Specifications: Starbase Columbus

[Chris Newberry]

STARBASE COLUMBUS
STATION SPECIFICATIONS

Specifications of the Citadel-class Starbase Columbus

"Adsumus"
"Here We Are"

Citadel-class stations, such as Columbus and Earth Spacedock, provide service facilities for Starfleet vessels. They are large, orbital, multi-starship facilities whose docking bays can service even the largest starships; they have the capacity to service 80 starships and over 3000 smaller craft at a time. This class is among the largest space platforms in the Federation.
Citadel-class stations are essentially the shape of a very large mushroom capable of fitting a Sovereign-class starship inside the upper structure along with other large vessels. Beneath the docking area, the station narrows into a long stem. However, even at its narrowest point, the Citadel-class is significantly wider than even the largest Federation vessel.

The Citadel-class's main function is to provide a base from which to launch new vessels and undertake various upgrades and repairs on older vessels. It also provides facilities for serving Starfleet vessels while allowing the crew to take shore leave.

The newest station of this type is Starbase Columbus, in orbit of Aditia Prime.

SPECIFICATIONS

Name: Starbase Columbus
Registry: DS-298
Type: Citadel-class Deep Space Station/Spacedock
Length: 4,600 meters
Beam: 4,600 meters
Draft: 6,900 - 6,950 meters
Diameter: 3,600 meters
Weight Displacement: 263,642,306 metric tons
Cargo capacity: Unknown metric tons
Hull: Duranium-Tritanium composite with micro-fibre reinforced ablative armour over critical compartments.
Number of Decks: 385 Total
Crew Complement: 50,000 (2,000 commissioned, 4,000 enlisted, 44,000 civilians)
Evacuation Limit: 140,625

Defensive:

• Primary Shields: MK-XII Multi-Phasing Shields
• Secondary Shields: MK-XI Shields
• Deflector Control: MK-IX Shields

Phaser Arrays:

• RIM XII-C Independent Twin Mounted Phaser Emplacements: 40 banks/2 each
• 50 MK-II Phaser Cannons

Torpedo Launchers:

• 50 Burst Fire Photon Torpedo Tubes
• 30 Quantum Torpedo Tubes

Computer System

• Original:M-10 Duotronic-IV Processor
• Current:M-15A Bioneural Gelpack Isolinear II-A Processor

Powerplants:

• MK-XI Antimatter Injection Reactor: 2 - Maximum output 25,000,000 TeraWatts each
• MK VII Fusion Reactor: 8 - Maximum output 5,000,000 TeraWatts each
• Impulse Engine:   100 - IPS Stabilizing Engines

Transporters:   

• Standard 2-Person: 200
• Standard 6-Person: 300
• Emergency 22-Person: 200
• Cargo - Large: 20
• Cargo - Small: 100

Embarked Craft:

• WorkBee-class General Utility Craft: 285
• Shuttlecraft (various types): 100
• Danube-class Runabouts: 50
• Support Vessel - the Rhode Island-class USS Gibson