Zeon (planet)

Zeon was an inhabited planet in an unnamed system. This planet had a ring system. It was the homeworld for the Zeons, a pre-warp humanoid species. This planet was further out from its primary than the sister planet Ekos. 
By the mid-23rd century, Zeon had interplanetary capable ships and its civilization had enjoyed dozens of generations of peace. Shortly after the year 2218, the Zeons undertook a mission to Ekos on a mission of civilizing the Ekosians. A Zeon colony was established on Ekos, which existed for the next half a century before being wiped out by the Ekosian National Socialist Party.
In 2268, Zeon was briefly endangered when the Ekosian Nazi regime planned to attack it with a fleet of manned and unmanned weapons. Promoted as the "Final Decision", the attack was barely averted by the crew of the starship , working with the Zeon and native Ekosian anti-Nazi underground resistance. ()
A photograph of Ekos and Zeon was displayed on one of the walls in dive bar on Starbase 25 in 2381. ()
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=== See also ===
* Zeon Minor
=== Background information ===
The name Zeon is similar to "", a for ancient . The altruistic immigrants Isak, his brother Abrom, and Davod are also similar to Hebrew names.
According to StarTrek.com, Zeon was located in the M34 Alpha system; however, according to the , the planet was located in the M43 Alpha system. Furthermore, it is stated in the Star Trek Encyclopedia that Zeon was a M-class planet.
=== Apocrypha ===
According to the Star Trek Maps (p. 27) and The Worlds of the Federation (p. 122), the name of the system was M43-Alpha. It was a trinary star system, Zeon being the fifth planet. According to Star Trek Maps, the total population of the two planets was 16.1 billion.
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