Nimbus III Nimbus III was the inhabited third planet in its star system . It was orbit ed by at least two moon s . Nimbus III was established as a " Planet of Galactic Peace " in 2267 after the Federation - Klingon War . ( ) Location . Nimbus III was located in the Neutral Zone . This planet was located in the same quadrant as the Sol system . ( ) In 2371 , the location of Nimbus III was labeled in the star chart Data and Picard were studying in stellar cartography aboard the . ( , " okudagram " ) The location of Nimbus III was labeled on a star chart in astrometrics on in 2376 . ( , " okudagram " ) History . In 2267 , after the war , the and the Klingon and Romulan Empires agreed to mutually develop the planet , in the hopes that it would serve as a model for a new age of peace and understanding . An advertisement broadcasted from the planet claimed it to be " " . . . famous for its wildlife and the fishing is terrific . " " Individuals who wished to move to this planet could finance their trip through Federation Federal . In reality , the planet was a desert world and the colonist s chosen for the undertaking were among the most unscrupulous individuals in the galaxy , quickly taking to fighting amongst each other , fashioning their own crude weapons after the planetary government forbade weapons from them . In 2287 , the Human St . John Talbot was the Federation representative stationed on Nimbus III ; General Korrd was the Klingon representative , and Caithlin Dar the Romulan . Their " office " was in the backroom of the The Watering Hole saloon . All three were captured and telepathic ally brainwashed by the renegade Vulcan Sybok when his " Galactic Army of Light " took over the planet ' s capital and only settlement , Paradise City . By taking the representatives hostage , his plan was to attract a starship to the planet , that he would commandeer to take them all to the planet thought to be . The and Klaa ' s Bird - of - Prey responded to the hostage crisis . The " Enterprise " - A was commandeered by Sybok . Captain Klaa followed them , after intercepting a distress call from Captain James T . Kirk . ( ) Appendices . Background information . In a deleted scene from the episode , the hologram of Jack Crusher stated that one of Wesley ' s ancestors was a horse thief on Nimbus III . According to " " ( p . 66 ) and " " ( " Stellar Cartography " , pp . 18 - 19 ; " Federation Historical Highlights , 2161 - 2385 ” ) , there was a star system named Nimbus , in which this planet might possibly have been located , in the Beta Quadrant . The system ' s primary was a . The classified Nimbus III as a class M planet . Apocrypha . The computer game " Star Trek Online " originally placed the Nimbus system in the Nimbus sector at the junction between the Federation , the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire . Its location was subsequently changed to sit very near Romulus system , and far from the Klingon border . Several " Star Trek Online " missions take place on Nimbus III , which is depicted as having been taken over by the Orion Syndicate by 2409 . The Tal Shiar and Elachi also have a secret base there . According to " " , the idea of cooperating with the Klingon and Romulan Star Empire s in colonizing and developing Nimbus III was the brain child of Ambassador Robert Fox . It is stated that Fox later " regretted the whole thing , " and James Kirk is quoted as saying " most of us knew Nimbus III was a joke . "