Delta Vega (Vulcan system)

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Delta Vega (Vulcan system)

You may be looking for the planet near the galactic barrier also named Delta Vega.

Delta Vega is an icy Class M planet in the Vulcan system. Its orbit carried it near enough to Vulcan that the other planet could be seen from Delta Vega's surface. In an alternate reality, it also harbored a small Starfleet outpost, manned for six months by Montgomery Scott and his assistant Keenser.

There were at least two native, predatory species: "Polarilla" and the "Lobster monster".

In an alternate reality, Ambassador Spock was marooned there by Nero so he could witness the destruction of Vulcan. Coincidentally, James T. Kirk was later marooned on Delta Vega by Commander Spock, and the two later met Montgomery Scott there. (Star Trek)

Background

The TOS: episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" depicted a planet named Delta Vega, located near the galactic barrier. Although the Delta Vega depicted in Star Trek is located in the Vulcan system, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman named it after the planet in "Where No Man Has Gone Before". In an interview with TrekMovie.com, Orci said, "We moved the planet to suit our purposes. The familiarity of the name seemed more important as an Easter egg, than a new name with no importance."[1]

Perhaps not coincidentally, in "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Spock recommends that Captain Kirk maroon Gary Mitchell on Delta Vega; in the 2009 Star Trek film, Spock maroons Kirk on Delta Vega.