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According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (pp. 55, 56, 61 & 62), the capital city for the uniglobal government and for the Klingon Empire was the First City on Qo'noS. The dominant species on the planet were the [[Klingon]]s. Points of interest on this world were the [[Great Hall]], [[Qam-Chee]], [[Tong Vey]], [[Quin'lat]], Temple of G'boj, [[Kri'stak volcano]], [[Lake of Lusor]], and Caves of Kahless. The Klingons were [[warp drive|warp capable]] in 930 A.D. The planet was on the front line during the brief [[Klingon Civil War]] of [[2368]]. In [[2378]], there were 3.84 billion Klingons living on the planet. The planet was located in the Qo'noS system. The star system was located in the Qo'noS Sector, adjacent to the [[Archanis sector|Archanis Sector]]. The star Qo'noS was a [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral classification|K-class star]] with a [[magnitude]] of +3, which was ten times brighter than [[Sol]]. In [[2293]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} visited this system when escorting ''[[Kronos One]]'' to Earth.
According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (pp. 55, 56, 61 & 62), the capital city for the uniglobal government and for the Klingon Empire was the First City on Qo'noS. The dominant species on the planet were the [[Klingon]]s. Points of interest on this world were the [[Great Hall]], [[Qam-Chee]], [[Tong Vey]], [[Quin'lat]], Temple of G'boj, [[Kri'stak volcano]], [[Lake of Lusor]], and Caves of Kahless. The Klingons were [[warp drive|warp capable]] in 930 A.D. The planet was on the front line during the brief [[Klingon Civil War]] of [[2368]]. In [[2378]], there were 3.84 billion Klingons living on the planet. The planet was located in the Qo'noS system. The star system was located in the Qo'noS Sector, adjacent to the [[Archanis sector|Archanis Sector]]. The star Qo'noS was a [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral classification|K-class star]] with a [[magnitude]] of +3, which was ten times brighter than [[Sol]]. In [[2293]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} visited this system when escorting ''[[Kronos One]]'' to Earth.
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One theory (relayed by [[Richard Arnold]], but effectively disproved in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' two-parter {{e|Affliction}} and {{e|Divergence}}) held that alternate hemispheres of the Klingon homeworld were responsible for the differences between Klingons with cranial ridges and those without. ({{STC|104}}, p. 12) Since a range of white and African-American performers played Klingons on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', different hemispheres of the planet were indeed given associations for the contrasts in the makeup. [[Michael Westmore]] explained, "''We settled on this strategy: all the natural brown-toned actors were Northern Klingons [....] All the fair-skinned actors were Southern Klingons.''" (''[[Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts]]'', p. 68)
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====Qo'noS in the alternate reality====
====Qo'noS in the alternate reality====
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For the planet's appearance in {{film|12}}, the filmmakers were inspired by {{w|Pripyat}}, the city abandoned due to the Chernobyl disaster that inspired Praxis in ''The Undiscovered Country''. [[Roberto Orci]] commented about the planet, "''Maybe its civilization was built on top of the old version of the Klingon civilization, so [[Scott Chambliss]] did an amazing job of putting the new on top of, sort of, ruins of a city that may have gone through a Praxis-like event.''" [http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=37615] Chambliss himself explained, "''At first, Qo'noS was going to be a super-industrialized place, where the off-product of their industry was so toxic, they basically turned the planet itself into an utter waste zone. In doing that, they altered the environment so much it became a non-stop storming planet. There was only lightning, storm, and crazy wind in the sky. You couldn't even walk the surface of the planet, because it was all oceans of toxicity. They had burrowed down into the planet, as well as built their city on top. They kept building higher and higher because the meth level got higher and higher.''"
For the planet's appearance in {{film|12}}, the filmmakers were inspired by {{w|Pripyat}}, the city abandoned due to the Chernobyl disaster that inspired Praxis in ''The Undiscovered Country''. [[Roberto Orci]] commented about the planet, "''Maybe its civilization was built on top of the old version of the Klingon civilization, so [[Scott Chambliss]] did an amazing job of putting the new on top of, sort of, ruins of a city that may have gone through a Praxis-like event.''" [http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=37615] Chambliss himself explained, "''At first, Qo'noS was going to be a super-industrialized place, where the off-product of their industry was so toxic, they basically turned the planet itself into an utter waste zone. In doing that, they altered the environment so much it became a non-stop storming planet. There was only lightning, storm, and crazy wind in the sky. You couldn't even walk the surface of the planet, because it was all oceans of toxicity. They had burrowed down into the planet, as well as built their city on top. They kept building higher and higher because the meth level got higher and higher.''"
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[[Reference works]] that predate ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' depict the location of the Klingon Empire and their homeworld in what has been established as the Alpha Quadrant. These include such works as the ''[[Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' (T0:02:07:00) and ''[[Star Trek Maps]]'' (Chart A). More recent reference works have however moved the Klingon Empire into the [[Beta Quadrant]]. They show that the Empire borders only the [[Romulan Star Empire]] and the [[United Federation of Planets]]. Despite the conflicting canonical references establishing the Ferengi and the [[Cardassian]]s as neighbours of the Empire, they are depicted on the other side of the Federation, away from the Klingons in these graphics. Only one of these graphics depicting the Klingons in the Beta Quadrant has made a brief on screen appearance as a [[Okudagram|display graphic]] on a [[PADD]] in {{film|9}}. [http://startrekpropcollector.com/trekauctions/items/6746] [http://startrekpropcollector.com/trekauctions/images/ae990050495ed308f2dddf80cbe72bdc] It should be noted though that the information on the PADD was completely illegible on screen. [http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=529&page=3]
[[Reference works]] that predate ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' depict the location of the Klingon Empire and their homeworld in what has been established as the Alpha Quadrant. These include such works as the ''[[Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' (T0:02:07:00) and ''[[Star Trek Maps]]'' (Chart A). More recent reference works have however moved the Klingon Empire into the [[Beta Quadrant]]. They show that the Empire borders only the [[Romulan Star Empire]] and the [[United Federation of Planets]]. Despite the conflicting canonical references establishing the Ferengi and the [[Cardassian]]s as neighbours of the Empire, they are depicted on the other side of the Federation, away from the Klingons in these graphics. Only one of these graphics depicting the Klingons in the Beta Quadrant has made a brief on screen appearance as a [[Okudagram|display graphic]] on a [[PADD]] in {{film|9}}. [http://startrekpropcollector.com/trekauctions/items/6746] [http://startrekpropcollector.com/trekauctions/images/ae990050495ed308f2dddf80cbe72bdc] It should be noted though that the information on the PADD was completely illegible on screen. [http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=529&page=3]
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