Both planets, Atlec and Straleb, were settled by Humans roughly a century ago. Despite an offer by the Federation to aid in their settlement, the colonists preferred independence, and have since established a political union within this system. They also maintain a treaty of non-interference with the nearby Ferengi.
It is also worth noting that the inhabitants of these two planets, while space-capable, still travel their star system aboard fusion-powered vessels that use laser weaponry. Cargo ships frequently travel between the two twin planets, and the coalition, as a whole, maintains a moderately-sized sub-light defense fleet. It isn’t known why these Humans use such antiquated technology, but it does seem to serve them sufficiently well out here on the Federation frontier.
The Enterprise is on the outer edges of this system merely to observe and collect data. We are not scheduled to interact with any ships, satellites or political officials.
-Lieutenant Sam Archer
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September 7, 2364 -- (Original Devron Timeline)