Berengaria VII
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Berengaria VII was a planet in the Alpha Quadrant, the seventh planet in the Berengaria system. It is roughly equivalent to Earth in its Jurassic era. (DS9 novel: Lesser Evil; TNG novel: Q & A)
It orbits a red giant star and is a Class M planet orbited by three moons: Alpha, Beta and Gamma. (ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
Berengaria is the home to Draco Berengarius, an endangered species of dragon-like reptilian animals that is on the Federation's protected species list. (TOS episode: "This Side of Paradise"; ENT episode: "Bound", DS9 novel: Bajor: Fragments and Omens, TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)
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In late 2154, the Earth Starfleet ship Enterprise was assigned to survey Berengaria VII as a possible site for a starbase, and by November of the following year Starbase 1 was under construction and beginning preliminary operations. (ENT episode: "Bound", ENT novel: The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
During the early parts of the Romulan War Berengaria VII was lost to the Romulans and retaken by the Coalition of Planets fairly quickly during the Battle of Berengaria. (ENT novel: The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
Berengaria VII later became a Federation colony world, and subsequently a member world in its own right. (ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
Elias Vaughn was raised on Berengaria VII, where he was once attacked by a Draco Berengarius. (DS9 novel: Bajor: Fragments and Omens)
Several weeks before the beginning of the Dominion War, Kai Winn Adami asked Captain Benjamin Sisko if the United Federation of Planets would be willing to sacrifice Berengaria to save Bajor from the Dominion. (DS9 episode: "In the Cards")
In 2381, the Borg attempted to destroy Berengaria during the Borg Invasion of 2381, but failed. One of the starships defending the planet was the USS Wounded Knee. (TNG novel: Losing the Peace)
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- Berengaria VII article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
