Olympia Station

Olympia Station
General Information
Registry	DS-20
Class	Spacedock-class
Affiliation	United Federation of Planets Starfleet
Location
System	Olympia System
Sector	Olympia Sector
Quadrant	Alpha Quadrant
Assignment
Role	Exploratory Support
Unit	Fourth Fleet Operations
Squadron	Arcturus Squadron
Personnel
Station Populations	30,000 Starfleet 5,000 Civilian
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Deep Space 20, code-named Olympia Station, is a Federation Spacedock-class starbase located in the Olympia system on the extreme rimward trailing edge of Federation space near Sheliak, Tholian and Tamarian space. Named along with the system it resides in for the ill-fated exploratory vessel USS Olympia, this starbase serves a similar purpose to Deep Space 17: a waystation for long-range missions beyond Federation space.

Operations

Assigned to the Fourth Fleet, Olympia Station supports the following operations in the Olympia Sector:

• Service exploratory starships embarking on and returning from missions outside of Federation space.
• Conduct scientific research on nearby systems and identify sites for future Federation colonization.
• Monitor the expansion of the Sheliak Corporate and Tholian Assembly.
• Maintain diplomatic relations with the Children of Tamar.

Support Vessels

Olympia Station is primarily supported by the USS Nellie Bly, a Challenger-class scout. The Bly performs scouting functions around the Olympia system, as well as diplomatic courier missions to and from Tamarian space. All twelve of the station's runabouts are kept in constant use on away missions as well.

History

The Olympia system has been home to an automated Starfleet deuterium refinery since the late 2370s, but plans for an eventual starbase to coordinate long-range exploration of the Alpha Quadrant were canceled during the Romulan Evacuation Mission. These plans never resumed due to Starfleet's inward-looking focus throughout the 2380s and 2390s. In 2400, the Fourth Fleet revived these plans. With the Spacedock-class Starbase Bravo recently replaced by a new Guardian-class station, Fourth Fleet Command decided to relocate the original Starbase Bravo to the Olympia System. During a year-long process, the station was refit and towed across Federation space to its new location. It was formally recommissioned in mid-2401, with Arcturus Squadron becoming the first exploratory group to call it home. As with Gateway Station and the Starfleet Museum, Olympia Station's arboretum module was retrofitted to serve as a single large berth capable of servicing a single Odyssey-class heavy explorer.

In-Play

• Olympia Station is a flag station command assigned to Admiral Liam Dahlgren, but members may feature it in their stories in accordance with Section 4 of the Command Policy.
• Similar to Deep Space 17, Olympia Station is a waystation on one of the Federation's most distant frontiers. It is intended to fuel, supply, and repair ships for long missions outside of Federation space. It is approximately 300 light-years from Starbase Bravo, a two-week journey at Warp 9.99, and 128 light-years from Avalon Fleet Yards, a six-day journey at Warp 9.99. Slower ships would take weeks or months to reach the station.
• There are few direct threats to Olympia Station, as the Tamarians are friendly to the Federation and the Sheliak are uninterested in dealing with them. The Tholians can be a bit of a wildcard, though.
• Compared to other Starfleet starbases, Olympia Station has a lower civilian population, as it's not on a major trade route—at least not yet, as that will change when new colonies start to emerge.