| The Ba'ku planet from orbit | |
| Ba'ku in 2375 | |
| Class: | M |
| Vulcan in 2154 | |
| The Ba'ku settlement in 2375 | |
The planet Ba'ku is an M-class planet located in the Briar Patch. Its been the location of a Ba'ku colony since the mid-21st century, and is characterized by a unique effect caused by the planets rings that cause the planet's inhabitants not to age.
History
Ba'ku is a ringed planet, the rings themselves being saturated with metaphasic radiation. The planet is home to a Ba'ku settlement, established in 2066 by a group of approximately 600 of the Ba'ku, fleeing their homeworld for fear of their race's self-destruction. The planet's radiation allowed the inhabitants to live extended life spans, In the late 23rd century, a group of the Ba'ku, disillusioned with the settlement's ways, left the planet, and became the Son'a.
In 2375, an attempt by the Son'a - led by Ahdar Ru'afo, and assisted by Starfleet officers under Matthew Dougherty - to strip the planet of its metaphasic particles and to forcefully relocate the Ba'ku to another planet, was stopped by the actions of Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-E.
Geographical
There are several mountains near the Ba'ku settlement that contain caves lined with kelbonite ore that protect from transporters.
Zoological
A Ba'ku children's book, featuring several animal species
There are many species of animal life on the Ba'ku planet, several of which can be seen in a Ba'ku children's book. These species' names are unknown, but pictures have been seen of a six-legged turtle-like animal, a polar bear-like animal, an animal that resembles an ancient Earth pterodactyl, and a Ba'ku butterfly.
Ba'ku also has a small caterpillar-like mammal, known as a rhyl. There are also several species of goats, llamas, fish, and a two-tailed hummingbird.
| Ba'ku wildlife | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hummingbird |  | ||
| Ba'ku fish | Ba'ku hummingbird | Ba'ku llama | Ba'ku goat |
References
Apocrypha
In the fan-made Star Trek: Hidden Frontier series, the Federation constructed Deep Space 12 in orbit around Ba'ku, to protect it from other powers, particularly, the Breen, who had installed many cooling units around the planet in order to make it hospitable to their race.