Changes: Class L

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"How can it be so cold when the sun is shining?"
"It's not much of a sun. And this isn't much of a planet."

– Odo and Quark, 2373 ("The Ascent")

File:L class planet in Bounty.jpg

Skalaar's shuttle on the surface of a class L planet

Class L surface — The surface of a class L planet in the Alpha Quadrant

Orbiting Class L — The *Delta Flyer* orbiting an icy class L planet

Delta Flyer crashed on Kelis' homeworld — The surface of Kelis' homeworld

In the Federation standard system of planetary classification, some barely habitable planets, planetoids, and moons were classified as class L. Class L worlds could have different kinds of atmospheres ranging from suitable for humanoid life to unsuited without additional means, but typically they had higher concentrations of carbon dioxide than class M worlds. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice"; VOY: "Muse") While vegetation was common on L-class worlds, they were usually, though not always, devoid of fauna. (TNG: "The Chase"; DS9: "The Ascent") Class L planets were prime candidates for colonization and potential terraforming.

In 2153, Skalaar and Jonathan Archer landed on a class L planet with a cloudy atmosphere to escape Kago-Darr. The landing site appeared barren and cratered, but allowed them to get out and conduct repairs to the outer hull of Skalaar's shuttle without environmental suits. (ENT: "Bounty")

Indri VIII was a class L planet that lacked animal life but used to be covered with deciduous plants until 2369. That year, the USS Enterprise-D witnessed a Klingon ship destroying the planet's lower atmosphere including all life with a plasma reaction. (TNG: "The Chase")

The USS Olympia crashed on a class L planet in the Rutharian sector in 2371. The sole survivor was able to survive in a cave on the planet's surface for a while, but died when she ran out of tri-ox injections that prevented carbon dioxide poisoning. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

Also in 2371, the USS Voyager discovered a colony of Humans on a class L planet in the Delta Quadrant with an oxygen/argon atmosphere. The Humans had displaced the Briori centuries earlier and had grown to a population of hundreds of thousands across three cities. The planet had steppe-like vegetation and even land that "begged to be farmed." (VOY: "The 37's")

In 2373, Odo and Quark crash-landed the USS Rio Grande on a class L planet after Odo was traveling with Quark to meet a Federation Grand Jury. The crash site was dominated by steep, forested mountains, poisonous vegetation, and lacked animal life. (DS9: "The Ascent")

In an alternate 2375, the USS Voyager crash-landed on a class L planet dominated by glaciers near the border of the Alpha Quadrant. This timeline was replaced by a new one when Harry Kim sent a message from fifteen years in the future back to this year. (VOY: "Timeless")

A riddle presented by Neelix to Tuvok in 2376 contained the story of "a lone ensign finds himself stranded on a class L planetoid with no rations. His only possession, a calendar. When Starfleet finds him twelve months later, he's in perfect health. Why didn't he starve to death?" Tuvok suggested that such a planetoid might contain hot water springs. (VOY: "Riddles")

B'Elanna Torres crash-landed the Delta Flyer on a class L planet in 2376 and was stranded there for several days, but Harry Kim finally reached her after walking two hundred kilometers with the part she needed to contact Voyager. The planet was home to a pre-warp civilization and contained at least one body of water while the area around the crash site was mountainous, densely forested, and even hosted some sort of hunting game. (VOY: "Muse")

In 2378, a class L planet was found by Overlookers Nar and Zet as a settlement site for the crew of the USS Voyager after they confiscated their warp core. (VOY: "Renaissance Man")

List of class L worlds

Image	Name	Location	Notes
	Indri VIII	Indri system	Biosphere destroyed by the IKS Maht-H'a in 2369
	Kelis' homeworld	Orbiting an F-type star in the Delta Quadrant	Home to Kelis' species, a pre-warp civilization
	Unnamed former-Briori planet	Delta Quadrant
File:L class planet.jpg	Unnamed planet near Klingon space	Less than six light years from Klingon space as of 2153
	Unnamed mountainous planet	Between Deep Space 9 and Inferna Prime
	Unnamed Takara sector planet	Takara sector
	USS Olympia crash site planet	Fourth in its star system, Rutharian sector, Beta Quadrant	Surrounded by an exogenic energy field

Planetary classification

B • D • G • H • J • K • L • M • N • R • T • Y • Other classes

Appendices

Background information

Kelis' homeworld, as seen in "Muse", appeared somewhat atypical of a class L planet as it contained at least one region that supported lush vegetation and even a pre-warp civilization. Although Harry Kim traversed two hundred kilometers of the planet's surface by foot without any visible life-sustaining equipment, little was seen of the planet's surface and the remainder of the planet might have been far less hospitable and more standard for a class L planet.

