Federation Outpost Database - Outpost, Cestus III

	History:
	Cestus III. Planet. Location of a Federation outpost destroyed by a reptilian civilization known as the Gorn in 2267. The Federation had at the time been unaware that Cestus III was in space the Gorn considered to be their own territory, and that the Gorn had been protecting their own sovereignty. Unfortunately, the Gorn attack on the Federation outpost left only a single survivor. TOS "Arena" Misunderstandings with the Gorn were eventually resolved, and the planet was colonized by Federation settlers. In mid-2371, the colonists on Cestus III formed a league of six baseball teams. Two of the teams were the Cestus Comments and the Pike City Pioneers. DS9 "Family Business" Cestus III is eight weeks travel from the Bajor sector at maximum warp. DS9 "The Way of the Warrior" The location for filming Cestus III as well as for the Metrons' planetoid in "Arena" was Vasquez Rocks, near Los Angeles, which was used for various television and feature productions. Other Star Trek episodes filmed there include (TOS "Shore Leave"), (TNG "Who Watches the Watchers?"), (DS9 "The Homecoming"), and one shot in Star Trek IV. The Cestus III outpost was actually a fort constructed for the feature The Alamo, produced in the 1930's. The fort was demolished in the late 1960's because it was thought to be in danger collapse. Star Trek Encyclopedia II

	Federation Database - Cestus III