Gaea Region
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The Gaea Region
The Gaea Region is located in the Gamma Quadrant in a largely unexplored area of space. It borders Dominion space and the former territory of the ancient civilization the Hur’Q. The Gaea Region is accessed using the Typhon Wormhole located in the Beta Quadrant in the Typhon Expanse near the Duronis Sector. The Gamma quadrant entrance to the Bajoran wormhole is approximately 5000 light years away from the Gaea Region. However, Hyperion Station is being built at the edge of the Gaia Region to provide a safe place for Federation Quantum Slipstream capable vessels to cool-down their drives in between the Bajoran and Typhon wormholes. This allows the Federation to safely travel between the Federation territory around New Bajor and the Gaea Region.
The Gaea System was originally discovered by the USS Defiant. The fourth planet in its system is an M Class planet encased in a quantum energy barrier, known to cause severe temporal displacement. However, using the same technology behind Typhon Shielding the barrier around Gaea IV can be neutralized and traversed safely. The newly refitted USS Phoenix-C is tasked with policing and protecting the Typhon Wormhole, exploring new worlds and civilizations, finding new allies and to gather intelligence on The Dominion and any other possible threats.
The Gaea Region is separated into 25 sectors, as shown in the map below. Each sector takes approximately 400 light years to cross, making the entire Gaea region 2000 light years across and wide. This would be an impossible area to cover with current warp technology, fortunately the USS Phoenix-C has been equipped with Starfleet’s very latest in Quantum Slipstream technology.
The 25 Sectors
D5 Typhon Gateway: The Typhon Gateway sector houses the Gamma Quadrant opening to the Typhon Wormhole.
C5 Gaia System: The Gaea Region is named after this important system and is where Gaia Colony of Gamma Laudeans is - more specifically on Gaia IV.
E1 Hyperion Sector: This sector is named after the Federation Space Station built there and is at the very edge of the Gaia Region.
A5 Cenobia System: This sector is named after the Cenobia system which houses the homeworld of the Cenobian species, an M-Class planet named Cenobian II.
A1 Kendi System: This sector is named after the Kendi system that lies within it. This sector is the closest to Dominion territory.
B1 Teplan System: This sector is home to the Teplan system and the Teplan people. They had suffered under a form of biological warfare at the hands of the Dominion, which was cured in 2372 by a Federation doctor.
B2' Jenkata Nebula: This sector is home to an interstellar gas cloud named the Jenkata Nebula.
A2 Gavara System: This sector is home to the Gavara system for which it’s named. The G Class star is very similar to Sol and it’s believed to be home to at least one M Class planet.
A3 Obatta Cluster: The Obatta sector is home to the Obatta globular star cluster for which it’s named. The area is flooded with stellar radiation and changing gravitational currents making it difficult for travel and communications.
Allied Forces and the Allied Shield
The Allied Shield refers to the joint effort of Allied Forces (Cenobians, Kendians, Gavarians and Teplans) that has kept the Dominion out of the Gaea Region of space. This buffer zone is nearly a century old and has kept the planet Gaea and now the newly discovered Typhon Wormhole safe and untouched by Dominion forces. The Jenkata Nebula also helps to distort sensors and signals making the region extremely difficult for the Dominion to gather any real intelligence or sensor data on. Conversely, it makes it equally difficult for Allied Forces to penetrate their sensors into Dominion space.
