Deep Space 12
From Hidden Frontier
Starfleet, under the orders of the Federation Council, built Deep Space 12 in orbit over Ba'ku in 2376, to protect the planet from exploitation by other powers - particularly the Breen, who were in the process of installing cooling units on the planet in order to make it more hospitable to their race; and the Tzenkethi, a war-driven race who were also bent on taking advantage of the healing powers the planet's metaphasic rings contained. During the preliminary construction, Fleet Captain Jennifer Cole served as Station Commander, before relinquishing command to Captain Ian Knapp, when Starfleet realised that recent attack on vessels in the Patch were related to an incident that Knapp had experience with. Command assigns his Galaxy-class dreadnought, Excelsior, to the station as his flagship.
The starbase later also serves as the sector command post, overseen by Admiral Nechayev. She takes overall command of the station, until she promotes Knapp to Commodore, and assigns him permanently to the station, and promotes Elizabeth Shelby to the Commanding Officer of Excelsior.
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Command Crew
- Admiral Alynna Nechayev - Sector Commander
- Rear Admiral Ian Quincy Knapp - Commanding Officer, Deep Space 12/Commanding Officer, 12th Fleet
- Commander James Darwin - Executive Officer
Starfleet Task Forces
Deep Space 12 is the home port for the 12th Fleet, which includes the starships USS Excelsior, USS Saratoga, and USS Antietam. With the onset of war with the Tholian-Breen alliance, more vessels from all of Starfleet's current alliances are stationed there, such as USS Independence, which is serving as a detached-duty Special Operations vessel.
Facilities
Grey Research Facility
Matt McCabe and Robin Lefler uncovered the New Grey Research Facility while aboard Deep Space 12 when McCabe detected a low-power deflector field that was blocking tricorder scans in and around one of the stations Automated Maintenance Areas, affectionately referred to as The Janitor's Closet. Making a determination that is was more than just a standard safety back-up, he requested that Lefler order Lieutenant Aster to scramble the field, revealing it to be a holo-generator that hid the main research area of the facility.
Admiral Nechayev became infuriated, as she was unaware of its location aboard the station. She also officially reprimanded Captain Elizabeth Shelby's unauthorized investigation that found the facility.
Commander William Martinez is in command of the Grey Research Facility. Matt McCabe, as part of Starfleet's formal response to his discovery, is assigned to facilty, but remains on board the Excelsior on detached duty for Martinez.
The Metreon Cloud
The Metreon Cloud is a popular dining locale many Fleet personnel enjoy. The proprietors of the establishment have installed monitors to enable their patrons to watch live broadcasts from the Federation News Service, as well as enjoy a variety of other 2 dimensional entertainment programs from the Federation's media archives at Memory Alpha.
