Antares maelstrom

The Antares maelstrom is an area of extreme radioactivity located inside the Antares system.

The use of the phrase Antares maelstrom is seen as a curse in the Federation. In 2268, an exasperated Ambassador Zarv used it as such when Captain Kirk stop to help an alien vessel in distress, instead of rushing to an urgent diplomatic mission in the Ammdon system. In 2285, Khan Noonien Singh vowed that he would chase Kirk into the Antares maelstrom before he would gave up his quest for revenge. (TOS novel: Mutiny on the Enterprise, and [[movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).