Delta Quadrant

From TFC Galactopedia

The Delta Quadrant is the common designation for one-quarter of the Milky Way Galaxy. Its boundary is defined by a meridian passing through the galactic core and the Sol System, and a second meridian 90º perpendicular at the core. Its closest point to Earth is located approximately 30,000 light-years away.

Due to the immense distance between the Alpha and Delta Quadrants, very little is known about this region of space.

The major power in the Delta Quadrant is the Borg Collective. Borg space covers over two-thirds of the quadrant in irregular arrangements, from the border with the Beta Quadrant out to the galactic rim. Other alien species that control significant areas of the quadrant include, among others, the Vidiians, the Devore, the Kazon, the Voth, the Hirogen, the Hierarchy and the Malon. Species 8472 has also established a presence in the Delta Quadrant.

See also: Alpha Quadrant, Beta Quadrant, Gamma Quadrant.

TFC Notes

In Star Trek canon, the USS VOYAGER ended up in the Delta Quadrant in 2371. In TFC, VOYAGER was instead thrown to the much more distant Andromeda Galaxy, and all hands are presumed lost.

Source Note

• The original version of this article comes from Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference (http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/index.php/Main_Page).
• Article (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Delta_Quadrant)

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