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{{sidebar station
|name        = Starbase 1
|image       = Starbase 1.png
|type        = {{type|Starbase 1}}
|owner       = [[United Federation of Planets]] 
|operator    = [[Starfleet]]
|status      = Unknown
|location    = [[Sol system]]<br />[[Alpha Quadrant]]
|datestatus  = 2257
|image2       = Starbase 1 House of D'Ghor.jpg
}}__NOTOC__
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{{aquote|There were eighty thousand souls on that base&hellip; a large contingent of our leadership and at least&hellip; three starships&hellip;. The Klingons are practically in Earth's backyard&hellip;|[[Katrina Cornwell]]|2257|The War Without, The War Within}}
'''Starbase 1''' was a [[Federation]] {{type|Starbase 1}} [[space station]] administered by [[Starfleet]]. It was located one hundred [[astronomical unit|au]] from [[Earth]], near a [[planet]]ary body. In the [[2250s]], the [[starbase]] was home to over eighty thousand Federation personnel.

During the {{dis|Federation-Klingon War|2256-57}}, the starbase was attacked and occupied by the [[House of D'Ghor]]. The battle went undetected until the {{USS|Discovery}} arrived and found no lifesigns were to be found of the eighty thousand Federation inhabitants, which included a large contingent of leadership. Instead, 274 Klingon [[life sign]]s were detected on the [[space station|station]], as was a [[painting|painted]]-on crest of House D'Ghor. ({{DIS|The War Without, The War Within}})

{{Federation-Klingon War (2256-57)}}

== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
At a distance of one hundred au from Earth, twice that of [[Pluto]] at its furthest point, Starbase 1 was located in the far reaches of the [[Sol system]], likely within the {{w|scattered disc}}. It may have orbited one of the many icy dwarf planets found in this region of [[space]]. In a possible VFX error, close inspection of the planet shown below the starbase shows features from Earth, such as Lake Michigan and the Florida peninsula.

[[Manny Coto]] once commented that, if {{s|ENT}} had gone on to a fifth season, one episode of that season would have been called "Starbase 1". The installment would have depicted the origins of the first starbase. {{bl|startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9549.html}}

===Apocrypha===
Starbase 1 appears in the "Age of Discovery" expansion of ''[[Star Trek Online]]''. In the mission "Downfall", the player ship is tasked to protect the station during its evacuation in [[2257]] alongside the {{mb|USS Ticonderoga (NCC-1650)|USS ''Ticonderoga''}} and the {{mb|USS Sebrova|USS ''Sebrova''}} (establishing the three starships mentioned by Admiral Cornwell). The forces of House D'Ghor are joined in the attack by the [[House of Mo'Kai]] matriarch {{mb|J'Ula}}, a sister of [[T'Kuvma]]. J'Ula uses an experimental [[mycelium]] weapon aboard her flagship, the {{mb|IKS Lukara (Qugh class)|IKS ''Lukara''}}, to destroy the player ship. Unknowingly, however, she sends both herself and the player to the early [[25th century]]. In accordance with on-screen statements, Starbase 1 is shown to orbit a small planetoid with a moon in the far reaches of [[Sol system|the solar system]]. The name of the planetary body is not provided.

[[reference works|Reference sources]] predating the station's [[2250s]] appearance on {{s|DIS}} mention several different facilities called "Starbase 1". According to ''[[Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology]]'', Starbase 1 was located in Sector 3A, where it managed to remain operational for eight years before its destruction by Romulans. ''[[Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years]]'' establishes that this base was built by [[United Earth]]'s [[Starfleet]] on [[Berengaria VII]] and was lost in the [[Earth-Romulan War]]. According to the ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'', a mid-[[23rd century]] Starbase 1 had the [[registry]] NCC-6038 and was located six [[parsec]]s away from the [[Sol system]]. The ''[[Star Trek Maps]]'' places Starbase 1 sixty parsecs away from Earth, in Quadrant 0. According to the {{novel}} ''[[Mutiny on the Enterprise]]'', Starbase 1 in the [[2260s]] was also located on a planet in deep space. 

In addition, several sources also establish [[Earth Spacedock]] as Starbase 1. This includes the [[FASA]] module ''[[Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update]]'', the novels ''[[Tales of the Dominion War]]'' and ''{{dis|Articles of the Federation|novel}}'', and 25th-century missions and background lore from ''[[Star Trek Online]]''. As these references are dated from the [[2280s]] to the [[2400s]], it is possible that the original Starbase 1 was decommissioned or renamed by this time.

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