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Ardanan

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Four Letter Code	ARDN
Federation Status	Members
Planet of Origin	Ardana
Encountered	ENT: Precious Cargo TOS: The Cloud Minders
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	Planetary Development Scale
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Name

• Proper Name: Ardanan
• Pronunciation: Ar'Da'Nan

Home System

• Quadrant: Beta
• Location: Sector (coordinates A02-0004-1302)
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Home World

• Proper Name: Ardana
• Pronunciation: Ar'Da'Na
• Diameter: 11,973 km (7,483 miles)
• Gravity: 0.98 standard gravity with a density of 5.7
• Axial Tilt: 11%, minor seasonal effects (less than Earth)
• Orbital Period: 537 days
• Rotational Period: 31 hours
• Classification: M
  • Surface Water: 47%
  • Atmosphere: 0.96 is a standard pressure with 77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 2% argon
  • Climate: Tropical with temperatures being on average 38 celcius (100 fahrenheit) at the 30th parallel with a night time low of 27 (80) and a mid-day high of 49 (120)
  • Population: Just over 2 billion

Technology

They are masters of anti-gravity and their capitol Stratos is a prime example of this. It is probally one of the most famous anti-gravitational cities in existance. It floats majestically above the planets surface. The rest of their technology is about mid-level to that of the rest of the Federation members.

Economy

They are one of the chief exporters of zenite within the Federation.

Federation Intelligance Files

The Ardanans were humanoid natives of the planet Ardana. They were members of the Federation. Ardanans were very famous for their anti-gravitational city, named Stratos, which floated in the sky. They are also known for their export of zenite. (TOS: "The Cloud Minders")

By the mid 22nd century, Ardanans had developed shuttle technology and had dealings with Retellians. Their power relays weren't designed to carry more than an average current. (ENT: "Precious Cargo")

As of 2269, their society had evolved two castes, the Stratos city-dwellers who devoted themselves purely to art and culture, and the surface-based Troglytes.

City-dwellers ruled the planet from Stratos trough a council existing solely of their class, justifying the total suppression of the Troglytes based on the widely held belief that as an inferior species the Troglytes were incapable of advanced culture like there existed on Stratos. As of 2269, Plasus held the position of high advisor of the council

Troglytes on the other hand were considered to be mentally inferior, and therefore performed all the physical toil necessary to maintain Stratos, most notably mining Zenite. Unknown to both city-dwellers and Troglytes however, this mental disadvantage, while real, was only the result of exposure to a gas emanating from unrefined zenite, and furthermore, fully reversible.

Troglytes felt suppressed and wanted access to Stratos, and at some point a resistance group known as the Disrupters was formed, mainly under the impulse of Troglytes that had been away from exposure to the gas due to duties in Stratos. They tried to put pressure on the city-dwellers by withholding zenite and capturing hostages. When the USS Enterprise visited Ardana in 2269, they had been active for several months. Due to intervening by the crew of the Enterprise, this situation was exposed to Starfleet, and apart from a direct suggestion to start using breathing masks in mining so that the Troglytes could recover their full mental capacities, the people of Ardana were referred to the Federation Bureau of Industrialization to resolve their differences. (TOS: "The Cloud Minders")

Notes

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