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Althos IV

Author : bdfd

Date : Jan 2014 - Updated May 2025

Althos IV is the fourth planet in the Althos system in Pegasus constellation.
It's a Federation Member since At least 2279.
The inhabitants are The Bzzit Khaht (ST IV), they are one of the more unusual members of the UFP.
Althos is a single star at 79.2 light-years from Sun.
The system is composed by a bigger (1.1 R) and cooler (1.11 L) star (G1V) than sun.
It has a lot of single asteroids and a big belt of asteroids.

Althos is near Browda (30.4 LY), Fahleena (30.6 LY) and Temecklia (35.8 LY).

History
Althos IV is described as a temperate and water rich planet with major gemstone deposits.
It is home to a Federation research facility and ship yards principaly Akira class.
It's located between big entities in this sector like :
Cardassian union at south, Breen confederacy at west, Tzenkethi coalition at east and Ferengi alliance at north.
It's a very strategical system for UFP.
The Bzzit Khaht are a species of amphibious reptiles, who spend significant time in the water,
living in beaver dam like ’seatowns’ and living from seabed agriculture.
Seatowns are egalitarian communities, although there are specialized roles.
The Bzzit Khaht have some psionic powers that allows a world-wide sense of purpose,
negating the need for governments

Starbase 86 turns around Althos IV.
All next Akira class made by starbase 86.
USS Jupiter - NCC 6401x
USS Juno - NCC 6401x
USS Mercury - NCC 6401x
USS Venus - NCC 6401x

USS Mars - NCC 6401x
USS Diana - NCC 6401x
USS Minerva - NCC 6401x
USS Neptune - NCC 6401x

USS DELESTREZ (v5) and its shuttles are near Starbase.
USS Valhalla turns around Starbase.

A journey from Sun to Althos gives with okuda table at cruise speed :
at warp 5.0 : 135.2 days (Enterprise)
at warp 7.0 : 44.1 days (Tos)
at warp 9.0 : 19.1 days (Tng)
at warp 9.9 : 10.8 days (USS Delestrez v5)
at warp 9.9+: 3.7 days (Voyager)

All objects are with diffuse, emissive, normal and specular textures.