(covers information from several alternate timelines)
Starbase 23 was a Federation starbase administered by Starfleet. This base was located in the Beta Quadrant. (TAS: "The Terratin Incident"; DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")
Location[]
In 2256, this starbase's location was labeled on the star chart "Alpha/Beta Quadrant Overview" in the ready room aboard the USS Discovery. (DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")
The next year, its location was labeled on the star chart showing the trajectory of Lieutenant Spock's shuttle. (DIS: "An Obol for Charon")
In 2258, the starbase's location was labeled on a star chart seen on the main viewscreen of the USS Enterprise. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2")
In 2259, the location of this starbase was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the USS Enterprise's ready room viewscreen. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds", "Spock Amok", "A Quality of Mercy")
The starbase's location was labeled in a Federation star chart that was in Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy's office at Starfleet Headquarters in 2399 and on the bridge of the USS Titan-A in 2401. Starbase 23 was in or near neutral space. (PIC: "Maps and Legends", "The Next Generation", "Disengage")
History[]
In 2257, during the first Federation-Klingon War, this starbase was occupied by the Klingons. (DIS: "The War Without, The War Within")
In 2269, it was the nearest starbase to Terra 10 and the Arachna supernova. (TAS: "The Terratin Incident")
In 2369, after the metaphasic shield incident, Dr. Beverly Crusher was to take a shuttle from the USS Enterprise-D to Starbase 23, where a transport ship would pick her up and bring to Earth for a board of inquiry at Starfleet Medical. (TNG: "Suspicions")
In 2370, Starbase 23 was the closest Federation outpost to the Devron system. This system was located in the Romulan Neutral Zone. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
In an alternate 2370 created by the the anti-time eruption, Captain Picard ordered Counselor Troi to contact Starbase 23 to see if the effects of the temporal anomaly in the Devron system had spread. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
External link[]
- Starbase 23 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works