Gamma Trianguli VI was a class M planet in the Alpha Quadrant. It was the home world of a humanoid race called the Vaalites, controlled by a computer called Vaal for approximately 10,000 years.
According to one account, 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.
Another chronological estimate maintains that the Vaalites were originally placed on the planet by members of Sargon's race millions (not tens of thousands) of years earlier, with the Vaal computer-entity being tasked with a similar purpose. 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: "Devil Down Below!")
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")
In 2286, during the starship USS Enterprise-A's return mission to the planet, James T. Kirk compared Gamma Trianguli VI to a Genesis Planet. (TOS comic: "Past Perfect")
| planets visited by the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) (2286-2293) | |
|---|---|
| 2286 | Earth • wishing planet • Rontelm • Gamma Trianguli VI • Briar Patch • Christofi IX • Vulcan • Sector 9 Romulan colony • Miraud • Triaminus IV • Endicor • Omicron Ceti IV • Chapin I |
| 2287 | Nimbus III • Sha Ka Ree • New Ketira • Skylord planet • Casmus III • Chronian III • New Brinden • Tau Gamma II • Earth • Yko • Temaris IV • Cetacean Probe homeworld • Vega IX • Calligar homeworld |
| 2288 | Uninhabited chroniton-discovery world • Datugad • Venus • Oyolo • Pavak • Sumno • Claneia I • Karimea • Kristenian world • Rimbor • Needra • Tyrion Defense Zone • Starbase 29 • Dinar IV • Sandar IX • Lerik IV • Skellen III • Horan system • Javik VI • Kurat I • Earth • Sigma Iotia II |
| 2289 | Arbutus VIII • Earth • Pilkor III • Metaga V • Zuyna • Pallas 14 star system • Tree of Life planet • Sumellian-adjacent star system • Sumellian homeworld • Deneva • Quatrin Alpha • Quatrin Beta |
| 2290 | Earth • Tabuka III • Tabuka IV • Epsilon Kitaj • Starbase 99 planet • Arnebius IV • Alpha Darwin • Kondo Nebula • Mardelva • Nirobi III • Thevos • Casmus III • Largo star system • Theata Leonis • Gateway • Calufrax IV • Babel • Gribbin II • Bupahr mining colony • Gamma Kestra • Nara • 'Gi • Zantak Prime • Kreth |
| 2291 | Devidia IV • Musgrave IV • Varba II • Varnex • Mestiko • Tiranax • Earth • Kaskadia IV |
| 2292 | Earth • unnamed asteroid belt |
| 2293 | Rura Penthe • Khitomer • Faramond • Vulcan • Qo'noS • Patelva • Freelan • Pacifica • Rigel V • Duparre Asteroid Belt • Yquitra • Yko • Earth • Alpha Gederix IV • Prestor V • Sigma Draconis Sector • Chal |
External link
- Gamma Trianguli VI article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.