Loracus Prime
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference.
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| Location: | Gagarin Radiation belt |
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Loracus Prime is a planet in the Gagarin Radiation belt. Its atmosphere contains purple and pink clouds of gas and it is known to have over 5,000 subspecies of termites. Among those subspecies are the Loracus devil mite and the Loracus Prime spitting termite. The planet was crucial for the development of Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development. (ENT: "Strange New World")
- The Star Trek: Star Charts falsely states the planet later explored in "Strange New World" to be Loracus Prime, which actually is a misinterpretation as the planet's name is not revealed until Enterprise's fourth season. As a consequence, the star "Archer", which the planet called Archer IV supposedly orbits, is placed near Klingon territory several hundred light years away from Sol according to the Star Charts.
- Elizabeth Cutler's prop book about Loracus Prime insects is an Eyewitness Handbook, a series of field guides published by Dorling Kindersley on a variety of natural subjects. When the episode aired, many viewers thought that Cutler said "Arrakis Prime", in reference to the Dune Chronicles, but pictures of the prop book have subsequently become available that disprove this theory.
