

The same year, the location was labeled on the star chart showing the trajectory of Lieutenant Spock's shuttle.

( DIS: " The War Without, The War Within") In 2257, Klingons occupied the star Ba'ku's system. ( DIS: " Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad") Later that year, this region's location was labeled on the star chart "Alpha/Beta Quadrant Overview" in the ready room aboard the Discovery. In 2256, the region's location was labeled on a tactical map on the bridge of the USS Discovery. In May of 2154, Soong suggested the cloud as a hiding place for himself and a group of Augments aboard a stolen Klingon Bird-of-Prey, but his suggestion was rejected by Malik, the self-appointed leader of the Augments. ( Star Trek: Insurrection)Īrik Soong shows the Augments the Briar Patch in 2154īy the mid- 22nd century the region had not yet been mapped by the Klingons. According to Admiral Dougherty, ships entering the region usually were specially fitted for that purpose. Ships in the vicinity had to travel at less than one-third impulse power to avoid overheating the vessel's impulse manifolds. As well, it was flooded with radiation from supernova remnants. This region was essentially a gas cloud, known for containing dangerous space matter, including false vacuum fluctuations, metaphasic radiation, and at least two habitable planets, one of which was settled by the Ba'ku. In the surrounding area, SNR 093120, UFC 9364, NGC 2812, and QSR 390021 were all visible on star charts of sector 441. The area known as the Briar Patch contained the stars SNC 461206 and UFC 8177.
