Qo'noS

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Qo'noS is a planet that features in Star Trek.

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History

Qo'noS (pronounced like "crow-nos.") was the homeworld of the Klingon Empire. The Klingon High Council was based there, and most of the Klingon population also lives on Qo'noS.

During the reign of Molor, the tyrant had live sacrifices thrown into shrines at the volcanic chimneys. After his defeat by Kahless, the practice was abandoned and the chimney sites were built over. (DIS: Will You Take My Hand?)

Around the 14th century, Qo'noS was invaded by the Hur'q.

By the mid-22nd century, the Klingon Empire was on the brink of civil war with faction seemingly attacking one another. The Klingon High Council came to uncover evidence that these attacks were perpetrated by the Suliban Cabal with a courier containing the information but was pursued by assassins seeking to silence him. The Klingon courier came to crash on Earth leading to first contact with humanity in 2151. Starfleet decided to return the Klingon to Qo'noS to help avert a civil war with this being the maiden voyage of NX-01 Enterprise that was captained by Jonathan Archer. Using Vulcan star charts, they arrived on Qo'noS where the courier's information proved that the attacks were staged and thus helped secure the Klingon Empire. (ENT: Broken Bow)

By this point, information on Qo'noS was virtually unknown by those outside the Empire with the Federation only having access to black market maps bought by the Vulcans from traders centuries ago. (DIS: Will You Take My Hand?)

During the late 2250s, the volcanic system underpinning the planet was again alive, after centuries of inactivity. (DIS: Will You Take My Hand?)

The planet had a moon named Praxis until 2293 - when the moon was destroyed in an explosion. Praxis had been a key energy production facility for the Klingon Empire prior to its destruction. When it exploded, it caused severe ecological damage to Qo'noS. As a result, the Klingons reached out peacefully to the other races of the galaxy to help deal with this crisis - which would eventually result in a formal alliance with the United Federation of Planets. (Movie: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Overview

Qo'noS is depicted as green in color when viewed from orbital space. It includes a lone huge land mass with a vast ocean, a severely tilted axis that causes wild seasonal changes, a turbulent atmosphere and extremes of both warm and frigid weather.

The surface was noted to suffer from chaotic weather systems with thunderstorms being frequent. (DIS: Will You Take My Hand?)

Locations on the planet included:

  • First City :
  • Caves of Kahless :
  • Caves of No'Mat :
  • Hamar Mountains :
  • Kang's Summit :
  • Kri'stak volcano :
  • Lake of Lusor :
  • Skral River :

The planet's surface was composed of a subterranean series of dormant volcanos making it a world of caves. (DIS: The War Without, The War Within) There were seven chimneys that led to a volcano system that was believed to be dormant though in reality these were still somewhat active. Centuries ago, when the caldera was active these vents were used as shrines where live sacrifices were thrown into it to honor Molor. These temples were later largely abandoned and built-over after Kahless had defeated Molor. Certain chimneys were rebuilt such as the one becoming the High Council Chamber whilst others were flooded such as one by the River Skral. The fumes from the chimneys were collected and used in drug dens. (DIS: Will You Take My Hand?)

The planet was noted for having a single moon that was called Praxis which was rich in minerals. (TOS: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

It was said that Qo'noS was about four days away from Sol at warp 4.5 (ENT: Broken Bow)

Life forms native to the planet included:

  • Glob fly :
  • Goat :
  • Grint hound :
  • Grishnar cat :
  • Jackal mastiff :
  • Lingta :
  • Monster dog :
  • Octopus :
  • Kolar beast :
  • Night-Blooming Throgni :
  • Pipius :
  • Saber bear :
  • Serpent of Xol :
  • Serpent worm :
  • Sark :
  • Targ :

One area of the planet was given to the Orions, who built an embassy outpost there. (DIS: Will You Take My Hand?)

Inhabitants

  • Gowron :

Notes

  • Early Star Trek literature referred to Qo'noS as "Klinzhai", but the TNG episode Heart of Glory called the planet "Kling". It was the film Star Trek VI which officially established the name as Qo'noS.

Alternate Versions

  • In Star Trek Discovery, it was revealed that within the Mirror Universe that the Terran Empire strike at qo'noS and reduced it to dust in an effort to pacify the Klingons. (DIS: The War Without, The War Within)
  • In Star Trek: Picard, an alternate timeline was shown where the fascist Confederation of Earth existed in place of United Earth and subsequently the United Federation of Planets, General Jean-Luc Picard decimated Qo'noS with a bioengineered virus.

In other media

Video games

  • In Star Trek: Klingon Academy, Qo'noS appeared in the setting of the video game.
  • In Star Trek Online, Qo'noS featured in the setting of the MMORPG where it was the capital of the Klingon Empire faction.

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Appearances

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation:
  • Star Trek: Deep Space 9:
  • Star Trek: Enterprise:
  • Star Trek: Discovery:

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