Beta XII-A

Beta XII-A was the uninhabited Class M twelfth planet in the Beta Leonis Minoris system. This Beta Quadrant planet was located in a sector that was near the Federation-Klingon border from the 23rd to 25th centuries. The planet was approximately 154 light years from Sol.

History[]

In 2268, the crew of the USS Enterprise answered a distress call from a colony. There were a hundred men, women, and children in this colony. According to the distress call, they were under attack by an unidentified starship. When a Klingon battle cruiser was detected approaching this planet, Captain James T. Kirk assumed that the Klingons were responsible for the attack. The Klingons steadfastly denied any involvement in the destruction of the colony.

The incident was later determined to be a fabrication created by an entity to incite a feud between the crews of the Enterprise and the Klingon battle cruiser. (TOS: "Day of the Dove")

Stellar cartography[]

In 2256, this planet was mentioned with Beta Leonis Minoris's name on the star chart "Alpha/Beta Quadrant Overview" in the ready room aboard the USS Discovery. (DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")

For the pre-remastered episode, the planet model for Alpha Carinae II was first used for Capella IV ("Friday's Child"). It was used again for Neural ("A Private Little War", Triskelion ("The Gamesters of Triskelion"), Kelvan planet ("By Any Other Name"), Ekos ("Patterns of Force"), Alpha Carinae II ("The Ultimate Computer"), Triacus ("And the Children Shall Lead"), and unnamed planet ("Is There in Truth No Beauty?") and for the Medusan homeworld ("Is There in Truth No Beauty?"). It was used later for the Kalandan outpost ("That Which Survives"), Elba II ("Whom Gods Destroy"), and Sarpeidon ("All Our Yesterdays"). For the remastered episode, a new planet model was created by an unknown CGI artist.

The Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 1, p. 81 classified Beta XII-A as a class M planet.

The current location of Beta XII-A in the Beta Quadrant was based on the most recent star charts seen in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Section 31.

External links[]

Beta XII-A at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Planets in TOS and TOS Remastered at Ex Astris Scientia