  The STAR experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed data
taking for the second phase of the beam energy scan (BES-II) program, including
in a fixed-target (FXT) mode. The BES-II program has collected high-statistics
data on Au+Au collisions in the high baryon-density region of the QCD phase
diagram. Together those data cover a wide range of per-nucleon center-of-mass
energy from 3~GeV to 27~GeV. Recent results and anticipated analyses will be
discussed along with implications for mapping the QCD phase diagram and its
critical point.
