Loval was an inhabited planet in the Loval system of the Alpha Quadrant. Located in Cardassian space, this planet was home to a Cardassian civilian outpost with a small subspace relay station. The planet Rakal and the Amleth system were located in the same sector as this planet.
What was not commonly known was that Loval was also the site of a secret weapons research installation. That made it the target of a Klingon Bird-of-Prey commanded by K'Temang in 2372. Gul Dukat, aboard the freighter Groumall, anticipated K'Temang's intentions and set a trap for him in Loval's orbit. (DS9: "Return to Grace")
This planet's quadrant of origin is inferred based on the position of the Cardassian Union as seen in the star chart appearing in the Star Trek: Picard episode "Maps and Legends".
"low-VAL" was the pronunciation for this planet's name from the script pronunciation guide. [1]
External link[]
- Loval at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works