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Alyeska
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Jeremy wrote:Yes I do have vague examples. I will try to clear them up but I can't get much better, sorry.

In the Voyager episode that discusses the Omega Particle Captain Janeway says that a scientist was working on the particle and a horrible accident occured damaging a large amount of space. I believe she said that he was working with the Omega Particle on a space station. I was also under the impression that he was doing this in a Star Fleet space station. Though this could not be the case.

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Spacestations and Starbases are not the same. Starbases are specific Starfleet bases used to support the fleet. Spacestations are a variety of stations that support the fleet or do other things. Deep Space Nine is NOT a Starbase. Neither is Jupiter Station or Station Aya. All are massive stations. Just because a space station was lost to an Omega experiment does not mean a spaceborne Starbase was lost.
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Janeway calls it "A classified research centre", I very much doubt such a station is going to be used for routine fleet maintenance.

The type of station is like Starbase 375, where Sisko is based during the opening of season six.
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Thank you for the enlightenment.
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