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Simon Pegg Explains Giant Starbase in Star Trek Beyond

| May 27, 2016 | By: Kayla Iacovino 82 comments so far

When the new Star Trek Beyond trailer dropped , many fans were quick to notice a massive space station. But, what exactly is that thing? Simon Pegg reveals the newest Starbase, and confirms some spoilery photos we saw during the Dubai shoot. [SPOILERS]

Beware of spoilers!

That gigantic space station, space ship, starbase thing we got a glimpse of in the second Beyond trailer? It turns out, according to the film’s co-writer and co-star Simon Pegg, that it’s the massive Starbase Yorktown. In an interview with IGN , Pegg explains that Yorktown is located on the very edge of Federation space, and it’s here that Beyond ‘s narrative begins when the Enterprise docks with the base.

“It’s a kind of diplomatic hub,” said Pegg. “It’s where all the most recent Federation inductees can come and mingle with each other and learn about each other. It’s a kind of lovely…”

When asked if the Yorktown is anything like a certain other famous spaceport, Mos Eisley, Pegg laughed and responded, “No, no — that’s a wretched hive of scum and villainy! This is the opposite of that.”

“You can imagine — me and [co-writer Doug] Jung joked that there were various aliens with leaflets, handing them out to other aliens like, ‘Come and see our world!’” Pegg said. “But it’s basically a place where they can go, where they can better understand what being part of the Federation means. It’s an important kind of tactical establishment for the Federation. It’s been built locally, so it’s very interesting to look at, but it’s where the Enterprise docks up. [This is] the first time in like 10 months [that the Enterprise has] had kind of proper contact with other people, and that’s where the story begins.”

We’ve already seen the Yorktown Back in October, we got our first glimpse at Starbase Yorktown, via photos leaked during the film’s shooting in Dubai.

And, to get an idea of how big the Yorktown really is: remember all of those outdoor scenes? Yep, all of that is onboard the Yorktown.

Happening now #StarTrekBeyond filming in #dubai #jlt pic.twitter.com/tpPhbCjtyZ — Nabil Narch (@NabilNarch) October 13, 2015

Watch the new trailer, and this time keep an eye out for scenes on the Yorktown!

Read the full interview at IGN .

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This is extremely cool and very Star Treky.

Looking good

It looks a lot like the new Deep Space Nine from the novels.

I have to disagree. The DS9 in the novels is ugly. I hate the design.

There’s a different design for DS9 in the novels? It’s been many years since I last read a Star Trek novel but why would they do that?

It is a new station, the old DS9 was destroyed.

Ok it maybe cool but is it practical? *mumbles* it looks like 6 or 7 new Macross-class vessels mid colitis in there…

~Pensive’s Wetness

“but is it practical?”

It must be practical, otherwise Starfleet wouldn’t have build it that way :)

Think about it… you’re gonna pull in a vessel powered by something that would melt the interior of that station, if it lit up accidently. Warp Core Breach Smoothie, anyone?

Spacedock was built that way since Star Trek 3, so nothing different here. They were lucky in 100110101010 or whatever that episode of TNG when the NCC-1701-D was able to get evacuated and ejected b4 it blew. I wonder of the docking port tube on Yorktown are airtight to create a sort of drydock for the spaceships to easily work on them instead of needing eva suits and what not?

The station has that frontier vibe…very original-esque….

A very impressive space station.

““It’s a kind of diplomatic hub,” said Pegg. “It’s where all the most recent Federation inductees can come and mingle with each other and learn about each other. It’s a kind of lovely…””

Even better, this sounds like Babylon 5 :)

It could be one of countless starbases in different franchises.. Deep Space 9 for example.

It was the last, best hope for peace.

Naw, sounds like b5.

Ok. That starbase is m-a-s-s-i-v-e. Its also really great to see how they spent some of that $200M budget. It kind of reminds me of TMP and the attention to detail the models had that made you feel you were really in space.

And one more thing, let’s hope some of that budget goes to some decent makeup for the crew. I do not want to see Chekov’s beehive sized neck pimple and blemishes that he had in the last movie. If I were the actor, I would’ve demanded that they at least CGI erase those blemishes. If they can spend $100K back in ’91 to slim Shatner’s behind, at the end of VI, it should cost less than that today to fix Chekov.

What happened to the G in Gareth Thomas’ name on the wall? Oh wait, the missing G clearly means we’re “Going back to the Prime Timeline.” YAY!!!!!!!

It’s like Deep Space 9 had a baby with Halo or something. It even kinda’ looks like DS9 is in there, if you look at it a certain way. Judging by the trailer, it has some wonky gravity. It may be reasonable to suspect the climax of the movie takes place there. Very interesting.

