![]() ![]() ![]() It wasn't until few years later that Starfleet outfitted DS9 with massive weapons (5000 photon torpedoes and powerful deployable phaser banks) and it got turned into a proper starbase capable of destroying over 50 Dominion/Cardassian ships all on its own. And base station is the smallest "station" in SFB (battlestation and starbase are much bigger)ĭS9 was a Cardassian mining outpost initially and had some basic armaments (which the Cardassians stripped prior to them being driven off by the Bajorans). ![]() But bases, due to their fixed location, and inability to rotate (unless they are already rotating), are equipped with some VERY heavy weapons.įor example: a "tournament base" in SFB, which is designed to balance with the tournament cruisers in competitions, has no less than 7 Phaser-4's, some point-defense phasers and shields 50% stronger than that of equivalent cruisers. And we can't rely on those as they are balanced for the game, except DS9, and that station is abnormal to the extreme. ![]() The closest we get to see starbase armaments are the board games and PC games, such as Starfleet Command series which is based on Star fleet Battles the boardgame, and Star Trek: Armada series. There is almost zero canon evidence of weapons on starbases and smaller bases. Considering the main theme of Star Trek is to showcase a single ship going where no one has gone before, we may likely never get something like this again. There is even enough launchers for Sisko to order a salvo of just even launchers first, and then odd launchers.Īgain, DS9 has the luxury of seven seasons to flesh out the station. In "The Way of the Warrior", the Klingons tried to storm the station with a fleet and soon discovered the station is refitted with multiple banks of Type X and Type XI phaser banks, and "5000 torpedoes". In the early seasons, Chief O'Brien had mentioned that the old Cardassian station had incompatable equipment from Federation technology, and it constantly caused issues. However that is a civilian station.ĭeep Space Nine was the only place that had real mentions. In Voyager, you had the (edit) Jupiter Station mentioned in the late season, where the Doctor was sent to help treat his creator. In TNG you had several starbases and deep space stations mentions. However they are purely scenery locations, and there was no documentation as to Starbase One's capabilities. Then of course you have Starbase One and Spacedock in the TOS Movies. In TOS there was starbase K-7, supposed to be near the Federation-Klingon Border, and is probably the most iconic station of the TOS. Throughout all of the the shows, there were common naming conventions, but the design teams didn't follow a standard model. This implies that Type XII were common on starbases for the TNG era, but there is no real documentation for space stations. Also in the TNG Technical Manual which showcased the Galaxy Class, the Galaxy-Class sported Type X phaser arrays. In terms of TNG era starbases, technical manuals for the Sovereign class boasted that the ship sported Type XII Phasers, originally for Starbases. That's about as much as there is for canon details for starbase armament.ĭS9 has the luxury of having seven seasons to flesh it out. In the TNG Era, type XII phaser arrays were standard armament for Space Stations. Aside from individual novels, there really isn't documentation that went into more depth for any space station (Except for DS9) that went more than one or two pages. TL/DR: Aside from DS9, there is practically zero canon information. ![]()
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