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Janus was an inhabited planetary system in the Alpha Quadrant.

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Planetary system

This system had at least six planets, including the inhabited world Janus VI, the homeworld of the Horta.

History

At some point, the United Federation of Planets established a mining colony in this system, on Janus VI, simply known as Janus VI colony. (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")

"The Devil In The Dark" states that the mining colony had been in operation for over fifty years, as of 2267. This puts the colonization sometime before 2217. Typically, one would say 'over sixty years' if sixty years had passed, etc, implying that it was founded in 2208 or later.

Stellar cartography

In 2259, the location of this system was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the USS Enterprise's ready room viewscreen. This system's symbol had a blue color, indicating that it was affiliated with the Federation. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds", "Children of the Comet")

In 2260, Janus was labeled on a star chart denoting the spread of a quantum uncertainty field across the region. It was outside of the area effect of the phenomena. It was marked as a Federation system. (SNW: "Subspace Rhapsody")

In 2261, the location of Janus was depicted on a star chart used by the crew of the USS Enterprise to highlight the location of Vadia. It was labeled as a Federation system. (SNW: "Through the Lens of Time")

On stardate 1292.4, the location of this system was labeled on a star chart used during a Section 31 Alpha Team briefing. (Star Trek: Section 31)

The name of this system came from the star charts seen onscreen, which were created using the reference materials Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library.

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