Ananke Alpha is a maximum security, top secret Federation prison space station complex. The complex was located in an extremely remote star system with no planets.
History and specifications[]
It was constructed in the 2320s decade as a facility to hold extremely dangerous criminals and those who were difficult to detain. It was of a spherical design. (DS9 - Worlds of DS9 - Volume Three novella: The Dominion: Olympus Descending)
Following the Dominion War, the Female Changeling was imprisoned at Ananke Alpha. (DS9 - Worlds of DS9 - Volume Three novella: The Dominion: Olympus Descending, ST website: The Path to 2409)
Shortly after the end of the war, a small group of Cardassian commandos, part of the Rom Knights, broke in to the facility with the intent of assassinating the Female Changeling, but their mission was a failure. (ST - Alien Spotlight comic: "Cardassians")
First Splinter timeline[]
In the year 2376 in the First Splinter timeline, Captain Kira Nerys took Taran'atar to Ananke Alpha aboard the runabout Rio Grande to meet the Female Changeling. (DS9 - Worlds of DS9 - Volume Three novella: The Dominion: Olympus Descending)