Starbase 84

Name:	Starbase 84
Class:	Orunal-class
Type:	Class-3
Status:	Active
Dimensions:	Diameter : 3,810 m Height (main) : 4,648 m Height (overall) : 5,795 m
Mass:	58,000,000 metric tonnes
Decks:	1200
Crew Complement:	15,000 Starfleet 20,000 to 35,000 civilian
Warp Speed:	Not capable of independent movement; attitude control and/or orbital adjustment only.
Tactical Systems:	220 x Type XII phaser arrays, total output 2,240,000 TeraWatts 22 torpedo launching platforms, with 2 launching tubes each. Maximum stock: 4000
Shield Systems:	Shield Dimensions: 4200m in diameter, 6000m in height
Defence Systems:	Light Duranium/Tritanium Single hull Low level Structural Integrity Field Tacyon Defence Grid
Tractor beam Emitters:	15
Docking Facilities:	Internal docking bay, capable of holding up to 16 starships, depending on type 15 hangar bays capable of holding up to 300 shuttlecraft

Just outside the Romulan Neutral Zone floated Starbase 84, an outpost functioning as a seat for diplomacy, a vanguard and a signal-post to warn the Federation of any Romulan incursions. It was under the command of Ian Hawthorne by the time that Starfleet Command was compromised by alien usurpers in the 24^th century.

Starbase 84 Blueprints

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  Sheet 1: Profile

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  Sheet 2: Drydock Section

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  Sheet 3: Living Area

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  Sheet 4: Travel Core Stations

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  Sheet 5: Administration/Recreational Module

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  Sheet 6: Travel Core

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  Sheet 7: Top/Bottom Views

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  Sheet 8: Photon Torpedo Launch Platform Details

Starbase 79 Blueprints (copyright 2004) belong to illustrator Lawrence Miller and if free for viewing at http://www.starbase79.com/

General Information

While all starbases are different, they all start from the standard sections of in these images. Starbase 84 is a general purpose facility with additional communication and defence capabilities. This because it is located close to the Romulan Neutral Zone. It was made operational on stardare 8916.32.

The standard complement for an Orunal-class starbase is 40,000 to 50,000 full time residents, workers and independents. Guest facilities exist for 8,000 additional personnel. UFP charter stipulates that hald of this capacity is made available for UFP and Starfleet personnel.

When a starbase is situated in orbit around a Federation member planet, it must obey the laws and customs of that culture. Also, some Federation members dictate that starbase personnel is comprised of a certain percentage of local population. Starbase 84 is, however, orbiting a Class Q planet. These rare planetoids typically develop with a highly eccentric orbit, or near stars with a variable output. As such, conditions on the planet's surface are widely varied. Deserts and rain forests exist within a few kilometers of each other, while glaciers can simultaneously lie very near the equator. Given the constant instability, is virtually impossible for life to exist on Class-Q worlds, so Starbase 84 upholds the tenets of the Federation and abide by Earth's laws, customs and culture.

Starbase defences vary with their location within the Federation. Starbase 84 contain the following:

• 6 Quad Level Phaser Banks
• 4 Photon Torpedo Mobile Launch Assemblies, located on the exterior lip of the drydock module
• 340 Primary Deflector Coils, located on the upper surface of the drydock module

History of Orunal-class Spacedocks

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 twenty second and early twenty third centuries was fueling an increase in the size of Starfleet and the existing platforms were becoming unable to cope with the workload. By 2260 Starfleet was petitioning for a major new orbital facility to be built, and in 2263 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 2274 the station was essentially a small city, dedicated to Starship production - cargo ships would bring raw materials in at one end of the line, starships would roll out at the other. This enabled Starfleet to eliminate much of the transportation requirements previously involved in starship construction; the resources saved by this centralisation covered the initial outlay for Spacedock within ten years.

Once it was realised that such efficiency savings could be achieved, it was decided to proceed with further stations in other major centers of Starship production. Starfleet has continued to add new Spacedock facilities to its inventory ever since, with the total now up to sixteen.

Over their lives these stations have seen many revolutionary changes; the advent of industrial scale replication in the twenty fourth 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 utilised on these stations over the years, the most recent being improvements to the shields and weapons to counter the Borg and Dominion threats. It was planned to equip all Spacedocks with quantum torpedoes in place of their photons, but the relatively limited number of such weapons available has made this unfeasible. Instead the Type IV photons have been replaced by Type VI models to give increased penetration power against heavy shielding.

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.

Drydock Section

The drydock section of Starbase 84 is also called the spacedock. It will accomodate up to 16 heavy cruisers for repair and resupply. Docking space is allocated on a priority basis with no bias towards planet or origin of race. In the event of a Starfleet alert condition, all shuttle bays will be cleared of commercial vessels if so possible. In all other cases, they will be sealed within their bays to prevent civilians from launching during such an alert condition.

Docking Facilities

• 16 Universal Gantries
• 26 Airlock Shuttlecraft Bays
• 84 Docking Ports
• 4 Workbee Staging Pads (on top of the docking wings)

Repair Facilities

• Engine Refit Bays
• Warp Dynamic Testing Labs
• Reactor Maintenance Bays
• Superstructure Assembly & Test Faciities
• Weapons Test & Calibration Facility
• Sensor Testing Mobility Gantry
• Electronic Maintenance & Test Facility
• Transporter Calibration
• Waste Reclamation Facility
• Decontamination / Bio Bay

Crew

Commanding Officers

• Captain Ian Hawthorne

Command Crew

• Chief Security Officer
  • Lieutenant Komial Dotnihl

• Chief Science Officer
  • Lieutenant Simon Walt

Disclaimer

The technical specifications and been compiled and changed around from various sources over the web, among them Memory Alpha & Ex Astris Scientia.