The Malurian system, also known as Maluria or Epsilon Fornacis, was an inhabited planetary system in the Beta Quadrant.
This was the home system of the extinct Malurians. (TOS: "The Changeling"; SNW: "Strange New Worlds")
Components[]
Stellar system[]
This was a binary star system.
The primary of this system was Epsilon Fornacis A. This G-type subgiant's companion Epsilon Fornacis B was a much smaller star, visually obscured by the larger Epsilon Fornacis A when the system was viewed from far away. (ENT: "Cold Front")
Planetary system[]
In this system, there were at least four planets. One of these planets was the homeworld for the Malurians, a warp-capable humanoid species. (ENT: "Civilization"; TOS: "The Changeling")
History[]
Garos, a Malurian found operating on the Akaali homeworld in 2151, claimed to have come from the system in a survey mission. (ENT: "Civilization")
In the last census before 2267, four billion people were counted in the system.
Prior to stardate 3541, the Federation had sent a science team, led by Dr. Manway, to the system. This team had a special transmitter for emergency situations.
In 2267, Dr. Manway sent a routine report. A week later, a distress call was sent from this system by the Malurians. The closest starship to this system, the USS Enterprise, responded to the call. It was determined, by the Enterprise, that the Malurian civilization as well as Dr. Manway's team had been destroyed by the probe Nomad, leaving the system lifeless. (TOS: "The Changeling")
In 2328, this system was home to the Malurian System Medical Station. (TNG-R: "Inheritance")
Stellar cartography[]
The Malurian system was visible from Earth in the constellation Fornax. This system was approximately 104 light years from Sol.
In the 2150s, this system's position was labeled on an United Earth star chart which was displayed in several crew and guest quarters aboard the Enterprise. (Star Trek: Enterprise, set decoration))
In 2259, the location of Maluria was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the USS Enterprise's ready room viewscreen. This system's symbol had a blue color, indicating that it was affiliated with the United Federation of Planets. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds", "Children of the Comet", "Spock Amok")
On stardate 1292.4, the location of this system was labeled in a chart used during a Section 31 Alpha Team briefing. (Star Trek: Section 31)
The system'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. Maluria was in or near to Federation space. (PIC: "Maps and Legends", "The Next Generation", "Disengage")
In 2401, this system's position was labeled on a star chart used by Captain William T. Riker during his attempt at finding the last known location of the SS Eleos XII. (PIC: "The Next Generation")
In 3190, the location of Maluria was labeled on a star chart used by Commander Paul Stamets for tracking the movement of the Dark Matter Anomaly through the galaxy. (DIS: "The Examples")
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Background information[]
Information on this system was derived from the episodes and films, the reference works Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library, and real-world sources. The reference works were used extensively in the creation of star charts seen in Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Lower Decks. The real-world information added to the article was current as of 2025.
The star chart seen in the series Star Trek: Enterprise made its first appearance in Crewman Daniels quarters in "Cold Front". It was also seen in several other episodes of the series, from 2151 to 2154. (For more information, see Federation star charts#United Earth Alpha/Beta star chart)
Apocrypha[]
In FASA's RPG sourcebook The Federation, the Malurian system was called Omega Cygni (β).
External links[]
- Maluria at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Epsilon Fornacis at Wikipedia
- Subgiant at Wikipedia