Betazed

Facts

Primary: Beta Veldonna
System Name: Beta Veldonna V
- Also known as: Sentok (Cardassian) (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
Class M
Inhabitants: Betazoid
Nation
- - c.2300s - Present: United Federation of Planets
  - Councillor Cort Enaren (2379 - 2380 - ) (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal; Novel: Articles of the Federation)

Legislative branch known as Parliament (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
Has a local military (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Largely a regulatory force; seldom needed in practice since its establishment (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)

c.mid-20th century: Beginning of psychiatry as a discipline on Betazed (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
Warp-capable by mid-23rd century (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Due to Rigelian fever being brought to Betazed around that point
By mid-2250s: First contact with Federation (DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")
- Telepathic abilities still not widely known for some years (DIS Novel: Drastic Measures; TOS Novel: The Captain's Oath)
September 7, 2374: Occupied by Dominion forces during Dominion War (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight"; TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- During the course of the occupation, approximately 15% of Betazed's population was killed, including the initial attack and all casualties following (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
January 2375: Occupation repelled with Starfleet aid via empathetic projection techniques developed by Hent Tevren (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Resulting Betazoid casualties reach 1200, 40% of participating telepathic individuals, due to the intensity of and exhaustion induced by the technique (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)

Cities
- Condar Village
  - Outlying agricultural community (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
Geographical sites
- Lake Cataria (TNG: "Dark Page", "All Good Things..."; TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace; VOY Short Story: "Letting Go")
- Loneel Mountains (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
  - Vast cave complex about an ancient extinct caldera (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
  - Local rocks lined with veins of fistrium, obscuring sensor readings within the caves (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Loneel Valley (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Unknown
  - Byram Hall (TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
    - Destroyed during Dominion War (TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
    - Replaced with Amick Hall (TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
  - Enaren University (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
    - Named for Cort Enaren (Articles of the Federation annotations)
  - University of Betazed (TNG: "Tin Man", "Ménage à Troi"; TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    - Open since at least 2352 (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)

Cavat (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Staple crop similar to corn (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
Corzon (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Reed-like plant used historically to form blow guns (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
Hilrep (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
- Fruiting tree
Oskoid (TNG: "Menage a Troi", "Half a Life"; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Lettuce-like leafy vegetable (TNG: "Menage a Troi", "Half a Life"; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Kept warm by internal sap (TNG: "Menage a Troi")
Sadi (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Fruiting tree
Teskali tree (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
Tarna (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Thorned bush (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
Zintaba (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)
- Incredibly poisonous root (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)