Argo Area of Operation
The 38th Fleet and its allies are headquartered at Deep Space 13 in the Aldebaran Sector, and maintain an operational area typically extending 30-50 lightyears from the starbase.
Sectors covered in full or in part by Argo patrols include Aldebaran, Archanis, Ba’aja, Betazed, Boreth, Donatu, Doza, Itrin, Kassae, Kelterre, Minos Korva, Otha, Risa, Xarantine, and the largely uncharted Alpha-7190.
Local Powers
Betreka Nebula Pirates
The low natural resource likelihood and pockets of dangerous corrosive gasses have made full charting of the nebula by major powers an unattractive prospect. As a result, the Betreka Nebula has long been a home for scavengers and smugglers. Near the border of Federation and Cardassian space, it also serves as an ideal launching point for raids on civilian shipping lanes.
Confederacy of Azed
The Confederacy of Azed is an advanced spacefaring power local to the Itrin Sector Block. The Azedi enforce closed borders with most other factions and currently maintain no known external diplomatic contacts. They fiercely defend their space and have clashed with Starfleet and allied powers on numerous occasions. Efforts to make peace with the Confederacy have been generally unsuccessful. The Federation and the Confederacy of Azed currently exist in a state of cold war. Encounters between the Confederate Navy and Starfleet (or any others unfortunate enough to run across them) tend to provoke violent responses.
For more information on the Azedi please see the Confederacy of Azed Datafile.
Doza Scavengers
“Doza Scavengers” is a colloquialism for an assortment of local businesses and independently operated starships found commonly throughout the Doza Sector. Large swaths of the sector are within the former borders of the now-extinct Kilur Hegemony, and much of the region’s economy is based on salvaging and trading in the unique Kilur technologies left derelict.
The Kilur, and by extension many Doza scavengers, use a unique form of distributed power generation. The gelatinous suspension found in their power conduits (“FERG” to Starfleet, “The Source” to the Kilur, and “Gel” in common speech) is a valuable natural resource necessary to power these starships and is commonly used as a local currency, preferred over standard GPL.
By all accounts, picking the bones of the Kilur is an extremely dangerous profession, but one driven by necessity - natural resources in the ‘southern’ half of the Doza Sector tend to be extremely rare outside of former Hegemony space. As a result, the vast majority of Doza scavengers are members of the Kilur Salvage Exchange - a loose association of scavengers that regulates exchange rates and the sale of information necessary to locate suitable salvage locations.
Kingdom of Parin
The Kingdom of Parin is a semi-constitutional monarchy in the Doza sector. Previously fervently isolationist, the Kingdom has broken from the status quo in the last few years. Although inferior to its neighbors in technology, military, and economic power, the importation of modern goods and foreign experts has led to substantial progress in closing the gap. Possessing active diplomatic relations with the Federation and other local powers, Parin strives to maximize its capabilities through the expression of soft power. Its diplomatic corps seem adamant on pursing closer relations with the Federation for Parin’s benefit.
Though not all is serene in the Kingdom. Internal squabbles over power, a modernity-seeking prince expected to soon replace its aging monarch, and rumors of revolutionary movements in the political underground plague the Kingdom. Parin is approaching a crossroads.
For more information, please see: The Kingdom of Parin
New Circini
New Circini is an independent multi-species colony established by colonists from the Federation-Cardassian demilitarized zone who were displaced in 2371. Rich in natural resources and in a prime location in the Kelterre Sector, New Circini has become a bustling and diversified trading hub. Though the world fiercely maintains its independence from the Federation, it operates an open port and maintains amicable relations with its neighbors.
In recent years it has become commonplace for Starfleet vessels to make stopovers at New Circini for various reasons. In times of regional conflict, the current government administration has shown a willingness to request and accept Federation aid and protection.
For more information, please see: Star System: New Circini.
UFP Colonial Administration
Currently, the Tau Zeta and Doza star systems fall under the purview of the DCA, claiming small portions of the Kelterre and Doza sectors as Federation space.
Additional information and more player-created local powers can be found in the Astrometrics forum. Please see the directory thread for details: Systems Database