Talos system

The Talos system or Talos group was an inhabited planetary system in the Talos star group. The system was located in the Alpha Quadrant. The system was approximately 2 light years from Starbase 11.
It was a quaternary star system consisting of a binary star system and its eleven planets and two other stars. One of the planets, Talos IV, was inhabited by the Talosians, a technologically advanced telepathic species. () Travel anywhere within the Talos system was prohibited by Starfleet. (; )
== History ==
Long range scans made by the of the system in the 23rd century showed that it was similar to the Sol system. Prior to 2236, this system had not been explored. In that year, the survey ship , while surveying the system, crash landed on Talos IV. There was only one survivor from the crash, Vina. 
In 2254, eighteen years later, the discovered the fate of the Columbia after being lured to the system by a faked distress call. After escaping the Talosians, the crew recommended that the planet be placed under quarantine, a recommendation that Starfleet Command endorsed. General Order 7 was created to prohibit contact between the Talosians and Federation starships.
In 2257, Michael Burnham guided by Spock return to Talos while Spock was suffering from effects of experiencing time as a non linear construct. After the Talosians had repaired Spock's mind, the USS Discovery arrives with Pike in command and rescue Spock and Burnham from Section 31. ()
In 2267, ten years later, the Enterprise returned to the system to deliver a physically disabled Captain Christopher Pike to the care of the Talosians. () 
Some time before 2285, the Federation sent a container from Talos III to Regula. ()
== Stellar Cartography ==
In 2259, the location of this system was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the 's ready room viewscreen. This system's symbol had a white color, indicating that it was non-aligned. () 
In 2293, the location of Talos in the Milky Way Galaxy was labeled in a star chart that was in Captain James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the . ( okudagram)
The system's location was labeled in a Federation star chart that was in Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy's office at Starfleet Headquarters in 2399 and on the bridge of the in 2401. The Talos system was in or near to Federation space. ()
In 3189, the location of Talos was denoted on a holographic star chart of the galaxy at Federation Headquarters. ()
== Appendices == 
The prohibition on Federation ships traveling to this system was lifted sometime before 2285, as Federation cargo containers were being sent from this system to research facilities throughout Federation space
The Talosian system was at one point to have been a double star system. (The Making of Star Trek, pp. 93 and 96) Before production on that episode, Gene Roddenberry conceded that he was somewhat "at a loss [...] on exactly what it should look like," and further commented, "If it is too bizarre or confusing to the audience, we'll probably have to go back to a single sun." (The Making of Star Trek, p. 96) The map for the system showed two stars of equal size at the center of the star system; however, when the shore leave party was on the surface, it's not possible to see the suns as the sky was overcast.
According to Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 37) and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"), the Talos system was a quaternary system with four M-class stars. The symbol used for this system was visible on a star chart used in , making it canon that the Talos system had four stars.
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