Kelemane's planet
A computer display showing Voyager trapped in orbit
Kelemane's planet (aka. "The Weird Planet Displaced in Time") is a planet in the Delta Quadrant. It is unusual due to its tachyon core, which generates a subspace particle field that runs between the poles. When USS Voyager encountered the planet in 2376, it was pulled into its orbit by a gravimetric gradient. The ship disrupted the field causing high-frequency seismic activity on the surface.
On the surface of the planet, time is greatly accelerated compared to that of normal space. A rotation of the planet occurs 58 times per one minute observed from normal space. The native humanoid species observes one day every 1.03 seconds.
During their time trapped in orbit, Voyager was able to study several ages of development on the planet.
Unknown to the Starfleet personnel, Voyager had become the central icon in the planet's mythology. Each succeeding lead society attempted to contact the "Sky ship" and reap the benefits of it. Eventually, the planetary culture met up and passed Starfleet in technology and the inhabitants, angry at millennia of being ignored, had come to distrust the "Sky ship," especially after Kelemane's space expedition "disappeared" after attempting contact. In reality, Kelemane had his personal space-time slowed to match Voyager, had lived remained on the ship for decades in planetary time, and returned to try to convince the planetary leaders to cease their hostilities.
Eventually, just before Kelemane himself died from extreme old age, Voyager was able to break free of the orbit and depart, forever ensconced in the planetary mythology.
(VOY: "Blink of an Eye")
- The planet is named for one of its inhabitants, Kelemane.