Tau Ceti III, also known as Kaferia, was the inhabited third planet in the Tau Ceti system. This planet was located in the Alpha Quadrant and was approximately 12 light years from Sol. This was the homeworld of the Kaferians. (TNG: "The Naked Now", "The Big Goodbye", production art)
History[]
Prior to stardate 41775, Jean-Luc Picard first met Walker Keel at "quite an exotic" bar on Tau Ceti III. (TNG: "Conspiracy")
Stellar cartography[]
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. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds", "Spock Amok", "A Quality of Mercy")
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 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. Kaferia was in or near to Federation space. (PIC: "Maps and Legends", "The Next Generation", "Disengage")
In 2401, the location of Kaferia was labeled on a star chart that was seen on the USS Stargazer's bridge viewscreen. The chart was used to show the location of the combined Starfleet-Borg armada and where it needed to go to face a galactic-level threat. (PIC: "Farewell")
Later that year, this planet'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")
| Tau Ceti system |
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| Tau Ceti |
| Tau Ceti Prime • Tau Ceti III • Tau Ceti IV |
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Background information[]
In the script at Star Trek Minutiae for "Conspiracy", Tau Ceti III was listed in the pronunciation guide, where it was pronounced as "tow (rhymes with cow)- set-ee 3".
Both the Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 44) and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"), identified the Kaferia (Tau Ceti) system as a Federation system, with Tau Ceti III being listed as a Federation member in 2378.
Apocrypha[]
In The Worlds of the Federation (p. 112), Tau Ceti III was also known as Kaferia and to the natives as Kohath-Seredi. It was the planet of origin for the Kaferian apples and the Kaferians, an insectoid species. Kaferia and Kaferians were also mentioned in various other reference works and novels, and Kaferians were made canon when a labeled illustration from the FASA RPG module The Federation was used in an okudagram seen in "The Big Goodbye". The Kaferian apple planet was alluded to in "Where No Man Has Gone Before", and it was mentioned that Gary Mitchell visited it multiple times, but it was not named in the episode.
The novel Tower of Babel distinguished Outer Kaferia (Tau Ceti IV), which was a Human colony from Inner Kaferia (Tau Ceti III), the homeworld of the insectoid Kaferians. Both planets were named after the Kaferi family who were the system's first explorers and settlers. Tau Ceti III and IV were conquered by the Romulans during the Earth-Romulan War, but the Kaferians managed to escape the occupation by hibernating underground.
External link[]
- Kaferia at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works