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Kaitain is a fictional planet in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. In Herbert's 1965 novel ''Dune'', it is mentioned briefly as the seat of power of Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, the Royal Court being previously located on the planet Salusa Secundus. The ''Prelude to Dune'' prequel trilogy (1999-2001) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson further explores Kaitain and its origins. On October 8, 2014, a real-world labyrinthus (complex of intersecting valleys) on Saturn's moon Titan was named Kaitain Labyrinthus after Herbert's fictional planet. ==Origins and description== The ''Prelude to Dune'' series establishes that, after centuries as the capital of the Corrino Padishah Empire, Salusa is devastated by atomics before the events of 1999's ''Dune: House Atreides''. Padishah Emperor Hassik Corrino III relocates the Imperial throne to Kaitain, and the renegade House which had perpetrated the attack is exterminated, their name erased from history. Salusa Secundus is intentionally left as a barren wasteland. According to ''Dune: House Atreides'', Padishah Emperor Hassik Corrino III had reestablished the Imperium's seat of government on Kaitain and had sought to rebuild the capital to new heights of grandeur: Following the nuclear holocaust on Salusa Secundus ... everyone had been anxious to establish an optimistic new order. Hassik III had wanted to show that even after the near obliteration of House Corrino, the Imperium and its business would continue at a more exalted level than ever before. On Planetologist Pardot Kynes' visit for an audience with Emperor Elrood IX, he notes: On the Imperial planet Kaitain, immense buildings kissed the sky. Magnificent sculptures and opulent tiered fountains lined the crystal-paved boulevards like a dream. A person could stare for hours ... Kaitain was exquisitely planned and produced, with tree-lined boulevards, splendid architecture, well-watered gardens, flower barricades . . . and so much more ... Official Imperial reports claimed it was always warm, the climate forever temperate. Storms were unknown. No clouds marred the skies ... when the ornate Guild escort craft descended, () had noted the flotilla of weather satellites, climate-bending technology that — through brute force — kept Kaitain a peaceful and serene place.〔 In ''Dune: House Atreides'' it is also noted that Kaitain has four moons.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaitain (Dune)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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