Janus VI

Janus VI was the inhabited sixth planet of its star system. This was the homeworld for the intelligent Horta, a non-humanoid species. 

Location
In 2293, the location of Janus VI in the Milky Way Galaxy was labeled in the star chart "The Explored Galaxy", which was on display in James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A). (, okudagram)

In 2367, the location of Janus VI was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in Benjamin Maxwell's ready room on the USS Phoenix. (, okudagram)

In 2371, the location of Janus VI was labeled on a star chart that Data and Picard were studying in stellar cartography aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D). (, okudagram)

In 2366, in an alternate timeline, during the, the location of Janus VI was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in the ready room aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D). (, okudagram)

History
Janus VI was colonized by the United Federation of Planets over fifty years prior to 2267, with the underground Janus VI colony. The colony was a major producer of pergium for the Federation. Janus VI was geologically inactive, and had no atmosphere. Though the planet was rich in mineral resources, reaching them was difficult with standard mining technology. Minerals present included gold, pergium, platinum, cerium, and uranium.

The Federation was unaware of the Horta until that year, when a new level was opened up and the miners inadvertently began destroying Horta eggs, causing the mother Horta to retaliate by sabotaging equipment and killing fifty colonists by the time she was stopped three months later. Once it was realized that the Horta was a sapient creature, an agreement was created so the two sides could share the planet. 

In 2269, when attempting to understand the threat they faced on the Kalandan outpost, after James T. Kirk asked if the rocks could have life, Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu thought it possible that the captain was thinking back to his time on Janus VI and his experience with the Horta. Lieutenant Commander Leonard McCoy disagreed with the captain arguing that the Horta registered as a lifeform and the medical tricorder wasn't picking up life signs from the rocks. 

In 2328, this was the destination for passengers traveling from Denkir Orbital City via commercial transport. and Robert Levinson traveled there on the SS Kogin. (, okudagram)

Background information
The script notes described Janus VI as "an ugly planet... reddish-brown, with a thick turbulent layer of clouds, slowly rotating." Further script notes described it as "hostile looking, reddish-brown, a boiling atmosphere."

For the "remastered" version of "The Devil in the Dark", a new, computer-generated version of Janus VI was created to replace the stock footage used in so many TOS episodes. New shots of the planet's surface were also created.

According to Star Trek Maps (p. 26) Janus VI was a class-H planet. One of ten planets orbiting the moderate yellow star Janus. According to The Worlds of the Federation (p. 110), Janus was a class-E planet known as Shaul by the Horta. According to Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 23), Janus VI was classified as a class-F planet. According to the RPG sourcebook Worlds, Janus VI is located in the Alpha Janus system.

Apocrypha
Janus VI was additionally mentioned in the Pocket Books novel Devil in the Sky and, in the IDW comic A Matter of Perspective, the Enterprise was en route to revisit the planet before being redirected for a distress call from a pleasure cruise.

External link


Janus VI Janus VI Janus VI Janus VI Janus VI