Altair VI

Facts

• Primary: Altair
• Class M
• Population
  • Over 22,000 (February 2155) (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • 16,000 (November 2155) (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• Colony established by c.2130s (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
  • Presumptive by Janelle Kelly having been born there
• Nation
  • - c.2130s - 2159: United Earth
  • 2159 - : Romulan Star Empire
  • - 2267 - 2285 - : Altair Colony
• Gravity approximately 1.5x Earth normal (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Largely mild, Earth-like climate (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Most settlements established in northern, temperate latitudes (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Green-tinged sky (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Ruins of ancient, human-like species formerly inhabiting planet found upon initial settlement (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)

History

• By 2130s: United Earth colony established (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
• November 26, 2155: Attack by Romulan forces repelled during Earth-Romulan War (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• June 17-20, 2156: Second attack by Romulan forces repelled (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• November 21, 2159: Colony lost to Romulan occupation forces (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
• By 2267: Declared independence from United Earth (TOS: "Amok Time")

Locations

Surface

• UESPA port facilities (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Seaside construction on the northern portion of the main landmass (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Darro-Miller (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Domed colony (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Population
    • 22,000 (February 2155) (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • 8,000 (November 2155) (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Just south of UESPA port (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Built atop carbon-dioxide-infused aquifer (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Source of "Altair water", popular drink by the 23rd century (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru; TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles")
• Magenta and white mountains south of Darro-Miller

Indigenous Life

Animal

• Altairian blowfly (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Known for prodigious reproduction (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)