Ceti Alpha

The Ceti Alpha system is a star system located in the Mutara Sector of the Beta Quadrant. The primary star of the system is Ceti Alpha and it was orbited by at least six planets, the fifth being capable of supporting life.

In 2267, the USS Enterprise deposited Khan Noonien Singh and the survivors from the SS Botany Bay on Ceti Alpha V, following their attempt to seize control of the Enterprise. Although it was a lush planet that they could thrive upon, that all changed six months later when Ceti Alpha VI exploded and destroyed all terrain and animal life on Ceti Alpha V. (TOS episode: "Space Seed", and movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).


 * Note: The novelization of The Wrath of Khan by Vonda N. McIntyre refers to the system as Alpha Ceti. However this has been retconned in the reprint in Duty, Honor, Redemption in 2003.

Planets and Local Bodies

 * Ceti Alpha
 * Ceti Alpha I
 * Ceti Alpha II
 * Ceti Alpha III
 * Ceti Alpha IV
 * Ceti Alpha V
 * Ceti Alpha VI