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| Delta Vega was an uninhabited planet, a desolate world, slightly smaller than Earth. The planet was rich in crystals and minerals. | | Delta Vega I is a crystal and mineral rich Class-L planet slightly smaller than Sol III and located in the region of space now classified as the [[Sagittarius Reach]]. It is located several days from the [[Galactic Barrier]] at impulse speed and was once the site of an automated lithium mining and cracking station owned by the Galactic Mining Corporation that was abandoned in the middle of the 23rd century. |
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| [[File:Delta Vega landscape.png|thumb|left|Delta Vega Surface]] | | [[File:Delta Vega landscape.png|thumb|left|Delta Vega Surface]] |
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| == Location ==
| | In 2265 it was the site of a confrontation between Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise and his helmsman Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell who had been ‘uplifted’ into omnipotence by the effects of the Barrier. Mitchell’s grave is located on this world and is closely monitored by the scientists of [[Dehner Base]], a scientific institute established by the Federation Science Council upon the commencement of Starfleet’s exploration of the [[Sagittarius Reach]] in 2395. This base is named for Doctor Elizabeth Dehner, a psychologist aboard the Enterprise who lost her life in the confrontation with Mitchell. |
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| Delta Vega was located in the Delta Vega sector, a few light days away from the galactic barrier at impulse speed for a Constitution-class heavy cruiser. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before"; TNG: "Aquiel", okudagram) | | Delta Vega I is the first and only planet orbiting a pair of white dwarf stars and possesses no natural satellites. The planet is rocky and mountainous with sparse outcroppings of vegetation and features no large bodies of water on the surface, although scans from orbit do point to the existence of large subterranean lakes. From orbit, the planet appears a ruddy brown and many species cannot survive on the surface without assistance. There are significant deposits of lithium, dilithium and other crucial materials used in the construction, maintenance of powering of starships. This makes Delta Vega strategically important in the Federation’s exploratory efforts within the Sagittarius Reach. |
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| == History ==
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| Prior to 2265, the Galactic Mining Company, working with the Federation, established the Delta-Vega Station on this planet. An automated lithium cracking station was established in a valley. This station was, at most, visited by ore ships every twenty years. Another valley was, from the station's perspective, to the left of some mountains with pointed peaks, beyond which flatlands were situated. In the same general direction was a small clearing, amid a rock-strewn area. Delta Vega's terrain was generally very rocky and the planet's weather was known to include winds, such as a dusty breeze during one day.
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| After the USS Enterprise suffered warp drive damage when crossing the galactic barrier in 2265, Delta Vega was visited by the crippled starship so that helmsman Lee Kelso and engineering crewmen could make repairs to the vessel. By the time of their arrival, the danger posed by the mutation of Gary Mitchell, via the barrier, into a continually strengthening psionic being was undeniable, and Kirk planned to maroon his old friend on the planet. Mitchell objected, escaped, and fled into the hills of Delta Vega, taking Elizabeth Dehner with him.
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| Although Dehner thereafter opined that surviving on the planet would take "almost a miracle," the landscape was then miraculously seeded with vegetation, a result of Mitchell using some of his powers. For example, the small clearing became a garden ripe with plants (plentiful in flowers) around a little pool of water and a spring, due to Mitchell's intervention. Moments later, he also made a Kaferian apple tree appear in the same area.
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| The presence of both Kirk, who had meanwhile been tracking the pair, and Mitchell caused considerable disturbance in the area and a battle between them culminated in a load of rocks burying Mitchell in a grave he had conjured up for Kirk. After Dehner died (as a result of having fought against Mitchell herself), the remains of both Mitchell and Dehner were left behind on Delta Vega and – in an entry of the captain's log of the Enterprise, made while the ship left the planet – they were noted for having given their lives in the line of duty.
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| [[Category:Reach Planets|D]] | | [[Category:Reach Planets|D]] |
| [[Category:Class L planets|D]] | | [[Category:Class L planets|D]] |
| [[Category:Federation colonies|D]] | | [[Category:Federation colonies|D]] |