Yeah I thought that too, but looks good none-the-less :)

Very excited for this movie. Can’t wait.

Reminds me a bit of the early Design sketches of ds9, when they still hat the vertical ring(s). http://fsd.trekships.org/art/ds9.html

I gotta admit, I’m sad they didn’t take the opportunity to sneak some easter eggs into that wall of names of the fallen, like Gene Roddenberry, Majel Barrett, James Doohan, and DeForest Kelley. Granted, those might’ve been obvious, but it’d still be nice.

Also, based on the description, the starbase reminds me of the planet Babel, as far as purpose goes.

@ SciFiBrony: Looking through the names I wonder if these are some of the movie production crew. The names don’t sound very alien (if the station is supposed to be built locally). E.g. there are 3 Peters and 3 Scotts on there. My guess is we won’t see that wall long enough in the movie to read any of them.

Very much like the look and feel of the second trailer and the other material coming out for this film. Perhaps I can go in on July 22nd with more hope and less dread than the last time around? If nothing else, Jaylah has my interest. ;)

Cool but very spoilery the swarm ships attack Yorktown so that means either:

1: The Yorktown is docked above the unknown planet where the Enterprise crashes (unlikely as we know the Enterprise warps away to the unknown planet after Shore Leave). The new trailer shows the Enterprise travelling @ Warp that is most likely after it leaves Yorktown. Its very unlikely to be the hero shot from the end of the movie where they get a new or repaired ship & warp off! 2: This means the Swarm somehow finds the Yorktown & attacks setting up the trailer external shot with the NX class ship returning to defend the Yorktown! So that gives away the big climax of the movie & the stakes at play (lives of everyone on the Yorktown & the base itself).

@ Paul: I’ve read speculations that Kirk and company use that NX class ship to get off the planet where Enterprise crashes. They return to Starbase Yorktown and are followed there by the swarm ships. Of course, it might also be the other way around, that the swarm ships go there first and are followed by that NX class ship. In any case, Yorktown is probably at stake at some point in the movie. Gotta have big stakes in these kinds of movies. At least, it seems that Earth is not the one in danger this time around.

The swarm ships go blue when the franklin is shooting them, the same blue that Kirk’s hologram riding the bike changes to when shot.

Are the swarm ships actually holograms??

Everything and everyone is a hologram! All the reboot movies are actually The Doctor from Voyager’s holodreams.

It is not an NX, google Star Trek Beyond USS Franklin.

That dedication wall made me facepalm….200 million dollars and they still can’t spell correctly…… H-O-N-O-U-R is how you spell honour. At least NASA didn’t drop the “u” when they named one shuttle “Endeavour” .

Otherwise, can’t wait.

@ Lone Browncoat: I don’t know if you’re trolling or don’t know: “Honor” is the correct spelling in American English. “Honour” is the traditional British spelling. Star Trek has always been quite American in style even though it’s supposed to represent the future of not only all or Earth but even a multitude of planets. I can’t remember which spelling they used in previous movies/series.

Endeavour was named for Captain Cook’s ship, so it kept the British spelling.

US Military uses Honor, and Starfleet is based on the USN. I like the british spelling better myself!

It’s correct in American English… Anyway, language isn’t static, it’s vivid. Probably, some hundred years in the future we won’t extinguish between BE and AE anymore…

Scene 2, Approaching Yorktown Space Station

Kirk: Looks like it’s heading for the space spider web.

Spock: That’s no spider web Captain, it’s a space station.

Kirk: It’s too big for a spider space station.

McCoy: I’m getting a bad feeling about this.

That second trailer is growing on me more and more each time I watch it.

It’s almost like a manmade planet like the voyager episode ‘thirty days’ but a space station. It has mini ponds of water in the city as well as containment fields for gravity.

It’s a very cool design, however it looks extremely impractical. Maybe Star Trek producers should consider hiring actual construction designers to design their spaceships and stations.

Also, Yorktown isn’t a ship in this timeline? Can a station and a ship share the same name?

In what ways does it look impractical?

Yeah, this strikes me as another misunderstanding of the universe. Even if there’s a good explanation, like some battle occurred where the station was established, which destroyed the Yorktown, it’s still a choice made completely counter to what fans are used to. It’s like using the name delta vega completely out of context from the original because it’s familiar to the fans watching the new film.

I don’t think its as much as misunderstanding of the universe as much as the Delta Vega thing— did we ever even see the USS Yorktown on screen or was it just mentioned offhand a couple times? Its not like they are naming Voyager station to replace the USS Voyager or some other “more known” ship. Maybe the Yorktown was destroyed at the spot where they build the station and they named it after it?

