Altair III

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Altair III
Type:	Planet
Status:	Intact (2367)
Location:	Altair system Sector 9 Alpha Quadrant ~17 light years from Sol

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)

This planet's quadrant of origin was inferred based on the position of its star system as seen in the star chart appearing in the Star Trek: Picard episode "Maps and Legends". The sector where this system was located was mentioned in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Amok Time".

In Gene Roddenberry and D.C. Fontana's final draft script of "Encounter at Farpoint", the planet was originally named Altair IV.

"AL-tair" was the pronunciation for this planet's name from the script pronunciation guide for "Prophet Motive".

External link

• Altair III at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works