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The wormhole relay station was a [[subspace relay station]] that allowed communications from the [[Alpha Quadrant]] to pass through the [[Bajoran wormhole]] into the [[Gamma Quadrant]] between stardates 48543.2 and 50564.2.
 
  
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==Historical Background==
 
  
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Although communications through the wormhole were possible, it was unreliable and required the wormhole to be open while the transmissions occurred. Some attempts were made in 2370 to produce a reliable communications network that traversed the wormhole, but due to the wormhole's high interference, which consisted of unstable [[subspace|subspace carrier waves]] and high [[phase variances]], the signal was not strong enough to pass through. [[Subspace communication|Subspace communications]] that bypassed the wormhole could take over twenty years to reach the Gamma Quadrant.  
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The Federation's '''wormhole relay station''' or '''relay [[satellite]]''' was a [[subspace]] relay station that allowed communications from the [[Alpha Quadrant]] to pass through the [[Bajoran wormhole]] into the [[Gamma Quadrant]] between [[2371]] and [[2373]].
  
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The disastrous first contact between the [[Dominion]] and the [[Federation]] created a growing need to have a reliable communications conduit to the Gamma Quadrant so that Dominion activity could be monitored.
 
  
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In 2371, the [[Bajoran|Bajorans]] put behind fifty years of hatred towards the [[Cardassian|Cardassians]] when [[Vedek]] [[Bareil]], under the auspices of [[Commander]] [[Benjamin Sisko]], brokered an historic peace treaty between the [[Cardassian Union]] and [[Bajor]] which was signed by [[Legate]] [[Turrel]] and [[Kai]] [[Winn Adami|Winn]]. This treaty paved the way for the wormhole relay station to be built.  
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Though [[Starfleet]] and [[Bajor]] discovered that communication through the [[Bajoran wormhole|wormhole]] were possible, it was unreliable.  
  
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==Construction and Deployment==
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In order to communicate through to the [[Gamma Quadrant]], the wormhole had to be open. Otherwise, the [[wormhole]]'s interference made it impossible.  
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The first joint Federation-Bajoran-Cardassian effort under the new peace treaty, called the Wormhole Comm Relay Project, was to create a Gamma Quadrant relay station to aid communications between the two distant quadrants. The Cardassian government sent three of its scientists, [[Ulani Belor]], [[Gilora Rejal (Scientist)|Gilora Rejal]], and [[Dejar]], to participate in the effort.
 
  
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In accordance with the project plans, the [[USS Defiant]] positioned the signaling satellite at the Bajoran end of the wormhole and deployed the relay station on the Gamma Quadrant side. While testing the relay station, the crew discovered a comet whose trajectory would pass close to the wormhole. [[Major]] {{MA|Kira_Nerys|Kira}} saw this as a support to Yarka's claim about the prophecy.
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In addition, [[subspace]] communications that did not go through the wormhole could take around 20 years to reach its intended destination.  
  
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When the first test of the relay produced no results, the team conducted a second test using a different subspace frequency.
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The wormhole relay station consisted of a [[Star Fleet]]-produced signaling platform and was positioned two kilometers from the wormhole entrance. It also contained a Cardassian transceiver, devised by Ulani, that was powered by a Star Fleet power grid. The transceiver assembly sent a subspace carrier wave through the wormhole to a second transceiver, located on [[Deep Space 9]].
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== History ==
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The disastrous [[first contact]] between the [[Dominion]] and the [[Federation]] created a growing need to have a reliable communications conduit to the Gamma Quadrant so that Dominion activity could be monitored.
  
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The transceiver used [[soliton wave|soliton]] pulses, carefully tuned to eliminate any phase variance below 0.005% to minimize the impact on the wormhole. Ulani and Gilora improved the station's signaling array so it could accommodate the new transmissions (and removed O'Brien's secondary backup of the station's system in the process); however, the simulations showed that transmission frequencies in the delta band would not work, and the theta band frequencies could create a subspace inversion. In essence, it was the subspace filament that allowed transmissions to occur; the filament (created when the comet's silithium reacted with the wormhole's ambient radiation) was a thin trail that acted like a subspace carrier wave and helped to carry transmissions through the bends of the wormhole.
 
