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The Beta Quadrant was the common designation for one-quarter of the Milky Way Galaxy. It was adjacent to the Alpha and Delta Quadrants.

This quadrant consisted of major portions of the Orion Arm, the 3 kpc Arm, the Norma Arm, the Crux Arm, the Sagittarius Arm. the Orion Arm, the Perseus Arm, and the Carina Arm. One-quarter of the galactic core was located in this quadrant. (Star Trek: Voyager, Season 7 production art [1]; Star Trek Into Darkness, display graphics)

Qo'noS, the Klingon homeworld, was located in the Beta Quadrant. (Star Trek Into Darkness, display graphic) The Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire claimed territory in the Beta Quadrant in the 24th century. (Star Trek: Insurrection, display graphic)

The location of Qo'noS was established in the targeted comm burst viewscreen graphic from Star Trek Into Darkness. [2] The information of the locations of the empires comes from an illegible display graphic seen on a PADD in Star Trek: Insurrection. The PADD was sold on It's A Wrap! sale and auction. [3]

The Yattho, a species known for their precognitive abilities, were native to the Beta Quadrant. (VOY: "Before and After")

History

In 2293, the starship USS Excelsior, commanded by Captain Hikaru Sulu, completed a three-year exploratory voyage in the Beta Quadrant which included cataloging gaseous anomalies. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

In 2363, Captain Lisa Cusak and the crew of the USS Olympia began a seven-year exploration voyage in the Beta Quadrant. Following this mission, the Olympia crashed on a planet in the Rutharian sector en route back to Federation space. While escorting a convoy to the Vegan system in 2374, the crew of the USS Defiant made contact with Cusak in 2371 via a temporal anomaly. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

In 2367, Barash created a holoprogram of a fictional future based on William T. Riker's thoughts and expectations. In Riker's fictional service record in the holoprogram, on stardate 52384, he was selected for recognition as the Federation special representative to the Axanar conference on Beta Quadrant exploration and Federation security that was held at the Deneva Special Congress on Interstellar Affairs. (TNG: "Future Imperfect")

For the remastered episode of "Future Imperfect", the original okudagram of Riker's service record was replaced by a new graphic. The quadrant was mentioned in that graphic.

In an alternate timeline, the USS Voyager used a quantum slipstream drive to cross the Delta and Beta Quadrants, before crashing on an Class L planet in the Takara sector, a few parsecs short of reaching the Alpha Quadrant. Also in this timeline, Starfleet Intelligence had salvaged a Borg temporal transmitter from the debris of a Borg cube in the Beta Quadrant. (VOY: "Timeless")

A Borg ship, commandeered by liberated drones and Axum, was located in a remote sector of the Beta Quadrant patrolling the border of fluidic space. (VOY: "Unimatrix Zero, Part II")

When members of the Hierarchy captured Captain Janeway and forced The Doctor to obtain Voyager's warp core for them, he impersonated Janeway and told Commander Chakotay a cover story involving a fictitious R'Kaal Imperium which supposedly controlled "thousands of parsecs from here to the edge of the Beta Quadrant." (VOY: "Renaissance Man")

Appendices

Background information

STO galaxy map — The in-game map of the apocryphal *Star Trek Online* video game, depicting Klingon and Romulan space in the Beta Quadrant

The Fen Domar, with whom Voyager was engaged in battle in an alternate timeline, may very likely be a Beta Quadrant civilization. This is based on the ships close proximity to the quadrant's border in "Endgame" and Admiral Kathryn Janeway's comments that the ship would have encountered them just a few years after the events of that episode.

According to Star Trek Encyclopedia, Earth marks the border between Alpha and Beta Quadrants. This notion seems to be supported by a graphic from "Year of Hell, Part I" and the display graphic on the PADD from Star Trek: Insurrection. [4] Dialogue in Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine however firmly establish that Earth is located on the Alpha Quadrant side of the border. According to Star Trek Encyclopedia, Federation, Klingon, and Romulan territories are situated both in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Again, in dialogue from Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine all three powers and governments in their vicinities have been exclusively referred to as Alpha Quadrant powers. A star chart graphic used in Star Trek Into Darkness had the label Alpha Quadrant near Sector 01 (Level 3-B). [5]

According to Star Trek: Star Charts, the Beta Quadrant was home to the Vulcans, Andorians, Orions, Bolians, Son'a, Risians, Organians, Coridan, Axanar, Nausicaans, Suliban, Gorn and a many other alien races. According to the book, some of the early voyages of the Enterprise NX-01 took place in the Beta Quadrant with only a few excursions into the Alpha Quadrant.

