Beta Quadrant Power Map — Circa Late 25th Century

Written by DoStuffZ

("Shadows of the Galaxy" Campaign Era*)

Wounded but vigilant. After the near-fatal fleet infiltration by Control and the Borg, Starfleet has adopted a layered security doctrine. Ghost ships like the USS Heimdahl operate under black-level clearance to safeguard Federation futures from internal and external tech-based threats.
Delta Initiatives: Missions into the Delta Quadrant are ramping up again, looking for both alliances and critical technology.
Section 31: Still very active, but even their leash has been shortened post-ghost fleet disaster.
Starfleet Intelligence: Ramping up operations, with Agents like Gabriel Corvus play deniable roles to contain rogue assets like Heimdahl.

The Queen is dead... long live her shadows. The last Queen’s base was destroyed near Jupiter (as seen in Picard S3), but remnants of Swarm Weapon protocols and rogue nanite strands remain in the wild.
Research continues. Both Starfleet and foreign powers (Tal Shiar, Vonn, Heimdahl's own crew) actively seek, reverse-engineer, or neutralize this tech.

Post-supernova fragmentation. With Romulus destroyed and New Romulus in place (STO canon), the Tal Shiar splintered into loyalists, reformists, and opportunists.
Objective: Reclaim power using any weapon—including Borg tech.
Tactics: Deep infiltration, seduction, asset conversion. Possibly flipping Heimdahl crew members.

Revitalized under new traditions. With Kahless’ bat'leth restored, the Empire rediscovers its warrior spirit.
Ambition: Weaponize the Swarm as a last-resort anti-Borg measure—or to assert dominance in the fractured Alpha/Beta borders.
Approach: Honor duels, grand offers, and trials-by-combat to test Heimdahl’s mettle.

Quiet rebuilders. Post-Dominion War and Obsidian Order collapse left them fractured. But from the shadows, a new technocratic cadre arises.
Interest: Use Heimdahl as a Borg-adaptive testbed.
Tools: False-flag ops, fake citizenship offers, deep manipulation.

Ferengi: Now fielding their own capital ships (as seen via Nog and Quark’s post-DS9 arcs).
Profit motive is high. Tech = currency = leverage.
Orion Syndicate: Seeking to control and traffic recovered technologies.
Maquis Remnants: Resentful toward the Federation, potentially looking to turn Heimdahl’s spoils into leverage or revenge.

A [CLASSIFIED]-class vessel that was never supposed to exist.
Operating under Shadow Lance protocols—projecting false identities (cargo courier, luxury yacht) to mask its surgical interventions.
CLASSIFIED
Crew includes:
Liberated Borg (Berza)
Soong-type android (Aze)
Illusory Anabej captain (Shris)
Delta-exposed scientist (Pax)
Cardassian intelligence-trained operator (Alissa)
Betazoid survivalist engineer (Lon)

Primary Task: Preemptively recover or neutralize dangerous tech that could destabilize the Quadrant.
Factional Pressure: Everyone wants what Heimdahl might find—from delta nanotech to Borg swarms to Starfleet’s own forgotten weapons.
Reputation System: Each mission affects who trusts you, hunts you, or tries to use you.

Peace is not passive. It must be guarded, sometimes at moral cost (Swayze’s Dead Protocol).
Identity & growth. Especially for CLASSIFIED, Berza, Pax—characters defined by what they were made to be vs what they choose to become.
Who gets to wield the future? The Quadrant is on the brink of a new age—will it be forged in understanding or controlled through shadow wars?

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Galactic Quadrant

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