- For other uses, see Kansas.
Map of Kansas in 1944.
Flag of the United States of America.
Kansas was a region of the North American continent on the planet Earth, with boundaries that were created as the area was settled as a geopolitical subdivision of the United States of America nation. Its capital city was Topeka. (ENT episode: "Storm Front")
History
Kansas-born Elizabeth Shelby.
Shortly after the Third World War, the Kansas Inquisition sprung up, based in the state. (TOS novel: Preserver)
Elizabeth Shelby was born in the city of Lawrence, Kansas in 2336. (ST video game: Starship Creator)
Captain Jon Rachman was from Kansas. (DS9 novel: Antimatter)
In the mid-24th century, the Q Continuum caused a tornado in Topeka, Kansas, that killed the parents of Amanda Rogers. (TNG episode: "True Q")
Alternate timelines
In an alternate reality in which Leonard McCoy saved the life of Edith Keeler, the worst drought in America beginning in 1931 made agriculture difficult in Kansas as well as in Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Thousands had left the Grain Plains "dust bowl" states to avoid death by "dust pneumonia". (TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows)
In an alternate timeline where Na'kuhl General Vosk and his faction supported the Nazis, Germany had conquered regions in the east of the United States by the year 1944. A map of the USA was displayed in the office of the German generalmajor, which showed that Kansas remained under American control. (ENT episode: "Storm Front")
Geography and locations
The North American continent in 2411.
Kansas was located well inside the territory of the United States of America and shared its borders with other American states. Nebraska shared a long border in the north, Missouri bordered on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.
The capital of Topeka was located in the eastern portion of the state, at the intersection of two major roads. Several other cities clustered nearby. Other settlements lay across and near major roads leading through the state. (ENT episode: "Storm Front")
Points of interest
- Lawrence, Kansas[1]
- Topeka[2]
- University of Kansas
Known Kansas people
Appendices
Connections
| Geographical regions of the United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| States and districts | Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Cibola • Colorado • District of Columbia • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Guam • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Puerto Rico • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming |  
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| Geographical and cultural regions | Midwest • New England • Pacific Northwest • The South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
| This section is written from the Real World point of view. |
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- The Latin phrase "Ad aspera per astra"[5] was the Kansas state motto.
- Star Trek author Kevin Dilmore resides in Kansas.
External links
- Kansas article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Kansas article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ST video game: Starship Creator.
- ↑ ENT episode: "Storm Front".
- ↑ DS9 novel: Antimatter.
- ↑ TNG episode: "True Q".
- ↑ ENT episode: "These Are the Voyages...".