The Halkan homeworld was an inhabited planet in the Halka system. Located in the Alpha Quadrant, this neutral planet was the homeworld of the Halkans, a pacifistic humanoid species. The Halkan homeworld had rich deposits of dilithium.
In 2267, Captain Kirk and some others in the USS Enterprise crew were trying to negotiate rights to mine the dilithium. When they were denied the crystals, they tried to beam up to their ship, but ion storms at the planet caused a transporter malfunction, which displaced Kirk and the others into the mirror universe. When there, they found the Federation crew replaced with a brutal Imperial crew. Spock's counterpart ordered a barrage of Halkan cities. When Kirk heard this, he contacted the Halkan Council and gave them twelve hours to decide, much to Spock's surprise. But Starfleet Command ordered Spock to kill Kirk if he didn't destroy the Halkans by dawn. However, his assassination attempt failed, and afterwards, he helped Kirk and the landing party get back to their universe. (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")
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In the Star Trek Maps, the Halkan homeworld was called Halka II.
In the novels Captain's Peril, Captain's Glory, and Cast No Shadow the Halkan homeworld was called Halkan.
The novel Dark Mirror called the planet Omicron Indi III, while FASA's RPG sourcebook The Federation identified it as the fifth planet in the Nola Boradne system.
External links[]
- Omicron Indi III at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Planets in TOS and TOS Remastered at Ex Astris Scientia