Cheron

Facts

• Primary: 83 Leonis B
• System name: 83 Leonis B V
• Class M
• Essentially uninhabited (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Formerly home to the Cheronian civliization (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
  • Ecosystem totally wiped out by plague, down to microorganism level; only shells of buildings and nonfunctional technology left by 2155 (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Population:
  • ~5,000 (2155) (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Site of small Romulan outpost mid-22nd century
  • 2 (2268) (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
    • Bele and Lokai

History

• c.45,000 BCE: Cheronian civilization goes extinct, excepting the individuals Bele and Lokai (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
• 2160: The Earth-Romulan War concludes with the Battle of Cheron (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru; TNG: "The Defector")
  • World is ceded to the Federation following the end of the war