Deneb IV
Class:	M
Type:	Planet
Native Species:	Bandi
Location:	Deneb system

Deneb IV was the fourth planet in the Deneb star system. This M-class planet was the homeworld of the Bandi.

Contents 1 History 2 Background information 2.1 Location 2.2 Historical notes

History Edit

Deneb IV was visited by Starfleet personnel as early as the 2260s, but in 2364, it was still at the edge of "the great unexplored mass of the galaxy".

Some time prior to 2265, a young James T. Kirk and Gary Mitchell came to this planet, where Mitchell got involved with a woman. Kirk later stated that he'd been worried about Mitchell ever since that night, and Mitchell referred to the girl as a Nova, a pun suggesting the danger he had been in.

Also during the 23rd century, inhabitants of Deneb IV communicated telepathically. In at least three cases during the 2260s, Gary Mitchell carried on long telepathic conversations with select Deneb IV natives and scored eighty percent or higher on comprehension. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")

By 2364, the Bandi had seemingly constructed Farpoint Station, a base which they subsequently offered to Starfleet. Intrigued by the extremely short time in which it was built, Starfleet sent the USS Enterprise-D on its maiden voyage to the planet in order to investigate the base. It was subsequently discovered that the station was in fact a spaceborne entity, enslaved by the Bandi. Upon this discovery, the entity was released, and Starfleet and the Bandi began planning to reconstruct the station. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")

Background information Edit

Michael Okuda recalled how Deneb IV was originally depicted in "Encounter at Farpoint"; "The beautiful shot of Deneb IV was actually a matte painting done by Industrial Light & Magic, and that was done on film." Speaking shortly before the release of Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Next Level Blu-Ray sampler, Okuda also compared the remastered version of the planet with the original, saying, "The planet is pretty much dead on with what was done in the original shot." [1]

Location Edit

According to the Star Trek: Star Charts, Deneb IV was a planet located in the Alpha Quadrant, and was the fourth planet in the Alpha Leonis system. (p. 34) Presumably this was an error, with Cygni being replaced with Leonis. This system was 3,230 light years from Sol, in the Alpha Quadrant. The planet visited by Kirk and Mitchell in the mid-23rd century was a different planet, the fourth planet of the Deneb Kaitos, or Beta Ceti system. (p. 41)

Historical notes Edit

According to the book Star Trek: Star Charts, this planet, with a population of 450 million Bandi in 2378, signed a treaty with the United Federation of Planets in 2364. This treaty stipulated that Starfleet would operate Starbase Farpoint Station. Another attraction was the Old City, adjacent to the station. (p. 34) Both this Deneb IVs are listed in the book as Federation members. (United Federation of Planets I)