Badlands

Alpha Quadrant

Sector 04-70

Located inside the Demilitarized Zone
Bajoran Resistance & the Maquis used them as a refuge from Cardassian patrols
The Caretaker abducted several starships from the Badlands
By the 32nd century, the Archive was moved there

Large plasma storms which generate plasma blasts & ionic discharges
Dust clouds
Gravitational anomalies