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Starships must drop out of warp at least 100,000 kilometers from StarBase 118. Once dropping out of warp, vessels continue in a pre-determined path towards StarBase 118, under the guidance and jurisdiction of the [[StarBase 118 Flight Control Department]]. While they may immediately begin moving at 1/4 impulse, this speed must decrease continually until the vessel has entered a guideway of lighted beacons, which begins 900 kilometers from the spacedock doors. At this point, the vessel must slow to the standard orbiting speed of 10,000 kilometers/hour. At this speed, a vessel will take approximately five minutes to traverse the guideway, assuming they are not required to pause due to traffic or spacedock door malfunction. Vessels are required to maintain a distance of at least 20 kilometers from the vessel ahead of them, if a queue exists. | Starships must drop out of warp at least 100,000 kilometers from StarBase 118. Once dropping out of warp, vessels continue in a pre-determined path towards StarBase 118, under the guidance and jurisdiction of the [[StarBase 118 Flight Control Department]]. While they may immediately begin moving at 1/4 impulse, this speed must decrease continually until the vessel has entered a guideway of lighted beacons, which begins 900 kilometers from the spacedock doors. At this point, the vessel must slow to the standard orbiting speed of 10,000 kilometers/hour. At this speed, a vessel will take approximately five minutes to traverse the guideway, assuming they are not required to pause due to traffic or spacedock door malfunction. Vessels are required to maintain a distance of at least 20 kilometers from the vessel ahead of them, if a queue exists. | ||
[[Image:Sb118 4.jpg| | [[Image:Sb118 4.jpg|left|thumb|''Image of a spacedock.'']] Vessels must slow to thruster speed only once they are within 10 kilometers of the spacedock doors. Once a starship is in the correct position, facing the space doors, the final approach procedure is initiated by the communications officer on the incoming starship. Upon the command of the captain, the com officer will tell Approach Control that the vessel is ready for docking. The starship then receives confirmation that it is cleared to dock, and the captain will request a lock-on command; this will be confirmed by the starship's helm, who will say, "Systems locked." | ||
Once the proper acknowledgments have been made, the space doors will open (if closed during approach) and the starship commences the final automated docking procedure, traveling over a directional array of evenly spaced lights toward its assigned bay. The starship slowly enters the docking bay using its aft thrusters only. Each starship is assigned a docking port which is set back from the docking bay in what could be compared to a "parking space." Each docking port is numbered, e.g.- Port 4. (Alternatively, they are sometimes called "Airlocks".) Assuming that there are no other starships waiting to enter the bay, the space doors will be closed immediately. | Once the proper acknowledgments have been made, the space doors will open (if closed during approach) and the starship commences the final automated docking procedure, traveling over a directional array of evenly spaced lights toward its assigned bay. The starship slowly enters the docking bay using its aft thrusters only. Each starship is assigned a docking port which is set back from the docking bay in what could be compared to a "parking space." Each docking port is numbered, e.g.- Port 4. (Alternatively, they are sometimes called "Airlocks".) Assuming that there are no other starships waiting to enter the bay, the space doors will be closed immediately. | ||