Stellar cartography notes to accompany the star charts. Emphasis on [Voyager].

	CESTUS and THE GORN HEGEMONY

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The Gorn Hegemony This is a civilisation of reptilian humanoids. They are not mentioned in [Voyager], but brief information is given about them because they have a border adjoining the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets. Gorn forces destroyed the Earth outpost on Cestus III (Cestus, presumably the first planet in the system, is marked on the above star chart), claiming it was an intrusion into their space. The captain of the Gorn vessel and Captain James Kirk of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 were transported to a planet by a race known as the Metrons, where each fought for the survival of his respective crew. Kirk won, but refused to kill the Gorn, after realising that the Gorn attack had been the result of a misunderstanding. Those events are depicted in [TOS: Arena]. Benjamin Sisko, Starfleet commander of Deep Space 9, later travelled back to Kirk's time period and expressed the wish to ask him about that duel with the Gorn, [DS9: Trials And Tribble-ations]. The territorial dispute over Cestus III was later resolved, and Federation colonists settled on the planet, [DS9: Family Business]. By an unknown date, but certainly by 2373, Cestus III had become a member of the Federation - Cestus III appears on a list of full UFP members in source STSC and the list includes Evora which joined in 2373 in [Star Trek IX: Insurrection].