Ventaxian
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| Federation Status | Allied |
| Planet of Origin | Ventax II, near the Klingon/Federation border. |
| Encountered | First contacted by the Klingons in 2297. (Devil's Due, TNG.) |
| T/E Rating | T0/E0 |
| Current Tech Level | G |
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Ventaxians are friendly and mostly nondescript. They have a very peaceful, clean world that is the result of a 1000 year improvement plan called the "Contract of Ardra.". The placid and tolerant Ventaxian countryside is used by some religious orders as a site of monasteries and abbeys. Their theology held that the reforms were sparked after leaders literally sold out for prosperity by signing a pact with "the devil," Ardra, but aside from considering her name unlucky to speak aloud the people lived uneventfully. They panicked in 2367 when a con artist posing as Ardra returns to claim "her" planet until the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D crew successfully revealed her fraud; Captain Picard pointed out that Ardra may likely have been a secret native ruse to help push the reforms. Although agrarian, their capital city still featured tall pyramidal buildings and large public walkways.
Ventaxian technology is somewhat behind modern standards, probably since the Ventaxian people have minimal interest in spaceflight. They were once a technological humanoid culture but they retreated to an agrarian society a millennia ago.