  
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In [[2371]], the [[Bajoran]]s put behind [[Occupation of Bajor|fifty years of hatred]] towards the [[Cardassian]]s when one of their leaders brokered a historic peace treaty between [[Bajor]] and the [[Cardassian Union]]. <br>Overseen by the Bajoran Emissary, [[Benjamin Sisko]], this treaty paved the way for the wormhole relay station's construction.
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To aid in construction, the [[Cardassian]] government sent three scientists. Unfortunately, the relay's first test produced no results, and the team conducted a second test using a different [[subspace]] frequency.
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The second test accidently opened the wormhole, causing a passing nearby [[comet]] to be caught in its gravity and be drawn in to the wormhole.
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Fulfilling an old Bajoran prophecy in the process, the comet caused a small hole in the wormhole, which ended up being large enough for the relay station to work.
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The relay station completed its mission in [[2373]], when [[Deep_Space_9#Strategic_Operations_Officer_Lieutenant_Commander_Worf|Lieutenant Commander Worf]] and former [[Cardassian]] spy [[Elim Garak]] found a [[Dominion]] fleet hiding inside a [[nebula]] close to the wormhole.
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[[Worf]] sent a message to the relay station, warning [[Deep Space 9]] about the impending invasion. After that message was clearly sent and received, the Domonion disabled the probe.
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== Construction ==
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The wormhole relay station consisted of a [[Star Fleet]]-produced signaling platform, which was positioned two kilometers from the wormhole entrance.
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It also contained a [[Cardassian]] transceiver powered by a Star Fleet power grid. The transceiver assembly sent a subspace carrier wave through the wormhole to a second transceiver, located on [[Deep Space 9]].
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[[Category: Engineering]]
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[[category:starship Systems]]  
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[[category:communications]]

Latest revision as of 19:19, 1 May 2024

Wormhole relay station.


The Federation's wormhole relay station or relay satellite was a subspace relay station that allowed communications from the Alpha Quadrant to pass through the Bajoran wormhole into the Gamma Quadrant between 2371 and 2373.


Though Starfleet and Bajor discovered that communication through the wormhole were possible, it was unreliable.

In order to communicate through to the Gamma Quadrant, the wormhole had to be open. Otherwise, the wormhole's interference made it impossible.

In addition, subspace communications that did not go through the wormhole could take around 20 years to reach its intended destination.



History

The disastrous first contact between the Dominion and the Federation created a growing need to have a reliable communications conduit to the Gamma Quadrant so that Dominion activity could be monitored.


In 2371, the Bajorans put behind fifty years of hatred towards the Cardassians when one of their leaders brokered a historic peace treaty between Bajor and the Cardassian Union.
Overseen by the Bajoran Emissary, Benjamin Sisko, this treaty paved the way for the wormhole relay station's construction.


To aid in construction, the Cardassian government sent three scientists. Unfortunately, the relay's first test produced no results, and the team conducted a second test using a different subspace frequency.


The second test accidently opened the wormhole, causing a passing nearby comet to be caught in its gravity and be drawn in to the wormhole.

Fulfilling an old Bajoran prophecy in the process, the comet caused a small hole in the wormhole, which ended up being large enough for the relay station to work.


The relay station completed its mission in 2373, when Lieutenant Commander Worf and former Cardassian spy Elim Garak found a Dominion fleet hiding inside a nebula close to the wormhole.

Worf sent a message to the relay station, warning Deep Space 9 about the impending invasion. After that message was clearly sent and received, the Domonion disabled the probe.


Construction

The wormhole relay station consisted of a Star Fleet-produced signaling platform, which was positioned two kilometers from the wormhole entrance.


It also contained a Cardassian transceiver powered by a Star Fleet power grid. The transceiver assembly sent a subspace carrier wave through the wormhole to a second transceiver, located on Deep Space 9.



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