The Pleiades Cluster.
Known space map showing Pleiades.
The Pleiades Cluster was a grouping of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. They were easily visible from Mars. The name was given by Terrans. (VOY episode: "Lifesigns"; ST website: StarTrek.com)
History and specifics[]
The cluster contained thousands of stars. (Decipher RPG module: Narrator's Guide)
It was located in the central Orion Arm of the galaxy. The cluster featured a number of young blue supergiant stars. It spectacularly filled half the night sky of the plant Kartikeya. (TLE novel: The Buried Age)
Starbase 47 was 315.7 light years away from the cluster. (VAN novel: Storming Heaven)
In 2364 the USS Enterprise was on a mapping mission of the cluster before being diverted to Velara III. (TNG episode: "Home Soil")
The Doctor pointed out the Pleaides to Denara Pel when they participated in a romantic holodeck program of a drive on Mars. (VOY episode: "Lifesigns")
In culture[]
In the 24th century, Professor Walter Horne wrote a popular novel called Tears of the Pleiades. (Last Unicorn RPG - SA module: Starfleet Academy Handbook)
On Deep Space 9, Jake Sisko and Nog played a holographic program called Pirates of the Pleiades. (DS9 - YA novel: The Pet)
Appendices[]
References[]
- TAS - Log Five novelization: The Pirates of Orion
- TNG episode: "Home Soil"
- TOS novel: The Kobayashi Maru
- VOY episode: "Lifesigns"
- ST reference: Science Logs
- TOS - SA novel: The Gemini Agent
- Decipher RPG module: Narrator's Guide
- TLE novel: The Buried Age
- VAN novel: Storming Heaven
- ST reference: Star Charts
- ST website: StarTrek.com
External links[]
- Pleiades Cluster article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Pleiades Cluster article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.