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Taurus Reach

Starbase 47 (VAN #1)
Starbase 47 (VAN #1)

A largely unexplored region of space, situated between the borders of Federation, Klingon, and Tholian territory;[1] the region was known as the Gonmog Sector to the Klingons,[2] and as the Shedai sector to the Tholians.[1] In 2265, the U.S.S. Constellation NCC-1017, commanded by Commodore Matt Decker, discovered the remnants of an ancient, incredibly powerful civilization, the Shedai, with links to one of the Federation’s most mysterious adversaries, the Tholians, as well as the Taurus meta-genome, a complex strand of deliberately engineered DNA that seemed to hold the key to genetic manipulation and perhaps even artificial world-building on a scale never before imagined. The scientific and martial potential of unlocking this knowledge quickly became obvious, and Starfleet launched a mammoth exploration and research effort into the region. As the investigation continued, Starfleet scientists uncovered an enigmatic energy waveform in the Jinoteur system, which was believed to be the homeworld of the long-dead Shedai. This waveform, working in concert with the meta-genome, was considered to be the key to unlocking all of the Taurus Reach’s many secrets.[1]

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Starbase 9

Starbase 9 (TOS DC v2 73)
Starbase 9 (TOS DC v2 73)

Primarily a resupply post[3] near Pyris VII,[2] Starbase 9, commanded in the 2260s by Commodore Lee Block,[3] hosted a larger-than-usual science complement, which studied incoming transmissions from unmanned monitoring stations left behind by Starfleet explorers. When something strange happened in deep space, the officers of Starbase 9 were usually among the first to hear about it.[3] In 2266, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 was en route to Starbase 9 for resupply when a near-collision with an uncharted black star propelled the ship back in time.[1] Several months later, it was the closest base when the Enterprise visited Pyris VII.[2]

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Starbases

Watchtower-class starbase (TOS-53)
Watchtower-class starbase (TOS-53)

The Federation asserted its sovereignty in space space through a series of starbases, which could be located on a planet’s surface or on a space station, or a combination of both. This network of starbases provided a wide range of services; starbases could act as supply posts, recreation facilities, scientific outposts, trade hubs, and administrative centers. While all starbases provided each of these services, many were noted for their superiority in one or two specific areas.[1]

