Klendathu

Klendathu is a planet that features in Starship Troopers.

History

Klendathu was a planet located in the Milky Way galaxy that was the homeworld of the Bugs.

Immediately following the Bugs' attack on Earth, leveling Buenos Aires, the Terran Federation attacks Klendathu. The attack is codenamed "Operation Bughouse". Heinlein makes clear in the novel that the attack on Klendathu is undertaken despite calls for additional defensive forces on the home world. This stirred up the civilians and inspired loud screams to bring all their forces home, from everywhere—orbit them around the planet practically shoulder to shoulder and interdict the space Terra occupies. The attack on Klendathu is unsuccessful, leading Juan Rico to call it "Operation Madhouse". Casualties are high and the assault needs to be abandoned in less than a day.

While Klendathu's terrain is never described in the Robert A. Heinlein novel, the movie presents Klendathu (along with every other planet save Earth) as a desert world. In the film, Klendathu (at night) is shown as dark blue with two moons around it, with no structures visible. The location chosen for Klendathu was Hell's Half Acre in central Wyoming. In the book, Heinlein depicts the important structures on Klendathu as subterranean, describes the tunnel interiors as glassy-smooth; and he makes it clear that there is a capital city somewhere under the surface of the planet. The Mobile Infantry never come close to securing either the topside or the underground tunnels of the planet. After the assault on Planet P in the novel, the final chapter recounts the drop room scene as Johnny Rico, having become a lieutenant, prepares his "Roughnecks" for the climactic assault on Klendathu.

Overview

Important structures were actually located underground with a subterranean network consisting of glassy-smooth interiors.

Many Warriors and Workers dotted over the surface of the planet though the ruling Brains and Queens lived deep underground which allowed them to survive an invasion of the world.

Notes

• Klendathu was created by Robert A. Heinlein where it featured in the setting of the Starship Troopers universe.
• The surface for Klendathu was never described in the original novel whilst the move showed it to be a desert world.

In other media

Television

• In Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, Klendathu appeared in the setting of the CGI television series based on the live-action film.

Films

• In Starship Troopers, Klendathu appeared in the setting of the live-action film. It was the homeworld of the Arachnids that orbited a twin star system with its having one blue sun and the other being a yellow sun. The planet was situated deep in the Arachnid Quarantine Zone where it had two moons and bordered an asteroid belt which provided an unlimited supply of asteroids. It was shown that Klendathu possessed a breathable atmosphere though its surface was arid and extremely mountainous.

Appearances

• Starship Troopers:

External Links

• Starship Troopers Wiki Entry

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