Alpha Centauri III

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)
    • 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)