Star Bases in TOS

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From the Concordance—

Star Base
Starfleet Command Centers ranged strategically throughout our galaxy, with a commanding officer usually of the rank of Commodore. These bases provide repair, supply, replacement of personnel, shore leave, and so on. WGIII

Star Base 2
A fully equipped and staffed base, it lies somewhere between Beta Aurigae and Camus II. TI

Star Base 4
Nearest base to Triacus, and Kirk's destination after leaving that planet; Gorgan tried to divert him to Marcos XII. (CL) Kirk intended to take Lokai and Bele to SB 4 for a hearing and due process of intergalactic law; Lokai had stolen a shuttlecraft from this base two weeks before meeting the Enterprise. The starship returned to SB 4 after Lokai and Bele beamed down to Cheron. LB

Star Base 6
The Enterprise was headed there for rest and relaxation when Starfleet sent it to Sector 39J after the Intrepid. When the spacegoing amoeba was destroyed, the Enterprise returned to Star Base 6. IS

Star Base 9
Where the Enterprise was headed when the black star put the ship into a time warp (TY). At about 10 solar days' journey away, Star Base 9 is the closest base to Pyris VII. Cp

Star Base 10
Near the Romulan/Federation neutral zone, and Gamma Hydra IV; commanded by Commodore George Stocker. DY

Star Base 11
Commodore Stone was in charge here when Kirk brought in the Enterprise for repairs after the storm that supposedly killed Finney; Kirk's court-martial was held on this base. (CMl) Later commanded by Commodore Mendez; Captain Pike was hospitalized here, whence Spock kidnapped him to take him to Talos. Me

Star Base 12
On a planet in the Gamma 400 system (SS); nearest base to Pollux. WM

Star Base 27
In the neighborhood of Omicron Ceti III. TSP

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Other star bases I know of:

Star Fleet Headquarters
Super cool space station from Star Fleet Technical Manual. As much as I try to ignore TMP and later continuity, I’m not sure I could ever imagine the Federation and Starfleet being headquartered anywhere other than on Earth. However, there should be an alternate HQ in space in case of a crisis on Earth. Sort of the Star Trek version of Offutt Air Force Base. Star Trek Maps places this station at its (0.0, 0.0, 0.0) point (equidistant between Deneb, Rigel, and Antares).

Star Base 25
The animated episode “The Slaver Weapon,” a great favorite of mine. The shuttlecraft Copernicus is headed for SB 25 with a Slaver stasis box when it is diverted by Kzin, and the box is opened before the base's personnel can inspect it and put it to any use.

Star Base 6
According to the memorable The Final Reflection, SB 6 would seem to be the star base nearest the Klingon border. Neither Star Trek Maps nor FASA place it anywhere near there, as we will see.

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Coordinates according to STM and FASA. I have not included the Z-axis for the former, so if there are redundancies, just remember it is because some of these are “up” or “down”. I also have not converted any of these coordinates in any way, however for ease I use FASA’s N/S/E/W nomenclature.

Star Base 1	45N 0W	1.23N 2.79W
Star Base 2	0N 45E	—
Star Base 3	45S 0W	0.51N 3.50E
Star Base 4	0N 45W	1.23N 0.98W
Star Base 5	—	2.74N 1.23W
Star Base 6	0N ?W	3.23N 2.54W
Star Base 7	85N 0W	2.74N 4.26W
Star Base 8	63N 65E	1.23N 4.98W
Star Base 9	0N 90E	0.51S 4.53W
Star Base 10	65S 64E	8.55S 5.60E
Star Base 11	90S 0W	0.93S 3.18W
Star Base 12	64S 65W	8.34S 3.00E
Star Base 13	0S 90W	0.42S 1.46W
Star Base 14	64S 64W	3.74S 0.02W
Star Base 15	0S 0W	3.77S 3.31E
Star Base 16	0S 0W	5.70N 2.00W
Star Base 17	—	2.61S 7.89E
Star Base 18	0S 65E	0.22S 7.76E
Star Base 19	65S ?W	5.00N 3.00E
Star Base 20	—	5.45S 6.46E
Star Base 21	63N 0W	2.32S 5.93W
Star Base 22	0N 61E	5.56S 4.53w
Star Base 23	65S 0W	6.49S 2.50W
Star Base 24	0N 64W	3.00N 6.00W
Star Base 25	165N 0W	—
Star Base 26	0N 165E	—
Star Base 27	165S 0W	8.03S 0.42W
Star Base 28	0N 164W	—

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It would seem all SBs are planets. Notably SB 11 (which we see on screen in two episodes), SB 12 (“a planet in the Gamma 400 star system. Our command base in this sector”) and SB 6 (a “lovely planet” per IS). It’s reasonable to assume these planets do have orbital space stations (spacedocks), considering the kind of repair work they obviously do there (consider the famous SB11 registry chart).

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So I charted a few of these. Analysis forthcoming.

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Starbases:

Cyan = Star Trek Maps
Orange = FASA

Planets:

T = Star Trek Maps (T for Technical Fandom)
F = FASA

Star Base 2
A fully equipped and staffed base, it lies somewhere between Beta Aurigae and Camus II. TI

Per the episode, “Star Base 2 is on the direct route” between Camus and Beta Aurigae. Best solution seems to be to use Camus (F), SB 4 (T), and Beta Aurigae (T).

To be continued...

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Thanks for this thread!