Earth (Star Trek)

Earth is a planet that features in Star Trek.

History

Earth

Around 4.5 billion years ago, ancient humanoids seeded many worlds in the Milky Way Galaxy, including Earth, with a DNA code to guide evolution to a form resembling their own. (TNG: The Chase) Approximately 3.5 billion years ago, the first life on Earth was formed from a group of amino acids that combined to form the first proteins. (TNG: All Good Things...) One theory by human scientists in the future was that Earth's lifeforms originated from Mars. They believed that life was carried from one world to another on rocks blasted off into space by comet or asteroid impacts with this school of thought being known as lithopanspermia. (PIC: Two of One) Over four hundred million years ago, in the Devonian period, the genus Eryops was the last common ancestor of both warm-blooded and cold-blooded lifeforms. (VOY: Distant Origin)

Approximately 35 thousand years ago, multiple species of humanoids were known to had co-existed on Earth with two of these being modern Humans and Neanderthals. However, the Neanderthals became extinct around 28,000 years ago with this being a fortunate outcome for humanity. (ENT: Dear Doctor)

Another early Human civilization was that of the Chinese, who under the first Qin emperor built the Great Wall of China during the 3rd century BC. (VOY: 11:59)

In the 17th century, scientist Galileo Galilei taught the masses that Earth moved around the sun and not the opposite way. For these teachings, he was tried and convicted of heresy by an inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church, and his books were burned. (DS9: In the Hands of the Prophets)

During the Europa Mission, Renée Picard came to discover a microorganism on Io that she believed was sentient and she convinced the mission commander to bring it back to Earth. (PIC: Fly Me to the Moon)

The 20th century also saw the start of genetic modifications to the Human genome and the creation of Humans made stronger, faster, and smarter by the hand of scientists called Augments. In 1993, a group of Augments seized power simultaneously in over forty nations and sparked the Eugenics Wars. The wars were particularly devastating, and during them civilization was on the verge of collapse in some parts of the world. At that time, Humans operated the DY-100-class, an early type of sleeper ship, which was used to transport the remaining Augments into space in 1996. (TOS: Space Seed) The terrible experiences that Humanity had with genetic manipulation resulted in long lasting prohibitions against intentional "improvement" of the Human genome well into the 24th century. (DS9: Doctor Bashir, I Presume)

The United States suffered economic setbacks in the early 2000s. They were addressed circa 2020 by establishing Sanctuary Districts in major US cities. These walled districts were originally created to help America's massive homeless and jobless population. Instead, the districts became little more than prisons for the destitute and the mentally ill. In September 2024, mounting tensions in the Sanctuary Districts culminated in the Bell Riots. Political fallout from the riots resulted in the abolition of the districts and the United States finally began to face the serious social problems it had struggled with for over a century. (DS9: Past Tense, Part I, Past Tense, Part II)

In 2026, World War 3 fully broke out which caused the eradication of 600,000 animal and plant species and 30% of Earth's human population. The war decimated Earth causing nuclear winters, the destruction of most of Earth's major cities and natural climate. Radio Isotopes from nuclear weapons were ejected into the atmosphere exposing all life remaining after the war to dangerous radiation. (SNW: Strange New Worlds)

Around this same time Humanity was still making efforts to explore space. In 2032, a successful manned mission to Mars, Ares IV, took place in the midst of world war. Although the command module was lost in a graviton ellipse, this mission was considered by some as a precursor for Humankind's further exploration of space. (VOY: One Small Step) In 2037, the Charybdis was launched by the United States in a third attempt to take Humans beyond the Sol system. Unknown at the time, that ship was swept off course by an unknown alien force and finally reached the Theta 116 solar system. (TNG: The Royale)

After the last global conflict, Dr. Zefram Cochrane made mankind's first faster-than-light spaceflight in 2063. This drew the attention of the Vulcans and thereby resulted in the first formal post-warp contact with an interstellar civilization. This affected Humanity in a profound way and would initiate several long-lasting changes over the coming decades. (Movie: Star Trek: First Contact)

