Zaqi is a Syndicate star system lying part of the way between the Syndicate Home System, Prime, and Alliance space. Following the First Battle of Prime, Captain John "Black Jack" Geary feared that the Syndicate Worlds Mobile Defense Force would send a large quantity of ships through the hypernet gate at Zaqi, so they could cut off a possible retreat through Yuon. As a result, he decided to send the Alliance Fleet to Kaliban instead.