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-The '''Beta Quadrant''' was the common designation during the [[24th century]] for one-quarter of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] when viewed from a point of view perpendicular to the plane of the galaxy.  It extended ninety degrees spinward of an imaginary line drawn from the center of the galaxy, the [[galactic core]], passing ''at least near'' the [[Sol System]]. ({{VOY|Pathfinder|Year of Hell}})
+The '''Beta Quadrant''' was the common designation for one-quarter of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. It was adjacent to the [[Alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Delta Quadrant]]s.
-Major portions of the [[Klingon Empire]] and the [[Romulan Star Empire]] were located in the Beta Quadrant. {{incite}} The [[Federation]] also claimed territory in the quadrant in the [[23rd century|23rd]] and [[24th century|24th]] centuries.
-:''This information appeared on a [[okudagram|display graphic]] sold on [[# It's A Wrap! sale and auction]].''
+This [[quadrant]] consisted of major portions of the [[Orion Arm]], the [[3 kpc Arm]], the [[Norma Arm]], the [[Crux Arm]], the [[Sagittarius Arm]]. the [[Orion Arm]], the [[Perseus Arm]], and the [[Carina Arm]]. One-quarter of the [[galactic core]] was located in this quadrant. (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', ''Season 7 [[:File:Voyager flight path Astrometrics.jpg|production art]] [http://www.stdimension.org/Cartography/Maps.htm#OfficialMaps]''; {{film|12}}, ''display graphics'')
-In [[2293]], the [[starship]] {{USS|Excelsior}}, commanded by Captain [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]], completed a three-year exploratory voyage in the Beta Quadrant which included cataloging [[gas]]eous anomalies. ({{film|6}})
+[[Qo'noS]], the [[Klingon]] [[homeworld]], was located in the Beta Quadrant. ({{film|12}}, ''display graphic'') The [[Klingon Empire]] and the [[Romulan Star Empire]] claimed territory in the Beta Quadrant in the [[24th century]]. ({{film|9}}, ''display graphic'')
-[[2363|Seventy years later]], [[Captain]] [[Lisa Cusak]] and the crew of the {{USS|Olympia}} began a seven-year exploration voyage in the Beta Quadrant.   Following this mission, the ''Olympia'' crashed on a planet in the [[Rutharian sector]] ''en route'' back to Federation space.  While escorting a [[convoy]] to the [[Vegan system]] in [[2374]], the crew of the {{USS|Defiant|NX-74205}} made contact with Cusak in 2371 via a [[temporal anomaly]].  ({{DS9|The Sound of Her Voice}})
+{{bginfo|The location of Qo'noS was established in the targeted comm burst viewscreen graphic from ''Star Trek Into Darkness''. [http://vimeo.com/72019454] The information of the locations of the empires comes from an illegible [[okudagram|display graphic]] seen on a [[PADD]] in ''Star Trek: Insurrection''. The PADD was sold on [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]]. {{stala|6746}}}}
-:''The Rutharian sector was three days' travel away from the Vegan system, suggesting that both of these areas are in or near the Beta Quadrant.''
 The [[Yattho]], a species known for their [[precognition|precognitive abilities]], were native to the Beta Quadrant. ({{VOY|Before and After}})
+==History==
-''In an alternate timeline, the {{USS|Voyager}} used a [[quantum slipstream drive]] to cross the Delta and Beta Quadrants, before crashing on an [[Class L]] planet in the [[Takara sector]], a few parsecs short of reaching the Alpha Quadrant.'' ({{VOY|Timeless}})
+In [[2293]], the [[starship]] {{USS|Excelsior}}, commanded by [[Captain]] [[Hikaru Sulu]], completed a three-year exploratory voyage in the Beta Quadrant which included cataloging [[gas]]eous anomalies. ({{film|6}})
+In [[2363]], [[Captain]] [[Lisa Cusak]] and the crew of the {{USS|Olympia}} began a seven-year exploration voyage in the Beta Quadrant.   Following this mission, the ''Olympia'' [[crash landing|crashed]] on a planet in the [[Rutharian sector]] ''en route'' back to Federation space. While escorting a [[convoy]] to the [[Vegan system]] in [[2374]], the crew of the {{USS|Defiant|2370}} made contact with Cusak in 2371 via a [[temporal anomaly]].  ({{DS9|The Sound of Her Voice}})
