Mark 1

Quadrant Mark-1 was a region of space within Federation territory. It was the source of telltale radiation related to the Big Bang.

History
In the 2260s, scientists speculated that quadrant Mark-1 once contained the singularity which exploded to create the universe. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) was dispatched to investigate. At one point, space simply seemed to run out as the vessel slipped into a subspace parallel universe. Spock theorized that they might be within the primordial atom, a region of matter which existed outside of normal spacetime. Within the region, some of the laws of nature acted differently and thoughts seemed to have a power all their own. The Enterprise crew discovered within a stasis chamber the James T. Kirk not from their universe, but from the universe which existed before it, as well as a duplicate USS Enterprise (NCC-1701 decoy) which he could control with telepathy. The Enterprise was able to return to the prime universe by amplifying thoughts with a cybernetic helmet worn by.