I once had a station which was actually the saucer section of a Galaxy class. Starfleet needed a station in the area quickly, a Galaxy was being decomissioned around the same time so an instant solution.
Originally posted by Publius Anyone interested in the deckplans for a Regula style station?
Yes, absolutely! My own game is based on Starbase 315 (from the LUG Player's Guide,) although I've made the station a bit bigger and given the PCs a Nova-Class starship, the USS Retribution, to play with as well as the Venture-Class (or Taoln, if you use LUG) scout. Outwardly, the station is identical to Regula 1, although it is larger (taking after the precedent of Starbase 173 in Next Gen.) I also made this station a little seedy...something not often found in Trek. Crime (in the form of the Orion Syndicate) is a big part of my story arc for the series, with a regular recurring charcter the PCs have come to like secretly being at the heart of it all.
I chose this setting for my series because I really liked some of the episode seeds in the LUG book and knew that I could tweek (or sometimes twist beyond recognition!) those seeds and come up with a good arc the players would all enjoy.
I've been working on plans myself, although they aren't nearly the quality of the stuff I've seen of yours. (In fact, the reason I picked the Nova-Class for their ship was because of your deck plans for that ship!)
Anyway, here's my station:
Command Section
The Command Section of the starbase occupies the top eight decks of the station and houses the Operations Center, Main Briefing Room, and the offices of the station commanding officer, her senior staff, and the office of Sector Commander. This section of the station is off-limits to all non-Starfleet personnel. This section also houses the quarters of all Starfleet personnel currently assigned to the station, although several of the senior officers (including the station commander) have apartments in the Residential Section.
Administrative Section
Just below the Command Section lies the Administrative Section, containing offices of several Federation bureaus and departments, including the Federation Diplomatic Corps, the Federation Cultural Attaché, and the Federation Merchant Marine. This section occupies decks nine through thirteen. The Federation Diplomatic Corps is currently engaged in peace negotiations between the Pinnaar Domain and Kentarr V. The Merchant Marine plies the trade routes the nearby worlds of the Federation and outlying colonies.
Science Section
Like any Starfleet facility, Starbase 315 supports numerous science labs. The stationary nature of a starbase allows scientists to engage in long-term research and observation. The station’s powerful long range sensor array monitors neighboring sectors, while the numerous lateral arrays monitor specific phenomena of interest to scientists. The Science Section occupies decks fourteen through twenty.
Although most research is done from the station, scientists sometimes need a more hands-on approach. In these instances, they may make use of the starbase’s Venture-Class scout ship or one of it’s four Danube-Class runabouts, located in hanger bays in the forward and after sections of Deck 20. These hangers are large enough to dock a Defiant-Class starship, although currently contain only the runabouts and the USS Tau Ceti scout ship.
The Science Section also houses the station’s primary infirmary, located on Deck 20. This five-hundred patient treatment facility has five operating theaters and two main wards. The surrounding laboratories and conference rooms can be easily converted to accommodate an additional five hundred patients in emergency situations.
Residential Section
Occupying decks twenty-one through thirty-one, the Residential Section makes up the largest section of the station. Each deck contains approximately one hundred apartments and staterooms of various sizes. The upper decks contain larger, and thus fewer, apartments than the lower decks of the section. The station commanding officer, senior staff, as well as several Federation officials and Ambassadors from the worlds of the BeTau Sector, maintain apartments on the upper levels of the Residential Section. The station can comfortably support a civilian population of 1500, though most of the time it remains approximately 1100. Most of the station’s 550 crewmembers reside on decks six, seven and eight of the Command Section.
Engineering Section
This section encompasses the connecting dorsal between the Residential and Commercial sections of the station. The station’s power and life-support plants, as well as transporters and industrial replicators, are located on decks forty-five through forty-nine.
Commercial Section
The Commercial Section of the station occupies decks fifty through fifty-four. Decks fifty through fifty-two house the stations docking pylons and commercial landing platforms. The commercial landing platforms are each three decks high, with a domed landing enclosure located on top. Each of these domes is capable of containing five vessels the size of a Danube-Class runabout or one or two large vessels. The landing platforms are designated alphabetically, “A” through “C.”
Landing Platform “C” has been leased entirely to the Terlarite Mining Corporation by Starfleet. Terlarite Mining is a major supplier of raw materials to Starfleet shipyards and donated ship-loads to help with the Dominion War effort. Terlarite Minning's offices are located on Decks 51 and 52, Section C.
Deck 52 also contains the station’s four docking pylons and passenger terminals. These pylons retract and extend to accommodate almost any size starship. Many civilian as well as Starfleet vessels arrive and depart daily at Starbase 315 on their way to the various worlds of the BeTau Sector and the rest of the Federation. The Federation starliner Stellar Dream makes weekly visits to the station on its way between Risa and Alesia, the Federation’s two most popular tourist destinations. The Stellar Cruise Line maintains offices and a small passenger terminal on the station.
The Mall
Decks fifty-three and fifty-four comprise the main commercial district on the station, known as the Mall. The Mall lies below the docking pylons and landing platforms and is two decks high. Massive transparent aluminum windows surround a promenade of shops, restaurants, and the two level Alesian Palace Casino. The Alesian Palace dominates a third of the Mall and is a popular tourist spot for vacationing Federation citizens as well as miners coming to spend their off time, and credits. Dominating the center of the Mall is an arboretum with two large ponds, a rock waterfall, trees and shrubbery from numerous Federation worlds. Stone paths and walkways wind throughout park leading past shops and restaurants.
Cargo and Maintenance Levels
Below the station proper extend four cylindrical cargo levels. Although much of this area is un-pressurized cargo and machinery space, the lowest levels of these sections do have life-support. Maintenance lifts run the length of all four cylinders (76 decks) and connect to a maintenance room located just below the Mall. These habitable sections have gone unused for years by station personnel, although they are far from empty. Drifters and travelers to the station who have lost all their credits in the casino sometimes find their way down to these levels and live in the empty cargo and maintenance areas. “The Pit,” as this section of the station is called in local slang, is one of a few sensor ‘dead zones’ on the starbase. Internal sensors haven’t functioned in this area in years, and the heavy machinery located there make sensor readings of the Pitt erratic and unreliable. Station security makes occasional sweeps of the area, but as soon as it is cleared out it begins to fill again.
Starbase 235 is a basic spindle/mushroom-shaped station 337.5m tall, with a diametre of 135m for the main "body." It has two docking bays each capable of holding a runabout, and 4 docking points for small starships. I've never worked out stats or deckplans for it.
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