Montana Station (SB-406)

Starbase 406 is in the final stages of construction as her crew and the squadron begins to assemble.

Montana Station

Canopus-class • SB-406 • Montana Station Squadron • Task Force 21

This Canopus class station is a recent addition to the area with a diplomacy and trade focus. Its primary area of interest is the Tholian Assembly. To work to extend and improve diplomatic relationships with this species, it also serves as a waypoint for traders and operators who transport and trade with them.  It is also a waystation for long-distance starships as a rest station. 

It is in the Rital system, with five planets orbiting a young, active sun. The station was named in honor of Montana, where the Vulcans first had contact with humans. Two planets are classified as livable, while the other three are part of a growing natural resources mining operation. An expanding commercial operation has started to build slowly, and adding an office for Harris Transport has fueled interest in existing and future colonial operations in the sector and beyond.  

A recent interest in resources in the sector and the space surrounding it has brought some well-intentioned players. There is also the risk of bad actors—the Syndicate among them—who would seek to establish a foothold in the darkened corners within the station’s area of influence – and just beyond in the far and empty swaths of Federation Space. 

Starbase 406 is home to the Montana Station Squadron, which runs diplomatic and intervention operations in the surrounding systems and beyond to ensure system security.  Within the division is the USS Perseverance, which works primarily as a science vessel in tandem with Montana station’s science labs to continue to explore the rimward edges and areas of Federation space.

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Montana Station Squadron

Squadron Commands

Montana Station

Canopus-class Station
SB-406

USS Dragonfly

Obena-class Emissary
NCC-83008

USS Gagarin

Gagarin-class Heavy Escort
NCC-97930

USS Perseverance

Pathfinder-class Science Vessel
NCC-97608

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3 February 2025

TND 005 – The Trouble with Positions

The New Deal

Montana Station and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Have they lost their damn minds?”  Captain Peter Crawford stared at the screen in his ready room where Fleet Captain Geronimo Fontana stood.  He’d finished reporting on a small group of civilians who had departed the station early that morning.  Crawford was apocalyptic, “They’re [...]

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31 January 2025

TSS 008 – Underneath

Episode 1 - The Syndicate Storm

Montana Station, USS Gagarin and USS Perseverance

The device lay on the table in the engineering workroom.  Lieutenant Elizabeth McKee sat, and an advanced VISOR unit slipped over her eyes.  Her hands held intricate tools that resembled operating room equipment.  She was working patiently with each component.  McKee marveled at its creator [...]

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29 January 2025

TSS 007 – Fight and Flight

Episode 1 - The Syndicate Storm

Montana Station, USS Gagarin and USS Perseverance

The bridge shuddered as the Gagarin danced through the weapons fire.  Captain Helena Dread sat in the center chair, lightly gripping the arms.  The opening conversation with the Klingons had been a shouted order to get out now and then a closed channel when they were told of the Starfleet [...]

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27 January 2025

TSS 006 - Unusual Friends

Episode 1 - The Syndicate Storm

Montana Station, USS Gagarin and USS Perseverance

“Lieutenant Fowler?”  Ensign Jake Shaw turned in his chair at communications.  “I’ve got something…unusual.”  Fowler stood from the center chair, happy to be free of it for however long.  The afternoon was getting underway, and her continued feelings about being in the position of [...]

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