Chakuun

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Chakuun
Four Letter Code	CHAK
Federation Status	Neutral
Planet of Origin	Chak'Uoo
Encountered	Infantry for the Tholians.
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	N
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Name

• Proper Name: Chakuun
• Pronunciation:

Home System

• Quadrant: Alpha
• Location: Tholian Sector (coordinates A27-0002-1300??)
• Proper Name:
• Pronunciation:
• Star: It orbits a class M (Red) star
• Distance from Star: it's orbit is approximately 371 million km
• Companions: It is the only planet in the system

Home World

• Proper Name: Chak'Uoo
• Pronunciation: New Cur’ran
• Diameter: 14,??? km (6,891 miles)
• Gravity: 0.91 standard gravity with a density of 5.8
• Axial Tilt: 15.3%, with normal terran seasonal changes
• Orbital Period: 302 days
• Rotational Period: 21 hours
• Classification: M
  • Surface Water: 43%
  • Atmosphere: 0.98% is a standard pressure with 74% nitrogen, 26% oxygen, 2% trace chemicals
  • Climate: Mainly a temperate planet with a large arctic poles region.
  • Population: Just over 10 billion

History

The Chakuun were originally a minor but warlike race. The Chakuun were annexed by theTholian Assembly "four hundred cycles" before to 2254, and offered their services as soldiers. The Chakuun eventually became an elite military force within the Assembly.

The Chakuun were, by choice, the warrior-elite of theTholian Assembly. In exchange for their services, the Tholians provided them with weapons and ships such as the infamousChakuun ghostship. The Chakuun held little regard for humans, believing them to be an arrogant child race that judged other beings on human values.

The Chakuun were a warlike species that were conquered by theTholians and used as their shock troops. In 2254 the Chakuun invaded the Federation.

The Chakuun shared the Tholian understanding of a dynamic, shifting cosmos. In 2254, when the Tholians realigned their territory to compensate for the shifting of stars, the Chakuun launched anoffensive against the Federation, destroying colonies on Jubal and Theta Kalyb that they regarded as invasions. At the Battle of Theta Kalyb, the Chakuun succeeded in destroying theNelson-class scoutships USS Brazzaville andUSS Providence as well as theMiranda-class USS Achilles. In previous encounters, the Chakuun destroyed the colony ofNew Milan and a starship Claire Thorn was serving on.

New Venice was aHuman colony on the planet Mars, in the Sol system. The colony was named for Venice, in Italy, on Earth, presumably by settlers that originated from that region. Gabrielle Carlotti moved to the New Venice colony after her family were killed in aChakuun attack on original home in the New Milan colony.

The Tholian expansionist programs were a series of conflicts between theTholian Assembly and the United Federation of Planets in the early to mid-23rd century. Many of the actual battles in the conflict were fought by theChakuun, considered by the Federation to be a Tholian slave race but who thought of themselves as allies to the Assembly.

The conflict was a result of the differing understanding of territory by both powers. The Federation perceived the Tholians as aggressively claiming territory at a whim, however the Tholians believed they were simply enforcing their territory which they adjusted periodically to take account of stellar drift. It was not until2254 that both sides came to understand each other and the conflict was brought to an end.

Attacks in the Programs •A Federation colony,New Milan was attacked and destroyed. Out of Gabrielle Carlotti's family who lived there, only she and her brothers survived the attack. •Christopher Pike andDermot Cusack were at one time involved in the conflict and on one occasion had"Tholians all over [them]" •A truce between the two powers came to an end when the Tholians launched an attack atKakrafoon. Amongst the combatants was the USS Crazy Horse. •TheChakuun launched attacks on colonies on Jubal and Theta Kalyb.

Religion

Unknown at this time.

Mythology

Unknown at this time.

Society

Unknown at this time.

Culture

Unknown at this time.

Customs

Unknown at this time.

Military

TheChakuun Ghostship is a type of large starship used by theChakuun, a subject race of the Tholian Assembly. It is implied by a Chakuun officer that the ships are of Tholian manufacture. They are more than a match against Federation starships.

Ghostships were protected by layered shielding, and armed with a powerfulFusion caster modified for planetary bombardment. Ghostships also carried aboard them squadrons of fighter craft.In combat, ghostships were superior to anythingStarfleet could fight them with. A Constitution class starship could not penetrate the ghostship's shields with itsphasers and could barely survive a glancing blow from the Chakuun's fusion caster. Against a fleet of ghostships, Christopher Pike noted a taskforce consisting of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and four smaller ships was "no match".

Federation Intelligence Files

Unknown at this time.

Notes

Information was obtained from both Memory Alpha and Beta as well as the Star Trek: Early Voyages comic book series. Early Voyages: "Flesh of My Flesh", "Nor Iron Bars a Cage", "Cloak and Dagger", "The Flat, Gold Forever", "Immortal Wounds", "One of a Kind", "The Fallen, Part One", "The Fallen, Part Two", "Futures, Part One", "Past Imperfect", "Nowand Then", "Thanatos", "Nemesis", "The Fires of Pharos" and "Our Dearest Blood".

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