Relay Station 47 type

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The Relay Station 47-type was a communication relay station and starbase design in use by Starfleet during the mid-24th century.

A graphic of this design was stored in USS Defiant's library computer. (DS9: "Favor the Bold", "Sacrifice of Angels", "What You Leave Behind")

Technical details[]

Exterior design[]

Relay station 47, DS9 lcars — Library computer graphic of this design

A typical relay station was designed exclusively to transmit and receive several thousand subspace messages on Federation and Starfleet communication channels.

As such, its exterior consisted of a small crew module, a solar panel, and a large antenna farm. The magnitude of subspace communications converging toward the station could interfere with standard bioscans. (TNG: "Aquiel")

The script describes the station as "small compared to the Enterprise, with several exotic-looking antennae sticking out of it." [1]

Interior design[]

Ops[]

Relay Station 47 operations center — Operations center

The station's operations center consisted of two levels with multiple consoles and an audio monitoring system. Adjacent to ops were access points to crew quarters and a service duct. (TNG: "Aquiel")

Ops was described in the script as a "small room, which is crowded with various consoles and communications equipment."

Crew quarters[]

The crew quarters were small, and consisted of a bed, replicator, and a workstation. (TNG: "Aquiel")

Shuttlebay[]

The station had at least a single shuttlebay, with the capacity to garage a Type 6 shuttlecraft. (TNG: "Aquiel")

Stations commissioned[]

Appendices[]

Appearances[]

TNG:
- "Aquiel"
- "Parallels"
DS9:
- "Favor the Bold" (display graphic)
- "Sacrifice of Angels" (display graphic)
- "What You Leave Behind" (display graphic)

Background information[]

For more information on this studio model, see TNG studio models.