Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards

The **Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards**, also known as **Utopia Planitia Starfleet Yards** or **Utopia Planitia Shipyards**, was a key starship construction and design facility operated by Starfleet in the 24th and 25th centuries. It included both ground based facilities in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars and drydocks and space stations partly positioned in synchronous orbit 16,625 kilometers above the Martian surface.

The Fleet Yards were among Starfleet's most well established starship construction facilities and were responsible for constructing a number of illustrious vessels.

## History

The Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards saw the design, testing, and construction of many significant vessels, although all aspects of production were standardized for all new starships. Construction took place within a large network of manufacturing and assembly platforms, which were suspended in a vast area above Mars and consisted of a multi-functional skeletal armatures, arranged in such a way as to easily accommodate the shape of the new craft. Many repair facilities shared a common design, such as Earth Station McKinley, whose jointed support arms could cover the saucer section of a starship and allow crews to work on many parts of the vessel at the same time.

In April of 2385, Zhat Vash agents turned the synth workers and the planets defenses against the yards, its workers, and Mars in general. The yards were completely destroyed and Mars became inhospitable for years afterwards.

By the early 25th century, the shipyards had been rebuilt and were defended by the Third Fleet.

## Projects

Emblems of development projects completed at the yards.

*Andromeda*-class*Avenger*-class*Dervish*-class*Excalibur*-class*Galaxy*-class*Intrepid*-class*Luna*-class*Nova*-class*Olympic*-class*Sojourner*-class*Yamato*-class
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### Connections

**Leadership:** Commander-in-chief • Joint Chiefs • Chief of Starfleet External Affairs • Chief of Starfleet Operations • Chief of Starfleet Research and Exploration • Chief of Starfleet Tactical

**Agencies:** Operations (Engineering • Judicial • Materiel Supply • Mission Operations • Personnel Management • Records Service • Shipyards Operations • Starbase Operations) • Research & Exploration (Science • Medical) • External Affairs • Tactical (Intelligence • Security • MACO)

**Notable units:** Ktarn Fleet • Task Force 77

**Facilities:** Deep Space K-7 • Deep Space K-13 • Deep Space 9 • Masamichi Array • Starbase 45-Keepsake • Starbase 82-Maat • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 247-Vershina

**Agencies:** Starfleet • Diplomatic Corps • Department of Temporal Investigations • Federation Security Agency

**Facilities:** 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards • Antares Ship Yards • Beta Antares Ship Yards • Copernicus Ship Yards • Laikan Starfleet Shipyards • McKinley Station • Memory Project • New Aberdeen Shipyards • Proxima Maintenance Yards • Salazaar Shipyards • San Francisco Fleet Yards • TL-9139 Starfleet Maintenance Yards • Tranquility Base • **Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards**

### Sources consulted

* Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards article at *Memory Beta*.
* Utopia Planitia Shipyards article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.