“I don’t think its as much as misunderstanding of the universe as much as the Delta Vega thing…” — CaptainSheridan

Which Orci has repeatedly said was done on purpose. So are you asserting Lin is doing the same, i.e. purposely messing with established Yorktown canon?

No. Naming a constructed object Yorktown (giving the name to a starbase/spacedock instead of a starship) makes much more sense than renaming / moving a planet.

CaptainSheridan,

In reply to your comment uniquely identified by the following URL:

https://trekmovie.com/2016/05/27/simon-pegg-explains-giant-starbase-in-star-trek-beyond/#comment-5306829

Well, I suppose it all boils down to whether the Yorktown construct is regarded as a city is in our times. For example, Arlington, is a very common city name in the United States, as in the point being there’s more than one.

And somehow the US Navy dealt with the possible name confusions of its ship coming to port in Yorktown, Va. for which it was named.

Clearly the station is named in honor of those who perished on what appears to be an actual starship Yorktown. I already stated that appears to be the case. And it doesn’t matter to my point since ANYTHING can be explained, just as Delta Vega was. However, yes, we did see the actual starship Yorktown in TOS, as well as in subsequent Trek series where it was referred to as a starship. Add to that among the fan base it is common knowledge that Yorktown held a special place for Roddenberry, even supposedly being rechristened at the end of Star Trek IV as the Enterprise. And yes Disinvited, I think Lin and/or Pegg are doing the same thing as Orci was guilty of doing.

What episode was the Yorktown in? I remember it being mentioned in one episode and I think we saw her captain on screen in Star Trek IV? I don’t recall ever seeing the ship onscreen. I like how they are using the name for the starbase… it makes sense much more than relocating a planet (Delta Vega).

Curious Cadet,

Don’t forget that the ship that fascinated Roddenberry was named for the famous American Revolutionary War battle that took place there at Yorktown, Va. so it’s plausible the starship and starbase are both likewise named after that event ultimately.

Again, I’ve acknowledged that the use of the name can be explained, but that’s not the point. Considering how the name Yorktown was consistently used in the Prime universe, this is fan pandering of the same sort as reusing Delta Vega in st09. It has a familiarity factor to appeal to long time fans and make the film feel more Treky without actually being so. there seems to be a lot of that going on with this film, even in the poster art derived from iconic TMP.

Interestingly a friend of mine who is a bigger Trekkie than me but very pessimistic about STB was annoyed at the naming of the Yorktown, saying it was a ship in Star Trek so why use it as a space station. Doesnt bother me. At least they are using a recognizable name. The other option if the intent is to throw bones to the fans would be to make it a “Deep Space” designation. Deep Space One, I guess would work.

@ Curious Cadet, 6:36 am: The TMP-style poster was designed specifically for and handed out to the fans at the special fan event. So that was definitely fan pandering if you want to call it that.

This just seems so stupid. Capital Ships (Aircraft Carriers) and other ships (Cruisers) have been named after battles in U.S. history. Yorktown was the name of a Federation Starship in Star Trek. In recent history Yorktown has had the distinction of being the name of a WWII Aircraft Carrier and a modern day AEGIS Cruiser, the former Mr. Roddenberry so admired. NSWC Yorktown is the name of a Weapons Station because it’s in YORKTOWN, Virginia! You don’t name a Starbase after a ship that perished. So, you don’t name a Starbase “Yorktown”. It’s stupid. I really do like Mr. Pegg’s work, but he needs to PLEASE enlist some military consultants who are Star Trek fans. Mr. Roddenberry understood the military so I’m confident that he understood the things I’m pointing out here. It seems as if little things are not making it to the writers. This is evident in Star Trek (2009) and STID (2013). I mean at the end of Star Trek, when Kirk says “Take us out.” and we pan to the exterior of the Enterprise… take us out of what?!!! There’s nothing around her! Did they run out of money that they couldn’t put a starbase or SOMETHING in the shot???!!! I know that’s Mr. Abrams and before Mr. Pegg was writing any scripts for this movie. I’m just not getting a warm and fuzzy from this film and I want this to be good. Lastly I’ll say this, DESTROYING THE ENTERPRISE?!!! Come on, really?!!

Man that Station would make an Awesome snow globe!

I am going to be very disappointed if we don’t see a Centauri or Narn somewhere in the background of a crowd shot…

@ SelorKiith: Contact Justin Lin or Simon Pegg on Twitter. If they like your idea maybe they’ll add something in post.

Love it! Fresh and different.

The swarm ships go blue when the franklin is shooting them, the same blue that Kirk’s hologram riding the bike changes to when shot.

Are the swarm ships actually holograms?

