Camus II
Type:	Planet
Native Species:	Camus II natives (extinct)
Location:	Camus system

Camus II was the second planet of the Camus system. This planet had a ring system, and at warp 2 it was located approximately 48 hours away from Benecia and 72 hours away from Starbase 2 in the opposite direction. (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder") The location of Camus II was depicted on a Federation star chart. It waslocated near Regulus, Marcos XII and Andor. (TNG: "Conspiracy")

Camus II was a formerly-inhabited planet, where all life had ceased to exist long before the 23rd century. At that time, visitors had to avoid exposure to celebium, which is deadly to humanoid life, by using celebium shielding.

Doctor Janice Lester was sent here with a team of archaeologists to investigate the planet. When Dr. Lester found a life-energy transfer machine built by the now extinct Camus II natives, she devised a plan to take over the body of James T. Kirk and assume command of the starship USS Enterprise. In 2269, together with Dr. Arthur Coleman, Dr. Lester, secretly murdered the entire expedition staff by radiation exposure to lure the USS Enterprise to the planet to investigate the "mysterious" deaths. (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder")

In 2367, the USS Enterprise-D was due at this planet for an archaeological survey, but diverted to Turkana IV responding to a distress call from the Arcos. (TNG: "Legacy")

External link Edit

• Camus II at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works