat and barren hardpan, cracked and canyoned by the strongest tectonic activity of any region on Na'nam. While the earthquakes make it difficult to live there, the large mineral deposits thrusting up through the mantle in this barren region do make it worthwhile to work there. | Bordering [[Vulcan (planet): The Provinces of Na'nam#Shi'al|Shi'al]] on the south is the small province of Khomi. Except for the Llangon Mountains, Khomi primarily consists of flat and barren hardpan, cracked and canyoned by the strongest tectonic activity of any region on Na'nam. While the earthquakes make it difficult to live there, the large mineral deposits thrusting up through the mantle in this barren region do make it worthwhile to work there. | ||
Currently Khomi has the largest active mining operations on Vulcan; massive drilling machines do most of the mining. Once the ores have been mined, they are transported up to various orbital facilities to be processed. The mining process is slow, and somewhat expensive, but by mining this way the risk of losing lives is greatly reduced. Vulcans dwelling in this region live in underground complexes built inside the mountains. Since the mountains are somewhat more geologically stable than the flatlands, these subterranean habitats are also substantially safer. | Currently Khomi has the largest active mining operations on Vulcan; massive drilling machines do most of the mining. Once the ores have been mined, they are transported up to various orbital facilities to be processed. The mining process is slow, and somewhat expensive, but by mining this way the risk of losing lives is greatly reduced. Vulcans dwelling in this region live in underground complexes built inside the mountains. Since the mountains are somewhat more geologically stable than the flatlands, these subterranean habitats are also substantially safer. | ||
The Llangon Mountains, especially the area bordering on Shi'al, holds many monasteries such as the ''Tinsha'' Monastery of Hakihr and the ''Pakro'' adepts. The mountains may conceal even more isolated monastic communities. Except for some very old records in [[ShirKahr]], which speak of several groups that left [[ShirKahr]] and other Vulcan cities to live in Khomi, not much is currently known about them. The records state that not all the groups that left Vulcan's main cities did so because they opposed the teachings of [[ma:Surak|Surak]]. | The Llangon Mountains, especially the area bordering on [[Vulcan (planet): The Provinces of Na'nam#Shi'al|Shi'al]], holds many monasteries such as the ''Tinsha'' Monastery of Hakihr and the ''Pakro'' adepts. The mountains may conceal even more isolated monastic communities. Except for some very old records in [[ShirKahr]], which speak of several groups that left [[ShirKahr]] and other Vulcan cities to live in Khomi, not much is currently known about them. The records state that not all the groups that left Vulcan's main cities did so because they opposed the teachings of [[ma:Surak|Surak]]. | ||
==Places and Persons of Note in Khomi== | ==Places and Persons of Note in Khomi== |
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