Anyway, who is the female voice that starts speaking at ca. 0:38 in the trailer? Though I know of course that it wouldn’t fit at all timeline-wise, I find it amusing to imagine it to be Admiral Janeway. She of all people should know all about being “lost in the vastness of space”! ;-)

Shohreh Aghdashloo, she was added in the reshoots: https://trekmovie.com/2016/03/11/iranian-actress-shohreh-aghdashloo-joins-star-trek-beyond-as-film-goes-back-for-reshoots/

That voice is of the Iranian actress playing High Command.

Shohreh Aghdashloo is playing the head of Star Fleet as Harry said.

What a very nice Starbase!

The NX-01 is back!!

DS9 is/was a cardassian built station…the federation came on board after the cardassion occupation of bajor

SORRY MY ENGLISHE IS A LITTLE CARZY, HAS THIS REALLY HAPPEN?

So, this means that NONE of the movie takes places on Earth? That would be fantastic!

Its been confirmed a small part of the film does, but sounds very small and it may not be the crew them self at Earth but other characters.

Do you have a source for that?

So far, the only film without any contact with Earth has been Insurrection. It would have been nice if this film could have been the second.

it seems odd to me that a Starfleet rooted on a planet that patented the concept of “winning” a nuclear war by overwhelming the enemy with a swarm of nukes, suddenly has no effective countermeasures when the attack concept’s been updated to a swarm of drones?

Maybe they do, but since swarms are not common they don’t have those counter-measures readily available. Plus nukes are old school tech by the time this takes place. It would be like a modern day country having counter-measures standing by in case someone starts using trebuchets against them.

Oh but in the prime universe they did have nuclear trebuchets, errrr…missiles tossed at them. If I recall correctly in BALANCE OF TERROR wasn’t one of the Romulan commander’s last ditch efforts to try to hide a nuclear missile in debris to try to blow up the Enterprise and John Gill, a history professor, was able to get the Ekosians to nuclear arms status in nothing flat which they in turn launched at the E in PATTERNS OF FORCE. Not to mention Kirk having Scotty turn an entire Starship into one and crowing about it in the final scene of THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE.

And aren’t we forgetting those new dronified torpedoes that Kirk was supposed to use in the previous movies? Something as big as The Yorktown doesn’t have a stockpile of those or even the ability to replicate them on demand?

Wow! Correct me if I’m wrong, but the interior of the Federation station Yorktown reminds me of those of Terra Venture in “Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.” “Go Galactic!”

I presume the Yorktown can move wherever it needs to be moved? If so does it have warp engines? Impulse might be useful but only within a solar system. Otherwise, I’m hard pressed to understand the need for deep space stations of this complexity, though I’m sure there’s a logical explanation. We never saw such outposts in TOS, so this is a MAJOR technological leap forward from anything we saw depicted in the Federation. It’s even pretty far afield of anything we saw in TNG from which era this technology was supposedly derived. But from a practical standpoint, even K-7 didn’t make a lot of sense considering the reality of warp drive that cuts the trip from Kronos to Earth down to a few hours at most. DS9 likewise only made sense for a Federation presence where no terrestrial accommodations were being made — i.e. an Embassy where none were permitted planet-side. And it’s even more complicated when one considers the alt universe is one where starships are launched from the surface of planets, and transporters can beam people across vast distances. Obviously, a negotiated base on a planet in the vicinity of operations is more practical than maintaining a fragile space station with limited resources, which is also vulnerable to attack. So there would have to be a pretty significant strategic reason to have one in deep, planet-less space, when a few more minutes by warp drive would get a ship to a more defensible planet. I’m not blaming this on the alt verse at all, since it seems to be a general star trek problem, but the alt verse technology makes it more complicated, as well as potentially another major break with preexisting canon. That said, it’s pretty cool.

@Curious – Yup, Nero’s arrival caused a massive leap in technological achievement in Starbase design!

Hello, Curious Cadet. I meant the atmosphere part, the outdoor part.

First chance I’ve had to comment on the 2nd trailer.

I loved the music and initial voiceover dialogue very much, and sorely wish this had been everyone’s first look at the footage instead of the fast n’ furious ‘Beastie Boys’ teaser. Such a big improvement with the choice of music in this one, thankfully.

The downside is I’m still mourning the fact that the ever-watchable Idris Elba has been rendered unrecognisable by the bumpy-headed mask and eye contacts. And the ridiculously over-the-top ‘cliff-hanging jump’ moment for Scotty is as laughable as the motorcycle jump antics and nuKirk’s “Do it! Do it!”, unfortunately. Did Pegg write this particular ‘action beat’ for himself, or was it mainly Lin’s input I wonder? Either way, I’m hoping it’s possible to re-edit that out for myself eventually, just like I removed nuKirk’s ‘cliff-hanging’ in the 2009 movie. ;)

As for this ‘alternate timeline’ spacebase design, I quite like it.

