M24 Alpha system was an inhabited planetary system in the Alpha or Beta Quadrant. This system was located in what Montgomery Scott, chief engineer of the USS Enterprise, described as an "empty sector". This system consisted of a trinary sun and the planet Triskelion. This planet was the homeworld of the Providers and the Thralls.
Stellar cartography[]
M24 Alpha was located some 11.630 light years from the Federation-controlled Gamma system. (TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion")
In 2371, the location of M24 Alpha was labeled on the star chart Data and Picard were studying in stellar cartography on the USS Enterprise-D. (Star Trek Generations, okudagram)
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Background information[]
The 13 October 1967 review of the script by de Forest Research panned the name M24 Alpha, stating: "Antiquated astronomical nomenclature used letter M to mean magnetic cloud. Such "clouds" have since been proven to be extra-galactic star clusters. And Star Trek Guide says series is not to journey outside our galaxy. A star system would be designated by Greek letter and constellation name (Mu Andro-medae), or by New General Catalogue (NGC) number, or by star name, real or imaginary."
Apocrypha[]
In the Star Trek Maps (p. 27), Triskelion was the second planet in the system.
External link[]
- M24 Alpha at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works