Badlands

Plasma storms inside the Badlands

The "Badlands" is a region of space along the border between the United Federation of Planets and the Cardassian Union.

It is known for intense plasma storms and gravitational anomalies, and is commonly avoided by most interstellar traffic.

Uses and Encounters

• During the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, the Bajoran Resistance frequently used the Badlands as a refuge from Cardassian patrols.
  Due to the severe limitations to sensors in the area, the Bajorans used echolocation techniques to navigate and detect other ships.

• The Badlands also became a favorite hiding place and staging area for the Maquis,
  since it was in a strategic location inside the Demilitarized Zone, between Cardassian and Federation space.

• The Badlands remained a strategic location during the Dominion War.

• The Caretaker abducted both the USS Voyager and the Maquis raider from the Badlands