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===History=== | ===History=== | ||
A pre tech world when the [[Klingon|Klingons]] added it to their Empire in 2193, the native population was around 300,000. They were quickly rounded up and put to work by their new overlords. Prior to that they were a scattered collection of tribes living off the land, nomad's for the most part with only a few small permanent settlements. | A pre tech world when the [[Klingon|Klingons]] added it to their Empire in 2193, the native population was around 300,000. They were quickly rounded up and put to work by their new overlords. Prior to that they were a scattered collection of tribes living off the land, nomad's for the most part with only a few small permanent settlements. Their are no records to reflect what the planet and it's people were like prior to this as the native Cart'hens did not have a written language. | ||
At one time the | The earliest Klingon records from the original planetary survey in 2191 says that the planet had an abundance of industrial metals and that the native population was passive and natural born slaves good only to work in the mines. | ||
An examination of further Klingon records shows that a force of 50,000 soldiers and 10,000 civilians was dispatched to the planet in 2193. The civilians were a collection of engineers, mining specialists, technical experts and prison workers. The soldiers hunted down and transported the native population to the site of their first strip mining operation, what is now the city of Mith. | |||
At one time the mine works here on Cart'hen III were were one of the largest in the Empire. That was before a better source of the mostly industrial metals was found closer to the heart of the Klingon Empire. It was shortly after this that most of the Klingon forces left the world in 2368. It was also at this time that the mostly native workforce was released. | |||
However they have maintained a mining facility and a military base on the planet's surface. Now they transport a large number of criminals of many races to the planet, useing the facility as a kind of penal colony. They also rotate Infantry units through the base stationed next to the mining facility. The harsh desert conditions makes it a natural for training purpose's. | However they have maintained a mining facility and a military base on the planet's surface. Now they transport a large number of criminals of many races to the planet, useing the facility as a kind of penal colony. They also rotate Infantry units through the base stationed next to the mining facility. The harsh desert conditions makes it a natural for training purpose's. | ||