Quadrants

• Large-scale general galactic division of space
• Defined via two radial planes intersecting cylinder circumscribing the galaxy
  • First plane intersects Sol, second plane perpendicular to first
  • Spinward from Sol, quadrants are named as Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Beta
• Alpha Quadrant
  • Spinward quadrant to Sol
  • Major known interstellar powers
    • c.600 mya - 252 mya: Manraloth
    • c.600,000 ya: Shedai Hegemony
    • c.600,000 ya BCE: Tkon Empire
    • c.214,000 BCE - 212,000 BCE: Mro
    • c.200,000 ya: Iconia
    • c.40th century BCE: Furies
    • - c. 13th century - c. 14th century: Menthar
    • - c. 13th century - c. 14th century: Promellia
    • c.19th century - Present: Cardassian Union
    • - 2151 - Present: Tholian Assembly
    • - 2155 - Present: Breen Confederacy
    • 2161 - Present: United Federation of Planets
• Beta Quadrant
  • Antispinward quadrant to Sol
  • Major known interstellar powers
    • c.600 mya - 252 mya: Manraloth
    • c.600,000 ya: Shedai Hegemony
    • c.600,000 ya BCE: Tkon Empire
    • c.500,000 ya BCE: Arret Empire
    • c.200,000 ya: Iconia
    • c.40th century BCE: Furies
    • c.4th century - Present: Romulan Star Empire
    • c.14th century - Present: Klingon Empire
    • Before early 22nd century: Uber species
    • 2161 - Present: United Federation of Planets
• Gamma Quadrant
  • Spinward quadrant to Alpha Quadrant
  • Major known interstellar powers
    • c.600 mya - 252 mya: Manraloth
    • c.200,000 ya: Iconia
    • c.30th millennium BCE: Verathan
    • c.4th century - Present: Dominion
• Delta Quadrant
  • Antispinward quadrant to Beta Quadrant
  • Major known interstellar powers
    • c.600 mya - 252 mya: Manraloth
    • c.20,000,000 ya - Present: Voth
    • c.200,000 ya: Iconia
    • c.45th century BCE - 2381: Borg Collective