Murasaki 312

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Murasaki 312AKA: Murasaki Quasar
Type:	Quasar
Status:	Intact (2368)
Location:	Unnamed sector Alpha or Beta Quadrant

Murasaki 312, also known as the Murasaki Quasar, was a quasar-like electromagnetic phenomenon that was located somewhere in the Alpha or Beta Quadrant. It was located three days away from Makus III at warp 1. (TOS: "The Galileo Seven")

History

In 2267, this quasar ionized an entire sector, including four star systems. This quasar, and others like it, generated what was known as the Murasaki Effect.

Sensor readings from the USS Enterprise attempted to describe Murasaki 312:

• Negative ionic concentration – 1.64e9×10⁹ meters
• Radiation wavelength – 370 ångströms
• Harmonics – upward along entire spectrum

Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise was under standing orders to investigate formations similar to Murasaki 312, consequently delaying the Enterprise from a medical supply mission to Makus III and sending the shuttlecraft Galileo to survey the formation. While on this assignment, the Galileo crashed on Taurus II within the formation. (TOS: "The Galileo Seven")

In 2328, this was the destination for passengers traveling from Midos V Satellite City Spaceport via commercial transport. Suzi Shimizu traveled on the SS Manoa, John Van Citters on the SS Kogin, and Dennis McCarthy, Joe Bauer, and David Anderson on the SS Wisconsin. (TNG-R: "Inheritance", okudagram)

In 2367, around stardate 44390.1, the Enterprise-D conducted a long range sensor scan of the Murasaki Quasar. (TNG: "Data's Day")

Stellar cartography

The location of Murasaki 312 on a tactical situation monitor

In 2367, the location of Murasaki 312 was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in Captain Benjamin Maxwell's ready room on the USS Phoenix. (TNG: "The Wounded", okudagram)

In 2368, the location of Murasaki 312 was labeled on a tachyon detection grid on one of the viewscreens of the USS Enterprise-D bridge. (TNG: "Redemption II", okudagram remastered)

In 2366, in an alternate timeline, during the Federation-Klingon War, Murasaki 312's position was labeled on a tactical situation monitor on the bridge and in the ready room of the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise", okudagram)

In Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library, Murasaki 312 was located in the Alpha Quadrant. It was near the Beta Tauri system.

In the script of "The Galileo Seven", Murasaki 312 was initially described physically as "a misty, slowly undulating blue-shining effect. It is gelatinous, shimmery, entirely other-worldly."

Murasaki (紫) was the Japanese word for the gromwell plant as well as being an abbreviation for murasaki-iro (紫色), meaning the color purple (in reference to the dye yielded from the root of the plant). [1] Lady Murasaki Shikibu was also the name traditionally given to the author of The Tale of Genji, often regarded as the world's first novel.

External link

• Murasaki 312 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works