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The Dedication Plaque for Starbase Rockford as seen in the Star Trek: Black Hawk Fan Fiction

Starbase Rockford is a Federation Cascade II Class starbase located on the boarder between the UFP and the Cha'ouw Empire. It is a strategic space station located near the Klingon Empire, Romulan Empire, Cardassian Union and Bajor, as well as Breen and the Tholians. It is also a major starship construction site with capabilities to construct or repair any number Federation, Klingon, Romulan and alien vessels due to the large number of Drydock facilities that are part of the starbase and the number of construction tenders station there. It is not unusual to have a Klingon Drydock only a few miles away from a Federation Drydock or Romulan Drydock.

Name

The starbase in named after a city in Northern Illinois, Rockford, which straddle the Rock River and is part of the Winneford Multiplex in the 24th Century (coincidentally Admiral Higdon was born in Winneford). It is located near the extreme section near the Cha'ouw Homeworld in what is known as Sector 021, also known as Sector Illinois.

Starbase Rockford is under the command of Admiral Jeffery Higdon.

Starbase Personnel

Both Starfleet and Cha’ouw personnel man Starbase Rockford. Among the Federation personnel besides Starfleet are a full brigade of Federation Marines and a detachment of Federation Legionnaires. The Cha'ouw also supply members from their own Imperial Star Fleet, Marines and Special Operations personnel. A Starfleet Chief Surgeon oversees the Medical faculties and have many species and support groups attached to it. Admiral Stormclaw of the Cha’ouwian House Mk'Vy oversees the Construction Areas and departments and Starfleet Rear Admiral Stephan Keriz runs the bureaucracy of the station.

The Promenade area is an area of commerce, religion and diplomatic relations. Most of the special embassies have offices on this deck. Restaurants of different types also ring the promenade including one named after the rational lounge on Galaxy class starships, Ten Forward. An entrance to the mail reception hall is also found on the Promenade.

Dedication Plaque

The Dedication Plaque has both the seal of Starfleet on the top left of the plaque and the Cha'ouw Empire on the right, as well as the project logo for Starbase Rockford in the top center. The Starbase Rockford Project logo resembles the Galaxy Class Project logo, without the oval behind it and words defining where and what is the project is. The listing includes several Starfleet and Cha'ouwian personnel. Actually the plaque contains the names of two of the Duras Sisters Pub of Alien Sin RPG player, giving their real names as Starfleet Admirals and their Cha'ouwian names in the RPG and subsequent Star Trek: Black Hawk stories. Karen Higdon is listed as a Commodore, as that is her rank in the Cha'ouw Imperial Star Fleet. The plaque is located in the Promenade area next to the main turbolift in order to let others that pass it to read it.

It also gives the following dedication statement, given by Admiral Higdon at the official Commissioning Ceremonies:

"...all the battles, of all the glories, the truest test of a warrior, whether it be a Cha'ouwian, Klingon, Teni, Kilrathi or Human, whether it be a fighter or a lover, can only be found in the heart."

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