Em DS9: A Busca (Parte 2) , a falsa Almirante Alynna Nechayev se refere aos agrupamentos no Quadrante Alfa como " Alianças ":
NECHAYEV: They're already meeting with representatives from the Federation Council and a dozen other Alpha Quadrant alliances. We're hoping to have a treaty signed within a matter of days, and we have you to thank for it.
SISKO: Actually it's Lieutenant Dax and Chief O'Brien who deserve most of the credit.
O falso embaixador romulano refere-se a eles como "Grandes Poderes" no mesmo episódio:
BASHIR: I wasn't aware the Romulans had been excluded.
T'RUL: Every great power in the Alpha Quadrant has been invited to participate except for us.
BASHIR: There must be some mistake.
Odo também se refere a eles como tal em DS9: Inquisição :
BASHIR: I can't believe the Federation condones this kind of activity.
ODO: Personally, I find it hard to believe they wouldn't. Every other great power has a unit like Section thirty one. The Romulans have the Tal Shiar, the Cardassians had the Obsidian Order.
BASHIR: But what does that say about us? When push comes to shove, are we willing to sacrifice our principles in order to survive?
E o mesmo acontece com Jaro em DS9: The Circle :
KIRA: How can you betray your own government?
JARO: Major, I don't have to tell you. I've heard your opinion of this government. Government. They can't even agree it is a government, so they call it provisional. It's just another word for powerless. I won't allow the Bajoran people to be powerless any more. We have been doormats to the Cardassians and now the Federation. Any great power that happens by. We will not be that again. We are a people who brought art and architecture to countless planets. We don't deserve to be victims.
Em DS9: Pernas Silenciosas Inter Arma Enim , Sloan simplesmente se refere a elas como "poderes":
SLOAN: To evaluate an ally. And a temporary ally at that. I say that because when the war is over, the following will happen in short order. The Dominion will be forced back to the Gamma Quadrant, the Cardassian Empire will be occupied, the Klingon Empire will spend the next ten years recovering from the war and won't pose a serious threat to anyone. That leaves two powers to vie for control of the quadrant, the Federation and the Romulans.
assim como Kirk em TOS: uma pequena guerra particular :
KIRK: Bones, do you remember the twentieth century brush wars on the Asian continent? Two giant powers involved, much like the Klingons and ourselves. Neither side felt could pull out.
MCCOY: Yes, I remember. It went on bloody year after bloody year.
Você também pode observar que o (totalmente canônico) Enciclopédia Star Trek refere-se a eles em toda a medida em que o Quadrante Alfa se fortalece , por exemplo, nesta história em vaso da Guerra do Domínio:
The war continued badly for the Alpha Quadrant powers until later in that year when the Romulan Star Empire abrogated its nonaggression treaty with the Dominion. A massive assault by Federation, Klingon, and Romulan forces that captured the Chin'toka System from Cardassian control represented a major turning point in the war. Nevertheless, aided by Breen forces and sophisticated Breen weaponry, the Dominion overwhelmed the Alpha Quadrant powers, despite the fact that a deadly virus was infecting the Great Link. This biological weapon, a genetically engineered disease developed by the Federation's Section 31, nearly wiped out the Founders. Despite an overwhelmingly powerful military force, the Dominion began to lose ground when the Alpha Quadrant powers developed the means to defend against Breen technology
Também tende a se referir a eles (individualmente) como " nações ":
Klingon Neutral Zone : A no-man's-land between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. Passage into the zone by ships of either nation was forbidden by treaty. The Klingon Neutral Zone was abolished in 2293 by the Khitomer Accords
Romulan Star Empire. : The formal name of the Romulan nation. An enigmatic offshoot of the Vulcan civilization, now residing on planets Romulus and Remus