Cait is a planet, a class M world in the 15 Lyncis star system. The indigenous population, the Caitians, joined the Federation in the 2270s.
Specifics[]
Caitians call Cait Ferasa in their native language. It had three major continents, one large ocean, and two smaller seas. It was the only habitable world orbiting its star and had 2 moons, Rea and Sura. (ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
Cait had a thick atmosphere and generally tropical climate. (FASA RPG modules: The Federation, Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)
- ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation said Cait was the second of four planets, FASA RPG module: The Federation the fourth of 12 planets, and ST website: StarTrek.com one of two planets, but all agreed it was the only inhabited planet in the system.
Full of teeming jungles, sandy beaches, and grassy plains, the planet was a bit smaller than average for class M worlds. Its ecology, bountiful in animal and plant life, attracted botanists and zoologists. (FASA RPG module: Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)
Sprawling Caitian cities were situated within the world's grasslands. (Adventures RPG module: Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook)
The planet's mass and gravity were near Earth norms. (ST website: StarTrek.com)
History[]
A group of Ferasans colonized Cait in the 17th century. (STO mission: "Caitian Diaspora")
In the early 2200s decade, Caitian government founded the M'Yengh Yards, headquartered in the city of Shzerensohr, on reference stardate 1/3902.2. (FASA RPG module: The Federation)
By the 2280s, its technological/sociopolitical index was 887865-76 and its planetary trade profile was BEFCDEG/B (C). (FASA RPG modules: The Federation, Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update)
In the 2280s, S'rrel represented Cait on the Federation Council. (TOS movie: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
In the 2370s, Cait was represented on the Council by Dynkorra M'Relle. (DS9 novel: Trill: Unjoined)
Lifeforms[]
- shu’prra (TLE novel: The Buried Age)
Appendices[]
References[]
- TAS - Log Ten novelization: The Slaver Weapon
- FASA RPG module: Trader Captains and Merchant Princes, 1st edition
- FASA RPG module: The Triangle
- ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation
- DS9 - Strange New Worlds 9 short story: "The Last Tree on Ferenginar: A Ferengi Fable From the Future"
- DS9 novel: Trill: Unjoined
- VAN novel: Harbinger
- TLE novel: The Buried Age
- ST novel: Articles of the Federation
- Adventures RPG module: Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook
External links[]
- Cait article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Cait article at ST website: StarTrek.com.
- Cait article at Fandom's Star Trek Expanded Universe wiki.
- Cait article at Star Trek Online Wiki.