The principal city of Freecloud, a place of holographic advertising and private nightclubs where Picard's crew staged a sting to free Bruce Maddox from the gangster Bjayzl in 2399.
Stardust City is the urban heart of Freecloud, an independent world outside Federation law. It is the setting of the Picard episode Stardust City Rag. Ships arriving in orbit are met by personalised holographic adverts, and the city trades on gambling, entertainment and discreet business.
Bruce Maddox comes to the city for help from Bjayzl, a dealer in harvested Borg implants, who instead holds him for sale to the Tal Shiar. Picard's crew pose as flamboyant traders, with Rios as go-between and Seven of Nine offered as payment.
Seven, a Fenris Ranger, has her own account to settle: Bjayzl was behind the death of Icheb. After Maddox is beamed away, Seven returns to the club alone and kills her. Raffi Musiker also seeks out her estranged son Gabriel in the city, without success.