Kammzdast

Kammzdast is the second planet in the Skondard star system in the Orion Neutrality Area in the Beta Quadrant. It is a class J planet, but it was the site of an Orion colony.

This was the place where the ancient Orion slave-using races met to sign the Treaty of Kammzdast, which regulated the slavery. Later, it became an Orion world, the site of industrial park, a military starbase, and a musuem of Orion history.

As a small, airless and waterless world, Kammzdast had been extensively tunneled to a depth of 500 kilometres. Life-support systems and artificial gravity had been installed to make it habitable, and they still function. It was less of a planet and more of an enormous space station.

Its history before the Treaty is little-known, but it was likely a strategic fortress that was less fought-over and more swapped in diplomatic maneuvers. After the Treaty and the cessation of general warfare, it became a diplomatic meeting site. Meanhwile, Orion slaves mined the other planets in the system, but the mines have long since been depleted.

After the Orion War, Kammzdast was used variously as a weapons cache, a repair yard, a corporate and diplomatic meeting site, and by the late 23rd century, an industrial park and museum. The Botchok Planetary Congress owned and operated the world, renting space, machinery, power and utilities to industrial customers. But the bulk of the planet was set aside as a marshalling yard for the Orion Space Navy, which used it as their major base outside Botchok (Rigel VIII). Annual space battle exercises were held in the Skondard system, though largely as an excuse for the officers to escape usual duties, play war-games and enjoy nightly parties in the opulent hostelries. As a result, the maneuvers were a popular berth.

It is also home to the Kammzdast Museum of Orion Civilization, which commemorates the history and spread of Orions throughout space. The museum is huge, with at least 26 square kilometres of exhibit area, and twice that in administration facilities, hangars for restoration ships and storage space. The Museum Guidebook explains that even a cursory tour would take at least 79 hours, with stopping for breaks, food or sleep. The Curator, Abnel Isolio, welcomed visitors from wherever in the galaxy they came.

Kammzdast has a total surface area of 36,316,810 square kilometers, 100% of which is land. Its makeup is 3% normal metals and 13% industrial crystals, with trace amounts of radioactive elements, gemstones and other special minerals. It is a class J planet, with no atmosphere or water. It has a 40 hour day.

It had a technological/socio-political index of 999974-74 and a planetary trade profile of GGGGDFG/A(E).