Starbase 234

Starbase 234 was a Federation starbase administered by Starfleet. This planetary base was located close to both Klingon and Romulan territory, in the Beta Quadrant.
In 2256, this starbase's location was labeled on the star chart "Alpha/Beta Quadrant Overview" in the ready room aboard the . ()
In 2257, during the first , this starbase was occupied by the Klingons. () 
Later that year, its location was labeled on the star chart showing the trajectory of Lieutenant Spock's shuttle. ()
In 2259, the location of this starbase was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the 's ready room viewscreen. The starbase had been returned to the Federation. () 
Following the outbreak of civil war in the Klingon Empire in late 2367, Captain Jean-Luc Picard retreated to this facility from Qo'noS. At this time, the station was commanded by Fleet Admiral Shanthi. Picard successfully persuaded the admiral to launch a blockade force from the starbase to the Klingon-Romulan border, to prevent Romulan forces covertly supplying the House of Duras. Picard's task force was formed by commandeering all ships in the base's shipyards, along with all ships within one day's travel of the starbase. ()
In early 2368, the was recalled to the starbase from a terraforming mission to Doraf I by Fleet Admiral Brackett on a sensitive matter – the disappearance of Ambassador Spock, and his subsequent discovery on Romulus. ()
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 in 2401. Starbase 234 was in or near to neutral space. ()
== Appendices ==
=== Apocrypha ===
Starbase 234 is also mentioned in the Star Trek: Destiny series of s, in which it was commanded by Owen Paris and destroyed in a Borg attack in 2381. 
Set in 2409, the computer game Star Trek Online places Starbase 234 between the Nimbus system and the Azure Nebula and has players fight a combat exercise against the station. Later, the starbase is attacked and destroyed by the Iconians during their invasion of the Beta Quadrant.
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