Station Frontier

In 2384 the construction of the Starfleet support facility-cum-civilian trading station Space Station Frontier was completed. The largest Federation asset to the galactic center, the Bajoran wormhole, the Gamma Quadrant, and the Delta Quadrant in real space, and far from main Federation space, Station Frontier was designed to be a self-sustaining center for Fleet operations, border protection, exploration and commerce. Space Station Frontier is a massive space station. It has assumed great commercial, scientific, and strategic importance in the Alpha Quadrant.

With over 300 habitable decks, the Citadel-class Federation Starbase stands by itself as a multi-role space station. The purpose of the Citadel-class is to support Federation, Starfleet, and allied vessels within the area. This support ranges from refueling and resupply, research for civilian and Starfleet purposes, to refit in some cases. The Citadel also serves a vital economic purpose, with its onboard manufacturing systems. At the same time, the station can also stand in as a seat of government providing control for commerce in the area. As with all Starfleet installations, Citadel- class stations such as Station Frontier serve a vital defensive and diplomatic purpose as well. Such a large facility can perform support tasks that can keep an entire fleet of starships working against a threat force. At the same time, the actual presence of a Federation installation of this scale within reach of many diplomatic attachés make these stations important centers for diplomatic exchange. Station Frontier, the only Citadel-class facility ever created, orbits the third planet of the Coronalis System.

With phaser strips, pulse phaser turrets and cannons, multiple torpedo launchers and point-defense systems, Station Frontier can withstand a sustained attack from a large enemy fleet before buckling. Without a doubt, Citadel-class stands on its own as a defensive platform.

However, its defenses are not the only asset that this station boasts. Whether a ship is just "passing through" or home-ported, a ship's crew will not be disappointed with the quality of life aboard Station Frontier. The station offers entertainment facilities on many levels, as well as full commerce promenades. Visiting crews can put in requests to reserve guest quarters on the habitat areas for a limited amount of time, based on availability. With as much space as a starship's senior officers' quarters, it's certainly a welcome room for any enlisted or junior officer.

The promenades offer restaurants, shops and entertainment from many different races throughout the Federation. Guests are treated to a delightful tour through the food, customs and entertainment of other cultures as civilian shopowners sell their wares and offer their services.

For the hard-working personnel who don't have time to tour the multi-cultural promenades, various lounges on almost every deck are available for use. Decks 20 to 38 of the main hull offer quarters for the VIP and Starfleet Flag Officers, wardrooms (commissioned-officers-only lounges) and a dedicated lounge for Starfleet's senior enlisted: the Chief Petty Officers.

MAIN HULL
Command Section:

The top concourse of the Main Hull is referred to as the Command Area. It houses the facilities, offices and work areas used by the various staff and commanding officers assigned to Starfleet Sector Command, namely: Starfleet Command Section, Starfleet Operations Section, Starfleet Science Section, Starfleet Engineering Section, Starfleet Diplomatic Corps Section, and Starfleet Special Operations Section. Operations, or Ops, is located at the very top of the station, on the of the Main Hull, just below the Subspace Antenna and Long Range Sensor Array and directly supervises all primary station mission operations and coordinates all station departmental activities. Below it is Main Engineering and is the central point for control of all engineering systems, especially those relating to power generation.

The Space Port:

The middle and largest concourse of the Main Hull is referred to as the Space Port. It is entered by two large opposing bay doors and is divided into multiple areas called tiers. The interior of the Space Port is capable of holding twenty large ships. There are two construction and repair arrays that hang from the top of the interior of the Space Port. The exterior of the Space Port has 12 additional docking pylons. The Space Port features Space Port Engineering, Capital Ship Docks, the Space Port Control room, the Space Port Computer Core, and even more Cargo Storage, areas for passenger and transport docking, temporary residential areas (residency for no more than two weeks), commercial areas, and even a fair amount of recreational activities.

Flight Deck:

Located between the Space Port and the Habitat Area is the Flight Deck. It houses all the shuttles and the fighters. It is divided into 4 sections. One section houses the fighters that comprise the Frontier Tactical Wing, one houses 6 runabouts, one houses 18 shuttles, and one is for equipment, locker rooms, offices, and other various services the flight crew may need.

Habitat Area:

The bottom concourse of the Main Hull is referred to as the Habitat Area. This section contains businesses, recreational facilities, non-Starfleet and other civilian residential areas and quarters, and various work areas that support the major departments. Located in several areas throughout the Habitat Area and the Habitat Sections of each of the three Docking Rings, the arboretum is maintained by the botany department, and is used for research into plant-life. The facilities include twisting paths that provide privacy, and streams that feed multiple ponds. 'Natural' lighting is provided on a day/night schedule that provides maximum benefit to the plant-life. The Promenade areas on the station also have arboretum areas, which add to the feeling of an outdoor market place. Promenades are all focused on business and recreation providing goods and services. Sometimes there is more than one shop of the same type on a station; they are just located in different Promenades. The Citadel Class has ten educational facilities located in the civilian areas. These facilities are equipped to educate youth and adults on a variety of subjects especially the basics up to the collegiate level.

