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In planetary classification Class L is a category of planet, only marginally habitable by humanoid life. Such planets are though capable of supporting humanoid colonization. (ST reference: Star Charts)

As a result of "the Pulse", planet Mestiko was reclassified from Class M to Class L. (TOS - Mere Anarchy eBook: The Centre Cannot Hold)

As of 2370 the Cardassians maintained a colony on a class L world in the Xoxa system. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)

Planets of this type

• Chin'toka V
• Indri VIII
• Gateway
• Mestiko

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Class L marginal

Class L planets range in age from 4 to 10 billion years. Their diameters range in size from 10,000 to 15,000 km. They are located in the ecozone region of a star's solar system, and have rocky, barren surfaces with little water. Their atmospheres are oxygen/argon with a high concentration of carbon dioxide. Lifeforms, if any, are limited to plant life. Class L planets are suitable for human colonization with some terraforming.

Class L planets

• Indri VIII
• Venus
• possibly Borg assimilated worlds.

Earth may have become a Class L planet, as seen briefly in the time conduit in Star Trek: First Contact, after the Borg altered the timeline and assimilated it.

• List of class L planets

External links

• Class L article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Class L article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.