Melkotian planet
The Melkotian planet was an inhabited planet inside Melkotian space in the Alpha or Beta Quadrant. This world was the homeworld for the Melkots, a non-humanoid telepathic species.
First contact was made by the USS Enterprise in 2268. (TOS: "Spectre of the Gun")
Appendices
Background information
In the revised Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library (Beta Quadrant: Local Space Extract), there was a star system named Melkotia which might have an association to this planet. The system was located in the Beta Quadrant.
Apocrypha
In The Worlds of the Federation, Melkot was the second in the Theta Kiokis system.
In the book Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years, the planet was called Melkotia.
External links
- Theta Kiokis II at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Planets in TOS and TOS Remastered at Ex Astris Scientia