Starbase One Eight Five

A distant Federation starbase that exists primarily as a temporal and emotional landmark on the Enterprise's instruments. Sensors register Starbase One Eight Five as a remote harbor two years away at maximum warp, a measure that quantifies the crew's sudden exile and widens every decision with long transit times. The base functions offscreen as logistical promise and psychological distance—an imagined sanctuary whose remoteness intensifies urgency, isolation, and the moral friction between cautious counsel and exploratory command.

2 events

2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S2E16 · Q Who?

Thrown Seven Thousand Light‑Years — Isolation Confirmed

Starbase One Eight Five is invoked as the nearest institutional refuge; Data's transit calculation anchors it as the only proximate source of resupply or command aid two years away at maximum warp, thereby quantifying the Enterprise's operational isolation.

Atmosphere

Abstracted and distant — present only as a temporal measure rather than a physical sanctuary.

Functional Role

Reference point and potential refuge; a logistical horizon rather than an immediate option.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes the safety and support of Starfleet still separated by impractical time and distance.

Access Restrictions

Not immediately accessible; requires extended maximum‑warp transit.

Exists only as a plotted destination on navigational readouts Temporal distance (two years) emphasized in Data's precise calculation

S2E16 · Q Who?

Q's Lesson — Guinan's Warning

Starbase One Eight Five exists in the scene as a plotted reference point and the nearest logistical haven; Data's transit estimate to the starbase quantifies the crew's exile and converts the abstract into a timetable for scarcity and strategy.

Atmosphere

Remote and hypothetical — a distant promise rather than an immediate refuge.

Functional Role

Potential safe haven and logistical anchor used to measure isolation and inform planning.

Symbolic Significance

Represents Federation support and the limits thereof; the starbase is both reassurance and a reminder of how far the crew has been cast.

Access Restrictions

Two‑year maximum warp transit makes it practically inaccessible in the short term.

Instrument readouts specifying years/months/days/hours until arrival The starbase exists only as data on console displays and in command calculations

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

S2E16 · Q Who?

Thrown Seven Thousand Light‑Years — Isolation Confirmed

The Enterprise comes to an abrupt stop and Data reports the ship has been flung seven thousand light‑years from known space, with the nearest starbase a two‑year transit away at …

S2E16 · Q Who?

Q's Lesson — Guinan's Warning

Q flings the Enterprise seven thousand light‑years out of known space, halting the ship and collapsing the crew's sense of control. Data catalogs their isolation; Riker erupts in righteous fury; …