 Starting just after the Dominion War, Hidden Frontier is set in the Briar Patch, from Star Trek: Insurrection. Orbiting the "healing planet" of Ba ku is a Federation space station, Deep Space 12, which serves as the Federation s headquarters in the sector. The flagship of Briar Patch operations is the Galaxy III-class dreadnought U.S.S. Excelsior NCC-77246. For years this area of space has been plagued by numerous enemies, including Orion pirates, Tholian aggressors, and a new and mysterious race known as the Grey. But Hidden Frontier is not all space battles, high technology and alien invaders; it has focused more on the characters rather than the action. Some of the storylines are controversial, to say the least, but that s what makes HF one of the more well-known Trek fan series in production.