Alpha Crateris, also known as Alkes or 7 Crateris, was a star visible from Earth in the constellation of Crater.
History and specifics[]
Alkes was a giant star, a K class orange star in the galaxy's Beta Quadrant. (ST video game: Starfleet Command III)
- No history or specifics are established for this location in Starfleet Command III gameplay. The system name of Alkes was part of a list that were applied to systems on the game map, with random attributes assigned to them. Certain details about this star's attributes are derived from real astronomy, and the location in Beta Quadrant is derived from the entire Crater constellation's location in that quadrant in ST reference: Star Charts.