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==Facts== | ==Facts== | ||
* Primary: [[Alpha Centauri|Alpha Centauri A]] | * Primary: [[Alpha Centauri|Alpha Centauri A]] | ||
* System name: Alpha Centauri A III | |||
* Also known as: Centauri III | * Also known as: Centauri III | ||
* Capital: New Samarkand (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | * Capital: New Samarkand (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
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** Asteroid deflection systems established by 2163 to prevent future impact events (ENT Novel: ''A Choice of Futures'') | ** Asteroid deflection systems established by 2163 to prevent future impact events (ENT Novel: ''A Choice of Futures'') | ||
* Nation: | * Nation: | ||
** 2088 - Present: [[Alpha Centauri Concordium]] | ** 2088 - : [[United Earth]] (ENT Novel: ''A Choice of Futures'') | ||
** - 2155 - Present: [[Alpha Centauri Concordium]] (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru'', ''A Choice of Futures'') | |||
* Native accent characterized by round, resonant vowels (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | * Native accent characterized by round, resonant vowels (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
* Ancient sunken Centaurian ruins below icecaps (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | |||
==History== | |||
* 2088: Initial settlement by [[Human]] colonization mission, including [[Zefram Cochrane]] (ENT Novel: ''A Choice of Futures'') | |||
* July 22, 2155: Attacked by [[Romulan Star Empire|Romulan]] forces attempting to trigger [[Coalition of Planets|Coalition]]/[[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] war through application of [[Romulan telecapture|telecapture]] technology (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | |||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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* Cities | * Cities | ||
** New Samarkand (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** New Byzantium (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | ||
** New Samarkand (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'', ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | |||
*** Planetary capital (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | *** Planetary capital (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
*** One of the first cities established on Centauri III after colonization (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | |||
*** South of a forest (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | |||
**** Timur's Peak (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | |||
***** Craggy hill at the heart of the woods (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | |||
*** Cochrane Institute (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'', ''To Brave the Storm'') | |||
**** Henry Archer Hall (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | |||
***** Sight of starflight laboratory (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | |||
*** University of Alpha Centauri (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age''; TNG: "Qpid") | |||
**** Carl Blegen Hall (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | |||
[[Category:Planets|Alpha Centauri 03]] | [[Category:Planets|Alpha Centauri 03]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:32, 2 May 2018
Facts
- Primary: Alpha Centauri A
- System name: Alpha Centauri A III
- Also known as: Centauri III
- Capital: New Samarkand (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Inhabitants: Human
- Originally dismissed as colonization target by UESPA due to inhospitability as a result of ongoing impact winter, risk of future asteroid bombardment (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Colonized 2088 by independent effort led by Zefram Cochrane
- First planet in Alpha Centauri system to be such (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Second Human extrasolar colony, first successful (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru, A Choice of Futures)
- Previously frequent asteroid bombardment due to debris-rich Alpha Centauri system; under effects of centuries-old impact winter as of 2088 (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Asteroid deflection systems established by 2163 to prevent future impact events (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- Nation:
- 2088 - : United Earth (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- - 2155 - Present: Alpha Centauri Concordium (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru, A Choice of Futures)
- Native accent characterized by round, resonant vowels (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Ancient sunken Centaurian ruins below icecaps (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
History
- 2088: Initial settlement by Human colonization mission, including Zefram Cochrane (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
- July 22, 2155: Attacked by Romulan forces attempting to trigger Coalition/Klingon war through application of telecapture technology (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
Locations
Surface
- Cities
- New Byzantium (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- New Samarkand (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru, Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- Planetary capital (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- One of the first cities established on Centauri III after colonization (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- South of a forest (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- Timur's Peak (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- Craggy hill at the heart of the woods (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- Timur's Peak (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- Cochrane Institute (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing, To Brave the Storm)
- Henry Archer Hall (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
- Sight of starflight laboratory (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
- Henry Archer Hall (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
- University of Alpha Centauri (TNG Novel: The Buried Age; TNG: "Qpid")
- Carl Blegen Hall (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)