-A [[Borg]] ship, commandeered by liberated drones and [[Axum]], was located in a remote sector of the Beta Quadrant.  Axum described this location as being on the border of [[fluidic space]].({{VOY|Unimatrix Zero, Part II}})
+In [[2367]], [[Barash]] created a [[holoprogram]] of a fictional future based on [[William T. Riker]]'s thoughts and expectations. In Riker's fictional [[service record]] in the holoprogram, on [[stardate]] 52384, he was selected for recognition as the [[Federation]] special representative to the [[Axanar]] conference on Beta Quadrant exploration and Federation security that was held at the [[Deneva Special Congress on Interstellar Affairs]]. ({{TNG|Future Imperfect}})
-When members of the [[Hierarchy]] captured [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] and forced [[the Doctor]] to obtain ''Voyager''{{'}}s warp core for them, he impersonated Janeway and told [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]] a cover story involving a fictitious [[R'Kaal Imperium]] which supposedly controlled "thousands of parsecs from here to the edge of the Beta Quadrant." ({{VOY|Renaissance Man}})
+{{bginfo|For the remastered episode of "Future Imperfect", the original [[okudagram]] of Riker's service record was replaced by a new graphic. The quadrant was mentioned in that graphic.}}
-:''Since The Doctor's motive was to depict R'Kaal space as untraversably vast, his reference to the Beta Quadrant would imply that its border was still considerably far from ''Voyager'''s location at the time.''
+''In an alternate timeline, the {{USS|Voyager}} used a [[quantum slipstream drive]] to cross the Delta and Beta Quadrants, before crashing on an [[Class L]] planet in the [[Takara sector]], a few parsecs short of reaching the Alpha Quadrant. Also in this timeline, [[Starfleet Intelligence]] had salvaged a Borg [[temporal transmitter]] from the debris of a [[Borg cube]] in the Beta Quadrant.'' ({{VOY|Timeless}})
-== Background ==
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-Image:Map beta quadrant.jpg|Quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy
-rect 100 100 200 200 [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Beta_Quadrant Beta Quadrant]
-rect 0 0 100 100 [[Gamma Quadrant]]
-rect 100 0 200 100 [[Delta Quadrant]]
-rect 0 100 100 200 [[Alpha Quadrant]]
-desc bottom-left
-</imagemap></div>
-*Precious little is known about the Beta Quadrant, [[canon]] or otherwise. Graphics from {{VOY|Pathfinder|Year of Hell}}, and {{e|Endgame}} support the location of the Beta Quadrant relative to the other quadrants.  That the [[Sol system]] lies at the border between the Alpha and Beta Quadrants is stated explicitly in the ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', and is supported in part by a graphic from "Year of Hell, Part I".
-*Although the ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'' states that Federation, Klingon, and Romulan space are all situated across both the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, all three powers and governments in their vicinities are exclusively referred to as being in the Alpha Quadrant on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.  For example, the [[Dominion War]] is characterized as a conflict between powers of the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants.  Similarly, ''Voyager'''s destination is the Alpha Quadrant, not whatever territory the Federation or its allies may claim in the Beta Quadrant.  Throughout both series, virtually every race that is not explicitly located in the Gamma or Delta Quadrants is described as indigenous to the Alpha Quadrant.
-*A possible rationalization for this discrepancy is that characters use the term "Alpha Quadrant" as shorthand for the group of governments that collectively reside at least partly in the Alpha Quadrant. (This would be similar to how Russia and Turkey may be described as European nations.) However, the extent to which these governments' territories extend beyond the Alpha Quadrant (if at all) has never been established in canon.  The ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' is however considered to be a Memory Alpha permitted [[Memory Alpha:Canon policy|resource]].
-*The first serious references to the Beta Quadrant were towards the end of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', more an indication that the crew's journey was relatively close to an end than anything else.  Nevertheless, fans have claimed that, due to the distance traversed by the {{USS|Voyager}}, that series should have seen the characters reach the Beta Quadrant before the end of the seven year run.
