Alpha III
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Alpha III is a Class L world, rather Earthlike but geologically inactive. Established in the twenty-second century as a Terran colony, the planet was found to have no native civilization, although later excavations revealed that an intelligent culture of an advanced nature had died out thousands of years earlier. That race had called their world Kericindal and, despite the fact that they apparently possessed a high degree of technological capability, they never left their planet to explore space.
Alpha System
Alpha is a system of five planets orbiting a moderate-sized yellow star. The two outer worlds, Alpha IV and V, are gas giants that slowly revolve around each other as they orbit Alpha. The first and second planets are uninhabitable. Alpha I is barren of atmosphere and geologically dead, while the second planet is essentially a volcanic cauldron with a poisonous atmosphere. This system features an asteroid belt between the first and second planets and another between the third and fourth worlds.
Fauna
The dominant species found on Alpha III by the first settlers was a reptilian biped of limited intelligence. These creatures are quite docile, and they quickly develop attachments to individual persons, which makes them a prime choice as pets. They also exhibit a loyalty uncommon to most lower life forms.
Society
Alpha III is perhaps best known as the home of the famous Statutes of Alpha III. This document is considered to be the most important statement of human rights since the Fundamental Declaration of the Martian Colonies. Its pages provided for the formation of the an independent star system to be modeled loosely after Plato's Republic. The Statutes of Alpha III have also set major precedents in interstellar law throughout the Federation.
Alpha III is also a member, one of seven, of the Federation Security Council.
Reference(s)
- Johnson, Shane. Star Trek: The Worlds of the Federation, New York: Pocket Books, 1989. ISBN: 0-671-66989-3.