Doesn’t seem that Star Trek to me. The Federation has a habit of building small-ish space docks/stations, that are exactly that. This is more like they built an artificial planet. Cool, but what is the point when there is an abundance of planets everywhere? Wouldn’t it be simpler and more sensible to just take one of those rocks, terraform it if necessarily and build stuff on it?

That giant mushroom space dock that first appeared in Star Trek IV was pretty massive, but not planet sized. yeah, this one looks like a mini-planet or at least a city in space.

Shades of Babylon 5……

B5, DS9, UN, Babel …

And how many millions of people die when THIS one gets blown up? These people just don’t get Rodenberry’s idea of Star Trek; it’s just explosions to them. I’m through with this crap, it’s not getting ANY of my money.

@ Charley W: How do you know this one gets blown up? Right, you don’t. But hey, don’t watch it when it actually comes out. Might save you 2 hours of “crap”. On the other hand, you might also miss if they don’t blow it up.

There have been some theories that the movie ends on the in-tact station. I agree with you on the cheapness of life in this series of movies though. I’m hoping for a reset button for the Enterprise herself. Otherwise, the destruction of the ship would cut the five-year mission short and trigger a court martial, robbing the crew of that which made their prime counterparts legendary.

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Star trek's original name for the enterprise explained.

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry didn't originally want to call the show's main ship the USS Enterprise - he had a very different name in mind.

The USS Enterprise is the iconic Star Trek starship, but Gene Roddenberry originally intended to call it by another name. Launched in 2245, the USS Enterprise became the flagship of the Federation. Originally captained by Robert April, and subsequently by Christopher Pike and then James T. Kirk himself, the Enterprise remained central to the Federation for generations - and it lies at the heart of the entire Star Trek franchise. It's hard to imagine Star Trek without the Enterprise, but in reality, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry originally wanted to give the ship another name.

Roddenberry originally planned to call the ship the USS Yorktown, reflecting his historical and literary interests. The Battle of Yorktown was one of the most important conflicts in the American War of Independence, a decisive victory for the American Continental Army troops and their allies in the French Army; it led directly to Britain negotiating an end to the conflict. A USS aircraft carrier bore the name Yorktown during the Second World War, and Roddenberry initially wanted to honor that tradition. The Yorktown was the same class of aircraft carrier as another, more famous vessel from that period; the Enterprise. Roddenberry eventually went for this name instead.

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The Yorktown Has Still Had A Massive Presence On Star Trek

Starfleet's vast armada of ships has often included iterations of the Yorktown, however. One appeared in the original series, with the NCC-1717 USS Yorktown meeting up with the Enterprise in one episode. Another Yorktown appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation , with a registration number NCC-61137; it appeared in a handful of episodes, but never played a decisive role. Star Trek: Beyond took its Yorktown references one step further, however, introducing Starbase Yorktown - a massive Federation starbase. This is set in Star Trek 's Kelvin timeline, meaning it's possible the various USS Yorktowns never existed in this timeline, with the name used for the starbase instead.

The Enterprise Almost Became The Yorktown In The Voyage Home (Sort Of)

A new version of the USS Enterprise was constructed in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , and Roddenberry again considered tying it to the Yorktown. In his view, it would have been impossible for the Federation to construct a new starship from scratch at such speed, and they must therefore have simply renamed another ship that was already under construction. He suggested the Federation had been building a new Yorktown, and the name was switched at the last second. There have actually been nods to this idea in canon, but it's never been officially confirmed the Yorktown was the ship renamed by the Federation.

Star Trek: Discovery has broken with tradition; although there is still a USS Enterprise in the 32nd century, the flagship is the USS Voyager-J . Hopefully, there will still be a USS Yorktown in that time, though, continuing a different Star Trek tradition into the far future. Star Trek: Discovery has been renewed for a fifth season, so viewers won't have to wait long to find out if Gene Roddenberry's original Enterprise name still has a presence in the franchise.

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Starbases of The Federation: From K-7 to Yorktown

The United Federation of Planets relied on its massive fleet of iconic starships to seek out new worlds in the 23rd and 24th centuries, but its network of starbases and outposts proved just as valuable to the exploration of space and the protection of Federation citizens. Most space stations shared similar roles, such as maintaining the capability to repair starships, but the type and location of each outpost dictated its primary role. While many starbases also included ground-based elements, this piece will only focus on the spaceborne facilities.

