For many years starfleet depended on a single ship orbital platform facility for the construction
and maintenance of starships due to the rapid expansion of the Federation. During the late 22nd
and early 23rd centuries the existing platform were unable to keep up with the increased demand
by 2266 Starfleet decided to create a new orbital facility the requirement was for the space station
which would put all the refinery processing manufacturing and the assembly facility required
for the manufacturing and the maintenance of starships into one place when it was finished.
In 2278 the station was essentially a small city dedicated to the starships production
this enables dolphin to eliminate much of the transportation and resources requirement
previously involved in starships construction once it was fully realized that such efficiency savings
could be achieved it was decided to proceed with further stations in other major systems.
The industrial-scale replication of the 24th century was a major revolution throughout the
federation and led to many refurbishments and manufacturing industry on Space Dock
because of the threat from the Borg and Dominion, all space docks
facility has 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 raw materials.
Due to its efficiency and high output, these stations continue to form the backbone of the
federation wall production capability construction of the Starbase 74 the first of the new
larger facility began in 2342 the space station had a massive layout that was designed to harbor
numerous starships inside its upper mushroom shaped section or the main docking bay the
interior docking bay can be accessed by four pairs of large space doors evening space along
the outer hall at the top of the station was the primary reactor and primary subspace band
communication towers which have the ability to scan all solar space. The docking port became one of the
central installation for weather watch debris scan radiation analysis and a starship traffic control
this was made possible by the largest single sensor array of subspace communications equipment.
On the outer rim of the main docking bay were several tractor beams emitters
and right below the docking bay was the supply hangar and recreational section furthermore the
station retained a powerful deflector shield and about 40 heavy phasers turret for defense.
The vast majority of the station living quarters were located in the middle of the station
further down was the fabrication hangar bay and finally toward the bottom was the main reactor.
The main reactor was where the large matter anti- matter reactor was located and was used to power
the entire station. Equipped at the very bottom of the reactor was the planetary communication
towers which were mainly used to communicate to the host planet. The sheer size of these stations
will fall beyond anything previously envisioned a factor which weighed heavily on the minds of
the design team construction of starbase 74 the first of the new large facility began in 2342.
It measured at a height of around 10700 meters or 6.6 miles with a diameter of 8781 meters or
5.4 miles the space station has a total mass of around 71 million metric tons and can
accommodate about 85000 officers and Starfleet personnel and about 120,000 to 240,000 civilians.
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The large mushroom shape layout was primarily designed to house a large internal hanger
which could dock around eight ships for maintenance and repairs of the interior docking bay
can be accessed by four pairs of large space doors evening space along the outer hull each vessel
entered through the outer doors and docking was handled by the dedicated docking control facility
at the center of the internal docking space feature a column-like structure with four ports
allowing a starship to dock on either side.
Each bay have a crew facility such as lounges with large windows offering sweeping views of
the space dock's interior docking space was allocated on a priority basis with no bias
toward a planet of origin or race in an event of a Starfleet alert situation.
The commands and controls center was the nexus of all control and communication
activities within the space station. the center section was taken up by a 3d holographic master
system display surrounded by several officer station as well as the command chair.
In keeping with the traditional layout, the main view screen was located at the front
on the port side was a small briefing room which also included the head for this deck.
In addition, the control center comprised of an office and a ready room adjacent to it which
provided a private area for the commanding officers the bridge has easy access to and
from all important areas of the station with two turbo lifts located on this deck.
Inside the recreational module aboard the Federation station was where the Starfleet
personnel could relax when they're off duty there were various communal areas throughout the
station including the amphitheater and soccer stadium that could seat around 3000 people
and situated at the center of the recreational module was the travel core
as well as containing a recreational facility such as a swimming pool picnic area and playground. The
module also contained a number of lakes and ponds that Starfleet personnel and civilians could enjoy
right below the recreational module was the water storage tanks and recycling machinery.
The vast majority of the station living quarters were located in the middle of the station
as we take a closer look inside the station living quarters each section
has several restaurants merchant shops and an open community area near the central circular section
for additional transit to each floor each section has a dedicated gangway and two turbo elveators.
On the outermost section of the ring was the corridor to the living areas every crew member
on the station will provide it with their own quarters most of these quarters have
two beds a small bathroom with a shower a private refresher room a walk-in closet and a living room.
and located in the middle was the community storage area
earth's space stock was probably one of the largest Starfleet space dock structures
ever constructed other space-built structures might have been larger but none was ever built
as close to the planetary surface it was originally conceived as a military base
for ships repair and refits and provided the most extensive medical facility with ongoing research
being conducted for unsolvable medical mysteries. These space dock can typically support various spacecraft
including 285 work bees and 100 shuttlecraft of various types. So what are your thoughts on space
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