During the latter half of the 21st century, Humanity fought four wars against an alien race known as the Kzinti. The conflict ended with the Treaty of Sirius and the victory of Earth. The Kzinti were forced to enact a complete demilitarization, with only a small police force permitted, and to allow complete and unrestricted access to their territory. (TAS: The Slaver Weapon)

During the early 22nd century, Liam Dieghan founded the Neo-Transcendentalist movement, advocating "a simpler life in which one lived in harmony with nature." (TNG: Up The Long Ladder) As one of the first steps toward a unified Earth government, the European Hegemony, a somewhat loose alliance in the European region on Earth, formed. (TNG: Up The Long Ladder) By 2150, all of Earth's former nations had joined the United Earth government. (TNG: Attached)

In the Dominion War, the Breen Confederacy came to launch a surprise attack Earth where they targeted Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco. (DS9: The Changing Face of Evil)

After the Burn, every starship capable of warp and possessing dilithium simultaneously exploded in an event that caused the death of millions. This caused the slowly and systematic collapse of space travel along with the Federation with the cause of the event being unknown. Fearing a possible attack, it was decided to move Starfleet Headquarters away from Earth as it made the planet a potential target to enemies with this having occurred around a century ago. Thus, the planet no longer came to host Starfleet and in time formed its own government separate from the fallen Federation with the United Earth Defense Force developing as its military defensive arm. Despite this being the case, a Starfleet Admiral named Tala sent a secure coded Starfleet beacon that asked for any vessel to rendezvous at Earth though the loss of interstellar travel meant that no ship was able to make the journey. (DIS: People of Earth)

Overview

It was situated in the Terran system that was located in Sector 001. (TNG: The Best of Both Worlds)

Locations on the planet included:

• Chateau Picard :
• Starfleet Headquarters :
• Starfleet Academy :
• Daystrom Institute :

The world had a single large natural satellite named Luna. (TOS: The Changeling)

Species native to Earth included:

• Voth :
• Humans :

It was said that despite their genetic impurities, lack of telepathy, and violent nature that humanity had beautiful ways to convey their ideas. These were expressed through various means such as literature, art, and music. (VOY: In the Flesh)

One division within the United Earth military was the Military Assault Command Operation (MACO). They were a separate branch of the Earth Starfleet with them by the year 2153 having tactics and technology that were two to three years more advanced than those of Starfleet, but their combat expertise was initially limited to simulations conducted on Earth. (ENT: Harbinger)

By the 32nd century, the planet had developed its own military force known as the United Earth Defense Force. (DIS: People of Earth)

Inhabitants

• Edith Keeler :
• Gary Seven :
• Khan Noonien Singh :
• Henry Starling :
• Adam Soong :
• Zefram Cochrane :
• Phillip Green :
• Arik Soong :

Notes

• Earth featured in the setting of Star Trek.

Alternate Versions

• In Star Trek: Enterprise, an alternate version of Earth known as Terra existed within the Mirror Universe. It was inhabited by a war-like humanity referred to as Terrans who killed the Vulcan First Contact team and plundered their technology to form the Terran Empire.
• In Star Trek: The Next Generation, an anti-time eruption created an alternate past for Earth where where 3.5 billion years ago amino acids never combined with the first proteins, and life never formed on the planet. This was how the Q Continuum fulfilled its judgment to deny Humans existence.
• In Star Trek: Picard, an alternate version of Earth was shown to exist in the Q altered timeline. Following the failure of the Europa Mission, the planet's ecosystem fell into decline and saw the emergence of a xenophobic humanity who formed the Confederation of Earth that would exterminate other alien races.

In other media

Video games

• In Star Trek Online, Earth featured in the setting of the MMORPG video game.

Appearances

• Star Trek: The Original Series:
• Star Trek: The Next Generation:
• Star Trek: Deep Space 9:
• Star Trek: Voyager:
• Star Trek: Enterprise:

External Links

• Memory Alpha Wiki Entry

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