Fleet Dock:

The second lowest and second largest concourse of the Main Hull is the Fleet Dock. It is where ships of The Vanguard Fleet can usually docked. It is entered by four large bay doors. The interior of the Fleet Dock is capable of holding twelve large ships. There are three large uprated Type-4 drydocks that hang from the underside of Fleet Dock’s hull and is where most of the major repairs and refits are done for the fleet’s ships. Construction of new fleet ships can also be done inside Fleet Dock. The exterior of Fleet Dock has 12 additional docking pylons and 24 docking ports for the smaller starships of the Battle Group. Fleet Dock features Fleet Dock Engineering, the Fleet Dock Control room, the Fleet Dock Computer Core, and even more Cargo Storage, temporary residential areas for the crews of the Vanguard Fleet (residency for no more than two weeks), commercial areas, and even a fair amount of recreational activities.

There are also large lounges located throughout the Main Hull. And finally manufacturing areas for the Citadel Class station are located between the Habitat Section and the Fleet Dock Section.

DOCKING RING 1, 2 AND 3
Secondary Spacedocks:

Secondary Spacedocks are located on any of the 3 docking rings of the station. Each docking ring houses 8 landing platforms for vessels such as the Intrepid class. Once the ship lands a dome shield is activated and atmosphere pumped in. The view when walking from the ship to the hangar doors is truly spectacular, and has caused a bit of vertigo in more than one fresh cadet. For non-landing vessels, there are 8 upper and 8 lower docking pylons, and 32 smaller docking ports on an outer docking ring that can accommodate most civilian transport liners. These berths are meant for simple embarking and disembarking, long term docking is done in the main hull. They also allow direct transport to the typically civilian areas of the station. A small shuttle bus service is run from this bay to the main bay and back at regular intervals. Spacedock Control is located in the central area of each of the 3 docking towers.

Promenade Rings/Habitat Sections:

Promenades on the Docking Rings are the only location where temporary lodges are can be obtained for non-fleet travellers. There are also residential units on the promenade rings, but these are not as many as those on the Habitat Area. Promenades usually have garden areas; some even have streams and botanical paths running through the center of main paths. Lounges are also found in the promenade and habitat section of the docking rings and also have a battery of recreational games.

SPACE DOCK
Twelve Space Docks, each capable of servicing repairs for three Sovereign-class starships at the same time, are latched on to Station Frontier, at four space docks per docking ring, by huge tritanium cables. These huge constructs provide the same repair, refit, and construction services as the Space Dock and the Fleet Dock, but only outside Station Frontier’s hulls. Onboard computers are permanently linked to Main Engineering to enable the space docks to perfectly match any movement made by Station Frontier. This can be done through the six mini-impulse thrusters each possesses.

OTHER FEATURES
Power Source:

All Citadel Class stations contain Engineering Labs and Manufacturing facilities. For jobs that can be replicated but require large industrial replicators, most Citadel Class stations have been equipped with at least two Class-4 CFI industrial replicators. The station is powered by 4 fusion reactors, with a 5th acting as an emergency backup. The station has five primary cores. The computer cores on Citadel Class stations are isolinear storage devices utilizing faster than light processing drives with isolinear temporary storage. The Citadel Class operates on LCARS build version 5.2 to account for increases in processor speed and power, and limitations discovered in the field in earlier versions, and increased security. The Universal Translator matrix aboard Citadel Class stations consists of well over 100,000 languages and increases with every new encounter. There are sixty-four independent tactical sensors on the Citadel Class. As a station, the Citadel class has the materials in storage and the equipment on board to manufacture more torpedo casings than it currently carries in ready stock.

Science and Medical Facilities:

There are over one thousand separate scientific research labs on board the Citadel Class. There are also at least six infirmary facilities located throughout the station. The Chief Medical Officer of the Station and the Sector Head of Starfleet Medical chooses the primary medical facility at the Main Hull. These facilities can practically be considered to be a full-fledged hospital when combined. Stations are more capable facilities than any starship in medical operations. Even the Hope Class does not compare to most station hospitals. The facilities have even been recently equipped with EMH systems. Like on most stations, the Citadel class has nurse stations, almost on each level. These areas are staffed on a rotating schedule during green mode, and during higher alert status they may all be activated. They provide first aid to injured personnel and become quick essential command posts during situations where the station is damaged. When the Commanding Officer needs to know how many people are injured, those who find out serve at these stations. Holodecks:

There are twenty four standard holodeck facilities on the station. These are smaller versions of standard Federation Holodecks, designed for individual usage (the twenty four holodecks themselves are to be used by groups or individual officers; enlisted crewmen and cadets are not allowed to use the holodecks under normal circumstances). They do everything that their larger siblings do; only these holosuites can't handle as many variables and are less detailed. There are sixty holosuites on board as well, located mainly in the promenade rings. There is also a Gymnasium which contains the weight room, which has full bodybuilding and exercise apparatuses available for disposal.

Starship Complement:

It is not uncommon in standard Starfleet practice to assign a smaller vessel to the direct command of a starbase, sometimes with the command crew of the facility being the same as that of the ship. In Station Frontier’s case, three Saber class Frigates, and four Defiant class Armored Escorts were assigned as starship complement. The Saber class USS Bedivere, USS Gawaine and USS Uwaine, and the Defiant class USS Andes, USS Sierra Madre, USS Karakoram, and USS Himalaya, all crewed by base personnel, are always on standby for station defense.

Incorporated into the docking towers were several massive manufacturing facilities. The extent of the defensive shields around the station is 600 meters.

Because of the sheer number of starships in the Vanguard Fleet and the other task forces, most of the ships just “park in orbit” above or below the station’s docking rings, in task force formation.