Changes: Tarsus IV

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For the similarly named planet, please see Tarsas IV.

Tarsus IV was the inhabited fourth planet of its star system. This was the home of an Earth colony.

History

In 2246, an exotic fungus destroyed most of the colony's food supply, leaving the colonists, of which there were eight thousand, in serious danger of starvation. Governor Kodos made a drastic decision: he ordered the deaths of four thousand colonists, so that the other four thousand might live, selecting those to be killed according to his personal theories of eugenics. Supply ship arrived earlier than expected, but too late to save the four thousand people Kodos murdered. All that Earth Forces found of Kodos was a burned body, and he was presumed dead, until his chance discovery on Planet Q twenty years later.

Among the survivors of the Tarsus IV incident were James T. Kirk, Kevin Riley, and Thomas Leighton, who were three of only nine survivors who knew Kodos' face, and who would be able to identify him. In 2266, they were the only three of the original nine eyewitnesses still alive. (TOS: "The Conscience of the King")

In 2328, Tarsus IV was the destination for passengers traveling from Gamma Trianguli VI via commercial transports. Zayra Cabot had traveled on the SS Manoa, Jack Litchfeld had traveled on the SS Kogin, and David Stipes and Lorine Mendell had traveled on the SS Wisconsin. (TNG-R: "Inheritance", okudagram)

Inhabitants

See: Tarsus IV inhabitants

Appendices

Background information

This planet was only mentioned in dialogue.

In the final revised draft of the script for "The Conscience of the King", the Tarsus IV massacre was referred to as "the rebellion on Tarsus IV". In the final version of the installment, though, no such rebellion is established as having taken place on the planet. In the same script, Kirk also described Tarsus IV as "a colony which was disintegrating before my eyes! Starvation! Rioting! Disaster!" The method of execution Kodos used was said to have been an antimatter chamber, which, after he threw a switch, completely disintegrated the four thousand colonists all at once.

In the final draft script of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Jem'Hadar", Quark told Benjamin Sisko that the Ferengi had never had an incident like what had happened on Tarsus IV. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library)

According to Michael Sussman, a computer readout on the USS Defiant in "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" stated that Hoshi Sato was among those killed by Kodos on Tarsus Four. However, the relevant section of the bio did not appear in the finished cut of the episode.

According to the Star Trek app accompanying Star Trek Into Darkness, John Harrison's bio claimed he was one of nine survivors of a 2246 attack on the planet, his parents Richard and Sara perishing. It was not made explicitly clear if this "attack" was the same event that happened in the regular timeline.

According to the reference book Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I"), in 2378, Tarsus IV was a Federation member.

In The Conscience of the King a traumatic event in James T. Kirk's life was the execution of 4,000 colonists of Tarsus IV; in the mirror universe James T. Kirk kills 5,000 colonists of Vega IX.

Apocrypha

In the Shatnerverse novel Avenger, the famine was an act of eco-terrorism, the testbed for a plague created by the Symmetrists (β), a radical environmentalist group who believed that the "cosmic plan" that formed the basis of the Prime Directive should apply to planetary ecologies as well – after the famine, they assisted Kodos in his escape and provided him with the name Anton Karidian.

In the Enterprise Logs short story "Though Hell Should Bar the Way", the USS Enterprise, under the command of Robert April, was en route to Tarsus IV with relief supplies when it was attacked by a Klingon vessel commanded by Kor – though the Enterprise was able to fight off the Klingon ship (and dishonor Kor by not destroying it), they made it to Tarsus only to find that the massacre had already taken place, leaving April haunted, wondering if, had it not been for the Klingons, he might have reached the planet in time to save the colonists.

The novel Drastic Measures, details the events of Tarsus IV. This takes place roughly 10 years prior to the Battle of the Binary Stars.

