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Starfleet Command
Starfleet Command (ST-04)
The operating authority for Starfleet,[1] Starfleet Command was based out of San Francisco on Earth,[2] though command facilities were also located on major worlds and starbases throughout Federation space.[3] The Chief of Starfleet Operations oversaw a staff of admirals, each responsible for a specific region or division.[4]
References
- 1. “Court Martial.” Star Trek, Episode 15. Television. 2 February 1967.
- 2. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Film. 26 November 1986.
- 3. The Star Trek Encyclopedia. Book. 1997 (rev. ed.). Pocket Books.
- 4. “Core Game Book.” Star Trek: The Next Generation Role Playing Game, Book 25000. Game. August 1998. Last Unicorn Games.
Farspace Starbase Earhart
A transitional station past Deneb in the Alpha Quadrant, Starbase Earhart served as a minor command post and replacement point for starships in the sector. Primarily a “hiring hall” for spacers of all kinds,[3] its lurid and seamy Bonestell Recreation Facility[2] was a great place to get a drink, a lover, a knifing, or all three.[3] Ensign Jean-Luc Picard spent some time awaiting his first assignment at Starbase Earhart after graduating from Starfleet Academy. Picard picked a fight with three Nausicaans who had been cheating at Dom-Jot, and was nearly killed when they stabbed him through the heart;[2] he required an artificial replacement organ from that day forward.[1]
References
- 1. “Samaritan Snare.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 143. Television. 15 May 1989.
- 2. “Tapestry.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 241. Television. 15 February 1993.
- 3. “Starfleet Operations Manual.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 3. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
Deep Space Station K-7
Deep Space Station K-7 (TOS-42)
Deep Space Station K-7 (TOS-42)
Deep Space Station K-7 (STO)
Bar on K-7 (TOS-42)
Bar on K-7 (TOS-42)
One of nine space stations strung along the Klingon frontier between 2218 and 2293, Deep Space Station K-7 began as a strategic outpost.[3] Located one parsec from the nearest Klingon outpost, and near the disputed colony world of Sherman’s Planet, K-7 was tasked to help ensure the development of the world would favor the Federation under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty.[1] Most of K-7 consisted of storage areas and industrial fabrication facilities, and relatively little of the station was actually inhabitable.[2] By the terms of the Organian treaty, all frontier stations of both nations were open to each others’ traffic, which made K-7 a hub for spies and confrontation.[3] The Federation’s development project for Sherman’s Planet was threatened in 2266, when some 1,771,561 tribbles infested the storage bins of Quadrotriticale intended for the project, though this infestation ultimately helped uncover a Klingon sabotage attempt, as well as an undercover Klingon agent, disguised as a Human bureaucrat named Arne Darvin.[1] Unknown to anyone at the time, Darvin’s future self had traveled back in time from 2373 in an attempt to alter events and prevent his dishonor, but Starfleet personnel from his time prevented him from altering the timeline.[2] With the Khitomer Accords and the growing Federation-Klingon alliance, K-7 became a major transit point and meeting place for Federation and Klingon ships and personnel.[3]
STO Timeline
In 2409, K-7 remained in active service, although heavily upgraded over the decades, and found itself on the front lines of a renewed conflict between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. Commanded by Commander Naomi Wildman, K-7 was a focal point for Starfleet ships entering sectors under active dispute between the two powers.[4]
References
- 1. “The Trouble With Tribbles.” Star Trek, Episode 42. Television. 29 December 1967.
- 2. “Trials and Tribble-ations.” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Episode 503. Television. 4 November 1996.
- 3. “Starfleet Operations Manual.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 3. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
- 4. “Voyage into Deep Space.” Star Trek Online. Game. February 2010. Cryptic Studios.
Starbase 514
Located near the Cardassian border on the edge of the Badlands, this survey station was relatively well-armed, having suddenly been uprated during the Dominion War, though much of the base’s armament was automated and its military staff withdrawn after 2375, and Starfleet considered turning it into a supply station for expeditions into Cardassian space or even a scientific command post for voyages through the Bajoran wormhole.[2] The science vessel S.S. Vico was assigned to Starbase 514 at the time of its destruction in 2368.[1]
References
- 1. “Hero Worship.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 211. Television. 27 January 1992.
