New Mexico is an area located in the United States of America, in North America on the planet Earth.
History and specifics[]
In 1926, a folsom point arrowhead was discovered in New Mexico. In 2266, Spock recalled the archeological discovery when Reese Latimer was killed by a giant spear with a similar tip. (TOS episode & novelization: The Galileo Seven)
In the 1930s decade, severe dust storms prevented farming in New Mexico and other plains states, making life there a struggle. (TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows)
In 1947, a Ferengi ship carrying Quark, Rom, Nog, and Odo — who had hidden on board the ship to catch Quark in the act of smuggling kemacite — crashed in the desert near Roswell after accidentally traveling 400 years back into the past. (DS9 episode: "Little Green Men")
The San Lobos Atomic Research Facility, headquarters for the 1970s-era Project Hercules, was located near the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. (TOS - Star Trek: Assignment: Earth comic: "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns")
In December 1984, Gary Seven offered to set up Wilson Evergreen with a new identity in New Mexico after the immortal had been stabbed to "death" by a young Khan Noonien Singh and then revived. (TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1)
Nick Keller grew up on a ranch in New Mexico. (TOS - New Earth novel: Challenger)
In the 2270s, Hikaru Sulu spent a winter in New Mexico. He recalled the dry, cold winter air while visiting Desert Station on Belle Terre a few years later in 2279. (TOS - New Earth novel: Rough Trails)
Lieutenant Commander Worf had an ancient west holodeck program in which he portrayed an Ancient West sheriff tracking stagecoach thieves through the New Mexico desert. (DS9 comic: "Unhappy Trails")
Prior to 2370, Benjamin Sisko and Jake Sisko went camping in New Mexico's high country. (DS9 novels: YA, Gypsy World)
- In the continuity of the novel The Final Reflection, at least some of New Mexico's territory has been incorporated into a new state named Cibola.
Points of interest[]
- Alamogordo (TOS - New Earth novel: Rough Trails)
- Albuquerque
- Gordon Cooper Interplanetary Spaceport
- Roswell
- Santa Fe (TOS - New Earth novel: Challenger)
- Thorn Bluff (TOS - New Earth novel: Challenger)
- Upham, Sierra County
- White Sands Test Range (TOS - New Earth novel: Rough Trails)
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Geographical regions of the United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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States and districts | Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Cibola • Colorado • District of Columbia • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Guam • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Puerto Rico • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geographical and cultural regions | Midwest • New England • Pacific Northwest • The South |
External links[]
- New Mexico article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- New Mexico article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.