Deep Space Station K-7, introduced in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " The Trouble with Tribbles ," played a vital role in the Sherman's Planet region claimed by the Federation and Klingon Empire. Acting as Starfleet's presence in the area, K-7 also served the tactical purpose of observing the Klingon border and providing storage for the development of Sherman's Planet. As with most starbases, K-7 maintained facilities to entertain weary travelers, Federation officials and even Klingon warriors. The relatively small station still retained the ability to store significant quantities of quadrotriticale, the grain necessary to seed Sherman's Planet and secure the Federation's claim on the world. Thus, Deep Space Station K-7 performed multiple functions, ranging from protecting the border to asserting ownership over territorial gains.

The Federation outpost Regula I worked toward a very specific goal in the Mutara sector during the events of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . Operated by civilian scientists, the station was tasked with the advancement of the Genesis Project. Regula I's remote location proved a necessity, allowing for discrete and undisturbed research. Due to its classified mission, Regula I did not permit casual guests or publicly announce its true purpose, whereas other Federation starbases tended to do so. The outpost's small size probably meant it had limited starship repair capabilities, if any at all. The U.S.S. Reliant, attached to Regula I as a scout vessel, most likely traveled to other stations for its upkeep.

The massive form of Earth Spacedock easily eclipsed the various starships that docked in its berths and visited Sol III. The station launched new vessels, repaired others and decommissioned obsolete ones while maintaining a detachment of active starships ready to defend Sector 001. Although never canonically stated, Spacedock's size and strategic location seem to indicate its complement also included defensive weaponry for Earth's protection. In this sense, the starbase performed the role of securing a particular region of space, much like K-7. However, the Federation charged Spacedock with the fortifying its very heart rather than the edge of explored space. While the station's status as a shipbuilding facility remains unclear, the U.S.S. Excelsior did undergo tests and early transwarp trials at the starbase.

Stations similar in design to Earth Spacedock, such as Starbases 74, 84, 133, and Lya Station Alpha, appeared numerous times in Star Trek: The Next Generation . Why would Starfleet also construct these large outposts in seemingly innocuous systems rather than only near worlds central to the government? Ironically, the question most likely answers itself. As the regions where the stations were located tended to be away from major population centers, logic dictates that the starbases functioned as hubs for Federation activity in distant but strategically positioned areas. Sectors devoid of core planets require a place to repair starships, offer respite to weary crews, and fortify Starfleet's presence outside of prominent systems such as Vulcan, Andor, Sol, Tellar, Betazed and Trill.

The renowned port of Deep Space 9 changed its mission, and its location, following the joint Federation-Bajoran takeover of the station. Originally known as Terok Nor, a Cardassian ore-processing plant and symbol of occupation, the starbase became the operational center overseeing the rebuilding of Bajor. DS9 soon gained an additional task when Commander Sisko and Lieutenant Dax discovered the stable wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant in the Denorios belt and moved the station close to the anomaly. Suddenly, the starbase found itself to be an important locale for trade and exploration, welcoming travelers from Qo'noS, Vulcan and beyond.

As the threat from the Dominion increased and a full-scale war erupted, Deep Space 9 earned a reputation for its vital part in guarding the wormhole and preventing reinforcements from entering the Alpha Quadrant. The starbase displayed versatility in taking on additional roles beyond its original mandate to watch over Bajor, also acting as a repair hub for Federation, Klingon and Romulan forces during the war. From refinery to strategic necessity, Deep Space 9 helped to shape the future of Bajor, the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant and the outcome of the Dominion War.

When Cardassian and Dominion forces reoccupied Terok Nor in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Call to Arms ," the Federation lost its primary foothold against its foes. Starbase 375's proximity to the combat zone made it the natural fallback position for Starfleet. Otherwise a typical Federation station, Starbase 375's location turned it into a key staging area for starship deployments and Operation Return, the mission to remove the Dominion's presence from Deep Space 9. The progression of the war shifted the purpose of Starbase 375 to an unexpected trajectory, again displaying the adaptability required for Federation stations to operate at maximum efficiency.

A highlight of the film Star Trek Beyond , Starbase Yorktown proved to be a visually stunning marvel of technology. Easily the largest Starfleet facility ever depicted, the intricate structure houses millions of inhabitants and serves every duty imaginable. Located near uncharted space and the Necro Cloud nebula, Starbase Yorktown resupplies vessels, conducts repairs, builds new starships, acts as a home for crews and their families, dispatches missions of exploration, flies the Federation flag in the region and maintains defensive armaments. With its sprawling arms covered in cityscapes, interior tunnels funneling starships to their births and awe-inspiring transparent exterior, Yorktown represents the peak of Starfleet engineering. In addition to its variety of practical uses, Starbase Yorktown also helps the Federation avoid diplomatic incidents between new members by being positioned in interstellar space, rather than on the surface of a particular planet.

