Sarpedion System

Sarpedion System
Powers
Major powers	Cardassian Union
Points of Interest
Places	Sarpedion Fleet Yards Twelth Order Headquarters
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The Sarpedion system is located in the Cardassian Union in the Alpha Quadrant. Sarpedion is a core system within the Union and is home to the Twelth Order, one of the most powerful orders in the Cardassian military.

Overview

A large star system with several planets in it, the Sarpedion system’s most notable location is Sarpedion V. An M-class world, it is inhabited by several billion Cardassians. It is a heavily fortified position within the Cardassian Union and during the Dominion War was a target for the Klingon Empire for a mid-2375 raid. Due to its impressive defence network, including planetary shielding, orbital defence platforms, a state of the art sensor detection grid and a large defence force, the Sarpedion system was almost a suicide run for anyone who tried to attack it.

In the last moments of the Dominion War, after the Cardassian fleet turned against their Dominion allies, Sarpedion was a target by Dominion forces. However, due to the impressive defences in the system, the Jem’Hadar were forced to retreat and head to Cardassia Prime instead. Sarpedion spent the entire war unscratched and became the only system in the Union that had not been ruined by the tortures of war.

Since then, Sarpedion’s population has increased significantly due to many Cardassians fleeing from their worlds ruined by the Jem’Hadar. As a result of this, many nearby worlds depend on Sarpedion V for its agriculture trade. The Twelfth Order has also developed its base of operations - this has included the shipyards being expanded and several more stations being built in orbit of a number of the planets and their moons. Sarpedion is a thriving world within the Union.

With its strong military culture and history of resilience, Sarpedion has remained a home for many traditionalist Cardassians. This has only been exacerbated by the influx of post-war refugees, who are seen both as loyal children of the Union who must be taken in and protected, but also a strain on Sarpedion’s own resources. The people of Sarpedion treated aiding them as their duty, but it has also hardened them against the reformist movements they believe will weaken the Union’s capacity to look after its own people. It is one of the most politically conservative communities of the Union.

In Play

• As the headquarters of the Twelfth Order, Sarpedion V is home to many traditionalists who view liberal reforms from the Detapa Council as an insult to the development of the Cardassian Union. There is a lot of pride for the achievements that the people of Sarpedion accomplished during the war.
• Sarpedion is critical to the Cardassian economy through both its agricultural exports and its massive fleet yards.
• Where many Cardassian worlds received aid and peacekeeping forces from the allies after the Dominion War, Sarpedion has remained untouched - and, critically, played a key role in the Union’s post-war efforts to support its own citizens. This has only intensified since the effective abandonment of the Federation’s aid to Cardassia.
• The Sarpedion Fleet Yards have a number of facilities where the Cardassian fleet is being upgraded with Dominion-inspired technology.

External Information

• Sarpedion (System) at Memory Alpha