Rodulan

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Rodulan
Four Letter Code	RODU
Federation Status	Neutral
Planet of Origin	Rodul
Encountered	TNG: The Most Toys
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	N
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Name

• Proper Name: Rodulan
• Pronunciation:

Home System

• Quadrant: Alpha
• Location: ??? Sector (coordinates A27-0002-1300??)
• Proper Name: Basul Rodul
• Pronunciation:
• Star: It orbits a class F (Yellow-White) star
• Distance from Star: it's orbit is approximately 398 million km
• Companions: It is the 2nd planet of 4 in the system

Home World

• Proper Name: Rodul
• Pronunciation:
• Diameter: 11,866 km (7,373 miles)
• Gravity: 0.93 standard gravity with a density of 5.5
• Axial Tilt: 12.8%, with normal terran seasonal changes
• Orbital Period: 428 days
• Rotational Period: 29 hours
• Classification: M
  • Surface Water: 62%
  • Atmosphere: 1.13% is a standard pressure with 71% nitrogen, 28% oxygen, 1% trace chemicals
  • Climate: Mainly a temperate planet with a couple large islands.
  • Population: Just over 20 million

History

The Rodulans are a species that became well known because of their complex art form called basotile. Before and after this they were a quiet artistic people. They are not interested in leaving their world normally and it was not them who initiated first contact.

A damaged freighter strayed off the beaten path and managed to establish a safe orbit over their world. The crew needed raw materials in order to make repairs and since the inhabitants seemed peaceful and had plenty of the required materials they made contact.

During the 2 weeks it took to affect the repairs the crew saw and realized the potential profit to be made by selling some of the fantastic art pieces they saw all around them. A deal was made, a few of what the Rodulans felt were inferior pieces were traded off and the freighter soon left.

It soon returned and over the next 7 years they were able to maintain a monopoly on the trade. Every member of the crew became fabulously wealthy and the Rodulans went from an agrarian society with solar, water and wind powered equipment to one with access to advanced technology including a number of small warp powered shuttles and ships.

Surprisingly enough their culture and society has not changed much. They still live quiet agrarian lives and spend their free time in creating artistic masterpieces.

Kivas Fajo owned the first one ever created, commenting in 2366 that it was centuries old. After his arrest and conviction his collection was broken up and sold off.

By the 2370s, the Rodulans were keen to retrieve their earlier basotiles and were offering significant amounts of money to do so. Many had been lost and were known to have been sold again and again. In fact it was a well known fact that some were known to now be in the Gamma Quadrant.

In 2376, when Jake Sisko was traveling with Zin Dezavrim and the crew of the Even Odds, he read about the Rodulans and their art in files that Neane Tee gave him. Eventually, the Even Odds had to cancel a contract with the Rodulans to meet and make an exchange to get to the Idran system.

For a while a basotile was kept in storage in Deep Space 9's assay office in the early 2370’s. Another basotile was on display in the Symbiosis Commission building on the Trill homeworld. Station superintendent Bahrat kept a basotile in his office aboard the space station close to the Nekrit Expanse.

Technology

At the time of their first contact they were an agrarian society. They used water, wind and solar power. Now they have access to just about any technology they want. However they are only interested in technology that will enrich their lives while leaving their world, communities and environment unaltered.

They do have a number of smaller warp capable ships but have no idea how to build them. These are seldom used anyway.

Economy

They sell various artistic works, the most popular and well know are called basotile. Other than this they do not usually sell anything else. As for what they purchase in exchange. That is usually advanced technology, raw materials, exotic foods and art supplies and various examples of different alien art forms. Nothing else really interests them.

Military

None. Their home world is in an out of the way location that has no strategic or tactical value. It is also far enough away from any aggressive species that none have ever even considered attacking it.

Federation Intelligence Files

Unknown at this time.

Notes

Information for this article was obtained from Memory Alpha and Beta as well as the TV episodes TNG: the Most Toys, DS9: Necessary Evil, DS9: Equilibrium and VOY: Fair Trade. The novel DS9: Rising Son was also used.

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