Epsilon IX station The Epsilon IX station was a 23rd century Federation comm station operated by Starfleet . This space station , in Federation space , was located between Earth and Klingon territory in Quad L - 14 . In the mid - 2270s , the station ' s commander was Commander Branch . This station was protected by deflector shield s . History . In the early 2270s , as the " V ' ger " crisis unfolded , Epsilon IX transmitted detailed information to Starfleet Command about the engagement , and subsequent destruction , by " V ' ger " of a Klingon patrol led by the . Probably misinterpreting the station ' s sensor scans as a hostile action , " V ' ger " subsequently destroyed Epsilon IX as it passed near the station . ( ) In 2285 , two models of an " Epsilon IX " - type station were mounted on two separate walls of the Starfleet Officer ' s Lounge . One was near where Admiral s Kirk and Morrow had a conversation , while another was in the lounge ' s entry room . ( ) In 2369 , Geordi La Forge , when investigating the murder of Lieutenant Keith Rocha , requested a display of the personal records of the lieutenant from the Relay Station 47 computer for stardate s 46455 to 46460 . One of these records mentioned this station ' s replacement . In the log entry , Rocha wrote , " " More heavy traffic to the Epsilon IX station . I think Starfleet ' s got some big science project brewing there with at least half a dozen starship s running around . " " ( ) Background information . According to the , " Epsilon IX " was a monitor station located on a rocky planetoid . The monitor station was described as a " " . . . small Starfleet outpost , antennas sprouting everywhere . " " Workers working on an antenna would have established the size of this outpost . The set for the interior of Epsilon IX was built on Paramount Stages 12 and 14 , the set ' s construction costing US $ 40 , 000 . ( " " , p . 95 ) The footage filmed on this set was shot during " The Motion Picture " s postproduction period . ( " The Making of Star Trek : The Motion Picture " , p . 193 ) Upon visiting the set for the scenes aboard Epsilon IX , Susan Sackett stated that " " The set they work in is so crisp and clean that it takes some getting used to . It ' s bright , well - lit , with beautiful floors and colorful consoles . But I notice that the art department had some fun with this one , too . Above one of the consoles is a panel showing the duty roster for the outpost . Among the names up there ( which I doubt were picked up by the camera ) are the following : R . D . Enberry , M . Minor , L . Cole , R . McKenzie and Gort . In case you ' re wondering , Mike Minor , Lee Cole and Richard McKenzie are all members of the " Star Trek " art department . As for R . D . Enberry and Gort , I ' ll leave those for you to figure out ! " " ( " " # 27 , , p . 29 ) According to , the Epsilon IX station may have been located in the Epsilon IX sector , mentioned in . An Epsilon IX uniform patch was among many items that were sold off on the " It ' s A Wrap ! " sale and auction on eBay . According to the " " ( p . 62 ) and the " " ( " Federation Historical Highlights , 2161 - 2385 " ) , Epsilon IX was located in the Beta Quadrant . In the " Star Trek : Star Charts " ( p . 62 ) , Epsilon IX was one of the Epsilon Outposts . These eleven outposts were located near to the Federation - Klingon border . Studio models . Three studio model s of the Epsilon IX station ' s exterior were built , to show the outside of the station at different scales . ( text commentary , " " ) These were designed and built at John Dykstra ' s company , Apogee , Inc . Up until then that station had not even been envisioned as being space based in the storyboards of Astra Image Corporation , but rather as a location on the surface of a planet . ( ) It was one of the very few , if not only , designs not executed by either Astra or Magicam for the movie . When asked about them Dykstra stated , " " Actually , there were about two or three of them . There was the entire station which you saw from a distance in the early shots . That was about six feet long and three - and - half feet wide – and just unbelievably detailed . On top of that , Roger Dorney , our chief optical guy , came up with a way to pull bluescreen mattes off that sucker – which was really awesome . With all the latticework and stringers that thing had , the registration had to be " incredibly " accurate , and he came up with results that damn near exceeded the resolution capability of the film . " " ( " Cinefex " , issue 2 , p . 59 ) In regard to the complete , main model , Dykstra later added in somewhat more detail , " " This was about a six - foot long model , and it was an interesting technique we used to create it . We used acid - etched brass . The reason we used this acid - etching technique was , that it gave us very square edges . And square edges in fact are a dead give - away on miniatures . If they are not square , if they ' re round , then you get the sense that the scale of the miniature is not what it ' s being represented as . " " ( " " DVD , " audio commentary " ) The envisioned visuals and script requirements necessitated the build of additional enlarged sections of the station . Dykstra , also praising his crew of model makers , continued , " In addition to the basic Epsilon 9 miniature , we also had one isolated panel for the closer shots that was about five feet wide and six feet long . And there was a larger - scale version of the conning tower where we used straight rear projection to put the people in . We made an inordinate number of miniatures for this picture and Grant McCune and the dozens of people he had working for him back in the model shop did just a phenomenal job . " They were literally working around the clock , just days ahead of the camera crew . As one end of a model was being rolled onto the stage to be photographed , the other end of a model was getting a last shot of spray paint . And the fact that they made those things work under those kind of circumstances , and put the stuff together so they would last through the shots – but not by putting so much time into any one thing that it kept them from completing all the other stuff – well , it was just a miracle . " The demise of the station in the movie , being digitized by " V ' ger " , was executed utilizing the same methodology as has been used with the digitizing of the Klingon " K ' t ' inga " - class battle cruiser model at the start of the movie . " " Essentially , though , what happens to Epsilon 9 was a replay of what happened to the Klingons – the electrical discharge material and the laser scan stuff . There were a couple nice shots that didn ' t get into the film , where the puppets are being chased by the destruction in a different way than we ' ve got them appearing now . But we ran out of time , and weren ' t able to get them to go together right . " " Dykstra concluded . ( " Cinefex " , issue 2 , p . 59 ) Not having been involved with the design , Andrew Probert nevertheless managed to get some of his input in , " " The communications station " Epsilon - 9 " was briefly looked at but the design and building went to John Dykstra ' s Apogee group . I had a second brush with that station however , when Trumbull asked me to write some appropriate dialogue to run over scenes of the station as background chatter . This introduced the station without a big sign hanging on it . I wrote several levels of dialogue and even stuck my own name in a lower level , but when Trumbull saw it , he had that level moved to the top , and you can hear a message from Commodore Probert if you listen closely . " " ( " Starlog photo guidebook Special Effects " , vol . 5 , p . , 96 ) Two of the studio models were reused as the display models on the walls of the Starfleet Officer ' s Lounge in , the master model on the wall in the room itself , while the enlarged panel section model was in the lounge ' s entry room , only ever so fleetingly seen as Admiral Kirk leaves the lounge . ( DVD , text commentary ) None of the Epsilon IX models were afterwards ever sighted again , either in a production or outside of one , and their fate or whereabouts are currently unknown .