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KAIROPAN

Described by Zen as "a sub-organic growth" and "a highly prized crystal", available for one week only after the vernal equinox. It was gathered when available by the Federation during the so-called Harvest of Kairos, using manual labour. The harvest at the time of the crew's visit offered an above average yield, and the labourers and one of the guards were left behind to avoid overloading the shuttle.

Kairopan

The workers being left behind

Kairopan was also much sought after by the giant ant-like creatures that emerged after the equinox to render the planet uninhabitable. They used kairopan to make silk, pursuing and killing anyone who possessed even a fragment of the substance or had handled it.

See also ALIENS

KAIROS

Listed by Zen as the fourth planet of the star Xymines in the constellation Lypterion, Kairos had an orbital period of 15 Earth years. The fertile zone was small. Tarrant had visited the planet previously, when his first command was as a lieutenant on the kairopan shuttle under Captain Jarvik. This was presumably 15 years previously.

There were buildings on the surface, one of them containing a lunar module which Tarrant described as "proto-space age", and probably a relic of early explorations of the planet. The buildings, which were not insubstantial, probably dated from the same period.

See also LANDING MODULE.

KALKOS

Federation penal colony on the very edge of the galaxy, a relatively short distance away from Sardos. Six prisoners including Doran were brought from Kalkos to Sardos in a T-16 troop transporter. Doran talked of never having seen the sun in all his fifteen years on Kalkos, and specifically mentioned being placed in a cell.

KALOR

One of the prisoners held in the detention block on the unnamed planet in this episode, in cell T5. Others included Hend, Pelar, Distar and Avalon. Kalor differed from the others in having a beard, but no other information was given.

KARA

The high priestess on Cygnus Alpha, Kara met the newly arrived prisoners from the London, introducing herself as "the servant of your god" and greeting Gan with a kiss. She wore a red robe in the church. She died after warning Gan of a spear thrown at him, the weapon landing in her instead.

KARLA

A Vandor agent on the Teal Star who distracted Deeta Tarrant for an assassination attempt. Deeta saw through the ploy, and killed Karla when she pulled a gun on him. It was Karla who informed Deeta that Teal and Vandor were at war.

KASABI

Rebel leader on Earth with whom Blake liaised prior to his attack on Control. Once a senior political officer, she had taught Federation officer cadets but according to Servalan, "what she was teaching was treason". Servalan, as one of those cadets, had reported her, but Kasabi managed to escape during the ensuing inquiry. Servalan said that she had waited a long time for a reckoning with Kasabi, and personally led an expedition to wipe out her guerilla force. Kasabi died under interrogation. Kasabi had a daughter, Veron, though whether her birth preceded or followed her mother's defection was unstated.

KASHEL THE WISE

A prominent figure in the history of Cephlon, whose story was related by Meegat thus:

"Our fathers fought a great war, and Kashel the Wise dreamed that all life would end in this place, so Kashel sought a way to preserve our race, a way for it to survive in a new place among the stars, and a way was found. Deliverance was prepared, and Kashel the Wise was satisfied that it was good. All that was needed to complete Deliverance was the word of Kashel, but our fathers killed him, and the word was forgotten. And so we wait for a new word from beyond the stars. We wait for Deliverance. We wait for the nameless lord whose name shall be spoken by the one who waits."

The name of that lord was, of course, Avon.

KATE

One of the last three Seska on Xenon. She was wounded by a crossbow bolt during a Hommik attack, but survived to penetrate the Hommik stronghold and meet Nina, before leaving to rejoin Pella. With Pella, she helped Dayna defeat Gunn-Sar in single combat. She was shot dead by Pella, trying to prevent her stealing Scorpio.

KAYN

A neurosurgeon, who according to Jenna was "supposed to be a genius". He was stationed on the neutral research station XK-72, and his skill was enlisted by Blake in repairing Gan's malfunctioning limiter. Professor Kayn was quick to recognise who he was dealing with, and did little to hide his opinion of them from his assistant, Renor. He referred to the crew of Liberator as "maniacs, killers... mindless destroyers".

He reported Blake's position through the communications department on XK-72, despite the fact that he lacked the authority to do so. His reluctance to operate was noticed by Vila, and Blake persuaded Kayn to perform the operation by threatening to destroy the surgeon's hands if he did not. Kayn returned to XK-72 and was challenged by administrator Farren for undermining his authority. Kayn argued, and eventually strangled Farren in a fit of rage. He had not recovered from the shock of realising what he had done when a salvo of plasma bolts, aimed at Liberator, hit the station and destroyed it.

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