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A '''docking bay''' was an area where [[starship]]s could offload or receive personnel or cargo. |
A '''docking bay''' was an area where [[starship]]s could offload or receive personnel or cargo. |
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| − | Docking bays came in various sizes depending where they were located but all had a few commonalities. All docking bays were located at the outer edge of a [[space station]] or [[starbase]] |
+ | Docking bays came in various sizes depending where they were located but all had a few commonalities. All docking bays were located at the outer edge of a [[space station]] or [[starbase]] where doors protected them from [[space]]. The docking bay could be entered via an [[airlock]]. |
| − | A docking bay could contain |
+ | A docking bay could contain anything from a [[shuttlecraft]] to multiple [[Galaxy class|''Galaxy''-]] or [[Excelsior class|''Excelsior''-class]] starships. An example of a docking bay was that of the [[Federation]] starbase [[Earth Spacedock]]. Spacedock, along with [[Starbase 74]], had one of the largest docking bays in the Federation. (''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]''; [[TNG]]: "[[11001001]]") |
| − | Not all docking bays were located within a structure. [[Deep Space 9]] had a total of twelve docking bays |
+ | Not all docking bays were located within a structure. [[Deep Space 9]] had a total of twelve docking bays of which six were external, called [[docking pylon]]s. They were used to facilitate large ships which did not fit into the internal docking bays. ([[DS9]]: "[[Visionary]]") |
| − | ==See also== |
+ | ===See also=== |
*[[Cargo bay]] |
*[[Cargo bay]] |
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*[[Docking pylon]] |
*[[Docking pylon]] |
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A docking bay was an area where starships could offload or receive personnel or cargo.
Docking bays came in various sizes depending where they were located but all had a few commonalities. All docking bays were located at the outer edge of a space station or starbase where doors protected them from space. The docking bay could be entered via an airlock.
A docking bay could contain anything from a shuttlecraft to multiple Galaxy- or Excelsior-class starships. An example of a docking bay was that of the Federation starbase Earth Spacedock. Spacedock, along with Starbase 74, had one of the largest docking bays in the Federation. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock; TNG: "11001001")
Not all docking bays were located within a structure. Deep Space 9 had a total of twelve docking bays of which six were external, called docking pylons. They were used to facilitate large ships which did not fit into the internal docking bays. (DS9: "Visionary")