Minos Korva

Minos Korva was a planetary system in Sector 21527 of the Alpha Quadrant. Located in the Lorenze Cluster, the system was 11 light years from the McAllister C-5 Nebula (TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom"; TNG-R: "Chain Of Command, Part II"; Star Trek: Section 31)

This was a single star system with the yellow dwarf Minos Korva as the primary of the system.

In this system, there were twelve planets. One of these planets, Minos, was formerly inhabited by the Minosian civilization, until the entire population was wiped out by 2364 by the Echo Papa 607 weapons system. Another planet in the system, Minos Korva, was a United Federation of Planets colony and by 2369 the whole system was claimed by the Federation. (TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom", "Chain Of Command, Part II"; Star Trek: Section 31)

History

23rd century

By the late 2250s, a civilization in this system had developed warp travel and had or was in the process of being inducted into the United Federation of Planets.

In 2259, the location of this system was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the USS Enterprise's ready room viewscreen. The system's symbol had a blue color, indicating that it was affiliated with the Federation. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds", "Children of the Comet", "Spock Amok")

24th century

The history of this system in the 24th century was found in the file "Summary System Report 58383-98: Minos Korva". (TNG-R: "Chain Of Command, Part II")

Extinction of the Minosians

In the early 24th century, the Minosians were known as interstellar weapons merchants, known for testing their weapons on planets the Minosian Sway considered to be "lesser". (Star Trek: Section 31)

At some point in the 24th century, the Minosian civilization was eradicated by their own weapon system when it went out of control. (TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom")

In 2364, the planet was visited by the USS Drake, and later the USS Enterprise-D, in 2364. The Minosian weapons system killed the crew of the Drake. It was eventually deactivated by Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise. (TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom")

Federation-Cardassian conflict

In the 2340s, on stardate 20483, this system was surveyed by the USS Exeter. The starship reported that the primary Minos Korva was a main sequence G-class star with twelve planets. One of these planets was an uninhabited Class M planet in the primary habitable zone.

In the same decade, on stardate 20843, the USS Berlin completed a long range cometary survey of this system. The survey revealed an anomalous population of rocky methane ice bodies. It was nearly 12% greater than results predicted by the Tezber Planetary Evolution Models.

Six months after the survey, Secretary of Exploration M. Piller orchestrated the annexation of this system into Federation territory. The secretary put in a recommendation for an extended range security perimeter to be established for this system; however, this was deferred. (TNG-R: "Chain Of Command, Part II")

In the Federation-Cardassian War, the Cardassians attempted to annex Minos Korva. The Cardassian Central Command claimed that a Federation stellar cartography map was in error. According to the Cardassians, the border's position through several sectors was the result of a miscalibration by a reference beacon and that the border should be adjusted 4.7 light years towards the galactic center. Soon after, the Cardassians announced their intent to occupy the system and to establish orbital outposts around three planets. The intention was not carried out in response to objections by Federation authorities, who accompanied their words with the assignment of three Excelsior-class starships to Sector 21528. (TNG-R: "Chain Of Command, Part II")

In 2369, the system was approximately four light years from the Federation-Cardassian border. In that year, Starfleet believed that the Cardassians would launch an invasion of Minos Korva from the McAllister C-5 Nebula. The invasion was avoided because the USS Enterprise-D, under the command of Captain Edward Jellico, preemptively prevented the invasion by detecting the Cardassian fleet hiding in the nebula. (TNG-R: "Chain Of Command, Part II")

Galen mentioned this incident at Minos Korva when he described William T. Riker's tendency for insubordination to Arctus Baran in 2370. (TNG: "Gambit, Part I"; PIC: "Maps and Legends")

The system's location was labeled in a Federation star chart that was in Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy's office at Starfleet Headquarters in 2399 and on the bridge of the USS Titan-A in 2401. The Minos Korva system was in or near to Federation space. (PIC: "Maps and Legends", "The Next Generation", "Disengage")

32nd century

In 3189, the location of Minos Korva was denoted on a holographic star chart of the galaxy at Federation Headquarters. (DIS: "Scavengers")

Appendices

Background information

In the chart seen in "Maps and Legends", Minos Korva was no longer close to the Federation-Cardassian border, as it had been moved at least 45 light years away by this point.

In the pronunciation guide for "Chain of Command, Part II", Minos Korva was pronounced as "mee-nos KOR-va".

While the planet Minos and the Minos Korva system were not linked in TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom" and "Chain Of Command, Part II", this link was established in Star Trek: Section 31. Even if not originally intended, it was not contradictory assuming that the Federation colony in Minos Korva was recent as of 2369. This was supported by Star Trek: Strange New Worlds marking the system as being inhabited by the 23rd century.

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Apocrypha

In Last Unicorn Games' Star Trek Roleplaying Game RPG sourcebook Planets of the UFP, the system was known as Tharnos.