Delta Quadrant
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The Delta Quadrant is one of the four quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy, and is home to many alien races and cultures, most notably the Borg Collective. (TNG episode: "The Price"; Star Trek: Voyager)
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The Delta Quadrant comprises one quarter of the galaxy, with major extensions of several spiral arms making up its environs, including major portions of the 3 KPC, Norma and Crux Arms, as well as trailing sections of the Carina and Orion Arms and a small portion of the base of the Sagittarius Arm. (ST reference: Star Charts)
HistoryEdit
The Delta Quadrant represented an incredibly remote frontier to the Humans and other Federation races and cultures in the 23rd and 24th centuries. The romance of this concept led to a bar named after the Delta Quadrant in an alternate reality of the 2250s. (TOS - Starfleet Academy novel: The Delta Anomaly)
The first known Humans to explore the Delta Quadrant were the Hansen family in 2354, when they followed a Borg cube through a transwarp conduit. Unfortunately, Magnus and Erin Hansen could not bring back any data on the unexplored region, as they were assimilated in 2356. (VOY episode: "The Raven")
An expedition to explore the far side of the Barzan wormhole led a shuttlecraft commanded by Lieutenant Commanders Data and Geordi La Forge led them to the Delta Quadrant. However, the wormhole was expected to lead to the Gamma Quadrant and was found to be unstable. The two officers managed to return safely. (TNG episode: "The Price"; VOY episode: "False Profits")
In 2370, the Federation starship USS Equinox, was catapulted to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker, a representative of the Nacene. In the following year, 2371, the Federation starship USS Voyager was also catapulted to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. After becoming stranded, Voyager spent seven years travelling through the Delta Quadrant, before returning to the Alpha Quadrant in 2377. (VOY episode & novelization: Caretaker, VOY novelization: Equinox)
Due to limited expeditions into the distant quadrant, the Federation knew very little about it until 2374, when the Voyager made contact with Starfleet. Since Voyager's return in 2377, the Federation's knowledge of the Delta Quadrant has increased considerably. (VOY episode: "Message in a Bottle"; VOY episode & novelization: Endgame)
The USS Voyager was fitted with a quantum slipstream drive and assigned to Project Full Circle, a Starfleet expeditionary force sent to explore the Delta Quadrant. (VOY novel: Full Circle)
In the late 26th century, when Prefect Tamar of the Kelvan Armada arrived in the Milky Way Galaxy to check on Rojan's advanced team, he expected them to have seized control of the most of the galaxy, and be advancing into the Delta Quadrant after 300 years. (TOS - Strange New Worlds 9 short story: "Gone Native")
Scientific phenomenaEdit
The Delta Quadrant houses a sector of space devoid of star systems for at least 2,500 light years. The crew of the USS Voyager nicknamed this area of space the Void. As the ship journeyed through, they encountered a species native to the area known only to the Voyager crew as the Night Alien. (VOY episode: "Night")
Underspace was a vast network of subspace corridors which allowed traveling up to two-hundred light years possible within five minutes. It was said the corridor likely spread the entire Delta Quadrant. A ship could only access Underspace if the ship passing through had it's warp field modulated at the correct frequency to interact with the corridor. (VOY episode: "Dragon's Teeth")
Kelemane's planet was a planet in the Delta Quadrant which contained a tachyon core, which generated a subspace particle field. Due to the generation of the particle field, the planet rotated 58 times a minute, translating to a day occurring every 1.03 seconds outside of the field. On the surface of the planet, the native species was unaware of these circumstances. (VOY episode: "Blink of an Eye")
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Stars and systemsEdit
Planets and planetoidsEdit
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| Alastria • Alcawell • Akritiri • Arakis Prime • Arehaz • Avery III • Banea • Birthworld • Borg Prime • Brunali homeworld • Burara VI • Cravic homeworld • Dedestris • Dernovin • Devore Prime • Dinaal IV • Doseph • Draanis IV • Drayan II • Enara Prime • Eromt-Sew • FGC-486237 planet • Ferna • Fina Prime • Finor • Gema IV • Gorybore (3rd moon of Gorybore) • Haakon • Hanon IV • Planet Hell • Hemikek IV • Hevas VII • Ilari • Ilidaria • Iziox • Karenzaa • Kelemane's planet • Ledos • Malon Prime • Markov-Kalto • New Earth • Ocampa V • Pathon • Persephone • Phanos • Porakas • Praja • Quarra • Rakosa V • Rewad IV (Doseph) • Rinax • Runara IV • Sikaris III • Sobras • Talax (Rinax) • Tarakis • Taresia • Tarkanna • Telsius Prime • Uxal IV • Vaadwaur Prime • Vidiia Prime • Veruna IV • Vorgos • Vostigye birthworld • Weird Planet • Yallitos • Yudoo • Zandon (10th moon of Zandon) • unnamed Delta Quadrant planets and planetoids |
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Races and culturesEdit
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ConnectionsEdit
| Milky Way Galaxy | 
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| Alpha Quadrant | Beta Quadrant | Delta Quadrant | Gamma Quadrant |
External linkEdit
- Delta Quadrant article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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