-*The [[Fen Domar]], with whom ''Voyager'' was engaged in battle in an [[alternate timeline]], may be a Beta Quadrant civilization. This is based on the ship's close proximity to the quadrant's border in {{e|Endgame}} and [[Admiral]] [[Kathryn Janeway]]'s comments that the ship would have encountered them just a few years after the events of that episode.
-*According to scenic artist [[Geoffrey Mandel]]'s book, ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'', the Beta Quadrant was also home to the [[Vulcan]]s, [[Andorian]]s, [[Orion]]s, [[Bolian]]s, [[Son'a]], [[Risian]]s, [[Organian]]s, [[Coridan]], [[Axanar]], [[Nausicaan]]s, [[Suliban]] and a litany of ''Star Trek'''s more recognizable alien species.  In fact, the book suggests that most of the early voyages of the [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'' NX-01]] took place in the Beta Quadrant with only a few excursions into the Alpha Quadrant. This is, however, not necessarily accurate, as while the book was created to strictly adhere to canon, episodes aired after its publication sometimes contradict its content.
+A [[Borg]] ship, commandeered by liberated drones and [[Axum]], was located in a remote sector of the Beta Quadrant patrolling the border of [[fluidic space]]. ({{VOY|Unimatrix Zero, Part II}})
-== See also ==
+When members of the [[Hierarchy]] captured [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] and forced [[The Doctor]] to obtain ''Voyager''{{'}}s warp core for them, he impersonated Janeway and told [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]] a cover story involving a fictitious [[R'Kaal Imperium]] which supposedly controlled "thousands of parsecs from here to the edge of the Beta Quadrant." ({{VOY|Renaissance Man}})
+==Appendices==
+===See also===
 * [[Alpha Quadrant]]
 * [[Delta Quadrant]]
 * [[Gamma Quadrant]]
-== Related links ==
+===Related links===
 * [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant planets]]
 * [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant starships]]
+===Background information===
+[[File:STO galaxy map.png|thumb|right|The in-game map of the apocryphal ''[[Star Trek Online]]'' video game, depicting Klingon and Romulan space in the Beta Quadrant]]
+The [[Fen Domar]], with whom ''Voyager'' was engaged in battle in an [[alternate timeline]], may very likely be a Beta Quadrant civilization. This is based on the ships close proximity to the quadrant's border in {{e|Endgame}} and [[Admiral]] [[Kathryn Janeway]]'s comments that the ship would have encountered them just a few years after the events of that episode.
+According to ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', [[Earth]] marks the border between Alpha and Beta Quadrants. This notion seems to be supported by a graphic from "Year of Hell, Part I" and the display graphic on the PADD from {{film|9}}. [http://startrekpropcollector.com/trekauctions/images/ae990050495ed308f2dddf80cbe72bdc] Dialogue in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' however firmly establish that Earth is located on the Alpha Quadrant side of the border. According to ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'', Federation, Klingon, and Romulan territories are situated both in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Again, in dialogue from ''Star Trek: Voyager'' and ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' all three powers and governments in their vicinities have been exclusively referred to as Alpha Quadrant powers. A star chart graphic used in {{film|12}} had the label Alpha Quadrant near [[Sector 001|Sector 01 (Level 3-B)]]. [http://vimeo.com/72019454]
+According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'', the Beta Quadrant was home to the [[Vulcan]]s, [[Andorian]]s, [[Orion]]s, [[Bolian]]s, [[Son'a]], [[Risian]]s, [[Organian]]s, [[Coridan]], [[Axanar]], [[Nausicaan]]s, [[Suliban]], [[Gorn]] and a many other alien races. According to the book, some of the early voyages of the {{EnterpriseNX}} took place in the Beta Quadrant with only a few excursions into the Alpha Quadrant.
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