rogue planet theme
A planet that is not gravitationally bound to a star.
Examples
General Trelane (retired) was found to live on a rogue planet in the middle of a "star desert" in tos1x18 "The Squire of Gothos".
6 total · 2 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ent1x18 | major | Crew stumbled on a rogue planet and went to investigate it. T'Pol speculated that the planet was once gravitationally bound to a star but had been thrown out from its orbit. T'Pol described how life on the planet was distributed in a number of oases unlike on Earth. Also the landing party was in total darkness on the planet surface. |
| movie: The Man from Planet X (1951) | major | Planet X was a rogue planet that came into the solar system and passed nearby the Earth. |
| movie: Battle of the Worlds (1961) | minor | A rogue planet from another galaxy, dubbed "The Outsider", came into the solar system and entered into orbit around the Earth. |
| movie: King Dinosaur (1955) | minor | A habitable planet enters the solar system and takes orbit about the sun. |
| tos1x18 | minor | Gothos :: Gothos |
| voy1x05 | minor | mentioned |