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Betazed was an inhabited planet in the Beta Zeta system. This star system was located in the Alpha Quadrant. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds")

This was the homeworld of the Betazoids, a warp-capable humanoid civilization. Multiple Betazoids were known to have served in Starfleet. The planet was run under the supervision of the Betazed government. (TNG: "Manhunt") As of 2367, Betazed was a member world of the United Federation of Planets. (TNG: "First Contact")

Location[]

In 2259, the location of this planet was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the USS Enterprise's ready room viewscreen. This planet's symbol had a blue color, indicating that it was affiliated with the United Federation of Planets. It was already warp-capable at that time and either a member of the Federation or in the process of becoming one. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds", "Children of the Comet", "Spock Amok")

On its way to Kaelon II in late 2367, the USS Enterprise-D passed fairly close to Betazed, enabling Lwaxana Troi to visit the ship. (TNG: "Half a Life")

In 2371, the location of Betazed was labeled in the star chart Data and Jean-Luc Picard were studying in stellar cartography aboard the Enterprise-D. (Star Trek Generations, display graphic)

Deep Space 9 was quite far from Betazed, although a transport from the station often left for the planet. (DS9: "The Muse")

The planet's location was labeled in a Federation star chart that was in Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy's office at Starfleet Headquarters in 2399 and on the bridge of the USS Titan-A in 2401. Betazed was in or near to Federation space. (PIC: "Maps and Legends", "The Next Generation", "Disengage")

In 3189, the location of Betazed was denoted on a holographic star chart of the galaxy at Federation Headquarters. (DIS: "Scavengers")

History[]

Main article: Betazed history
Betazed garden 2

A garden on Betazed and...

Betazed garden

... its resident flora

By the 2250s, the Betazeds had become a warp-capable civilization. By 2259, they had or were in the process of being inducted into the Federation. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds")

In 23rd century, con man Harry Mudd robbed a bank on Betazed. Using a time crystal, Mudd was able to learn everything about the bank's complex security measures, a fact he bragged about to Ash Tyler during their imprisonment in 2256. (DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")

In the mirror universe, Emperor Philippa Georgiou and Captain Sylvia Tilly conquered the Betazoids together sometime prior to 2256. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")

In 2350, Captain Jean-Luc Picard received the Betazoid Loyalties award for his work in assisting developing worlds. (PIC: "Remembrance")

In 2364, Counselor Deanna Troi took a shuttle from Starbase G-6 to Betazed. (TNG: "Hide And Q")

The Betazed Federation ambassador during the 2360s and '70s was Lwaxana Troi, daughter of the Fifth House, holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed. (TNG: "Angel One", "Manhunt"; DS9: "The Forsaken")

Betazed took part at the Pacifica conference in 2365 and hosted the biennial Trade Agreements Conference in the following year. (TNG: "Manhunt", "Ménage à Troi")

As of 2369, Vash was unwelcome (persona non grata in Q's words) on Betazed. (DS9: "Q-Less")

During the Dominion War in 2374, Betazed was invaded by the Dominion from the Kalandra sector. The Federation Tenth Fleet had been assigned to defend Betazed and its outlying colonies, but was caught out of position on a training exercise. The obsolete and undermanned planetary defense system was overwhelmed, and the planet fell in under ten hours. With Betazed captured, other nearby worlds, including Vulcan, Tellar, Alpha Centauri, and Andor, were at risk of Dominion attack. (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight")

Near the end of 2374, the Second Fleet struck the Dominion forces occupying Betazed three times in a single month. However, each time the Dominion sent reinforcements and fortified their surface positions. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

In an early revision of the final draft script of "Extreme Measures" (when the episode was titled "Night Tremors"), Betazed was referred to as a subject of surveillance by Section 31 as of 2375, with multiple Section 31 operatives serving there. Evidently, this was ultimately rewritten as a reference to Qo'noS instead.

Betazed was eventually freed from Dominion control by at least 2375. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind", Star Trek Nemesis)

According to the novel The Battle of Betazed, the Betazoids were finally able to drive the Jem'Hadar away by the application of a highly dangerous, offensive form of empathy. There was also a less risky but far more cruel telepathic way of handling the Jem'Hadar, but the Betazoids rejected this solution, since it would have cost them their peaceful culture.

In 2379, Will Riker and Deanna Troi planned to have a traditional Betazoid wedding ceremony on this planet and then spend their honeymoon at Betazed's Opal Sea. (Star Trek Nemesis)

In Brad Boimler's 2381 holonovel Crisis Point II: Paradoxus, Betazed was one of the worlds labeled on the star map tattooed on Illustor's loose skin. (LD: "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus")

Jack Crusher, under his alias "Jack Canby", was charged with the distribution of illegal firearms on Betazed in the late 24th century. (PIC: "Disengage")

Environment[]

Betazed, near Lake El'nar

The surface of Betazed near Lake El-Nar

Betazed was consistently described as a lush, beautiful world. The planet's climate varied from dense jungles to wide canyons and cliffs. Many of the major continents were dotted with lakes.

The planet was devoid of ionized beryllium and gadolinium-154. (DIS: "Erigah")

Geography[]

Janaran Falls

A carving of the Janaran Falls

According to a deleted line from "Barge of the Dead", the Sea of Gatan was also on Betazed.

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Background information[]

According to the script for "Q-Less", the pronunciation for Betazed was "BAY-tuh-zed". [1]

The original non-remastered planet model for Betazed was first used for Mintaka III in TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers". It was later used for Barkon IV in TNG: "Thine Own Self".

The scenes on Betazed in "Ménage à Troi" were originally written with studio filming in mind as their shooting locale, because the notion of using filming locations was at first prohibited for the episode. When more money became available, however, this plan was revised, with a day of location shooting planned instead. (Starburst, Special #29, p. 57) The footage was ultimately filmed at the Huntington Library Botanical Gardens in Pasadena, California, where "Justice" had also been filmed two and half years earlier. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, 2nd ed., pp. 40 & 128)

According to Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 33), Betazed was the fifth planet in the Betazed (Beta Zeta) system. The official name of the government was the Fifth House of Betazed, which governed this planet from the capital city of Rixx. Betazed was admitted into the United Federation of Planets in 2273. As reported in the census of 2370, the planet was populated with 1.3 billion Betazoids living there. Betazoids had been warp-capable since antiquity. Major attractions on this world included Lake Cataria, Janaran Falls, and the University of Betazed.

The Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 1, p. 81 classified Betazed as a class M planet.

Apocrypha[]

Alternately, The Worlds of the Federation places the Betazoid homeworld, called Cyndriel, as the fifth planet in the Beta Veldonna system. The Star Trek: The Next Generation First Year Sourcebook puts Betazed as the second planet in the Beta system, and Planets of the UFP describes Betazed as the second planet in the Betazed system, with its capital city being Medara. The Worlds sourcebook places Betazed as the third planet in its system.

The Star Trek: Federation Travel Guide describes local attractions including the University of Betazed (with classes open to visitors), Janaran Falls, and the ornate mansions of Betazed's "exalted houses" - especially the Fifth House. Restaurants include "The Oskoid" with its vegetarian menu and "Apolloni's Retreat" with its uttaberry pudding. The recommended lodging option is "The Mountain House" at Lake Cataria, allows visitors a view of beautiful sunsets and swimming during the appropriate season. A Betazoid key phrase is "May good fortune attend you."

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