Starbases

Number Type Location Quadrant
1 Surface Berengaria VII Alpha
2 Station Between Beta Auriga, Camus II; Near Betreka Nebula, Planet Q Alpha
4 Station Lyris Corridor Unk.
6 Station Past Aldebaran Unk.
7 Station Unk. Unk.
8 Station Near Pollux II Unk.
9 K-series station Near Pyris VII Unk.
10 Station Near Gamma Hydra IV; near Bassen Rift, Romulan Neutral Zone Beta
11 Surface Planet Yko Alpha
12 Station Gamma 400 System, near Deneva Beta
13 Station Pharos Unk.
14 K-series station Unk. Unk.
20 Unk. Unk. Unk.
23 Unk. Onias Sector, near Triangle border Beta
24 R-1 class station Klingon border; near Khitomer, Hromi Cluster Beta
27 Surface Near Klingon border Beta
29 Unk. Unk. Unk.
36 Unk. Along Klingon border; near Krios, Ty’gokor Beta
39-Sierra Station Along Romulan border; Kaleb sector Beta
40 Unk. Unk. Unk.
41 Unk. Unk. Unk.
44 Station Near Mariotian Sector Unk.
45 Unk. Algol II Unk.
47 (a.k.a. “Vanguard”) Watchtower class station Taurus Reach Beta
56 Unk. Unk. Unk.
63 Unk. Unk. Unk.
67 Unk. Unk. Unk.
68 Unk. Unk. Unk.
73 Unk. Unk. Unk.
74 Spacedock station Tarsas III Unk.
82 Unk. Unk. Unk.
83 Unk. Unk. Unk.
84 Spacedock station Unk. Unk.
87 Unk. Near Boraal II Unk.
92 Spacedock station Unk. Unk.
97 Surface Unk. Unk.
99 R-1 class & Spacedock stations Unk. Unk.
103 Unk. Near Minos Unk.
105 Unk. Near Klingon Border Beta
108 Unk. Unk. Unk.
113 Unk. Unk. Unk.
117 Unk. Along Klingon border, near Krios Beta
118 Unk. Unk. Unk.
123 Unk. Near Klingon & Romulan borders; near Iconia, Iccobar Beta
124 Unk. Unk. Unk.
129 Unk. Near Alpha Majoris Alpha
133 Spacedock station Unk. Unk.
137 Unk. Unk. Unk.
152 Unk. Near Canopus System Beta
153 Unk. Unk. Unk.
157 Unk. Near Acamar System, Triangle border Beta
173 R-1 class station Sector 23, near Romulan border Beta
179 Surface Unk. Unk.
180 Spacedock station Near Tholian Assembly Alpha
185 Unk. Approx. 2 years, 7 months from System J-25 at warp 9 Beta
195 Surface Nilicia Sector Unk.
200 Unk. Unk. Unk.
201 Unk. Unk. Unk.
211 Station Near Sheva System, along Cardassian border; Dorvan Sector Alpha
212 Unk. Along Klingon border; near Relay Station 47, Veridian System Beta
214 Unk. Near Penthara IV Alpha
215 Spacedock station Unk. Unk.
218 Unk. Unk. Unk.
219 Unk. Unk. Unk.
220 Unk. Near Tyken’s Rift Unk.
227 Unk. Unk. Unk.
231 Unk. Unk. Unk.
234 Surface Triangle border Beta
247 Unk. Near Romulan Neutral Zone Beta
257 Station Bajor Sector Alpha
260 Unk. Near Mar Oscura Nebula Unk.
295 Unk. Unk. Unk.
301 Unk. Near Satarran space Unk.
310 Unk. Near Alpha Trianguli; Dorvan Sector Alpha
313 Unk. Near Guernica System Unk.
315 Unk. BeTau Sector Alpha
324 Unk. Unk. Unk.
328 Unk. Near Barson II Unk.
336 Unk. Unk. Unk.
343 Unk. Near Paulson Nebula, Triangle border Beta
375 R-1 class station Kalandra sector Alpha
401 Unk. Unk. Unk.
416 Unk. Near Ogus II Unk.
440 Unk. Unk. Unk.
495 Unk. Near Marijne VII Unk.
514 Unk. Near Izar Alpha
515 Surface Scylla Sector, near Epsilon IX Sector Unk.
621 Unk. Near Tzenkethi Coalition border Alpha
718 Unk. Near Romulan Border; Sector Z-6 Beta
Farspace Starbase Earhart Unk. Unk. Unk.
G-6 Unk. Near Betazed Alpha
Lya III Unk. Near Angosia III Unk.
Montgomery Surface Unk. Unk.
Xendi Starbase 9 Unk. Unk. Alpha

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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]

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Deep Space Station K-7

Deep Space Station K-7 (TOS-42)
Deep Space Station K-7 (TOS-42)

Deep Space Station K-7 (TOS-42)
Deep Space Station K-7 (TOS-42)

Deep Space Station K-7 (STO)
Deep Space Station K-7 (STO)

Bar on K-7 (TOS-42)
Bar on K-7 (TOS-42)

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]

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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]

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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]

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Starbase 315

A thriving commerical and traffic hub in the BeTau sector, deep in Federation space in the Alpha Quadrant, Starbase 315 did it all. Its supply station fell under Federation Merchant Marine rather than Starfleet jurisdiction; built in the 2320s, its spacedock facilities were too small for any ship larger than an Ambassador class vessel.[1]

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Starbase 234

Starbase 234 (TNG-208)
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]

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Starbase 257

A small, but powerfully-armed starbase in the Bajor Sector intended to provide support and supply facilities for Deep Space 9. The station could dock up to six Nebula class cruisers.[1]

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