Briar Patch The Briar Patch , known to Klingons as Klach D ' kel Brakt , was a region in Sector 441 , in the Beta Quadrant . This region was known for containing dangerous space matter , including the remains of supernova e , false vacuum fluctuations , metaphasic radiation , and at least two habitable planet s , one of which was settled by the Ba ' ku . Ships in the vicinity had to travel at less than one - third impulse power to avoid overheating the vessel ' s impulse manifold s . The colloquial " Briar Patch " name used in the Federation was first coined by criminal geneticist Arik Soong in the 22nd century , a reference to the Br ' er Rabbit of the 1880s " Uncle Remus " stories written by Joel Chandler Harris of Earth . The area known as the Briar Patch contained the star s Ba ' ku , SNC 461206 and UFC 8177 . In the surrounding area , SNR 093120 , UFC 9364 , NGC 2812 and QSR 390021 were all visible on star chart s of sector 441 . ( ) In May of 2154 , Soong suggested the cloud as a hiding place for himself and a group of Augment s aboard a stolen Klingon Bird - of - Prey , but his suggestion was rejected by Malik , the self - appointed leader of the Augments . ( ) In 2256 , the region ' s location was labeled on a tactical map on the bridge of the . ( ) Later that year , this region ' s location was labeled on the star chart " Alpha / Beta Quadrant Overview " in the ready room aboard the . ( ) In 2257 , Klingons occupied the star Baku ' s system . ( ) In 2271 , the region was the site of the celebrated Battle of Klach D ' kel Brakt , where Dahar Master Kor led the Klingon Empire in a glorious victory over the Romulan Star Empire . Nearly a century later , Kor was still fond of re - playing the battle in holosuite s . ( ) By the 24th century , the region was part of Federation space . According to admiral Dougherty , ships entering the region preferably were specially fitted for it . The anomalies pervading the region had not been fully identified when in 2375 a joint Starfleet - Son ' a mission was mounted to study the Ba ' ku planet . During that mission , the Briar Patch was the scene of the Battle of the Briar Patch between the Federation starship and Son ' a ships , following the discovery of a plot to relocate the Ba ' ku . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The names of the Briar Patch ' s stellar contents and neighbors originate from a computer - displayed okudagram which Geoffrey Mandel created for . While not clearly seen on - screen , the graphic was reproduced in " " ( p . 143 ) by Terry J . Erdmann . According to the , the Briar Patch was " " whimsically named for the tangled hardwood shrub that featured prominently in the " " stories by , published in 1880 and 1883 . " " In the script of " Star Trek : Insurrection " , the Briar Patch was described as a " dangerous and beautiful region . " For " Insurrection " , the appearance of the Briar Patch was developed by Mark Wendell , CGI supervisor at Santa Barbara Studios , and Art Director Richard Kriegler . " " Our goal was to make this area of space look like a big nasty rat ' s nest , filled with gases and clouds and so forth , " " Wendell explained . ( " " , p . 26 ) When " Star Trek : Star Charts " was published in , the relationship between the Briar Patch and Klach D ' kel Brakt had not yet been established in canon . ( , which established the connection , wasn ' t aired until . ) " Star Charts " ( p . 63 ) depicted Klach D ' kel Brakt as a star system in the Beta Quadrant . The more recent " Stellar Cartography " ( " Stellar Cartography " p . 17 ) briefly mentioned that the Briar Patch and Klach D ' kel Brakt were names , Federation and Klingon , respectively , for the same supernova remnant . There was no depiction of the Klach D ' kel Brakt system on any of the charts . Apocrypha . In the miniseries " " , Worf is briefly captured by the descendants of the discommendated followers of Kruge , known as the Unsung , as they see him as a powerful symbol due to his own history of suffering discommendation and then regaining his honor , taking him to a planet in the Briar Patch . Worf is able to use his own experience of the location to alert his allies to the area to search during a later broadcast by the Unsung , stealing the armor of one of their number and fixing the ace of clubs from a stolen deck of cards to his weapon as he appears in a broadcast to the rest of the quadrant , recalling a unique stellar formation in the Briar Patch that Riker compared to that card and hoping that one of his crew will see it and realize the clue .