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Map: The Taurus Reach

Tony Pi
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We bring you a new map region: the Taurus Reach. If you’re familiar with the Alpha and Beta Quadrant maps in the 1e books, our map extends the region to the Galactic South and is done in the same style.

This version is assembled from various sources, primarily versions of Star Trek: Stellar Cartography by Larry Nemecek, the sector map from Star Trek Discovery and Strange New Worlds, the map from STA 2e, and startrekmap.com. Where there are discrepancies (many!), we’ve gone with choices and tweaks that seem the most interesting for gaming. So, you may find that on our version, some things don’t quite align with other maps, but these are intentional. (E.g., there were two systems named Zibal, and we’ve disambiguated by designating one Zibalia; Gorn space is truer to its previous location, whereas the 2e map shows a larger swathe, which may have been its extent in the SNW era.)

The Taurus Reach is in the general direction of the Taurus constellation as seen from Earth. The major powers in this region of space are the United Federation of Planets, Tholian Assembly, the Talarian Republic, and the Klingon Empire, as well as being close to the Gorn Hegemony. There is also the presence of the Sheliak Corporate. There are significant areas that are unaligned, perfect for hitherto unexplored space.

There are a few intriguing systems to point out: Cait, Grazer, Tiburon, Pacifica, and Elaysia are just some examples. There are also anomalies like Gateway (the Time Vortex Planet, with the Guardian of Forever), Murasaki 312, and the Delta Triangle.

One book series, Star Trek Vanguard, takes place in the Taurus Reach around 2265-2268. It focuses on a Watchtower-class space station called Vanguard.

We hope to populate this region with new Mission Briefs, NPCs, and more for Star Trek Adventures Second Edition based on inspirations from the map, but you can develop this region for your campaign however you like, in whichever era you like. Tell us about your voyages in the Taurus Reach!

The Taurus Reach Map (jpg version)

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15 responses to “Map: The Taurus Reach”

  1. Adrian Coles Avatar
    Adrian Coles

    Brilliant. Perfect for those wanting to do something a little different to the books.
    May well use this in our new actual play on Twitch soon.
    And just received the 2e digital book too.

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    1. Paul Avatar
      Paul

      Would 1000% watch a Taurus Reach campaign!

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  2. 'Nathan Burgoine Avatar
    ‘Nathan Burgoine

    Ooo! Thank you. As someone late to the game, I don’t have maps beyond those from the 1e books, so this will be great—I often share pieces of the map with the players before a sessions…

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  3. Michael Dismuke Avatar
    Michael Dismuke

    Beautiful work, Tony.

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  4. David Avatar
    David

    Awesome! What’s the year/Stardate for this map? 3071?

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    1. Tony Pi Avatar
      Tony Pi

      Going a bit vague here so that people can use the map however they want. I would call it 23rd-24th century or later.

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  5. John Clark Avatar
    John Clark

    Just saw you mention this on the Facebook page and went looking for it. Didn’t know you had just posted it today! Love the map. Thanks for the hard work reconciling all of that.

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  7. Erik P Filean Avatar
    Erik P Filean

    Excellent work. This goes straight into my STA Headcanon Collection.

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  8. Mark Temple Avatar
    Mark Temple

    this is neat.. though i feel like someone should make an annotated version with the locations from the Vanguard novels (and TOS episodes) marked and labelled, and the (estimated) flight paths of the named ships from the novels and TOS episodes overlaid.

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  9. Mark Temple Avatar
    Mark Temple

    one issue i see is that there are two starbase 47’s on the map.. at the top you have one (red circle) near the betreka nebula (which came from the starcharts book originally, going by my copy), and then the one near the bottom of the map (red triangle) which is supposed to be Starbase 47/Vanguard Station. since that location comes from an official source (the stellar cartography book, iirc)
    so you may want to consider an article explaining why starbase 47 shows up in two places. (easiest way might be to make the red circle one a later creation, re-using the number after the loss of the station.)

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    1. Tony Pi Avatar
      Tony Pi

      Starbase 47 Vaguard was destroyed (dates that it was active are shown).

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      1. Mark Temple Avatar
        Mark Temple

        my point is that as it currently is, during the period Vaguard was active, it looks like there were two starbase 47’s at the same time. which is something that needs addressed.

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