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==Facts==
==Facts==
* Primary: [[Alpha Centauri|Alpha Centauri A]]
* Primary: [[Alpha Centauri|Alpha Centauri A]]
* System name: Alpha Centauri A III
* Also known as: Centauri III
* Also known as: Centauri III
* Capital: New Samarkand (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
* Capital: New Samarkand (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
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** Asteroid deflection systems established by 2163 to prevent future impact events (ENT Novel: ''A Choice of Futures'')
** Asteroid deflection systems established by 2163 to prevent future impact events (ENT Novel: ''A Choice of Futures'')
* Nation:
* Nation:
** 2088 - Present: [[Alpha Centauri Concordium]]
** 2088 - : [[United Earth]] (ENT Novel: ''A Choice of Futures'')
**  - 2155 - Present: [[Alpha Centauri Concordium]] (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru'', ''A Choice of Futures'')
* Native accent characterized by round, resonant vowels (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
* Native accent characterized by round, resonant vowels (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
* Ancient sunken Centaurian ruins below icecaps (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
==History==
* 2088: Initial settlement by [[Human]] colonization mission, including [[Zefram Cochrane]] (ENT Novel: ''A Choice of Futures'')
* July 22, 2155: Attacked by [[Romulan Star Empire|Romulan]] forces attempting to trigger [[Coalition of Planets|Coalition]]/[[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] war through application of [[Romulan telecapture|telecapture]] technology (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')


==Locations==
==Locations==
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* Cities
* Cities
** New Samarkand (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** New Byzantium (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
** New Samarkand (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'', ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
*** Planetary capital (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
*** Planetary capital (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
*** One of the first cities established on Centauri III after colonization (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
*** South of a forest (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
**** Timur's Peak (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
***** Craggy hill at the heart of the woods (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
*** Cochrane Institute (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'', ''To Brave the Storm'')
**** Henry Archer Hall (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
***** Sight of starflight laboratory (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
*** University of Alpha Centauri (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age''; TNG: "Qpid")
**** Carl Blegen Hall (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')


[[Category:Planets|Alpha Centauri 03]]
[[Category:Planets|Alpha Centauri 03]]

Latest revision as of 21:32, 2 May 2018

Facts

  • Primary: Alpha Centauri A
  • System name: Alpha Centauri A III
  • Also known as: Centauri III
  • Capital: New Samarkand (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Inhabitants: Human
    • Originally dismissed as colonization target by UESPA due to inhospitability as a result of ongoing impact winter, risk of future asteroid bombardment (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
    • Colonized 2088 by independent effort led by Zefram Cochrane
      • First planet in Alpha Centauri system to be such (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
      • Second Human extrasolar colony, first successful (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru, A Choice of Futures)
  • Previously frequent asteroid bombardment due to debris-rich Alpha Centauri system; under effects of centuries-old impact winter as of 2088 (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
    • Asteroid deflection systems established by 2163 to prevent future impact events (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
  • Nation:
  • Native accent characterized by round, resonant vowels (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Ancient sunken Centaurian ruins below icecaps (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)

History

  • 2088: Initial settlement by Human colonization mission, including Zefram Cochrane (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
  • July 22, 2155: Attacked by Romulan forces attempting to trigger Coalition/Klingon war through application of telecapture technology (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)

Locations

Surface

  • Cities
    • New Byzantium (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • New Samarkand (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru, Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
      • Planetary capital (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
      • One of the first cities established on Centauri III after colonization (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
      • South of a forest (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
        • Timur's Peak (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
          • Craggy hill at the heart of the woods (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
      • Cochrane Institute (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing, To Brave the Storm)
        • Henry Archer Hall (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
          • Sight of starflight laboratory (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
      • University of Alpha Centauri (TNG Novel: The Buried Age; TNG: "Qpid")
        • Carl Blegen Hall (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)