Chodak

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The Chodak are an ancient species that inhabited the Milky Way Galaxy.

[edit] History

The species were noted as being an ancient highly advanced civilization that lived roughly 1,000,000 to 900,000 years before the founding to the United Federation of Planets. The homeworld of the Chodak Empire was the planet Allanor which was located in a region that in later eras was known as the Romulan Neutral Zone. Appoximately four thousand years ago, their mighty empire collapsed when a group of rebels sabotaged their greatest technological achievement - the Unity Device. This massive machine had near unlimited power and was used to maintain the Chodak Empire's power. However, the rebels confiscated the machines and took it to the future where they believed it would be safer from their government who they believed were unable to control the device or understand its effects on the universe.

After these chains of events, the Chodak declined as a civilization and were eventually considered extinct in later centuries. A majority of their territory was claimed by the Romulan Star Empire though certain archaeological sites and ruins were located on Horst III and Frigis which were within Federation space.

The Chodak eventually made a re-emergence in 2370 though many were unaware of their activity in the galaxy. They launched an attack on the Starfleet Mertens Orbital Research Station facility and left a probe behind to examine the facility. Their vessels later crossed the Romulan Neutral Zone and were headed for the Z'tarnis Nebula. This force was led by Admiral Brodnack and their goal was to recover the Unity Device which they found had returned to normal space and was located in the nebula. However, the machine's effects caused the nebula to grow larger so that it would never be discovered. No ships entering into the nebula could use warp engines (primarily Romulan ships) nor weapons as the device could react to any kind of threat provoked. It was later revealed that the Unity Device had its own collective consciousness and could not be subjugated to serve again. (TNG video game: A Final Unity) In later years, there were numerous skirmishes between the Romulans and the Chodak which cost hundreds of lives as well as proved to be aggressive to the Federation by promising to destroy them. At the time, they were attempting to acquire the IFD of the ancient Senatorius race but were thwarted by the actions of Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation srarship USS Enterprise. (TNG video game: Future's Past)

While the Chodak were no longer populous in the 24th century, some of their large Chodak dreadnought vessels still roamed the galaxy. While uninterested in planetary settlements, the Chodak were occasionally hostile when they encountered starships and space stations of galactic powers, who rightfully feared the powerful attacks of the Chodak ray weapon. (TNG video game: Birth of the Federation)

In the Birth of the Federation game, the non-playable Chodak ship would appear and travel randomly as an obstacle to colonial expansion, but were precluded from initiating hostilities against planets or making colonizations of their own. It took considerable military force to defeat their large vessels if hailing them failed.

In 2371, the Chodak were involved in assisting Doctor Tolian Soran with the production of Trilithium weapons. As part of this alliance, Soran agreed to supply the Chodak with information on how to make similar weapons when it was discovered that the Chodak outpost of Epsion had large quantities of trilithium present. The two agreed to help one another with the Chodak helping Soran in the extraction of the element from the planet. (TNG video game: Generations)

[edit] Overview

They were a race of soft jelled creatures that resembled mollusks. They wore an artificial shell that presumably contained some of hover device that allowed them to move and to communicate.

The game Future's Past gives a completely different appearance to the Chodak who are shown to be humanoids with greenish reptilian skin.

Their technology was highly advanced, even by the 24th century as they were able to produce machines that were composed of neutronium as well as fit their small probes with powerful energy sources. In addition, they made use of chameleon field's to hide their vessels from enemy sensor's.