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The spacedock in a synchronous orbit of Earth, commonly known as Spacedock, was a Federation Template:ShipType space station in service with Starfleet in the late 23rd century. This facility was constructed prior to 2285.
History
In 2285, the USS Enterprise returned to Spacedock after ending Khan's plan to kill Admiral James T. Kirk for revenge. There, the Enterprise was to be decommissioned. Kirk, with the help of Captain Scott, Commander Uhura, Commander Sulu and Commander Chekov, stole the Enterprise to rescue Spock's body from the Genesis Planet. The USS Excelsior attempted to give chase, but had been sabotaged by Captain Scott, and "stalled" when it attempted to jump to transwarp. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
In 2286, an unknown probe disabled the entirety of Spacedock when the probe reached Earth orbit. The shutdown happened before any vessels within, including the Excelsior, could be launched, resulting in the shutdown of all vessels inside. When Kirk and his crew had resolved the crisis, he was demoted to captain, but was offered command of the USS Enterprise-A, which was docked within Spacedock. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
The Enterprise-A remained at Spacedock while Captain Scott worked to resolve design flaws made apparent after the ship's maiden voyage. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
USS Enterprise-A departing from Spacedock in 2293
The Enterprise-A was kept at Spacedock prior to its ill-fated trip to escort Klingon Chancellor Gorkon to a peace conference on Earth in 2293. Kirk ordered an undocking at impulse speed, despite the fact that regulations specified thrusters only. While Lieutenant Valeris, the ship's helmsman, initially questioned the captain's order, she successfully performed the departure and later admitted she "always wanted to try that."
Following the Khitomer Conference, the Enterprise-A was to return to Spacedock to be decommissioned. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
In an alternate timeline, Harry Kim and Tom Paris stole the runabout USS Yellowstone from Spacedock. (VOY: "Non Sequitur")
Personnel
- Spacedock personnel
Appendices
Appearances
Background information
In script sources, this facility is most commonly known simply as "Spacedock", with an emphasis on the term being capitalized.
In one concept sketch that Industrial Light & Magic created for Spacedock, the facility had a registry number of NC-7011S. (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 8, p. 49)
Spacedock was imagined as having a total height of over three miles. At that size, the facility could easily be visible with the naked eye from the surface of Earth. (text commentary, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Special Edition), DVD)
It was not made clear, on screen, whether the facility featured in "Non Sequitur" was intended to be the same spacedock as seen in the films, as the Star Trek Encyclopedia speculates. The only view of the station in the Star Trek: Voyager episode is of a set of doors, themselves stock footage of the Dyson sphere doors from "Relics".
It is probable, though unconfirmed, that this prime universe facility is either identical to, or a part of, the never-mentioned but all-but-mandated-to-exist Starbase 1.
Apocrypha
For the month of December in the 2010 Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendar, Spacedock is shown being constructed as the USS Enterprise's refit is nearing completion.
In an alternate timeline depicted in the game Star Trek: Armada, the Borg either destroy or assimilate Spacedock.
In the game Star Trek Online, this spacedock was replaced with another sometime before the year 2409. However, the new spacedock's design was not popular amongst players, and there were many calls for it to be replaced with the classic design. For STO's first anniversary on 2 February 2011, the developers replaced the new Spacedock with the original facility, explaining it as being the work of Q.
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