The Vega colony was an Earth colony on a planet in the Vega system. Located in the Alpha Quadrant, this colony was located approximately 25 light years from Sol.
This colony was one of the earliest Earth colonies established, along with Alpha Centauri and Terra Nova. Established as an outpost, Vega colony was, for many decades, located on the frontier of known space. By the time it became an important trading partner of Earth and other worlds, it was referred to as a colony. In the 2250s, Vega colony was several weeks away from Rigel VII at the maximum speed of a Constitution-class heavy cruiser. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II"; ENT: "Terra Nova", "Fortunate Son", "Two Days and Two Nights", "Twilight")
In 2126, Travis Mayweather was born aboard his parents' interstellar cargo freighter, the ECS Horizon, halfway between Vega colony and Draylax. (ENT: "Fortunate Son")
In 2152, Admiral Forrest speculated that an escape pod-like vessel, found by Enterprise NX-01, might have been launched by Vega colony. However, the small vessel was later discovered to be a timeship from the 31st century. (ENT: "Future Tense")
In an alternate timeline, created by Jonathan Archer being infected by interspatial parasites, the Xindi destroyed Earth in 2154 and then proceeded to annihilate all other Human settlements, including Mars, Alpha Centauri, and Vega colony. (ENT: "Twilight")
In 2254, the USS Enterprise planned to make use of the medical facilities at the Vega colony to take care of the crew injured on Rigel VII and replace the personnel who needed hospitalization. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I")
In 2328, this was the destination for passengers traveling from Tycho IV Spaceport via commercial transport. David S. Grant, James Holt, and Scooter T. Rocketboy traveled on the SS Kogin, and Richard Sarstedt on the SS Wisconsin. (TNG-R: "Inheritance", okudagram)
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This colony's quadrant of origin was inferred based on the position of its star system as seen in the star chart appearing in the Star Trek: Picard episode "Maps and Legends".
In the Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I"), it was stated that the Vega Colony was on Vega IX and listed as a Federation member in 2378.
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In Star Trek Online, the Vega colony was the site of the Borg reemergence into the galaxy in the year 2409. Starfleet attempted to evacuate Vega colony while engaging the Borg fleet in orbit. This location served as the tutorial for the game as the player attempted to defend the evacuees with the help of Captain Nog, yet they failed to repel the invasion force. The Borg then successfully assimilated the Vega colony.
Later that year, the now assimilated Donatra traveled back in time to set up a dormant Borg facility deep underground to assist in the aforementioned events, after having done so in the New Khitomer colony.
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- Vega colony at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works