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In the Star Trek fictional universe, Earth Spacedock is a massive Federation starbase, which serves as a manufacturing and support facility orbiting the planet Earth. Built after 2274 the mushroom- shape station is harbor for Federation starships and shuttlecraft near to Earth. 1 History
To accommodate to the rapid expansion of Federation in the late 22nd and early 23rd centuries Starfleet answered the problem by building new orbital facility. For years Starfleet only had a single-ship orbital platform for maintaining and building of Federation starships until the Spacedock was built in 2274. The station built like a small city process the processing, refining, manufacturing, and assembly structures needed to repair, maintain, and construct starships in the same place. Its centralized design eliminated much of the inefficient transporting of resources previously letting the station pay for its original cost over a decade. Impressed by the station’s efficiency savings Starfleet has built 16 spacedocks which are still in operation today.
2 Specifications
- Type: Starbase manufacturing and support facility
- Dimensions:
- Diameter : 3,810 m
- Height (main) : 4,648 m
- Height (overall) : 5,795 m
- Decks : 1,200
- Displacement: 58,000,000 metric tons
- Accommodation: 15,000 Starfleet, typically 20,000 to 35,000 civilian
- Weaponry:
- 370 x Type XII phaser arrays, total output 2,240,000 Terawatts
- 24 x Type 2 burst fire photon torpedo tube
- Defenses:
- High Capacity shield system, total capacity 2,240,000 TeraJoules
- Light Duranium / Tritanium Single hull.
- Low level Structural Integrity Field
- Docking Facilities:
- Internal docking bay capable of holding up to thirty starships, depending on type
- Fifteen hangar bays capable of holding up to three hundred shuttlecraft.
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