Apep

Apep is the name of the trading outpost established on an asteroid halfway between Alala and Hesat to better connect the two planet to the Stroga Empire. Apep is the mostly newly settled in "planet" in the galaxy (besides the late Hathor).

There was a significant debate in the Federation of United Planets about whether Apep ought to get a vote, given only a few thousand people live in the outpost, and Apep is not strictly speaking a planet. Eventually, it was decided that since the Stroga Empire allowed citizens of Apep some form of peaceful self-governance, they could be allowed to vote.