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Ceti Alpha (also known as Menkar or Alpha Ceti) is a star with an associated star system of five planets and an extensive asteroid belt. Ceti Alpha is located in or near Federation space in the Beta Quadrant's Mutara sector, and is visible from Sol in the Cetus constellation.

In 2267, the USS Enterprise deposited Khan Noonien Singh and the survivors from the SS Botany Bay on Ceti Alpha V, following their attempt to seize control of the Enterprise. Although it was a lush planet that they could thrive upon, that all changed six months later when Ceti Alpha VI exploded and destroyed all terrain and animal life on Ceti Alpha V. (TOS episode & novelization: Space Seed; TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Wrath of Khan; ENT episode: "Twilight"; TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh)

Following Ceti Alpha VI's accidental destruction by a top secret research team on starbase 47-Vanguard, Starfleet forged new charts of the Ceti Alpha system to cover up their experiments, pretending that Ceti Alpha V was actually Ceti Alpha IV. (VAN novel: Storming Heaven)

In terms of spacelane access, Ceti Alpha was located in the general vicinity of Detria, Altair and Bolarus. (ST video game: Conquest)

Ceti Alpha was part of the battle map of Conquest. The novelization of The Wrath of Khan by Vonda N. McIntyre referred to the system as its real-life scientific name Alpha Ceti until the work was reprinted in Duty, Honor, Redemption in 2003. In TNG video game: Birth of the Federation, the orbital configuration of the game map star systems was randomly generated each time a new game started.

System[]

  • Ceti Alpha (primary)

Appendices[]

ST reference: Star Charts does not render Ceti Alpha in the real world location of Alpha Ceti. Instead the location is consistent with Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385 (lower-right) of Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library.


Connections[]

Stars, systems and objects of the Cetus constellation
13 CetiCeti Alpha (Menkar) • Cetus systemChi Ceti ADeneb Kaitos (Beta-16 Ceti) • Gamma Ceti (Kaffaljidhma: Gamma Ceti I, Gamma Ceti I-A, Gamma Ceti I-B) • Epsilon Ceti (Risa) • Mu Ceti (Niburon) • NGC 321 (Eminiar: Eminiar VIIVendikar) • NGC 994 (AleriadAzherilEruna) • Nimori CetiOmicron Ceti (Mira) • Sigma CetiTau Ceti (Kaferia)
Gamma Orionis sector block
Bellatrix sector BellatrixMutara NebulaVorn
Cestus sector Cestus system (Cestus III) • Hotep system
Galdonterre sector Alini system • Galdonterre system (Galdonterre) • Kessik system • Sibiran system
Mutara sector Ceti Alpha system • Mutara Nebula (Mutara system) • Noro system • Scalos systemTRD0720 system • Quadra Sigma system
Augments faction stars and star systems
primary universe temporal anomaly crisis Augments faction Ceti AlphaRegula Augments faction icon image.
Kelvin timeline Augments faction DuraianaGealanIfrea-3IlmatarKor Na RonLydanOlassaOrda-877ParadaneRainsfordRaddanRona TanTera LaraTerazon-X31VellamoYarda Augments faction icon image.
Alpha and Beta Quadrant stars and star systems (C)
C-71C-111CaberhardtCada-XCaerulumCainCairnaCalariCalibusCalidanCaliphCalkaCalthosCalufraxCalydonCambelianCambraCameron VortexCamporCamusCandelaCandelarCandessaCandidaCantonCantosCantrelCaoCapernaCapulonCaretaCarmara 712CarmolCarmunCarnerCarrayaCarrekCarsiukCarxalCasiusCasmusCaspanCaspanCasparaCassandraCassiaCassiopeia DeltaCastaraCastellaCastoraCastraCastrolaCatraCatullaCatzaraCawleyCebranaCeladaCelethCelosCelsorCemesiCenturiCephalusCephenesCepheusCerberusCerebusCeriunCerkekCerkerCernenCernialCerralCersiunCersolCertax AlphaCerzomCerzosCeti AncitesCetsaCetsuo's FollyCetusCevrincChadricChaj DaqChalaChalburnaChandraChapinCharbiCharulhCharybdisChaviraChazronCheron VIChi FeronisChi GorgoniChi RhoChi ScorpiiChiaraChiarosChibrexChimenorChirothChIyt'IyqCholmondeleyChononCho'porChorenChorixChotegh ngIyevChristofiChronianChronisterChrysalisChrysonChumbraChunI'HuqChurchillCidasiCillersCintarCirceCirokCita LagaCitoClaneiaClara NieveClarke's AbyssClarke's StarCleonClytomenesCodis AlphaCodis BetaCodis DeltaCodis EpsilonCodis EtaCodis GammaCodis IotaCodis KappaCodis LambdaCodis MuCodis NuCodis OmicronCodis PiCodis ThetaCodis XiCodis ZetaCogenColistarrCollodaComarConiraConstinaConvoraCopernicusCorCoramCordanaCorderaCordivalCorianCorillCorolaCor'tekCorosCorrekCorsenCorvidaeCossinaCostaraCotrokCromiaCryblonCrytoktsC'tinaiaCulunCuralonCygniCygnia MirosCygni OraCygnusCymkoeCymonCynurCyonisCyrus Alpha and Beta Quadrant icon image.
Alpha Quadrant stars and systems (C) CaitCaldikCapellaCapricorn ArdayCardassiaCebelraiCeltrisCharaChi HerculisChin'tokaClarusCor CaroliCorwinCuellarCygnia MinorCzar'ak Alpha Quadrant icon image.
Beta Quadrant stars and systems (C) CalbridenCalderCaldosCanis MinorisCanopusCarinae DeltaCastorCestusCetiCeti AlphaChaltokCheron systems: Cheron (83 Leonis) (Cheron A, Cheron B) • Cheron (Omicron Gruis)Chi-1 OrionisChil'KoChi'tanCJ-884ChironChiron BetaChortCiatellaCimeraCiriniCoridanCorvusCursaCygnet Beta Quadrant icon image.

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