Without a reliable system of starbases, Federation vessels would not be able to function in deep space for extended periods of time. Starships receive most of the glory, but these stations offer safe harbors and defensible locales upon which the fleet relies. Whether orbiting Earth, overlooking the Bajoran wormhole, or sitting on the edge of the frontier, starbases ensure that crews always have a home away from home to visit.

Jay Stobie is a science fiction writer who admits he has a perfectly normal obsession with Star Trek. He can be found on Twitter at @CaptStobie .

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A Quasi-American “Star Trek Beyond”

By Richard Brody

Since space is the final frontier, it’s apt that “Star Trek Beyond” borrows tropes from dramas of that primal frontier, Westerns. Even if it mixes its metaphors along the way, those metaphors give the movie a welcome bump to the second level of meaning, since, for most of the film, there isn’t even a first.

It’s a tired movie about a tired man on a dubious mission: in his opening voice-over, Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) expresses doubts about his multi-year mission in space, saying that, if the universe is infinite, he may be “chasing nothing.” The Enterprise makes a pit stop on the star base called Yorktown, an intriguing convolution that’s the movie’s most ingenious touch: it’s an Escher city with Möbius sidewalks, a vast postmodern city of gleaming glass and light-toned metal that seems like a skein of streets and highways, overpasses and bridges held together in a loose and airy web. Its gravitational forces are omnidirectional; as they shift suddenly across invisible borders, falling down is succeeded by falling left, right, up, and whichever other orientation a place is built for.

Yorktown (which shares a name with the Virginia town where the decisive Revolutionary War battle of 1781 took place) will ultimately live up to its name as the site of the final battle of the Starfleet against Krall—for that matter, the crew of the Enterprise will make that decisive return aboard an obsolete vessel called the Franklin—and that’s apt as well. Early in the film, the words “Republic” and “Federation” are intoned like mantras to position the mission in quasi-American terms; the name Yorktown links the space combat of “Star Trek Beyond” to the existential, the primordial, and the revolutionary—the fight to retain independence in the face of a force that would snap it back in, engulf it in a dictatorial order, and milk it as a mere source of sustenance (which is depicted in a grotesquely literal way that morphs the vampiric into the cannibalistic).

The first visit to Yorktown is pacific, even lullingly placid; the swoops and loops of its gravity curves play mostly for fun, and Captain Kirk, mission-weary, applies for a desk job there. Meanwhile, though, he and the crew return to their patrols and are lured toward the planet Altamid, where an ostensible rescue turns into an attack led by Krall, a wrinkled, reptilian humanoid who vaguely resembles the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but who mounts his attack with an overwhelming barrage of fast-moving, sharp-pointed projectiles—essentially space arrows (though, because of their mass-controlled swarming, the crew of the Enterprise calls them “bees”).

The arrows rip the Enterprise to shreds, and the crew is jettisoned in escape pods, crash-landing on Altamid; there, they need to regroup, to fight Krall and his minions, and to recover the MacGuffin, a little medallion called the Abronath that the Enterprise crew members consider a mere inert relic but that turns out to be the missing piece of an apocalypse-gizmo that Krall wants to seize in order to destroy the Federation and humankind.

Altamid, however, is no stereotypical weird planet of green cheese and pungent atmosphere. It’s an unadorned and uncultivated Earthscape, strewn with sharp rocks and hulking boulders and reminiscent, above all, of the craggy settings of Anthony Mann’s classic Westerns of the nineteen-fifties (such as “ The Man from Laramie ” and “ Man of the West ”). There, Spock (Zachary Quinto) is wounded, and he’s tended to by Dr. Leonard McCoy (Karl Urban), a.k.a. Bones, whose improvised medical tools are barely up to the task. Meanwhile, Scotty (Simon Pegg), alone in forbiddingly rugged terrain, is confronted by a stranger—Jaylah (Sofia Boutella), a paper-white, black-striped woman-like being from an alien species who is also marooned on Altamid—and her performance is, by far, the most intriguing and invigorating presence in the film.

Jaylah makes Scotty identify himself to her, at the point of a space gun; when he says that he’s Montgomery Scott, and adds, “Scotty,” she calls him “Montgomery Scotty,” as she does for the rest of the film. Pegg, who co-wrote “Star Trek Beyond” with Doug Jung, says that  he based the character —and even the name—on Jennifer Lawrence’s character in “Winter’s Bone.” I don’t disbelieve him; yet there’s another, even more prominent influence that, for all we know, may have acted unconsciously on Pegg and the director, Justin Lin, but that’s nonetheless both conspicuous and affecting: the character of Feathers, from Howard Hawks’s 1959 Western, “ Rio Bravo ,” and Angie Dickinson’s performance of the role. Jaylah speaks with a blunt intensity that’s sharpened with a constant tone of coolly theatrical irony, just as Dickinson does in Hawks’s film. Boutella’s controlled balletic, ferocity is also akin to Feathers’s own calmly forthright stride. The likeness is locked in by Jaylah’s meeting with Kirk: he introduces himself as James T. Kirk, and, for the rest of the film, she calls him “James T.,” echoing  Feathers’s mode of addressing  the protagonist of “Rio Bravo,” John T. Chance, played by John Wayne.

