Enterprise Station

The USS Enterprise-D is now Enterprise Station.

Earlier this evening, the Enterprise-D conducted its final saucer separation. The saucer – Enterprise Station – remains at the Bajoran Wormhole as a starbase defending access to the Gamma Quadrant, and the Bajoran Prophets (the entities that live inside the wormhole). Meanwhile, the Stardrive section is already on its way back to Lya III, where it will be recommissioned as the USS Gryphon, a dedicated starbase deploy vessel.

We, here on deck 2, are now the Public Affairs office of a starbase.

During the past week, I’ve been asked – a number of times – whether the Enterprise saucer has the capability to defend itself, and the answer is, yes. The Enterprise Station saucer has two lethal 360-degree phaser strips, an aft torpedo launcher, five combat-capable runabouts (including my own civilian runabout), a squadron of well-armed fighters, dozens of armed shuttlecraft, and two Norway-class defense vessels assigned to protect it. I can assure those who are concerned, Enterprise Station has teeth. In fact, we are more capable, and more well-armed, than the much larger DS9, in orbit of Bajor. We are, by no means, a battle station, but we can certainly hold our own.

Many things are still bound to change aboard this new starbase. We’ve sent some crew back to Lya III, aboard the stardrive section, and we are expecting new crew to replace them, including our new station commanding officer, Captain William T. Riker. We are likely to see some remodeling throughout the station, to accommodate our new status, and we will, no doubt, welcome new shops on our deck 10 mall as well. I’m even told that the Bajorans would like to establish a religious shrine aboard Enterprise Station, and we my take on some Bajoran residents, given our proximity to their wormhole Prophets. We are, and will remain, a Starfleet starbase -- with Starfleet rules and regulations, but we are also protecting Bajoran real estate. A few permissions are likely to go into effect, to accommodate our Bajoran allies.

This change may take some getting used to (I’m still trying to wrap my head around it myself), but I do see great things ahead of us. Big changes – good changes. Even a change in the PAO. A whole new adventure is just around the corner. I’m willing to give it a chance, especially since it makes us one of the most important starbases in the entire Federation. I hope you will too!

-Lieutenant Sam Archer

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August 3, 2369 – (Devron Timeline 3.0)