London

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London was the capital city of England and the United Kingdom on Earth.

Contents 1 History 1.1 23rd century 1.2 24th century 2 Real World 3 External links

[edit] History

During the outbreak of the Black Death in England in the mid-12th century, 11% of the city's population died. (TOS novel: The Entropy Effect)

The London Kings played at Battersea Stadium in the Battersea area of London, until the end of professional baseball in 2042. (TOS/TNG novel: Federation)

London was one of the cities affected by the nuclear attacks of 2053. (TLE novel: The Sundered)

The severity of the attack was not specified. Either the city was rebuilt, or (more likely) the attacks struck nearby but not in the city proper, leaving London damaged but not completely destroyed.

In June of 2078, London was engulfed in riots against the Optimum Movement, which had taken political control of England in 2075. Zefram Cochrane visited London in 2078, and while there, was taken into custody, along with astronomer Sir John Burke and Monica Burke, by Colonel Adrik Thorsen. (TOS/TNG novel: Federation)

[edit] 23rd century

When making a planet wide sweep of Earth, this city was missing. Which further added to Mr. Spock's hypothesis the Enterprise entered a new timeline. (TOS novel: First Frontier)

[edit] 24th century

Dr. Sheila Thatcher was raised in London. (TNG video game: Away Team)

It was customary for new members of the Federation Council to be invited to dine in the halls of London's Buckingham Palace. President Min Zife was attending this dinner in 2379 when he was informed of a looming crisis on Tezwa. (TNG novel: A Time to Kill)

An annual reception for selected Council members, called the London Dinner, was also held in London. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation)

London was also the site of the Embassy of Alpha Centauri on Earth. A reception was hosted by Federation Councillor Huang Chaoying in 2374, during a military conference to determine deployments during the Dominion War, at which noted peace activist Tomas Roeder and military advisor Elim Garak were in attendance. Roeder died unexpectedly later that evening. (DS9 novel: Hollow Men)

London was the location of the offices for the Times, and their political reporter Edmund Atkinson. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation)

The Loknar-class starship USS London was named for this location. (TOS roleplay module: Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

[edit] Real World

The current publisher of Star Trek books, Pocket Books, has offices in London.

[edit] External links

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