Relay Station 47 type
The Relay Station 47-type was a communication relay station and starbase design in use by Starfleet during the mid-24th century.

A graphic of this design was stored in USS Defiants library computer. ()

Technical details

Exterior design 

A typical relay station was designed exclusively to transmit and receive several thousand subspace messages on Federation and Starfleet communication channels. 

As such, its exterior consisted of a small crew module, a solar panel, and a large antenna farm. The magnitude of subspace communications converging toward the station could interfere with standard bioscans. ()

Interior design

Ops 

The station's operations center consisted of two levels with multiple consoles and an audio monitoring system. Adjacent to ops were access points to crew quarters and a service duct. ()

Crew quarters 

The crew quarters were small, and consisted of a bed, replicator, and a workstation. ()

Shuttlebay 
The station had at least a single shuttlebay, with the capacity to garage a Type 6 shuttlecraft.  ()

Stations commissioned 
 Relay Station 47
 Starbase 47

Appendices

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Background information 
For more information on this studio model, see TNG studio models.
Station types