Bajor

Bajor

Class	Class M - Terrestrial
System	Bajoran System
Official Name	Third Republic of Bajor
Political System	United Federation of Planets (2375-)
Capital(s)	Dahkur and Sahving
Dominant Species	Bajoran
Population	3.8 bn
Warp Capable	Yes (2328)

Points of Interest

Adarak Monastery; Bajoran Archaeological Institute; Bajoran Center for Science; Bajoran Institute of Science; Calash Monastery; Dakeen Monastery; Jalanda Forum; Temple of Iponu.

Additional Notes

Bajor is the homeworld of one of the oldest civilizations in the Alpha Quadrant, about half a million years old when the first Bajoran interstellar flight was made around the 16th century.

The planet is located near the Bajoran Wormhole, the first stable wormhole known to exist in the Milky Way Galaxy. It crosses some seventy thousand light years, with one terminus located in the Denorios belt of the Bajoran system in the Alpha Quadrant, and the other at a point near the Idran system in the Gamma Quadrant. The native Bajorans refer to the wormhole as the Celestial Temple, and worship the non-corporeal beings that reside inside, refering to the as the Prophets.

Bajor was brutally occupied by the Cardassian Union from about 2319 to 2369. The Cardassians not just decimated the Bajoran population and destroyed large parts of its infrastructure, but also poisoned several areas of the planet in order to compromise the food supply after their withdrawal. With Federation aid, much of this damage has been reversed.

Due to it's proximity to the Bajoran Wormhole and to Cardassian space, Bajor was an extrememly important strategic location during the Dominion War, as was the station in it's orbit, Deep Space 9.

Planetary Features

Bajor is a lush, fertile planet.

Appendices

Background

A Bajoran day is 26 hours long.