Gamma Trianguli VI

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Gamma Trianguli VI was a class M planet in the Alpha Quadrant. It was the home world of a humanoid race, controlled by a computer called Vaal for approximately 10,000 years.

The world was inhabited by the a small faction of settlers from the planet Arret who, after seeing the devastation wrought on their world, decided to prevent the potential of happening to their newly adopted home. To accomplish this, they stored their collective knowledge within the supercomputer known as Vaal which wiped the memories of the settlers past. The computer was then charged with guiding the inhabitants while ensuring that they never advanced to the state where they could threaten to destroy the world itself.

Despite appearing as a stable living planet, Gamma Trianguli VI was a synthetic world that was held together by Vaal. Without the guidance of the computer, the planet would have self destructed. (TOS comic: "The Feeders of...Spock?")

James T Kirk compared Gamma Trianguli VI to a Genesis Planet.

Gamma Trianguli VI was visited by the USS Enterprise in 2267, at which time Captain James T. Kirk destroyed Vaal. (TOS episode: "The Apple")

Commodore Julius Merrill compared the situation on Gamma Trianguli VI to another world he had visited circa 2237. (TOS short story: "Fracture")

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