Beta Portolan was a star system, located in or near the 23rd century boundaries of Federation space in the galaxy's Alpha or Beta Quadrants.
History and specifics[]
The Beta Portolan system's orbit was the location of a number of worlds, including two worlds that were formerly inhabited by intelligent lifeforms. (TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows)
Beta Portolan was attacked by blastoneuron neural parasites. (TOS episode: "Operation -- Annihilate!")
The Beta Portolan civilizations were annihilated in the 19th century. (Decipher RPG module: Worlds)
A straight line between Beta Portolan and Deneva would pass through Levinius, Theta Cygni, and Ingraham B. (TOS episode: "Operation -- Annihilate!")
In the 2260s decade, archeologists excavated ancient ruins from both cultures, though they did not uncover the cause of their extinctions. In the year 2267, Spock deduced from additional evidence that the system's civilizations had been wiped out by the parasites. (TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows, TOS episode: "Operation -- Annihilate!")
Beta Portolan was plotted in an explored galaxy star chart visible in 2293 inside Captain James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-A. (TOS movie: The Undiscovered Country)
In 2364, this explored galaxy star chart was also visible at Starfleet Headquarters. (TNG episode: "Conspiracy")
- The stellar notation using the Greek language letter "beta" indicates that there might be a star group or constellation of some sort named "Portolan", of which Beta Portolan would logically be indicated to be the second most prominent star or system.
System makeup[]
- 2 formerly inhabited worlds
Appendices[]
Connections[]
| explored galaxy map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| states and organizations | First Federation • Tholian Assembly | 
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| regions | Kling • Romulan Neutral Zone • Sarpeid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stars and systems | Aldeberan • Alpha Carinae • Alpha Centuri • Alpha Majoris • Beta Aurigae • Beta Geminorum • Beta Lyrae • Beta Niobe • Beta Portalan • Capella • Deneb • Eminiar • Fabrina • Gamma Trianguli • Ingraham B • Omega Cygni • Orion • Pallas 14 • Phylos • Regulus • Rigel • Sirius • Sol • Talos • Tau Ceti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| planets and planetoids | Alfa 177 • Altair VI • Andor • Arret • Ariannus • Babel • Benecia • Berengaria VII • Camus II • Canopus III • Daran V • Gamma Canaris N • Holberg 917G • Janus VI • Kzin • Lactra VII • Makus III • Marcos XII • Marnak IV • Memory Alpha • Mudd • Omega IV • Organia • Pollux IV • Psi 2000 • Pyrix VII • Remus • Romulus • Theta III • Vulcan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[]
- TOS movie: The Undiscovered Country
- TOS episode: "Operation -- Annihilate!"
- TNG episode: "Conspiracy"
- TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows
- FASA RPG module: Star Trek III Sourcebook Update
- Decipher RPG module: Worlds
External link[]
- Beta Portolan article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.