When it became obvious that the Godrealm of the Paranid would not simply let the Teladi Company transport wares such as spaceweed through Trinity Sanctum to Teladi space surrounding it, the Scale Plate Pact quickly jumped at the opportunity to smuggle these wares through the system instead, taking them not just to Teladi space, but further to Argon and Paranid territory too.
These operations made it necessary to set up a base of operations on the quieter side of the blockade, and The Cove, explored but not claimed by the Teladi Company, presented the perfect place for this headquarters.
Current base of the Scale Plate Pact this sector is fairly deserted except for the occasional illicit goods complex. Players may find it rewarding to board the Scale Plate Pact destroyers or their 'Universal Freighters' that traffic goods in and out of the sector.