Frontier Station

= Location = Front Ear Station is in orbit of Kerelia, a remote Federation world in the Beta quadrant. In these images, it is the commbadge/yellow dot. Frontier Station Location full article.

= Population = At any given time there are about 900 Starfleet crew living and working on the station and about 3,000 permanent civilian residents. Each day, dozens of ships come and go, meaning a few hundred people are on the station for transit or short stays. Humans make up the largest species group, followed by Bajorans, Vulcans, and Betazoids. Other significant populations include Bolians, Trills, Klingons, Ferengi, and Andorians. Other species make up a small fraction of the station residents.

= Specifications =
 * Name: Front Ear / Frontier
 * Affiliation: United Federation of Planets
 * Commissioned: 2365
 * Class: Sigma
 * Type: Station, strategic

Crew complement

 * Standard: 600 minimum
 * Officers: 150
 * Crew: 1,500 maximum
 * Emergency: 6,500
 * Max. capacity: 18,000

Defenses

 * Deflector sheild: Standard + graviton bubble
 * Duranium/tritanium double hull

Engines

 * 4x main impulse engines (class 6)
 * 2x secondary impulse engines (class 4B)
 * Maximum impulse speed: 0.25c

Transporters

 * Personnel transporters: Transporter rooms 1-6 x 5 pads per platform
 * Cargo transporters: 6
 * Civilian/emergency transporters: 6

Weapons

 * Phasers: 20x Type-IX phaser arrays
 * Torpedo launchers:
 * 10x rapid-fire launchers
 * 6x Type-V photon torpedo tubes
 * 2x quantum torpedo bats
 * Torpedo complement: 440 - photon and quantum
 * 'Tractor beam: 2x, strength 5

= Deck Layout = 32 decks

Upper cluster
Deck 1:
 * Communications center

Deck 2:
 * Command center
 * CO and XO's offices

Deck 3:
 * Briefing rooms
 * Senior officer quarters
 * Transporter room 1

Deck 4:
 * Water filtration and life support systems

Main body (upper-half)
Deck 5:
 * Hydroponics

Deck 6:
 * Park

Deck 7 - 9:
 * Promenade

Deck 10:
 * CMO's quarters
 * Sickbay
 * Medical labs
 * Counseling suites
 * Transporter room 2

Deck 11:
 * VIP quarters
 * Observation lounge
 * Station library

Deck 12:
 * Officer mess and mess hall
 * Officer quarters

Deck 13:
 * Family quarters

Deck 14:
 * Enlisted crew quarters

Deck 15:
 * Civilian quaters

Main body (lower half)
Deck 16:
 * Shuttle repair bays
 * Shuttle maintenance offices

Deck 17:
 * Shuttle and runabout storage bays
 * Transporter room 3

Deck 18:
 * Main hangar
 * Docking control offices
 * CFO's office

Deck 19 - 20:
 * Cargo bays
 * Secure science labs

Stem
Deck 21:
 * Emergency batteries
 * Computer core

Deck 22:
 * Deuterium and anti-matter storage

Deck 23 - 24:
 * Main engineering
 * Matter/anti-matter reactors

Deck 25:
 * Engineering meeting rooms
 * Engineering support lab
 * CEO's quarters

Deck 26 - 28:
 * Science labs
 * Conference rooms
 * CSciO's office - Deck 28

Lower body
Deck 29:
 * Airlocks
 * Reception rooms
 * Large landing pads (A, C, and D)
 * Small landing pads (B and E)
 * Connection to security node

Deck 30:
 * Docking support facilities
 * Docking clamp operations
 * Non-humanoid quarters
 * Transporter rooms 4-5

Deck 31-32:
 * Recreation zone
 * Holosuites 1-6
 * Replimat
 * Crew gymnasium

Security node - Decks S1 - S7
Located in a dome-like structure in place of a docking pad, the Security Node houses facilities related to this department, including some that are best kept separated from the main station. Deck S7 is connected to Deck 29.

Deck S1:
 * High-security brig
 * Brig medical facility

Deck S2 - S3:
 * Main brig

Deck S4:
 * Brig reception room
 * Security offices
 * CSO's office

Deck S5:
 * Courtroom
 * JAG offices

Deck S6:
 * Security training facility
 * Meeting rooms
 * Transporter room 6

Deck S7:
 * Armory
 * Combat suit storage
 * Contraband storage facility