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The location of Camus II in "The Explored Galaxy" star chart

Camus II was the uninhabited second planet of the Camus system. This ringed world was the homeworld of the extinct Camus II natives. At that time, visitors had to avoid exposure to celebium, that was deadly to humanoid life, by using celebium shielding. Archaeological excavations by humans of the ruins began in the mid-23rd century.

At warp 2, the planet was located approximately 48 hours away from Benecia and 72 hours away from Starbase 2 in the opposite direction. (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder")

In 2267, Doctor Janice Lester was sent to Camus II 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. Two years later, 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 2293, the location of Camus II in the Milky Way Galaxy was labeled in a star chart that was in Captain James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-A. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, okudagram)

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")

Appendices

Background information

"CAM-us" was the pronunciation for this planet's name from the script pronunciation guide for "Legacy". [1] The writing system of the extinct Camus II natives had symbols identical to Scalosian.

According to Star Trek Encyclopedia, Camus II was referred to in "Legacy", the 80th episode of TNG, as a homage to "Turnabout Intruder", the 79th and last episode of TOS. The "in-joke" was devised by Rick Berman, Jonathan Frakes and Eric Stillwell.

According to Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets III"), the Camus system was located in or near Federation space. The system was a single star system. The Camus star was an M class star with a magnitude of +5, the same brightness of Sol.

Apocrypha

According the novelization of DS9: "The Search, Part I" and DS9: "The Search, Part II", if Deep Space 9 was ever attacked by the Jem'Hadar, civilians and non-essential personnel of the station would be evacuated to Camus II. The novelization also mentions that Camus II was known for a particular type of coffee.

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 | Type            = [[Planet]]
 | Native Species  = Camus II natives (extinct)
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+[[File:The Explored Galaxy.jpg|thumb|The location of Camus II in "The Explored Galaxy" star chart]]
+'''Camus II''' was the [[uninhabited planets|uninhabited]] [[second planets|second]] [[planet]] of the Camus [[star system|system]]. This [[ring system|ringed]] world was the [[homeworld]] of the [[extinct]] Camus II natives. At that time, visitors had to avoid exposure to [[celebium]], that was deadly to [[humanoid]] life, by using [[celebium shielding]]. Archaeological excavations by humans of the ruins began in the mid-[[23rd century]].
-'''Camus II''' was the [[second planets|second]] [[planet]] of the [[Camus system]]. This planet had a [[ring system]], and at [[Warp factor|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}})
+At [[Warp factor|warp 2]], the planet was located approximately 48 hours away from [[Benecia]] and 72 hours away from [[Starbase 2]] in the opposite direction. ({{TOS|Turnabout Intruder}})
+In [[2267]], [[Doctor]] [[Janice Lester]] was sent to Camus II with a team of [[archaeologist]]s 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|NCC-1701}}. [[2269|Two]] years later, 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}})
-[[File:Star-chart alpha-beta quadrant.jpg|thumb|left|Camus II depicted on a [[Federation]] [[star chart]]]]
-Camus II was a formerly-[[inhabited planets|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]].
+In [[2293]], the location of Camus II in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] was labeled in a [[star chart]] that was in [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]]'s [[quarters]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}}. ({{film|6}}, ''[[okudagram]]'')
-[[Doctor]] [[Janice Lester]] was sent here with a team of [[archaeologist]]s 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|NCC-1701}}. 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|NCC-1701-D|-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}})
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-{{bginfo|The writing system of the extinct Camus II natives had symbols identical to [[Scalosian]].| According to ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', Camus II was referred to in "Legacy", the 80th episode of TNG, as a homage to "Turnabout Intruder", the 79th and last episode of TOS. The "[[in-joke]]" was devised by [[Rick Berman]], [[Jonathan Frakes]] and [[Eric Stillwell]].}}
+== Appendices==
+=== Background information ===
+"CAM-us" was the pronunciation for this planet's name from the script pronunciation guide for "Legacy". [http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature329/180.txt] The writing system of the extinct Camus II natives had symbols identical to [[Scalosian]].
+According to ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', Camus II was referred to in "Legacy", the 80th episode of TNG, as a homage to "Turnabout Intruder", the 79th and last episode of TOS. The "[[in-joke]]" was devised by [[Rick Berman]], [[Jonathan Frakes]] and [[Eric Stillwell]].
-== External link ==
+According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' ("United Federation of Planets III"), the Camus system was located in or near Federation space. The system was a single star system. The Camus star was an [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral classification|M class star]] with a magnitude of +5, the same brightness of [[Sol]].
+=== Apocrypha ===
+According [[The Search (novel)|the novelization]] of {{DS9|The Search, Part I}} and {{DS9|The Search, Part II}}, if [[Deep Space 9]] was ever attacked by the [[Jem'Hadar]], civilians and non-essential personnel of the station would be evacuated to Camus II. The novelization also mentions that Camus II was known for a particular type of [[coffee]].
+=== External link ===
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