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| + | [[File:The Explored Galaxy.jpg|thumb|The location of Delta Vega on "The Explored Galaxy" star chart]] |
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| − | | Name = Delta Vega |
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| + | [[File:Benjamin Maxwells tactical monitor.jpg|thumb|The location of Delta Vega on a tactical situation monitor]] |
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| + | '''Delta Vega''' was the [[star|primary]] of the Delta Vega [[star system|system]]. The [[Delta Vega sector]] was named after this star. The system was located a few [[light day]]s from the [[galactic barrier]]. |
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| − | | Location = [[Delta Vega (star)|Delta Vega system]]<br/>[[Delta Vega sector]]<br/>Near the [[Galactic barrier]] |
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| − | | Affiliation = [[United Federation of Planets]] |
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| − | {{disambiguation|the unrelated planet of the same name in the Vulcan system|Delta Vega (Vulcan system)}} |
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| − | '''Delta Vega''' was an [[uninhabited planets|uninhabited]] [[planet]] in the [[Delta Vega (star)|Delta Vega]] [[star system|system]]. This system, in the [[Delta Vega sector]], was located near the [[galactic barrier]]. ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}; {{TNG|Aquiel}}, ''[[okudagram]]'') |
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| − | + | Sometime before [[2265]], the [[Galactic Mining Company]], with assistance from the [[Federation]], established an unmanned [[lithium cracking station]] on the [[planet]] [[Delta Vega]]. ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}) |
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| + | In [[2293]], the location of Delta Vega in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] was labeled in a [[star chart]] that was in [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]]'s [[quarters]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}}. ({{film|6}}, ''production art'') |
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| − | ==Location== |
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| − | In the [[2260s]], the planet was a few days away from the Galactic Barrier at [[impulse]] speed for a {{Class|Constitution}} [[heavy cruiser]]. ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}) |
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| + | In [[2367]], the location of Delta Vega was labeled on a [[tactical situation monitor]] in [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Maxwell]]'s [[ready room]] on the {{USS|Phoenix}}. ({{TNG|The Wounded}}, ''[[:de:Bild:Taktisches_Statusdisplay.svg|display graphic]]'') |
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| − | ==History== |
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| − | Prior to [[stardate]] [[2265|1312]], 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 ship]]s 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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| + | ''In [[2366]], in an [[alternate timeline]], during the [[Federation-Klingon War (alternate timeline)|Federation-Klingon War]], the location of Delta Vega was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in the [[ready room]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}'' ({{TNG|Yesterday's Enterprise}}, ''display graphic'') |
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| − | After the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} 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 [[James T. Kirk|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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| + | {{bginfo|According to the ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'', Delta Vega was an [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral class|A-class star]] with a magnitude of +5, which was the same brightness as [[Sol]]. (pg. 10)}} |
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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, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2265|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. ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}) |
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| − | === Background information === |
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| − | According to ''[[Star Trek Maps]]'' (pg. 25), Delta Vega was the only planet orbiting the white dwarf star at the northern fringe of the galaxy. It was an Class F planet with primitive life only and a primordial atmosphere. According to the ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (pgs. 10, 24), Delta Vega was a [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Planetary classification|G-class planet]] in the Alpha Quadrant. |
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| − | ==== Behind the Scenes ==== |
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| − | In the script of "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (''[[Star Trek]]''{{'}}s second pilot episode), this planet was commonly written with a hyphen between the words "Delta" and "Vega" (i.e. being notated as "Delta-Vega"). The episode's first view of the planet's surface, showing its lithium cracking station, was described thus; "''At the building, a suggestion of alien planet strangeness in the coloration of the soil, the weird vegetation in the planting beds next to the [...] building. Beyond that, the eerie surface of Delta-Vega.''" The script also specified that a "distant stretch of planet Delta-Vega" outside the station's main window was to be created on stage. The script characterizes the aforementioned rock-strewn area, which Elizabeth Dehner and Gary Mitchell walk through prior to the latter creating the garden site, as "a weird, pitched and jumbled naked rock terrain, stretching off into the distance" and states that it has "odd-shaped rock formations." The garden area is referred to as "a pool of water surrounded by thick, thick, fruit-bearing vegetation." |
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| − | The set that was used to depict the surface of Delta Vega was previously used for planet [[Talos IV]] in ''Star Trek''{{'}}s first pilot, {{e|The Cage}}, including the same backdrop and even some of the same rocks. (''[[Starfleet Access]]'' for "Where No Man Has Gone Before", [[TOS Season 1 Blu-ray]] special features; "Where No Man Has Gone Before" [[text commentary]], [[TOS Season 1 DVD]] special features) So that the pond could be set into the ground, the garden area was constructed on a slight platform. ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" [[text commentary]], [[TOS Season 1 DVD]] special features) |
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| − | As used for Delta Vega, the set was prepared for filming by {{d|28|July|1965}}, the last day on which principal photography for "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was shot and a day on which the climactic battle scene between Kirk and Mitchell was filmed. However, there was a problem with the planet set; each take caused loose sand from the set to scatter across the camera dolly tracks, causing even more delays than there already had been. (''[[Inside Star Trek: The Real Story]]'', p. 85) Director [[James Goldstone]] offered, "''The set was made largely of styrofoam. When the actors moved around the styrofoam it chipped and flaked, and it would get all over the dolly tracks. The sound man would say, 'You can't use that take,' because you could hear, 'Crunch, crunch, crunch.{{'}}''" (''[[The Star Trek Interview Book]]'', pp. 110-111) The stage was cleaned up by [[Robert Justman]] and [[Herbert F. Solow]] after each take and, at one point, [[Desilu]] [[president]] and owner [[Lucille Ball]] also helped with the sweeping of the sand. (''[[Inside Star Trek: The Real Story]]'', p. 85) |
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| − | In the dossier for the official {{film|11}} movie website, it stated that before the destruction of [[Romulus]] in the late 24th century, [[Nero]] and his mining operation discovered lithium deposits on a "Delta Vega". Since it was unlikely they would have been allowed to mine in the [[Vulcan system]], it was possible that Nero was mining ''this'' Delta Vega, as it may have been abandoned by the Federation by that time. |
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Revision as of 14:20, 19 July 2014
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Notice
The location of Delta Vega on "The Explored Galaxy" star chart
The location of Delta Vega on a tactical situation monitor
Delta Vega was the primary of the Delta Vega system. The Delta Vega sector was named after this star. The system was located a few light days from the galactic barrier.
Sometime before 2265, the Galactic Mining Company, with assistance from the Federation, established an unmanned lithium cracking station on the planet Delta Vega. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")
In 2293, the location of Delta Vega in the Milky Way Galaxy was labeled in a star chart that was in Captain James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-A. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, production art)
In 2367, the location of Delta Vega was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in Captain Benjamin Maxwell's ready room on the USS Phoenix. (TNG: "The Wounded", display graphic)
In 2366, in an alternate timeline, during the Federation-Klingon War, the location of Delta Vega was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in the ready room aboard the USS Enterprise-D (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise", display graphic)
According to the Star Trek: Star Charts, Delta Vega was an A-class star with a magnitude of +5, which was the same brightness as Sol. (pg. 10)