According to the Star Trek: Star Charts, on page 25, class L planets were "marginal" planets. They had ages that ranged from four to ten billion years and diameters between 10,000 and 15,000 kilometers. Marginal planets were located within the ecosphere of a star system. They were categorized by a rocky and barren surface with little surface water and an atmosphere of oxygen/argon with a high concentration of carbon dioxide. Native lifeforms were limited to plant life, although the majority of class L planets were suitable for humanoid colonization.

External link

Class L at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+{{aquote|How can it be so cold when the sun is shining?''"<br/>"''It's not much of a sun. And this isn't much of a planet.|[[Odo]]''' and '''[[Quark]]|2373|The Ascent}}
 [[File:L class planet in Bounty.jpg|thumb|Skalaar's shuttle on the surface of a class L planet]]
 [[File:Class L surface.jpg|thumb|right|The surface of a class L planet in the Alpha Quadrant]]
 [[File:Orbiting Class L.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Delta Flyer'' orbiting an icy class L planet]]
 [[File:Delta Flyer crashed on Kelis' homeworld.jpg|thumb|right|The surface of [[Kelis' homeworld]]]]
-In the [[Federation]] standard system of [[planetary classification]], some barely habitable [[planet]]s, [[planetoid]]s, and [[moon]]s were classified as '''class L'''. Class L worlds could have different kinds of [[atmosphere]]s ranging from suitable for [[humanoid]] life to unsuited without additional means. (e.g., {{DS9|The Sound of Her Voice}}; {{VOY|Muse}}) While [[vegetation]] was common on L-class worlds, they were usually, though not always, devoid of [[fauna]]. (e.g., {{TNG|The Chase}}; {{DS9|The Ascent}})
+In the [[Federation]] standard system of [[planetary classification]], some barely habitable [[planet]]s, [[planetoid]]s, and [[moon]]s were classified as '''class L'''. Class L worlds could have different kinds of [[atmosphere]]s ranging from suitable for [[humanoid]] life to unsuited without additional means, but typically they had higher concentrations of [[carbon dioxide]] than [[class M]] worlds. ({{DS9|The Sound of Her Voice}}; {{VOY|Muse}}) While [[vegetation]] was common on L-class worlds, they were usually, though not always, devoid of [[fauna]]. ({{TNG|The Chase}}; {{DS9|The Ascent}}) Class L planets were prime candidates for colonization and potential [[terraforming]].
 In [[2153]], [[Skalaar]] and [[Jonathan Archer]] landed on a class L planet with a cloudy atmosphere to escape [[Kago-Darr]]. The landing site appeared barren and cratered, but allowed them to get out and conduct repairs to the outer hull of [[Tellarite shuttle|Skalaar's shuttle]] without [[environmental suit]]s. ({{ENT|Bounty}})
-[[Indri VIII]] was a class L planet that lacked animal life but used to be covered with deciduous plants until [[2369]]. That year, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} had to witness a [[IKS Maht-H'a|Klingon ship]] destroying the planet's lower atmosphere including all life with a [[plasma]] reaction. ({{TNG|The Chase}})
+[[Indri VIII]] was a class L planet that lacked animal life but used to be covered with deciduous plants until [[2369]]. That year, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} witnessed a [[IKS Maht-H'a|Klingon ship]] destroying the planet's lower atmosphere including all life with a [[plasma]] reaction. ({{TNG|The Chase}})
 The {{USS|Olympia}} [[crash landing|crashed]] on a class L planet in the [[Rutharian sector]] in [[2371]]. The [[Lisa Cusak|sole survivor]] was able to survive in a cave on the planet's surface for a while, but died when she ran out of [[tri-ox]] injections that prevented [[carbon dioxide poisoning]]. ({{DS9|The Sound of Her Voice}})
-Also in 2371, the {{USS|Voyager}} discovered a [[colony]] of [[Human]]s on a Class L planet in the [[Delta Quadrant]] with an [[oxygen]]/[[argon]] [[atmosphere]]. The Humans were displaced by the [[Briori]] centuries earlier and had grown to a population of hundreds of thousands across three cities. The planet had steppe-like vegetation and even land that "begged to be [[agriculture|farmed]]". ({{VOY|The 37's}})
