The Spacedock-class (sometimes referred to as the Stardock-class) is the largest orbital starbase in use with the Federation Starfleet. At the time of the initial construction of the Earth Spacedock in the 23rd century it was the largest artificial satellite ever constructed by the Federation. Today the Spacedock-class design is used throughout the Federation core in orbit of key worlds and serves not only Starfleet but civilian craft as well.
Design History
For many years Starfleet depended on single-ship orbital platform facilities for the construction and maintenance of its starships. However, the rapid expansion of the Federation during the late 22nd and early 23rd centuries was fuelling an increase in the size of Starfleet and the existing platforms were becoming unable to cope. By 2264 Starfleet was petitioning for a major new orbital facility to be built, and in 2266 it was decided to proceed with this project. The requirement was for a space station which would put all the refining, processing, manufacturing and assembly facilities required for manufacture and maintenance of starships into one place. When finished in 2278 the station was essentially a small city, dedicated to Starship production. This enabled Starfleet to eliminate much of the transportation requirements previously involved in starship construction, the resources saved by this centralization covered the initial outlay for Spacedock within ten years.
Once it was realized that such efficiency savings could be achieved, it was decided to proceed with further stations in other major systems. Starfleet has continued to add new Spacedock facilities to its inventory ever since, with a total of 33 now.
Over their lives these stations have seen many revolutionary changes. The advent of industrial scale replication in the 24th century was a major revolution throughout the Federation and led to a major refurbishment of the manufacturing facilities on the Spacedocks. This freed up much internal volume, allowing a considerable increase in living standards for the crews. Many different sensor and weapon suites have been utilized on these stations over the years, the most recent being improvements to the shields and weapons to counter the Borg and Dominion threats.
During the last five years the Federation has seen a marked upswing in the level of threat directed toward it. As a result of this all Spacedock facilities have been working at maximum output in order to put as many new ships into the fleet as possible, as well as producing weapons for ground forces and other war materials. As such, these stations continue to form the backbone of the Federations war production capability.
Although the Spacedock series of stations proved highly successful, by the 2330's Starfleet faced a problem with its latest ships. The trend had been for ever larger designs, and all projections were that this trend would continue for the foreseeable future. The Spacedock stations needed considerable redesign and refit of their main docking area in order to accommodate these ships, a re-working which would reduce the efficiency of the stations handling arrangements and cause serious problems to Starfleets maintenance schedules during the work. It was decided to re-build the small number of stations in existence, making them much larger facilities which would be easily capable of handling significant numbers of the largest starships. All new Space Docks would be build using the new specs.
The sheer size of these stations was far beyond anything previously envisaged, a factor which weighed heavily on the minds of the design team. The original proposals called for an all-new station configuration, but the detailed design work for this would have taken at least fifteen years to complete. In order to cut this figure down as far as possible it was decided to use the existing design, scaled up.
Construction of Starbase 74, the first of the new, larger facilities, begun in 2342. Despite many technical problems the project kept to its projected build time of 14 years and the Starbase was commissioned in 2356. Since this time all original facilities have been refit (including Earth's Spacedock), with a total of 33 completed with 3 more underway. Starfleet eventually refitted all Stardocks to the larger configuration.
