
The location of Altair III on the tactical situation monitor
Altair III was the third planet in the Altair system. The planet was located within Sector 9 of the Alpha Quadrant and was approximately 17 light years from Sol. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")
History[]
In the early 2360s, when the USS Hood visited this system, Lieutenant Commander William T. Riker refused to let Captain Robert DeSoto transport to the surface of Altair III with an away team because he deemed the action as too dangerous. By preventing his captain from beaming down, Riker disobeyed a direct order and risked a general court martial. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", "The Pegasus")
Stellar cartography[]
In 2367, the location of Altair III was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in Captain Benjamin Maxwell's ready room on the USS Phoenix. (TNG: "The Wounded", okudagram)
In 2366, in an alternate timeline, during the Federation-Klingon War, Altair III's position was labeled on a tactical situation monitor on the bridge and in the ready room of the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise", okudagram)
External link[]
- Altair III at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works