Caldor Information

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Note: The following information comes from records provided to the Federation by the Dominion.

Dominion Archival Records

File: Yi-Ln 96216

Subject: Caldor

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BACKGROUND

Located in the extreme edges of Dominion Space in an isolated cluster of relatively uninhabited systems, Caldor held little strategic value and for the largest part of its history remained untouched by Dominion forces.

It’s inhabitants, a primitive, class P-3 lifeform, were a low-tech, pre-industrial society with sparse clusters of populations scattered across the barely class-M world and posed little threat to the Dominion.

Roughly sixty five years ago, however, a routine survey of the planet revealed unusual geothermal properties in the planet, making it ideal for geothermal energy research. The Dominion formally annexed the planet, offering their ‘assistance’ in ‘modernizing’ the planet’s population. In a matter of mere years, the planet’s technological level advanced at light speed as Caldor became the sight of six major geothermal energy generators and research facilities.

With the number of recent conflicts, however, and the strain on Dominion resources, a decision by the Vorta Council nearly eight months ago officially ‘patriated’ Caldor, turning over governance to the Caldorian people.

BIOLOGY

Classification P-3 life forms, the Caldorians are mammalian and distantly primate. Their ruddy, olive-skin protects them from the higher than normal UV radiation that bathes their planet. Four toed, they have largely evolved modern primate features, but have several distinct traits that reveal non-primate evolution, including retractable claws on their wrists.

CULUTRE

Little is known about the Caldorians before their conquest by the Dominion. It is believed that they practiced tribal rule as is custom with most nomadic people. Prior to the conquest by the Dominion, there existed few large settlements, as the Caldorians tended to follow the herds of animals that migrated across the savannas of the habitation zones of the planet. Currently, the Caldorians largely live in six major settlement zones that coincide with the six geothermal facilities constructed by the Dominion, though some have begun to return to the savannas of the planet.

GEOLOGY/CLIMATE

Owing to its proximity to a Class N Blue Giant and low ozone count,Caldor has a relatively hot, arid climate. The habitable zones are largely grouped in the tropics, with large swaths of the land being too arid for habitation. The six major settlements are located on the edges of the habitation zones, near large rift valleys that are the feature of the unusual geothermal properties of the planet.

Dominion geological surveys revealed unusually large amounts of geothermal energy or a planet the size and material composition of Caldor.