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The Shedai were an ancient, powerful species that once ruled the Taurus Reach in the distant past. Their homeworld was Jinoteur IV. The Shedai were a highly-advanced civilization, capable of astounding technological and scientific feats, such as completely reorganizing the matter of entire worlds and engineering entire biospheres.

Sometime long ago, the Shedai went into a period of extended hibernation, withdrawing from the galactic scene. They left behind evidence of their presence in the Taurus Reach in remnants of their technology, which would come to be known to the Federation as the Taurus meta-genome. The Tholian Assembly long feared the return of the Shedai, which occurred in 2265 as the unintentional result of Starfleet and Klingon investigation and expansion into the Taurus Reach. (Star Trek: Vanguard)

Galactic powers of the Milky Way
	Alpha and Beta Quadrants	Gamma Quadrant	Delta Quadrant
Extant powers:	Major: Breen Confederacy \| Cardassian Union \| Klingon Empire \| Romulan Free State \| Tholian Assembly \| United Federation of Planets Minor: Affiliation of Outer Free Worlds \| Carnelian Throne \| Dregon Continuum \| Ferengi Alliance \| Garidian Republic \| Gorn Hegemony \| Grigari \| Hydran Kingdom \| Imperial Klingon States \| Interstellar Concordium \| Holy Order of the Kinshaya \| Kzinti Patriarchy \| Lyran Star Empire \| M'dok Empire \| Metron Consortium \| Orion Congeries \| Othan Empire \| Sheliak Corporate \| Solar Belt Confederation \| Son'a \| Suculon Empire \| Children of Tama \| Talarian Republic \| Taurhai Unity \| Thallonian Protectorate \| Tzenkethi Coalition Alliances: Federation Alliance \| Khitomer Accords \| Typhon Pact	Dominion \| Nyberrite Alliance	Alsuran Empire \| Borg Collective \| Briori \| Devore Imperium \| Grigari \| Kazon Collective \| Krenim Imperium \| Vidiian Sodality \| Voth
Defunct powers:	Arretian Empire \| Barrier Alliance \| Chodak Empire \| Coalition of Planets \| Furies \| Iconian Empire \| Imperial Romulan State \| Orion Empires \| Preservers \| Progenitors \| Romulan Star Empire \| Shedai \| Slaver Empire \| Taygenian Cooperative \| Thallonian Empire \| Tkon Empire \| Vegan Tyranny \| Vhorani	Hur'q	Furies \| Vaadwaur
Expanded:	Alliance \| Alshain Exarchate \| Cardassian Theonomy \| Cha'ouw Empire \| Colonial Alliance \| Directorate \| Fashod Empire \| Grand Duchy of Rhkan \| Hirazi Coalition \| Kellarian Republic \| Nikon Empire \| Pilmarian Union of Planets \| Rellazi Commonwealth \| Romulan Confederacy \| Romulan Republic \| Romulan Star Republic \| Steranmio Alliance \| State of Pocket	Tryesharan Alliance	Falcarian Allegiance \| Ssoran Hegemony \|
Extragalactic and extradimensional powers
Andromeda Galaxy: Archein Empire \| Kelvan Empire \|
Mirror universe: Galactic Commonwealth \| Imperial Union of Planets \| Klingon-Cardassian Alliance \| Romulan Republic \| Romulan Technocracy \| Terran Empire \| Third Terran Dominion
Other dimensions: Nacene \| Q Continuum \| Species 8472 \| Sphere Builders
See also
Diplomacy and law \| Government

External links

Shedai article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.