Terra Nova
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Terra Nova (or Eta Cassiopeia III) is a Class M planet located in the Eta Cassiopeia System of the Alpha Quadrant, and is less than twenty light years from the Sol system.
History
In 2078, Terra Nova became the first planet outside the Sol system to be colonized by Humans. Earth atronomers had located the planet in the early 21st Century. A special colony ship, the SS Conestoga, was built to make the trip with 200 colonists aboard. It took nine years to reach at the speeds obtainable at that time. After several years of success with the colony, Earth decided to send more colonists to the planet, which didn't meet with the approval of the Novans. An opposition arose, led by Mark Logan, who sent transmissions to Earth expressing their disproval. Shortly after, the colony was struck by meteors which unleashed massive radiation in the planet's atmosphere. Survivors were able to escape underground, but communications with Earth were cut-off, and the colony was officially declared lost, causes unknown.
The colonists were eventually rediscovered in 2151 by Captain Jonathan Archer and the crew of the Enterprise (NX-01). While the descendants of the colonists were initially untrusting of the Enterprise crew, they soon agreed that Earth was not responsible for the meteor strikes, and decided to work to relocate their populace to a new uncontaminated area.
Logan City soon became the capital city of the colony, and following admittance into the United Federation of Planets in 2178, the planet's inhabitants increased to around 374,000 by 2376.
Terra Nova is also home to a Starfleet Marine Corps Training Depot.