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Sha Ka Ree

The legendary planet at the centre of the galaxy

The mythical paradise at the centre of the galaxy that Sybok sought in Star Trek V, where an imprisoned being pretended to be God.

Sha Ka Ree is a legendary planet said to lie at the centre of the galaxy, behind an energy field called the Great Barrier. Versions of the same myth of a paradise and source of creation exist in the cultures of many peoples, including Vulcans, Klingons and humans.
In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Spock's half-brother Sybok takes hostages on Nimbus III to lure a starship, then seizes the Enterprise-A and takes it through the Great Barrier. The planet beyond turns out to be real, and a powerful being appears there, claiming to be God and demanding the starship.
Kirk questions why such a being would need a ship, and it attacks him. Sybok realises he has been deceived and sacrifices himself to hold it back. A Klingon Bird-of-Prey, at Spock's request, fires on the being, which turns out to be imprisoned on the planet, and the crew escapes.