Lactra

Lactra is a star with an associated star system comprised of nine planets and eight moons. It is the home system of the Lactran race and their homeworld of Lactra VII. 

Location and specifics
The system was located in the vicinity of Epsilon Scorpii. That was a real-world star located in the Scorpius constellation of the Beta Quadrant. 

Lactra was either a G4 yellow star or a red giant.


 * James T. Kirk called it a G4 star in his captain's log in the novelization. listed it as a red giant. Yellow and red orbs were both visible in the Lactra VII sky in .

History
In 2269, the SS (survey ship/scout) was assigned to survey Lactra, but Starfleet lost contact with the crew. Six weeks later the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) entered the system and located Ariel abandoned in orbit of Lactra VII. 

Three Lactrans traveled aboard the Enterprise on a quest to capture a jawanda for the Lactra VII zoo. When the starship returned two to three months later, it was accompanied by six moons — Drasid, Lethiq, Lathoq, Mett One, Mett Two and Oj from the planet Boqu II in the Boquian system. The moons followed behind the starship by way of ancient gravitic engines that not only propelled the satellites as fast as warp three, but also had ensnared one of the cosmozoan jawandas. After safely depositing the lifeform in polar orbit of Lactra VII, the Enterprise and the moons returned to Boqu II. 

System makeup

 * Lactra (primary)
 * Lactra I
 * Lactra II
 * Lactra III
 * Lactra IV
 * Lactra V (1 moon)
 * Lactra VI (3 moons)
 * Lactra VII (2 moons)
 * Lactra VIII (2 moons)
 * Lactra IX

Only the seventh planet supported life. The system did not have an asteroid belt. 

Appearances

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