Outpost 3

The Shoals

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Colonial Coalition Ketar V Meridian Antor II Donova IV Shadow's Edge Havley's Hope Karakka Coalition Marshals Service Esperance Star Station Esperance Astronomical Features The Mother Road Widowmaker Trail The Shadows LSSR-102919 System Major Powers United Federation of Planets Tholian Assembly Minor Powers Klingon Empire Native Species Ohanze Local groups Reya-Laialara Criminal factions Pirates of the Shoals Kos'karii Shadow's Teeth Orion Syndicate Starfleet Presence Operation Safe Harbor USS Concordia USS Justitia USS Veritas (formerly) USS Diligent (formerly) USS Montreal (lost)

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Outpost 3 (also known as Coalition Outpost Loa) is a joint Colonial Coalition-Federation survey station usually located along the Mother Road, approximately seven lightyears away from Antor. The station is considered no bigger then a Saber class vessel. In 2394, the Federation included Outpost 3 among other projects in an effort to improve infrastructure within the Shoals.

Initially home to civilian surveyors tracking the movements of the Mother Road, the outpost was attacked by a band of Klingon pirates in mid-2394, resulting in the death of seven civilians and two of three Starfleet officers assigned to the station. Due to it's joint Coalition-Starfleet ownership, Marshal and Starfleet services were uncertain whom was to respond to the emergency - in addition, travel times in the Shoals made immediate assistance impossible, and survivors had to wait ten days before a single Starfleet officer arrived.

The Starfleet Corps of Engineers began to commit officers and resources to rebuild the station, with the assistance of civilian construction workers from Ketar V - as such, it is currently home to two Starfleet personnel and 8 civilian workers. It's scientific focus has instead shifted to circumventing the area's tetryon fields in hopes of improving long-range communications.