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)

Government

• 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)

History

• 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)

Locations

Surface

• 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)

Indigenous Life

Animal

• Betazed oyster (SCE Short Story: "Wildfire, Book 1")

Plant

• 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)