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The Arcturians[3], or Arcturans[4], were a humanoid species, a culture native to Arcturus IV in the Arcturus star system, located in the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant[5].
Specifics[]
One of their most famous exports was Arcturan musk oil. (TOS novel: Web of the Romulans)
The Arcturans had translucent, chalk-white or reddish-gray skin, which formed heavy folds on their foreheads. They had large earlobes and small amounts of platinum hair. Arcturan native dress included a leather-and-fur tunic. (TOS reference: The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture; TOS novel: The Lost Years)
They were anarchical, lacking a government, though were also a militaristic race, with over 100 billion inhabitants spread across the system. Most Arcturans lacked a formal education, the majority spoke numerous languages, including Klingonese, Romulan language, and Standard, albeit with their own unique pidgin grammar. It was said that money was the language they understood best. (TOS novel: The Lost Years; TOS reference: The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
They regarded Klingons, Humans, and Romulans with equal contempt, though by the 23rd century the Arcturians were members of the United Federation of Planets. (TOS novel: The Lost Years; TOS reference: The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
Arcturan hongua is a favoured ingredient in Sundowners. (EV comic: "Our Dearest Blood")
History[]
In 2254 rogue Arcturans joined a Klingon backed brigand of Orion, Khodini and renegade Humans who attacked Starbase 13 in retaliation against Starfleet’s Project Pharos, a scheme to bring order to the Marrat Nebula region by building a giant galactic lighthouse. (EV comic: "The Fires of Pharos")
In the 2260s decade, an Arcturian bartender who worked in the Stars Landing district at Vanguard prepared gredlahr for the USS Lovell's first officer Araev zh'Rhun and Lieutenant Jessica Diamond. (SCE eBook: Distant Early Warning)
In 2288, Arcturians were among the civilian Federation volunteers in the Galactic Relief Corps which aided refugees on Oyolo following rampant attacks on the planet. (TOS novel: Foul Deeds Will Rise)
Quark and McHogue were members of an Arcturan chartered corporation that sold worthless stock certificates to species from nondeveloped planets. The pair were later banned from returning to the Arcturus system after their assets were seized in exchange for not being imprisoned. (DS9 novel: Warped)
Alternate realities[]
In 2261, a representative team from an Arcturian school competed in the Starfleet Academy Centennial Games in the Kelvin timeline. (SA - Starfleet Academy comics: "Issue 1", "Issue 2", "Issue 3")
See also[]
- Arcturian blood disease (VAN novel: What Judgments Come)
- Arcturian cider (TNG novel: Metamorphosis)
- Arcturian Fizz (TNG episode: "Menage a Troi", TNG novel: The Best and the Brightest)
- Arcturan musk oil
- Arcturian wildebeest (TNG - Strange New Worlds I short story: "What Went Through Data's Mind 0.68 Seconds Before the Satellite Hit")
- Arcturian yoga
- hongua
Known individuals[]
- Adjani
- Benedick
- Bertram
- Caliban
- Horatio
- Kate
- Lysander
- Neelakanta
- Portia
- Rakatheema
- Rosalind
- Tagsut
- Taskul
- Titus
- Viola
- Ziza
Appendices[]
Images[]
Appearances[]
- TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Motion Picture
- TOS comic: "Dilithium Dilemma"
- TOS comic: "The Real McCoy"
- TOS comic: "Double Bluff"
- TOS comic: "Husian Gambit"
- EV comic: "The Fires of Pharos"
- SCE eBook: The Art of the Deal
- SCE eBook: Distant Early Warning
- SCE eBook: The Art of the Comeback
- VAN novel: Summon the Thunder
- ST - Destiny novel: Lost Souls
- VAN novel: Declassified
- VAN novel: Storming Heaven
- Seekers novel: Second Nature
- Seekers novel: Point of Divergence
- SA - Starfleet Academy comic: "Issue 1"
- SA - Starfleet Academy comic: "Issue 2"
- SA - Starfleet Academy comic: "Issue 3"
- LD episode: "Envoys"
- TOS novel: Living Memory
References[]
- TOS reference: The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- TOS novel: Web of the Romulans
- TOS novel: The Lost Years
- DS9 novel: Warped
- EV comic: "Our Dearest Blood"
- TNG novel: The Light Fantastic
- TOS novel: Foul Deeds Will Rise
External link[]
- Arcturian article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.