External links

Tarsus IV at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Tarsus IV Massacre at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+{{sidebar planet
-'''Tarsus IV''' was an [[inhabited planets|inhabited]] [[planet]]. It was the [[fourth planets|fourth]] [[planet]] of the Tarsus planetary [[star system|system]].
+| name        = Tarsus IV
+| type        = [[Planet]]
+| affiliation = [[Earth]]
+| location    = [[Alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] or [[Beta Quadrant]]
+| status      = Habitable
+| datestatus  = 2328
+}}
+{{disambiguation|the similarly named planet|Tarsas IV}}
-Prior to [[stardate]] [[2246|2794]], an [[Earth]] [[colony]] was established on this planet.
+'''Tarsus IV''' was the [[inhabited planets|inhabited]] [[fourth planets|fourth]] [[planet]] of its [[star system]]. This was the home of an [[Federation colonies#Earth colonies|Earth]] [[colony]].
+== History ==
-In 2246, an exotic [[fungus]] destroyed most of the colony's food supply, leaving the eight thousand colonists in serious danger of starvation.  [[Governor]] [[Kodos]] made a drastic decision: he ordered the deaths of four thousand colonists, so that the other four thousand might live, selecting those to be killed according to his personal theories of [[eugenics]]. [[Earth]] forces arrived earlier than expected, but too late to save the four thousand people Kodos [[murder]]ed.  All that was found of Kodos was a burned body, and he was presumed dead, until his chance discovery on [[Planet Q]] [[2266|twenty years later]].
+In [[2246]], an exotic [[fungus]] destroyed most of the colony's [[food]] supply, leaving the colonists, of which there were eight thousand, in serious danger of [[starvation]]. [[Governor]] [[Kodos]] made a drastic decision: he ordered the [[death]]s of four thousand colonists, so that the other four thousand might live, selecting those to be killed according to his personal theories of [[eugenics]]. [[Tarsus IV supply ships|Supply ship]] arrived earlier than expected, but too late to save the four thousand people Kodos [[murder]]ed. All that [[Earth Forces]] found of Kodos was a burned [[body]], and he was presumed [[death|dead]], until his chance discovery on [[Planet Q]] [[2266|twenty years later]].
-Among the survivors of the Tarsus IV incident were [[James T. Kirk]], [[Kevin Riley]], and [[Thomas Leighton]], who were the only three of nine survivors who knew Kodos' face, and who would be able to identify him. By stardate [[2266|2817]], they were the only three of the original nine witnesses still alive. ({{TOS|The Conscience of the King}})
+Among the [[survivor]]s of the Tarsus IV incident were [[James T. Kirk]], [[Kevin Riley]], and [[Thomas Leighton]], who were three of only nine survivors who knew Kodos' [[face]], and who would be able to identify him. In 2266, they were the only three of the original nine [[eyewitness]]es still alive. ({{TOS|The Conscience of the King}})
+In [[2328]], Tarsus IV was the destination for passengers traveling from [[Gamma Trianguli VI]] via commercial [[transport]]s. {{dis|Zayra Cabot|civilian}} had traveled on the {{SS|Manoa}}, [[Jack Litchfeld]] had traveled on the {{SS|Kogin}}, and {{dis|David Stipes|civilian}} and {{dis|Lorine Mendell|24th century}} had traveled on the {{SS|Wisconsin}}. ({{TNG-R|Inheritance}}, [[Commercial transport database|''okudagram'']])
-===Background===
-Presumably, Tarsus IV was located in the [[Alpha Quadrant]].
+== Inhabitants ==
-In the original script of {{DS9|The Jem'Hadar}}, [[Quark]] told [[Benjamin Sisko]] that the [[Ferengi]] had never had an incident like what happened on Tarsus IV.
+{{See-list|Tarsus IV inhabitants}}
+== Appendices ==
-According to [[Mike Sussman]], a computer readout on the {{USS|Defiant|NCC-1764}} in {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}} stated that [[Hoshi Sato]] was among those killed by Kodos on Tarsus Four. However, the relevant section of the bio did not appear in the finished cut of the episode.
+=== Background information ===
+{{omid|planet}}
