Terran Confederation "Caernarvon" Space Station

Name: Confed Starbase
Craft: Terran Confederation Caernarvon Station
Type: Star Base
Scale: capital
Length: 1,200 meters
Skill: space station operations
Crew: 6,023; skeleton: 602/+10
Passengers: 1,502 & 2,160 prisoners
Cargo Capacity: 102,400 metric tons
Consumables: 27 weeks
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 0D
Move: 14; 40 km/h
Hull: 6D
Shields: 2D
Sensors

• Passive: 30/1D
• Scan: 60/1D+2
• Search: 90/2D+1
• Focus: 3/3D

Weapons

• 22 Flak Guns

Fire Arc: 3 port, 3 starboard, 6 dual partial turrets, 2 dual turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: walker
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-10/20/30
Rate of fire: 15
Damage: 1D

• Tractor Beam

Fire Arc: all
Crew: 5
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-9/18/27
Strength: 6D

Gear:

• Matter/Anti-Matter Reactor
• External Docking Port: 6
• 16 Hospital Modules: Fully Equipped hospitals with 54 beds each, 864 total.
• Refrigeration Module: 50 cubic meter area refrigerator. Temperature at or below 0 degrees C.
• Emergency Stasis Unit: Can place the entire crew in stasis for an indefinite amount of time, provided there is power.
• Phase Shields: While active the ship becomes immune to all forms of damage provided it is not hit by anything that can bypass its shields (such as Anti-Matter Guns or torpedoes).
• Escape Pods: 688
• Carrier Systems: Can launch and receive 15 ships ever 30 seconds

Ship Complement

• P-64 Ferret Patrol Fighters: 20
• F-54 Epee Light Fighters: 20
• F-44/G Rapier-II Space Superiority Fighters: 20
• F-57 Sabre Fighter/Bombers: 20
• A-17/A Broadsword Heavy Bombers: 20

Description: Caernarvon Station is a star base operated by the Terran Confederation. It is located in the Gwynedd System in the Enigma Sector.

Caernarvon Station is located on the frontier of the Terran Confederation and is administered by In-System Security. Its main purpose is to provide security on the frontier, but Gwynedd saw very little action during the Terran-Kilrathi War in the 2650s to 2660s.

In 2656, Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Blair was charged with negligence when the TCS Tiger's Claw was destroyed at K'tithrak Mang by Kilrathi stealth fighters. He was subsequently demoted to Captain, transferred to In-System Security and assigned to Caernarvon Station, where he was forced to serve away from the front-lines for nearly ten years.

During his service on the station, Blair befriended Captain Elizabeth Norwood, who answered to the call sign "Shadow". Together, they regularly escorted garbage shuttles to disposal zones or flew on patrols, most of which yielded no enemy targets due to the remoteness of the area. However, in 2665, the two pilots encountered Kilrathi fighters, which led to suspicions of a larger Kilrathi operation in the system.

Caernarvon later received a communication from the TCS Concordia, which reported that they had been ambushed by enemy fighters. Caernarvon scrambled Blair, Norwood, and all of its pilots to save the Concordia. They succeeded in defending the Concordia, and Blair and Norwood transferred temporarily to the Concordia until they could receive a proper transfer back to Caernarvon.

Just as Blair and Norwood were returning to Caernarvon, the Concordia was attacked again, forcing them to return to its defense. Captain Norwood was killed in action, and Blair was forced to remain on the Concordia as the ship jumped out-system immediately upon his landing. Blair eventually secured a legitimate transfer to Concordia and his service at Caernarvon ended

Source:

• Wing Commander Encyclopedia: Star Base
• The Wing Commander Role Playing Game (page 396)
• thedemonapostle