Archanis sector

The Archanis sector was a spatial region in the Beta Quadrant, near the Federation-Klingon border. The Archanis system, containing the planet Archanis IV, as well as a number of Federation starbases and military installations was located in this sector. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings"; SNW: "Strange New Worlds", "Children of the Comet", "Spock Amok")

History[]

The sector was originally claimed by the Klingon Empire but was relinquished to the United Federation of Planets a hundred years before 2372. (DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad"; DS9: "Broken Link")

In late 2372, Chancellor Gowron demanded that the Federation relinquish the sector to the Klingons, at the urging of whom he believed to be General Martok. (DS9: "Broken Link") In reality, this Martok was a Changeling who had replaced the real Martok over a year earlier. A Klingon task force took the sector shortly after, starting the Federation-Klingon War. (DS9: "Apocalypse Rising")

In 2373, Starfleet attempted to retake the Archanis sector. The effort was led by the USS Tecumseh and the USS Rutledge. (DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong")

Stellar cartography[]

On stardate 1292.4, the location of this sector was labeled in a chart used during a Section 31 Alpha Team briefing. (Star Trek: Section 31)

In the script for "Nor the Battle to the Strong", Archanis was spelled as "Arcanis". [1]

Before the episode "Context Is for Kings", StarTrek.com placed the Archanis sector next to the Bajoran sector. [2]^(X) The map "Alpha/Beta Quadrant Overview" seen in Captain Gabriel Lorca's ready room aboard the USS Discovery used the reference works Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library as source materials. These works placed this sector in the Beta Quadrant. [3] The map was responsible for establishing the sector as being in the Beta Quadrant, and in Klingon space at least at this point of the war.

External link[]

Archanis sector at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works