Alpha Centauri

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Alpha Centauri was a trinary star system consisting of the three companion stars Rigil Kentaurus, Quindar and Proxima. At a little over four light years distant, this is the closest star system to Earth in the Sol system. By the 24th century, the system's three inhabited planets and various space stations and outposts supported a population of over 21 billion sentient individuals. (TOS reference: Star Fleet Technical Manual; ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation; TOS novels: Crisis on Centaurus, Time for Yesterday)

The Federation worlds here are sometimes also referred to simply as Alpha Centauri. According to Starfleet Intelligence outpost maps, this system's coordinates are 1.27N 2.92W, placing it in the Starfleet Intelligence sector 1. (RPG reference: Star Fleet Intelligence Manual)

During the Dominion War, Alpha Centauri was a pivotal planet in the Federation's defense, with its supply lines to Vulcan being the Federation's "life's blood", as Admiral Sitak told Benjamin Sisko in 2374. Captain Sisko thought it was a mistake to devote so many ships to protect them from the Jem'Hadar in a bid to "defend our way to victory". (DS9 novelization: ...Sacrifice of Angels)

Later that year, Alpha Centauri, along with Vulcan, Andor and Tellar Prime, were threatened by the fall of Betazed to the Dominion. (DS9 episode: "In the Pale Moonlight")

[edit] Star system

• Rigil Kentaurus (A) and Quindar (B)*, binary pair
  • Alpha Centauri I
  • Behemoth (Alpha Centauri II)
  • Alpha Centauri III
    • one moon
  • Alpha Centauri IV (Centaurus)
    • two moons
  • Alpha Centauri V
    • two moons
  • Alpha Centauri VI
    • eight moons
  • Alpha Centauri VII (Al Rijil, the Alpha Centauri planet)
  • Alpha Centauri VIII
  • Alpha Centauri IX
  • Alpha Centauri X
  • Alpha Centauri XI
  • Alpha Centauri XII
  • Alpha Centauri XIII
  • Proxima (C), third star component
• Quindar (B)
  • Perry
  • Lane
  • Kent
  • Olson

[edit] See also

• Alpha Centauri colony

[edit] External links

• Alpha Centauri article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Alpha Centauri article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.