Vega
Vega, also known as Alpha Lyrae, was an inhabited planetary system in the Alpha Quadrant. It was a unary star system consisting of the primary Vega and its planets.
The Vega system had at least nine planets, including Vega IX. One of these planets was home to the Vega colony. (TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I", "Mirror, Mirror"; SNW: "A Quality of Mercy")
Stellar Cartography[]
The Vega system was visible from Earth in the constellation Lyra. This system was approximately 25 light years from Sol.
In 2259, the location of Vega was labeled on a stellar cartography chart seen on the USS Enterprise's ready room viewscreen. Vega's symbol had a blue color, indicating its affiliation with the United Federation of Planets. (SNW: "A Quality of Mercy")
The location of Vega was depicted on a star chart in astrometrics on the USS Voyager in 2376. (VOY: "Child's Play"; TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")
The system's location was labeled in a Federation star chart that was in Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy's office at Starfleet Headquarters in 2399 and on the bridge of the USS Titan-A in 2401. Vega was in or near to Federation space. (PIC: "Maps and Legends", "The Next Generation", "Disengage")
In 2401, the location of Vega was labeled on a star chart that was seen on the USS Stargazer's bridge viewscreen. The chart was used to show the location of the combined Starfleet-Borg armada and where it needed to go to face a galactic-level threat. (PIC: "Farewell")
In 3190, the location of Vega was labeled on a star chart used by Commander Paul Stamets for tracking the movement of the Dark Matter Anomaly through the galaxy. (DIS: "The Examples")
Location of Vega labeled on a star chart (2376)
Location of Vega labeled on a star chart (3190)
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Background information[]
Information on this system was derived from the episodes and films, from the reference works Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library, and from real world sources. The reference works were used extensively in the creation of star charts seen in Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Lower Decks.
According to Star Trek: Star Charts (pp. 36, 44, 57; "United Federation of Planets I") and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"), the primary of the Vega (Alpha Lyrae) system was an A-class star. In the 19th century, it was the capital system of the Vegan Tyranny (β). In the mid-22nd century, this system was an important trading destination on the Earth trade routes, and it traded with Draylax and Sol. In 2254, the Enterprise traveled to the system after visiting the Talos star group. In the late 24th century, the system was a destination on a major space lane.
There exists a picture of Steven Lance, who played a Rhaandarite, identifying him as a being from the planet Vega. This may be linked to early mentions of Vegans in the crowd. [1]
Apocrypha[]
In the 1977 children's storybook The Prisoner of Vega, Klingons capture Queen Vanadala of Vega III and take over her planet.
In the game Star Trek Online, the Vega system was the site of a renewed Borg attack in 2409, and where the tutorial for Federation players takes place.
External links[]
- Vega at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Vega at Wikipedia
- Vega at the Internet Stellar Database