- 2. “Starfleet Operations Manual.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 3. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
Starbase 343
A medical supply station near Deneb, Starbase 343 found itself dealing with the Ferengi more than most Starfleet posts. Since Starfleet paid honestly, in credits, Ferengi anywhere in the region would take medical supplies, biological samples, or anything else that looked vaguely scientific there for resale. Due to the volume of traffic, the harried administrative staff couldn’t always keep track of everything, and the inventory lockers contained all manner of weird items “found on an empty planet” by Ferengi traders.[2] In 2365, following the completion of its mission to Acamar III, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D traveled to Starbase 343 to take on medical supplies for the Alpha Leonis System.[1]
References
- 1. “The Vengeance Factor.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 157. Television. 20 November 1989.
- 2. “Starfleet Operations Manual.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 3. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
Starbase 234
Starbase 234 (TNG-208)
A crucial strategic base along the Klingon frontier,[4] located near the Triangle,[3] Starbase 234 dated back to the Klingon-Romulan crisis of the 2340s.[4] During the Klingon Civil War of 2367, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D led a task force, formed by taking every ship in Starbase 234’s spacedock and every ship within a day’s travel from the starbase, to blockade Romulan forces that were secretly supplying the House of Duras.[1] Not long after the war had concluded, the Enterprise crew met with Admiral Brackett at Starbase 234 before proceeding with an investigation into the disappearance of Ambassador Spock.[2] Starbase 234 received a massive upgrade following the Klingon Civil War, and became a crucial liason and command post during the Dominion War; its spacedock could support an entire fleet for months.[4]
References
- 1. “Redemption.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 200. Television. 17 June 1991.
- 2. “Unification, Part I.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 208. Television. 4 November 1991.
- 3. Star Trek: Star Charts. Book. 2002. Pocket Books.
- 4. “Starfleet Operations Manual.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 3. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
Starbase 211
A small, but powerfully-armed starbase[3] in the Dorvan Sector[2] intended to provide support and supply facilities for Deep Space 9.[3] The station could dock up to six Nebula class cruisers.[3] The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D escorted the U.S.S. Phoenix NCC-65420 to Starbase 211 in 2367, following Captain Benjamin Maxwell‘s unauthorized attacks in Cardassian space.[1]
References
- 1. “The Wounded.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 186. Television. 28 January 1991.
- 2. Star Trek: Star Charts. Book. 2002. Pocket Books.
- 1. “Starfleet Operations Manual.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 3. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
Starbase 173
Starbase 173 (TNG-135)
A major command and administrative post for the Romulan Neutral Zone,[3] located in Sector 23,[1] quite near Starbase 23, its associated strategic station.[3] Built in the 2280s, both bases were on a heightened alert status, even in peacetime. Starbase 173 hosted a key field office of Starfleet Intelligence.[3] In 2364, Starbase 173 was the site of legal proceedings, presided over by Captain Phillipa Louvois, establishing the sentience of the Android Data.[1] Engineering officer Ensign Sonya Gomez was among several new crewmembers who transferred to the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D at the starbase at that time.[2]
References
- 1. “The Measure of a Man.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 135. Television. 13 February 1989.
- 2. “Q Who?” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 142. Television. 8 May 1989.
- 3. “Starfleet Operations Manual.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 3. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
Starbase 84
Spacedock (ST-06)
One of many floating refit and resupply bases for the Alpha Quadrant, Starbase 84 could embay twelve Galaxy class starships and dock twenty-four Akira class ships simultaneously. A number of industrial planets kept Starbase 84 supplied with dilithium, duranium, and even pre-built warp cores and phaser arrays.[2] In 2370, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D traveled to Starbase 84, where it acquired a replacement warp core that had been infested by interphasic organisms. The core had been manufactured on the planet Thanatos VII, where the organisms were attracted to a new interphasic fusion manufacturing process.[1]
References
- 1. “Phantasms.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 258. Television. 25 October 1993.
- 2. “Starfleet Operations Manual.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 3. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
Starbase 74
Starbase 74 (TNG-116)
One of Starfleet‘s largest spacedocks,[2] Starbase 74 orbited Tarsas III.[1] Its bays could service fifty Galaxy-class starships at once, if need be. The Tarsas-Qualor run was an excellent place to see any and every kind of ship under power or tow. In addition to being a spare parts paradise, Starbase 74 boasted the finest Bynar computer techs in Starfleet.[2] In 2363, Starbase 74 was commanded by Commander Orfil Quinteros. The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D underwent a computer system upgrade at the starbase that year, although it was interrupted when a group of Bynar technicians attempted to hijack the ship in order to save their home planet.[1]
References
- 1. “11001001.” Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 116. Television. 1 February 1988.
- 2. “Starfleet Operations Manual.” Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 3. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
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