The Argaya system was a solar system close to the border between the United Federation of Planets and the Cardassian Union. In 2376, Iliana Ghemor's mercenaries purchased a Besinian freighter from a Yridian salvage dealer at an auction in the Argaya system. (DS9 - Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel: Bajor: Fragments and Omens) As of May of that year, the assimilation of these systems into the Union was behind schedule. (ST novel: A Singular Destiny)