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'''Verex III''' maintains a rather despicable reputation throughout the galaxy.  Third planet of the [[Verex System]], this dusty [[Class M]] world is controlled by the [[Orion Crime Syndicate]] who use it as a processing facility for its slave trade.
|image=[[Image:Venus.jpg]]
|name= Venus
|quadrant= Alpha
|sector= 001
|system= Sol
|class= K
|equaradius= 6,051.8 km
|polarradius=
|gravity= 0.902g
|day= 242 [[Earth]] days
|year= 224.7 [[Earth]] days
|moons=
|affiliation= [[Federation]]
|native=
|population= 1,500-5,000
}}


'''Venus''' (Sol II) is the second planet of the [[Sol System]] and is classified as a [[Class K]].  Venus is named after the Roman goddess of beauty. It remains one of the least hospitable planets in the Sol System, despite efforts of [[Federation]] scientists to change this. It orbits its sun as a distance varying between 0.72 and 0.73 astronomical units. It has a size and density comparable to [[Earth]]'s, but Venus possesses a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide that traps radiant heat from Sol. With a pressure nearly 90 times that of Earth and a surface temperature in the hundreds of degrees Celsius, the planet's surface is a hellish environment. The atmosphere rotates approximately 60 times faster than the planet itself, which, coupled with solar heating and convection, makes for extreme weather conditions.
The planet appeared to have at one time been a lush, green environment.  Scientists believe an epic drought occurred some 10,000 years ago and turned most of the surface to dust. An ancient civilization called the Debrune once inhabited the planet, and left several old castles, forts, and other monuments behind. Several of these old settlements have been modernized by various Syndicate families, including Agludenar, the planet's unofficial capital.


These conditions make Venus of limited interest to those outside [[Starfleet]]. The Federation has been working on terraforming Venus for several decades. Personnel from the Federation's Terraforming Division are working to change the conditions on Venus. Five terraforming stations have been established on the planet's surface in the past eighty years. Over that time, the terraformers have managed to decrease the carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, reducing the surface pressure and temperature. However, they still have a long way to go before the surface of the planet is habitable. Estimates place the project's completion sometime in the next century. [[Starfleet Academy]] has a training center in low orbit above Venus, used for training pilots in harsh atmosphere conditions.
The [[Federation]] became aware of Verex III in 2154, when nine members of the ''Enterprise (NX-01)'' were kidnapped and taken there to be sold.


==Reference(s)==
[[Commander]] [[Kalidor, Vory|Vory Kalidor]] was five when he was brought here in 2355 and separated from his mother. He would eventually be sold to the Jol'ern ''caju'', a powerful [[Orion]] clan.  As a [[Starfleet]] officer, he returned to Verex III undercover on a number of occassions to help distrupt and dismantle the slave trade here.
*Isaacs, Ross A., et al. ''A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001'', New York: Last Unicorn Games, 1999.  


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Revision as of 06:42, 21 December 2014

Verex III maintains a rather despicable reputation throughout the galaxy. Third planet of the Verex System, this dusty Class M world is controlled by the Orion Crime Syndicate who use it as a processing facility for its slave trade.

The planet appeared to have at one time been a lush, green environment. Scientists believe an epic drought occurred some 10,000 years ago and turned most of the surface to dust. An ancient civilization called the Debrune once inhabited the planet, and left several old castles, forts, and other monuments behind. Several of these old settlements have been modernized by various Syndicate families, including Agludenar, the planet's unofficial capital.

The Federation became aware of Verex III in 2154, when nine members of the Enterprise (NX-01) were kidnapped and taken there to be sold.

Commander Vory Kalidor was five when he was brought here in 2355 and separated from his mother. He would eventually be sold to the Jol'ern caju, a powerful Orion clan. As a Starfleet officer, he returned to Verex III undercover on a number of occassions to help distrupt and dismantle the slave trade here.

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