+Also in 2371, the {{USS|Voyager}} discovered a [[colony]] of [[Human]]s on a class L planet in the [[Delta Quadrant]] with an [[oxygen]]/[[argon]] [[atmosphere]]. The Humans had displaced the [[Briori]] centuries earlier and had grown to a population of hundreds of thousands across three cities. The planet had steppe-like vegetation and even land that "begged to be [[agriculture|farmed]]." ({{VOY|The 37's}})
 In [[2373]], [[Odo]] and [[Quark]] crash-landed the {{USS|Rio Grande}} on a class L planet after [[Odo]] was traveling with [[Quark]] to meet a [[Federation Grand Jury]]. The crash site was dominated by steep, forested mountains, poisonous vegetation, and lacked animal life. ({{DS9|The Ascent}})
-''In an [[alternate timeline|alternate ]][[2375]], the {{USS|Voyager}} crash-landed on a class L planet dominated by glaciers near the border of the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. This timeline was [[Temporal incursion|replaced]] by a new one when [[Harry Kim]] sent a message from [[2390|15 years in the future]] back to this year. ''({{VOY|Timeless}})
+''In an [[alternate timeline|alternate]] [[2375]], the {{USS|Voyager}} crash-landed on a class L planet dominated by glaciers near the border of the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. This timeline was [[Temporal incursion|replaced]] by a new one when [[Harry Kim]] sent a message from [[2390|fifteen years in the future]] back to this year.'' ({{VOY|Timeless}})
-A riddle presented by [[Neelix]] to [[Tuvok]] in [[2376]] contained the story of "''a lone [[Ensign]] finds himself stranded on a class L planetoid with no [[ration]]s. His only possession, a [[calendar]]. When Starfleet finds him twelve [[month]]s later, he's in perfect health. Why didn't he [[starvation|starve]] to [[death]]?". ''Tuvok suggested that such a planetoid might contain hot [[water]] springs. ({{VOY|Riddles}})
+A riddle presented by [[Neelix]] to [[Tuvok]] in [[2376]] contained the story of "''a lone [[ensign]] finds himself stranded on a class L planetoid with no [[ration]]s. His only possession, a [[calendar]]. When Starfleet finds him twelve [[month]]s later, he's in perfect health. Why didn't he [[starvation|starve]] to [[death]]?"'' Tuvok suggested that such a planetoid might contain hot [[water]] springs. ({{VOY|Riddles}})
-[[B'Elanna Torres]] crash-landed the ''[[Delta Flyer]]'' on  [[Kelis' homeworld|a class L planet]] in 2376 and was stranded there for several days, but [[Harry Kim]] finally reached her after walking 200 km with the part she needed to contact ''Voyager''. It was home to [[Kelis' species|a pre-warp civilization]] and contained at least one body of water while the area around the crash site was mountainous, densely forested, and even hosted some sort of [[hunter|hunting]] game. ({{VOY|Muse}})
+[[B'Elanna Torres]] crash-landed the ''{{dis|Delta Flyer|2375}}'' on [[Kelis' homeworld|a class L planet]] in 2376 and was stranded there for several days, but [[Harry Kim]] finally reached her after walking two hundred [[kilometer]]s with the part she needed to contact ''Voyager''. The planet was home to [[Kelis' species|a pre-warp civilization]] and contained at least one body of water while the area around the crash site was mountainous, densely forested, and even hosted some sort of [[hunting]] game. ({{VOY|Muse}})
-In [[2378]], a class L planet was found by [[Hierarchy]] members [[Nar]] and [[Zet]] as a settlement site for the crew of the USS ''Voyager'' after they confiscated their [[warp core]]. ({{VOY|Renaissance Man}})
+In [[2378]], a class L planet was found by [[Overlooker]]s [[Nar]] and [[Zet]] as a settlement site for the crew of the USS ''Voyager'' after they confiscated their [[warp core]]. ({{VOY|Renaissance Man}})
+==List of class L worlds==
+{| class="grey"
