Beta III

Facts

Primary: FGC-111
Class M
Inhabitants: Betan
Nation
- - c.4th millennium BCE - 2267 - : Independent
  - 2267 - : Federation protectorate following destruction of Landru computer system (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")
Day: 22 hours (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)

Run through direct command of Landru computer system from c.4th millennium BCE to January 2267 (TOS: "The Return of the Archons"; SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")
- Most individuals controlled indirectly through sonic- and light-based mental manipulation (TOS: "The Return of the Archons"; SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")
  - Commands relayed through Elders to direct operations (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")
- Lawgivers kept through direct commands via implanted computer chip to hold control over remainder of populace (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")
  - Armed with forced energy pulse weapons of unknown construction (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")

c.4th millennium BCE: Landru computer system put into place by the philosopher of that name, stultifying the local civilization and regressing them to an agrarian society.
c.2165: Loss of USS Archon via mysterious causes (TOS: "The Return of the Archons")
January 18, 2267: Follow-up visit by USS Enterprise to identify cause of loss of the USS Archon leads to disabling of the Landru computer system. (TOS: "The Return of the Archons")

Unnamed city
- Hall of Audiences (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")
  - Central meeting area between Elders, Landru (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")

Beta III Shipyards (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")
- Starfleet shipyard facility (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")
- Constructed after 2267 (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")