+In the final revised draft of the script for {{e|The Conscience of the King}}, the Tarsus IV massacre was referred to as "the [[rebellion]] on Tarsus IV". In the final version of the installment, though, no such rebellion is established as having taken place on the planet. In the same script, Kirk also described Tarsus IV as "''a colony which was disintegrating before my eyes! Starvation! Rioting! Disaster!''" The method of execution Kodos used was said to have been an [[antimatter chamber]], which, after he threw a switch, completely disintegrated the four thousand colonists all at once.
-According to the ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' ("United Federation of Planets I"), in [[2378]], Tarsus IV was a [[Federation members|Federation member]].
+In the final draft script of the {{s|DS9}} episode {{e|The Jem'Hadar}}, [[Quark]] told [[Benjamin Sisko]] that the [[Ferengi]] had never had an incident like what had happened on Tarsus IV. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library]]'')
-===Apocrypha===
-In the [[Shatnerverse]] novel ''[[Avenger]]'', the famine was an act of eco-terrorism, the testbed for a plague created by the Symmetrists ({{mbeta|Symmetrists}}), a radical environmentalist group who believed that the "cosmic plan" that formed the basis of the [[Prime Directive]] should apply to planetary ecologies as well - after the famine, they assisted Kodos in his escape and provided him with the name [[Anton Karidian]].
+According to [[Michael Sussman]], a computer readout on the {{USS|Defiant|NCC-1764}} in {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}} stated that [[Hoshi Sato]] was among those killed by Kodos on Tarsus Four. However, the relevant section of the bio did not appear in the finished cut of the episode.
-In the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise Logs|Enterprise Logs]]'' short story "Though Hell Should Bar the Way", the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, under [[Robert April]], was ''en route'' to Tarsus IV with relief supplies when it was attacked by a [[Klingon]] vessel commanded by [[Kor]] - though she was able to fight off the enemy ship (and dishonor Kor by not destroying it), they made it to Tarsus only to find that the massacre had already taken place, leaving April haunted, wondering if, had it not been for the Klingons, he might have reached the planet in time to save the colonists.
+According to the ''Star Trek'' app accompanying {{film|12}}, [[John Harrison]]'s bio claimed he was one of nine survivors of a 2246 attack on the planet, his parents Richard and Sara perishing. It was not made explicitly clear if this "attack" was the same event that happened in the regular timeline.
-===External link===
-* {{NCwiki|Tarsus IV}}
+According to the [[reference works|reference book]] ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' ("United Federation of Planets I"), in [[2378]], Tarsus IV was a [[Federation members|Federation member]].
+In ''The Conscience of the King'' a traumatic event in [[James T. Kirk]]'s life was the execution of 4,000 colonists of Tarsus IV; in the [[mirror universe]] James T. Kirk kills 5,000 colonists of [[Vega IX]].
+=== Apocrypha ===
+In the [[Shatnerverse]] {{novel}} ''[[Avenger]]'', the famine was an act of eco-[[terrorism]], the testbed for a [[plague]] created by the {{mb|Symmetrists}}, a radical environmentalist group who believed that the "cosmic plan" that formed the basis of the [[Prime Directive]] should apply to planetary ecologies as well &ndash; after the famine, they assisted Kodos in his escape and provided him with the name [[Anton Karidian]].
+In the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise Logs|Enterprise Logs]]'' short story "Though Hell Should Bar the Way", the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, [[commanding officer|under the command]] of [[Robert April]], was en route to Tarsus IV with relief supplies when it was attacked by a [[Klingon]] vessel commanded by [[Kor]] &ndash; though the ''Enterprise'' was able to fight off the Klingon ship (and dishonor Kor by not destroying it), they made it to Tarsus only to find that the massacre had already taken place, leaving April haunted, wondering if, had it not been for the Klingons, he might have reached the planet in time to save the colonists.
+The novel ''[[Drastic Measures]]'', details the events of Tarsus IV. This takes place roughly 10 years prior to the [[Battle of the Binary Stars]].
+=== External links ===
+* {{mbeta|Tarsus IV}}
+* {{mbeta|Tarsus IV Massacre}}
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