Vega system
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The Vega system is a star system. (TOS: "The Cage") The location of the Vega system was seen on a Federation star chart displayed in astrometrics on the USS Voyager. The system was shown in relation to Pollux IV, Jouret IV, Rigel, and Organia. (VOY: "Child's Play", "The Haunting of Deck Twelve")
This system was home to the Vega Colony. This colony had been established by Earth some time prior to 2126. (ENT: "Broken Bow", TOS: "The Cage")
In 2126, Travis Mayweather (later of the Enterprise NX-01) was born aboard the ECS Horizon half way between Vega and Draylax (ENT: "Broken Bow")
In an alternate timeline, Vega colony in the system was wiped out by the Xindi following the destruction of Earth in 2154. (ENT: "Twilight")
In 2254, the USS Enterprise planned to make use of the medical facilities at the Vega colony to take care of the crew injured on Rigel VII and replace the personnel who needed hospitalization. (TOS: "The Cage")
This system had a parallel counterpart in the mirror universe. Prior to 2267, in the mirror universe, Captain James Kirk had 5,000 colonists on Vega IX executed. (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")
Background information
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According to the reference work Star Trek: Star Charts, an alternate name for the system was Alpha Lyrae. Vega is a Class B (Blue) star. (pg. 36) Vega was located in the Alpha Quadrant. (pg. 36) Vega was a destination on the Earth trade routes in the mid-22nd century, (pg. 44) and a destination on a major space lane in the late 24th century. (pg. 36) The Vega colony was located on Vega IX, and was listed as a United Federation of Planets member. (United Federation of Planets I)
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In the 1977 children's storybook The Prisoner of Vega, Klingons capture Queen Vanadala of Vega III and take over her planet.
In the game Star Trek Online, the Vega system was the site of a renewed Borg attack in 2409, and where the tutorial takes place.