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

VOYAGER'S ROUTE: 2371: EXTRACT

	[#5 Phage] to [#20 The 37's]

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STSC ignores, and omits from its calculation of light years travelled, the fact that USS Voyager journey all the way back past the Ocampa homeworld in [#15 Jetrel] in order to visit Rinax, a moon of Talax. Voyager presumably took a direct course, not going that close to the Ocampa planet (which is the fifth planet in its star system). Presumably also, Voyager took a direct route back from Rinax. It means that it is not possible to know the precise or even close approximation of the location of events between [#15 Jetrel] and the location of the Briori planet which is marked on the above extract.

Accordingly, omitted from the STSC star charts are the positions where events in the following episodes occur and the places mentioned therein: [#16 Learning Curve] (Napinne ), [#17 Projections], [#18 Elogium] (the co-ordinates of where Voyager meets and studies the space-dwelling lifeform that the crew call 'the Swarm'), and [#19 Twisted] (place where Voyager meets the distortion ring being).

 

Avery This star has at least three planets in its system. Avery III is a Class-M planet where the Vidiians maintain an underground complex. It is here, as shown in [#14 Faces], that the Vidiian named Sulan conducts scientific experiments there in the hope of finding a cure to the phage. See also Vidiian Sodality below.

Voyager orbiting Avery III

 

Banea / Numiri Each planet has a spacefaring civilisation, and they are at war with each other, even though the two once co-existed on one planet. In [#8 Ex Post Facto], Paris and Kim visits Banea, on a mission to request assistance in repairing Voyager's navigational array. During the visit, Paris is falsely accused and found guilty of the murder of his host Professor Tolen Ren, the inventor of Banean warship technology. LIFEFORMS: Baneans LIFEFORMS: Numiri

a city on Banea

 

Briori A Class-L planet whose humanoid inhabitants centuries earlier abducted over 300 humans from Earth (in 1937) and transported them here to work as slaves. Eventually, the slaves revolted, killed the Briori, took their technology and weapons, and established a civilisation on the former Briori homeworld. Voyager visits the planets and revives from stasis a group of those abducted, known as the 37's, in [#20 The 37's]. LIFEFORMS: Briori

Voyager launches from the planet surface

 

FGC-486237 The Voyager crew believe they have discovered the 247th element, a stable transuranic element with an atomic number of 247, in the ring system of a Class-D planet, nomenclature FGC-486237. The crew later discover that the element emanates from the bodies of dead members of the Vhnori species as a natural byproduct of decomposition. This is depicted in [#9 Emanations]. The discovery of element 247 would not have been known to the rest of the Federation until the Doctor's briefing of Starfleet in 2374, in [#82 Message In A Bottle], at the earliest, by which time of course the crew had been able to clarify the report.

Ilidaria

Ilidaria is located less than three light years from a type-4 quantum singularity (see Type-4 Quantum Singularity below). The planet is inhabited by an intelligent species known as the Ilidarians. Neelix says of them: "They have sophisticated technology. They might be able to help and they're quite friendly, most of the time." Voyager tries to set course for Ilidaria in [#3 Parallax] but the type-4 quantum singularity pulls them back toward it.

Kazon-Oglamar / Kazon-Relora

Each is a sect of the Kazon species, both of which are seen or mentioned in episodes that occur in 2372, namely [#27 Maneuvers] and [#30 Alliances]. The Kazon-Relora are also mentioned in [#21 Initiations]. The species is first encountered by Voyager in early 2371 in [#1 and #2 Caretaker]. The Kazon Collective is the formal name for the loose alliance of all the various Kazon sects in the Delta Quadrant. The number of sects, and their respective claims on territory, vary frequently. KAZON INDEX

 

Komar Nebula This is a dark matter nebula named for its inhabitants known as the Komar who are trianic energy beings. Voyager encounters these beings in [#13 Cathexis]. A dark matter nebula is an interstellar gas or dust cloud that emits or reflects little or no detectable light or other energy, and it is not a term specific to this particular nebula (e.g. Neelix once lost a warp nacelle on a ship that he piloted through a dark matter nebula, noted in [#31 Threshold]). The Komar lure Voyager to their realm in an attempt to harness the captive crew's bio-neural energy over a period of years.

Voyager, with shields raised, in the Komar nebula

Nucleogenic Cloud Being

Nebula-like lifeform entered, damaged and repaired by the Starship Voyager in [#6 The Cloud]. LIFEFORMS: Nucleogenic Cloud Being

 

Numiri See entry Banea / Numiri above.   Rogue Planetoid Class-M planetoid rich in dilithium deposits and with a series of subterranean caves with an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere. Although Torres finds it hard to get a precise reading she estimates that they could extract anywhere from five hundred to one thousand metric tonnes of dilithium. Neelix passed the planetoid previously about three years earlier. On this planetoid, Neelix was attacked by a Vidiian who stole his lungs. Here, therefore, is where Voyager makes initial first contact with members of the Vidiian Sodality (see entry Vidiian Sodality below). [#5 Phage]   Sikaris Class-M planet, home to a technologically advanced humanoid civilisation whose society is pleasure-oriented, known for incredible hospitality, and a love of stories. The Sikarians possess trajector technology which facilitates instantaneous transport across great distances. [#10 Prime Factors]   Type-4 Quantum Singularity Voyager encounters this in [#3 Parallax] and experiences a time-distortion phenomenon.   Vidiian Sodality Government of the Vidiian species. The Vidiians are class-3 humanoids native to the Delta Quadrant. [#5 Phage] [#14 Faces]. Once known as a society of educators, artists, and explorers, the Vidiians were stricken two millennia ago (calculating from the 24th century) by a terrible disease known as the phage, which destroys the organs of their bodies and kills thousands of Vidiians every day. As a species, the Vidiians survive only through the widespread use of organ transplantation to replace the diseased body parts. VIDIIAN INDEX   Yalitia (should be Yallitia) The Yallitians are technologically sophisticated lifeforms who have three spinal cords and an overwhelming need for dilithium as Neelix says, in [#5 Phage], that Yallitian engineers would give all three of their spinal cords to know where this planet with the dilithium is. For "this planet" see Rogue Planetoid above. STSC spells Yallitia with only one "l". For spelling I defer to Encyclopaedia, whose lead is followed by TOSTFF.   TOP BACK PREVIOUS COMPLETE STAR CHART USS VOYAGER'S TRAVEL PROGRESS KEY IMAGE NOTES INDEX SEARCH VOYCABULARY SITE HELP BRIDGE