Hydran nobility was a Hydran social class by itself. There were several sub-strata of the nobility, each being higher tham the other. There were approximately 30,000 nobles (excluding knights) in the Hydran Kingdom as of 2288, 1,200 of which were princes. (TOS video game: Starfleet Command (game))
A century later, they led the bureaucracy, even assuming control of planets. There were several ranks of Hydran nobles, the lowest being knights. (RIS Bouteina)
Noble ranks[]
- Prince
- Kotaff (RIS Bouteina: "Relief and Refuge")
- Duke
- Kayachey (Star Trek: False Vacuum: "Wagon Train to the Stars")
- Lodion (RIS Bouteina: "Drug Wars")
- Loson (Governor-General of Krant) (RIS Bouteina: "Resolution on Krant")
- Marquis
- Unnamed marquis (RIS Bouteina: "Combinatorics Nightmare")
- Count
- Nagathion (RIS Bouteina: "Home Sense")
- Ruzzabot (RIS Bouteina: "Real Estate Liberty")
- Viscount
- Baron
- Knight