+! Image
+! Name
+! Location
+! Notes
+|-
+| [[File:Indri VIII with biosphere.jpg|100px]]
+| [[Indri VIII]]
+| [[Indri system]]
+| Biosphere destroyed by the {{IKS|Maht-H'a}} in [[2369]]
+|-
+| [[File:Kelis homeworld.jpg|100px]]
+| [[Kelis' homeworld]]
+| Orbiting an [[F-type star]] in the [[Delta Quadrant]]
+| Home to [[Kelis' species]], a [[pre-warp civilization]]
+|-
+| [[File:USS Voyager departs Human colony planet.jpg|100px]]
+| Unnamed former-[[Briori]] [[Unnamed Delta Quadrant planets#Human planet|planet]]
+| [[Delta Quadrant]]
+|
+|-
+| [[File:L class planet.jpg|100px]]
+| Unnamed [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant planets#Class L planet (2153)|planet]] near Klingon space
+| Less than six [[light year]]s from [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] space as of [[2153]]
+|
+|-
+| [[File:Class L planet, The ascent.jpg|100px]]
+| Unnamed [[mountain]]ous [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant planets#Class L planet (2373)|planet]]
+| Between [[Deep Space 9]] and [[Inferna Prime]]
+|
+|-
+| [[File:Orbiting Class L.jpg|100px]]
+| Unnamed [[Takara sector]] [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant planets#Takara sector planet|planet]]
+| [[Takara sector]]
+|
+|-
+| [[File:USS Olympia debris.jpg|100px]]
+| {{USS|Olympia}} crash site planet
+| [[Fourth planets|Fourth]] in its [[star system]], [[Rutharian sector]], [[Beta Quadrant]]
+| Surrounded by an exogenic [[energy field]]
+|}
 {{Planetary classification}}
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 ==Appendices==
 ===Background information===
-The [[Kelis' homeworld|L-class planet]] shown in "Muse" appeared somewhat atypical of a class L planet as it contained at least one region that supported lush vegetation and even a [[pre-warp civilization]]. Although Harry Kim traversed 200 km of the planet's surface by foot without any visible life-sustaining equipment, little was seen of the planet's surface and the remainder of the planet might have been far less hospitable and more standard for a class L planet.
+[[Kelis' homeworld]], as seen in "Muse", appeared somewhat atypical of a class L planet as it contained at least one region that supported lush vegetation and even a [[pre-warp civilization]]. Although Harry Kim traversed two hundred kilometers of the planet's surface by foot without any visible life-sustaining equipment, little was seen of the planet's surface and the remainder of the planet might have been far less hospitable and more standard for a class L planet.
-According to the ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'', on page 25, class L [[planet]]s were "marginal" planets. They had an age that ranged from four to ten billion years and a diameter between 10,000 and 15,000 [[kilometer]]s. Marginal planets were located within the ecosphere of a [[star system]]. They were categorized by a rocky and barren surface with little surface [[water]] and an atmosphere of oxygen/argon with a high concentration of [[carbon dioxide]]. Native [[lifeform]]s were limited to [[plant]] life, although the majority of class L planets were suitable for [[humanoid]] [[colony|colonization]].
+According to the ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'', on page 25, class L [[planet]]s were "marginal" planets. They had ages that ranged from four to ten billion years and diameters between 10,000 and 15,000 kilometers. Marginal planets were located within the [[Habitable zone|ecosphere]] of a [[star system]]. They were categorized by a rocky and barren surface with little surface [[water]] and an atmosphere of oxygen/argon with a high concentration of [[carbon dioxide]]. Native [[lifeform]]s were limited to [[plant]] life, although the majority of class L planets were suitable for [[humanoid]] [[colony|colonization]].
 ===External link===
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 [[Category:Astronomical classifications|L]]
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