~Starbase Canon~
Wormhole is in quotes because it’s not a wormhole proper, in other
words it isn’t a completely stable path. When the Horatio Nelson
emerged from the rift, it came out near one of the two class M planets
(Gintol and Juntol) near the sight of SB 25. The opening of the rift
had an unexpected reaction with a substance found only on the planet
Gintol. With this substance, called Gintonite, ships are able to
open a rift and travel the distance between Sol (the coordinates of the opening on
the other side have not been determined) and SB 25 in a matter
of days instead of a year.
Reasons the Federation can't mine a ton of this substance -- to send
fleets of ships through and colonizing the space etc. like it would
currently explored space -- are as follows:
~ The
substance is too complex to be replicated.
~ The
substance is in a limited supply. We can mine it, know what it is, and
have some of it. But the supply isn’t inexhaustible. That means that
the number of ships that can be given the substance is in the tens and
not the hundreds or thousands.
~
The use of the rift damages subspace. Therefore frequent and heavy use
of the rift is not an option. Therefore the ships stationed at SB 25
can use it to traverse the space to do missions in explored space, but
there will be no large scale deployment through it.
Starbase
25 – General Info
Here are some more details about SB 25. For a picture, check out http://www.angelfire.com/trek/starbase25/index.html
SB25 is the largest undertaking of its kind. It is minimally twice as
big as DS9 or any other known Starbase. 10,000 rooms for personal
quarters, banquet halls, shops, restaurants, bars, holosuites, etc.
lines its interior. It would take days to explore it. It has a fair mix
of civilians and starfleet personnel on board.
There are two planets in the system, M Class, which has colonists
living on them. The Starbase is the big hub in the area. The place is a
mixture of humans and other federation species and aliens. Some are
Federation members, some aren’t, some want to be, some don’t. Some are
really crazy exotic, some are more mundane.
It has a compliment of warships for protection and the SB itself is
HEAVILY armed. The warships are NPC vessels until the fleet begins
expanding and they are replaced with PC ships.
The Starbase is its own email group list. When ships in the fleet
return from a mission, they will dock in the form of subscribing
the Nelson to the SB 25 list. That way any ship docked will see the
emails from any other ship docked. In this way, we will have an
established sense of community and a canon-like timeline.
Diameter : 3,301.85 m3
Height (core) : 822.8 m3
Height (overall) : 1,969.26 m3
Decks : 560
Mass: 110,000,000 metric tons
Crew: 1500
Armament:
25 x Type XV phaser banks
63 x Type XIV phaser arrays, total output 2,500,000 Terawatts
110 x Pulse fire photon torpedo tubes
62 x Quantum Torpedo turrets
Defense System:
High Capacity shield system, total capacity 386,400,000 TeraJoules
Standard Kelindide Double hull.
High level Structural Integrity Field
Docking Facilities
17 Pylon docking ports4
36 Docking ring ports4
25 landing pads
Limited motion available on thrusters only
Diplomatic Capability: Approximately equivalent to Starfleet grade 6
Expected Hull Life
300
Refit Cycle
Minor : 10 year
Standard : 20 years
Major : 60 years
The Starbase has been being built since 2361 (it is now 2381). The
supply train to the SB from Sol has been in constant motion since 2361,
even during the Dominion War. The project was approved and then kept
top secret the entire time. Resources were committed and no one usurped
the allocated resources for the war effort because almost no one knew
about it. Even now, its existence is a closely guarded secret, as is
the method of travel. There is a ‘supply highway’ that extends from SB
25 to explored space. The supply highway is relatively secure, but all
space on either side of it is completely unexplored (picture a road
through a heavily wooded area, except in three dimensions).
The Starbase was commanded by the Chief Construction Engineer and has
been for years. When the HN arrived, J’Dem became the ipso facto
commander until Admiral Britanicus made his way there and
permenantly took over command.
Gintol,
Juntol and Gintonite
Starbase 25 is located in the Junto system. There are two Class M
planets known as Juntol and Gintol. Gintol is the planet where the ore
we need is located and mined. The ore is called Gintonite, and
must be mined in extremely cold conditions, at least -40 degrees C. If
Gintonite reaches a temp of -20 C, it turns into a vapor. This vapor is
what opens the wormhole. To use the Gintonite, we must beam it to the
proper coordinates and use a modified heat beam from the main
deflector. The heating must be done slowly or the vapor will dissipate
too quickly and the wormhole will not open.
The Velox are a race, centries old which inhabit the planet Gintol.
The Velox, as it turned out were only interested in one thing, and
given the circumstances of the situation, they were granted their
request that Gintol, and by extension the Velox, become a protectorate
of the United Federation of Planets. They would be afforded the
protection of Starfleet but not required to join the United Federation
of Planets to do so, though that avenue remained open to them should
they decide to pursue it at a later date.
With the exception of the mines containing Gintonite, the vapor they
thought would allow them access to the rift, the Federation colonies
would be restricted to half of Gintol and all of Juntol, the other M
Class planet in the system. All in all, the negotiations were
successful, with all parties coming away with the crux of what they
wanted.
Tel'Krenat is the name of a haunted city under the
surface of Gintol which the Velox deserted
centuries ago. Excavators uncovered the ancient city in 2382.
The
Kaurian
The Kaurian are a race which have a mysterious nomadic network, almost
pirate in nature, which have been stealing technology for
decades. The few encounters we've had with them so far have been very
hostile. In 2382, the USS Washington came into contact with the Kaurians again
during a standard patrol. It was discovered that the Kaurian social
structure is centered around a hierarchical structure with a
quasi-religious military priest functioning at its peak. This
warrior-priest is known only as Bodin, and is rumored to have
extraordinary telepathic powers.
Starbase 25 has assigned to it a Platoon of MACOs (Military Assault
Command Officers – Basically Space Marines) for all manner of missions
requiring ground forces or professionally trained boarders.
Romulan
Dissinent Invasion
In 2382 a Romulan Dissinent military power attempted to invade
Starbase 25 in the hopes of gaining a foothold in Federation space.
The invasion attempt was arrested. Further information is
classified.
In 2382, the USS Washington encountered an advanced species known
only as the Murtaw. The species, strongly resembling humans in
appearance and social structure, had highly developed metallurgical
knowledge. As a result, the hulls of their vessels are 100 times
stronger than any Federation alloy. Overtures of peace were made
after the most recent contact with the Murtaw. Details of said
contact are classified.
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