The Galactic Union was a governing body with power over much of the galaxy 2,500 years after the Great Catastrophe.

The Union largely ignored the Border Worlds and quarantined them, restricting travel and freight to keep the NFS plague contained.

The Union was ignorant of Georgi Selestru's warnings of an impending Dalek threat, demanding proof. (AUDIO: Dalek Empire III)^[which?]