Starbase Specifications
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Basic Information |
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Station Keeping / Other Propulsion Systems |
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Offensive Systems |
ENERGY WEAPONS TORPEDO LAUNCHERS
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Defensive Systems |
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Primary Systems |
Power Generators:
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Docking & Auxiliary Craft |
DOCKING PORTS: 0
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Other Notes |
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Deck Listing
Central Core
Deck | Details/Specifications of Deck |
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Deck 1:
Command Section |
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Deck 2:
Command Section |
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Deck 3:
Command Section |
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Deck 4 - 14:
Command Section |
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Deck 15:
Command Section |
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Deck 16 - 19:
Command Section |
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Deck 20:
Command Section |
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Deck 21:
Command Section |
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Deck 22 - 47:
Command Section |
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Deck 48:
Command Section |
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Deck 49 - 50:
Command Section |
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Deck 51:
Spacedock Section |
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Deck 52:
Spacedock Section |
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Deck 53:
Spacedock Section |
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Deck 54:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 55 - 75:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 76
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 77 - 79:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
Starfleet Marine core training facilities |
Deck 80:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 81:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 82:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 83 - Deck 114:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 115 - Deck 120:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 121:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
Express stop 6 Transporter rooms 21 through 24 Spacedock parts storage |
Deck 122:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 123 - 126:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 127 - 130:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 131 - 134:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 135 - 138:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 139 - 145:
Spacedock Section(Inner Core) |
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Deck 146:
Spacedock Section |
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Deck 147:
Spacedock Section |
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Deck 148:
Spacedock Section |
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Deck 149:
Spacedock Section |
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Deck 150:
Spacedock Section |
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Deck 151:
Spacedock Section |
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Deck 152 - 155:
Upper Engineering Section |
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Deck 156 - 179:
Upper Engineering Section |
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Deck 180:
Upper Engineering Section |
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Deck 181:
Upper Engineering Section |
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Deck 182 - 199:
Upper Engineering Section |
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Deck 200:
Upper Engineering Section |
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Deck 210:
Upper Engineering Section |
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Deck 211:
Upper Engineering Section |
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Deck 212 - 252:
Upper Engineering Section |
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Deck 253 - Deck 264:
Residential Section |
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Deck 265:
Residential Section |
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Deck 267:
Residential Section |
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Deck 268 - 279:
Residential Section |
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Deck 280:
Residential Section |
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Deck 281 - 300:
Residential Section |
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Deck 301 through 304:
Residential Section |
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Deck 305:
Residential Section |
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Deck 306 - Deck 310:
Residential Section |
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Deck 311 - 349:
Residential Section |
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Deck 350:
Residential Section |
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Deck 351:
Residential Section |
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Deck 352:
Residential Section |
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Deck 352 - Deck 402:
Residential Section |
Station personnel quarters |
Deck 403:
Residential Section |
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Deck 404 - 418:
Residential Section |
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Deck 419:
Residential Section |
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Deck 420:
Residential Section |
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Deck 421 - Deck 444:
Residential Section |
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Deck 445:
Residential Section |
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Deck 446 - Deck 450:
Residential Section |
Guest quarters |
Deck 451 - 474:
Residential Section |
VIP suits |
Deck 475:
Residential Section |
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Deck 476:
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Deck 477 - Deck 500:
Residential Section |
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Deck 501 - Deck 521:
Residential Section |
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Deck 522:
Residential Section |
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Deck 553:
Residential Section |
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Deck 554 - 579:
Civilian Office Section |
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Deck 580:
Civilian Office Section |
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Deck 581:
Civilian Office Section |
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Deck 601:
Civilian Office Section |
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Deck 602:
Civilian Office Section |
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Deck 602 - 654:
Civilian Office Section |
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Deck 655 - Deck 689:
Research Section |
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Deck 690:
Research Section |
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Deck 691 - Deck 699:
Research Section |
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Deck 700:
Research Section |
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Deck 701:
Research Section |
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Deck 702:
Research Section |
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Deck 703 - Deck 720:
Research Section |
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Deck 721 - Deck 755:
Research Section |
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Deck 756:
Lower Engineering/Power Generating Section |
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Deck 757 - 769:
Lower Engineering/Power Generating Section |
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Deck 770 - 775:
Lower Engineering/Power Generating Section |
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Deck 776:
Lower Engineering/Power Generating Section |
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Deck 775 - 782:
Lower Engineering/Power Generating Section |
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Decks 783 - 798:
Lower Engineering/Power Generating Section |
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Deck 799:
Lower Engineering/Power Generating Section |
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Deck 800:
Lower Engineering/Power Generating Section |
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Spacedock Section Outer Shell
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Deck 54: |
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Deck 55 - Deck 74: |
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Deck 75: |
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Deck 76 - 126: |
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Deck 127: |
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Deck 128: |
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Deck 129 - Deck 130: |
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Deck 131: |
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Deck 133: |
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Deck 134 - Deck 144: |
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Deck 145: |
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Federation Ship & Station Classes | |
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Starships | • Akira Class • Antares Class • Century Class • Defiant Class • Galaxy Class • Insignia Class • Luna Class • Nebula Class • Nova Class • Prometheus Class • Saber Class • Steamrunner Class • Sovereign Class • Vesta Class • |
Starbases | • Aurora Class • Regula Class • Sigma Class • Spacedock Class • |
Support Craft | Shuttles • Type 8 Shuttle • Type 9 Shuttle • Type 11 Shuttle • Type 15 Shuttlepod • Runabouts • Argo Class • Danube Class • Fighters • Gryphon Class • Other • Workbee • |
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