Gaia sector

The Gaia sector was a sector in the galaxy's Gamma Quadrant, and located in or near Dominion space. In 2411, it became one of twenty sectors that the Dominion granted the Alpha Quadrant Alliance access to, in order to jointly fend off the Hur'q Invasion. 

Naming
The sector's name was derived from the Gaia system, which lays within its border. Due to a temporal anomaly, Gaia IV once was the site of an accidental Federation colony descended from a crash of the USS Defiant (prototype). 

Location
In the block of twenty sectors accessible to the Alliance, the Gaia sector shared a border with the Klaxinoth sector on the "west", the Gavara sector on the "north", and the New Yadera sector on the "south", respectively. 

The Gaia sector was situated circa 70.000 light-years from Sol. 

History
In 2373, the Defiant crew discovered the Gaia IV colony, populated by their own descendants. Knowing their fate, the Defiant crew was able to avoid the crash of their ship. Unfortunately, this also erased the colony from history, though the Defiant crew retained their memories of the Gaians. 

By 2378, this area of space lay outside the core territory of the Dominion. 

By the early 25th century, the Gaia sector was part of the Dominion's core territory. 

In 2411, the Hur'q returned from their hibernation and began a campaign of ravaging the Dominion and its subject worlds. In desperation, Ambassador Odo turned to the Alpha Quadrant Alliance, granting them access to twenty sectors of the Gamma Quadrant in a bid to fight back the Hur'q Invasion together. 

The Hur'q targeted this sector for invasion and faced joint opposition by the Dominion and AQA. 

Nations

 * Dominion
 * unsanctioned Federation colony (alternate timeline)
 * Hur'q

Star systems and planets

 * Gaia system
 * Gaia IV

External link


Gaia-Sektor