Earth Spacedock

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Earth Spacedock, often shortened to ESD, was a United Federation of Planets space station active during from the late 23rd century to the mid 28th century. It was a large, mushroom-shaped facility that included multiple internal docking bays, and a crew compliment in the hundreds of thousands. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek Online)

It is likely the same or another incarnation of Spacedock in the mid 28th century, where it was then known as Starbase 001. (Star Trek: 001)

Summary[]

The station had at least eight internal docking bays and a crew complement of 318,000. (Earth Spacedock)

Class nomenclature[]

The class of station to which Earth Spacedock belonged as been referred to as:

Ournal class (Jackill's)
Safe Haven class (Orion Press)
Spacedock class (Bravo Fleet, Starbase 400, et. al)
Stardock class (Bravo Fleet, Obsidian Fleet, Continuing Mission, et. al)

Lacking a canon or otherwise official name to use, Memory Alpha and Memory Beta simply refer to this class of station as "spacedock type." Jackill's use of Ournal class is the earliest known name given to Spacedock's class, and that name has seen extensive use in technical fandom and beyond ever since.

History[]

23rd century[]

Earth Spacedock 2270 (STO) — Earth Spacdock in the mid-23rd century (*Star Trek Online*)

Construction began on Spacedock at least as early as 2257. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")

In Star Trek: Discovery, Earth Spacedock and Starbase 1 are shown to be two discrete facilities; the former is in orbit of the Earth, and still under construction in 2257, while the latter is located 100 AUs from the Earth. (Star Trek: Discovery: "The War Without, The War Within")

Alternatively, Earth Spacedock originated as the United Earth Transportation Hub and was used for commercial traffic to and from Earth. Sections were added to the original structure over the decades, culminating in the familiar mushroom-shaped structure extant as early as 2250. (TOS novel: Academy: Collision Course)

It is quite possible that the spacedock referred to in Collision Course is a separate station with the same general shape, as depicted in Star Trek Online's Agents of Yesterday. Such a facility being in use before and during the construction of the station first seen in The Search for Spock would allow for both Collision Course and "Will You Take My Hand" to remain consistent with each other and pre-Discovery sources and fanworks.

Orion Press[]

Spacedock was a Safe Haven-class facility built in 2275. It was said to be the homeport for USS Enterprise. Its staff of engineers numbered at about 1,000. (Orion Press: Liberation from Hell)

24th century[]

In 2370, Admiral Daniel docked the USS Phoenix at the station to join a conference on Earth. During this time, Commander Sith caught Captain Benjamin Maxwell leafing off intelligence to the Maquis. Section 31 captured and sold Maxwell to the Cardassians in return for allowing the USS Phoenix-X to be secretly built in Cardassian space. Sith recovered Maxwell before they got away with him and brought him back to Spacedock. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "The Recruited")

In 2376, Spacedock was boarded by the Vendoth during the Battle of Sol. (Star Trek: Unity: "United We Stand - Together")

In 2383, Armond from the Phoenix-X contacted the station during his mission to save the tech-team at Earth. He spoke to the station from the advanced medical shuttle USS Angel Wing. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "Transphasic Meltdown")

25th century[]

In early 2410, Spacedock was severely damaged during a battle with the Undine, necessitating a massive reconstruction project, which resulted in a drastically redesigned interior. Sometime later, ESD again sustained extensive damage in the final battle of the Iconian War. (Star Trek Online: "Surface Tension", "Midnight")

After the Iconian battle, Mika and Jarell of the USS Dropzone observed how quickly the repairs occurred, done by exocomps. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "Aftermath")

Spacedock was secretly outfitted with cloaked anti-Undine devices by the crew of the USS Philadelphia-A. The station was later attacked by an Undine faction, who attempted to board, but were whisked away to Fluidic space. (Earth Spacedock)

30 Worlds: Royal Megaforce: "Masters of the Ultimate Power"[]

By 2401, the station known as Earth Spacedock was retired and moved to orbit planet Athan Prime, where it became the new central hub of the Fleet Museum. In its place was a new station (alternately known as Sol Station or Probert Station) that shared the same basic design as the classic Earth Spacedock, but with newer technologies. (PIC: "The Next Generation", "The Bounty", 30 Worlds: Royal Megaforce: "Masters of the Ultimate Power")

28th century[]

Main article: Starbase 001

In the 28th century, the same or another incarnation of Spacedock was known as Starbase 001 and continued to be a Federation base of operations for the Federation-Alliance War and orbited Earth. (Star Trek: 001, Scorpion's Descent, ST001NB, Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "Second Life")

Station's directory[]

OrokuSeifer Spacedock2410 — Oroku Seifer in Operations on Earth Spacedock in 2410.

Deck 47
- Shipyard (Star Trek Online)
- Infirmary (Star Trek Online)
- Club 47 (Star Trek Online)
  - Lounge & Bar (or Synthbar) (Earth Spacedock)
Deck 50
- Vertical Jefferies tubes (Earth Spacedock: Pages 68-69)
Deck 58
- Storage Section Sigma 5 (Earth Spacedock: Page 141)
Deck 65
- Science labs (Earth Spacedock: Page 68)
- Section 8, Vertical cargo lift tube (Earth Spacedock: Page 71)
- Science Lab 12 (Earth Spacedock: Pages 69-70)
- Science Lab 23 (Earth Spacedock: Page 69)
Deck 83
- Holodeck (Earth Spacedock: Page 171)
Unspecified
- Airlock Hatch Deck (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "The Recruited")
  - Living quarters: Benjamin Maxwell's temporary quarters (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "The Recruited")
- Bay 4 (Earth Spacedock: Page 1)
- Recreation Deck (Earth Spacedock: Page 67)
  - Promenade (Earth Spacedock: Page 1)
  - Food Court: (Earth Spacedock: Page 1)
  - Security office (Earth Spacedock: Page 4)
- Main Reactor (Earth Spacedock: Page 71)

People[]

Personnel[]

23rd century:
- Commander Diana Garrett, first officer (Star Trek Continues)
- Samantha McHugh, M.D., psychiatrist on the medical staff (Star Trek: Shadowstar Station)

24th century:
- Barnes; Benzite, male - an officer in docking operations (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "Transphasic Meltdown")
- Lieutenant Julita Kowalczyk, Ph.D., xenobiologist on the medical and science staff (Star Trek: Accord)
- Commander Samantha McHugh, M.D., psychiatrist on the medical staff (Star Trek: Shadowstar Station)

25th century:
- Admiral Jorel Quinn (Star Trek Online)
- Admiral Alexandra Chekov (Earth Spacedock)
- Captain Akira Sulu (Star Trek Online)
- Commander Allura, Operations, Executive officer; Aenar, female (Earth Spacedock)
- Commander Barnes, Shipyard (Earth Spacedock)
- Commander Batou, Engineering; Human, male (Earth Spacedock)
- Commander Reeve, Security; Human, male (Earth Spacedock)
- Commander Lucrecia, counselor, female (Earth Spacedock)
- Doctor Melzine; Human, male (Earth Spacedock)

28th century (Star Trek: 001):
- See: Starbase 001#Personnel

Visitors[]

24th century :
- Captain Benjamin Maxwell (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "The Recruited")
- Commander Sith (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "The Recruited")

External links[]

Earth Spacedock article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
Earth Spacedock article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.

STARBASE

Name:	Earth Spacedock
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Class:	Spacedock type