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 2155 (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
Nation
- - 2155 - 2159: United Earth
- 2159 - : Romulan Star Empire
- - 2267 - : 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)

By 2155: United Earth colony established (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
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")

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

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