Botchok

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Botchok, Geze, Delta Orionis VIII
INFORMATION
Quadrant:

Beta

Star System:

Botchok, Delta Orionis

Affiliations:

Independent; Orion Colonies

Natives:

Red Orion (native), Orion (dominant); Klingon (occupied)

ASTROMETRIC DATA
Star Type(s):

B:V

Estimated Age:

2.4 Billion Years

Number of Planets:

10

Orbital Period (Days):

1,777 standard days

Classification:

Class M (Iugoso-Calidic)

Number of Satellites:

Trojan with Gothei

PLANETOLOGICAL DATA
Atmosphere Type:

Breathable Oxygenated

Atmosphere Pressure:

Dense (Earth Sea Level is at 1,600 m)

Mean Temperature:

Warm to Hot

Hydrosphere:

Saturated

Dominant Terrain:

Marsh, cloud jungles, rocky outcroppings, eroded spires

Gravity:

0.89g (Earth=1.0)

Day/Night Cycle (Hours):

Tidally locked to Gothei; solar day is 24 standard days

LIFE DATA
Stage of Life Evolution:

Advanced multicellular life similar to the Earth's mid-Jurassic

Sentient Population:

1.4 Billion Orions; 610 Million Red Orions; approximately 18,000 Klingons and other Klingon Tribute Species

Capital:

Sirruda Kataan

END OF BRIEFING

At a Glance

Botchok is one of the most ancient Orion Colonies and the homeworld of the Red Orions. Botchok is the larger planet found in a trojan orbit with Gothei. The natives of Botchok, the Red Orions, refer to their homeworld as Geze. Botchok is a world of dense cloud forests, jungles, and wetland marshes from which jut rocky mesas and outcroppings. Botchok mountain chains abruptly change altitude, often forming sheer cliffs. The Red Orions prefer the lower reaches while the Orions live in the mid-altitudes of the mountainous regions.

Terrain

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From orbit, Botchok is a hazy blue jewel with vast zones of dark green lowlands and rockier higher altitudes. On first glance, the oceans of the world look somewhat fleeting and nebulous. Botchok is a story of three ecological zones. As a planet it has relatively shallow oceans with a lower saline content than Earth. This is because of the amount of freshwater that is working through the hydrosphere is so vast. These shallow oceans can be difficult to to distinguish from marshy, brackish wetlands.