Jaylah’s presence and Boutella’s performance are fortunate, as the rest of the doings on Altamid are of a nearly relentless dreariness, not least because the battles on which the heroes’ survival depends could have been borrowed, costumes and actors aside, from more or less any superhero movie. The script doesn’t offer much in the way of martial inspiration, and Lin does nothing original with the flinging of bodies and the flash of guns. It isn’t until the crucial showdown on polygravitational Yorktown that the director struts his stuff; there, his kinetic imagination, stoked by geometrical wizardry, creates a battle sequence of unpredictable lurches and launches, high-energy gyrations that are rendered all the more exciting by the vast open spaces separating the ribbons and whorls of Yorktown’s architecture.

It’s no spoiler to say that one of the key weapons that the Enterprising fighters deploy, while flying the rickety Franklin in the face of Krall’s unified swarm of metallic “bees,” is a blast of the Beastie Boys’ 1994 song “Sabotage,” drolly called “classical music” by the twenty-third-century warriors. The victory is itself a strange echo of the movie’s own prevailing ethos. Throughout the film, both Kirk and Spock confront their own legacy—Kirk as the son of George Kirk, who died in battle, and Spock as the son of, well,  the  Spock—which provides the movie with its key emotional arcs, the personal struggles that underpin the political ones. A climactic depiction, in an archival photo, of the original “Star Trek” cast pushes in the knife of nostalgia and gives it a poignant twist. Personal and public legacies ultimately unite to bring about the unambiguous triumph of good over evil and preserve the Republic. The self-celebration of a legacy property’s sequel has rarely been framed in such starkly civic terms: the link between the historical continuity of the American federation and the personal continuity of family is the cultural continuity of “Star Trek” and pop music—and, for that matter, of classic Hollywood. Buy a ticket, keep America safe and free.

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Star Trek: The Enterprise Originally Had a Totally Different Name

Behind the original name for Star Trek's Enterprise is American history, though this hasn't made Yorktown a major player in the franchise's canon.

The Star Trek franchise has had many iconic and timeless stars, including Kirk , Spock , Picard and Data. Its true star, however, is easily the U.S.S. Enterprise , which has been in the majority of its various TV shows, movies and books. The ship even got an entry in the franchise named after it, albeit one that remains incredibly controversial . Despite how iconic the  Enterprise is, though, it wasn't originally going to be the ship that Kirk would be the captain of.

The original name for the series' starship was the Yorktown, which admittedly doesn't sound quite as catchy. Behind the original and eventual name for Star Trek 's main ship is a bit of American history, though this hasn't made Yorktown a major player in the series canon.

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U.S.S. Yorktown

The original name that Gene Roddenberry suggested for the ship that would be the Enterprise was the USS Yorktown. This reflected Roddenberry's literary and historical interests, as the ship, like the Enterprise itself, was named after a historical craft. The real-life Yorktown was a World-War II-era aircraft carrier that was named after the last battle of the Revolutionary War and ironically, shared its class with the real-life Enterprise.

Roddenberry eventually went with the iconic Enterprise name of his own volition, and not for any outside reason. This was due to his fascination with the real-life Enterprise and desire to use the name in honor of it. Though this robbed Yorktown of the chance to have its name used in one of the most iconic science-fiction spaceships of all time, it would still eventually find its way into the Star Trek franchise, both officially and unofficially.

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Star Trek's Canon Yorktown

A starship named the NCC-1717 Yorktown was eventually introduced in the original series, being mentioned in the second season when it was planned to meet up with the Enterprise . A successor to this ship was featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation , with a registry number of NCC-61137. Like the original, it didn't factor much into the series and was only a factor in four episodes. The Yorktown with easily the biggest role in the series was the entirely different Starbase Yorktown in Star Trek: Beyond . As its name would suggest, this Yorktown wasn't a ship, but an utterly massive space station that hosted millions of people from various species' throughout the galaxy.

It was made up of interlocking rings that made up its frames and had several different city-sized sections for entertainment, housing and ship docking. Its satellites also provided a sufficient degree of armaments with which the Yorktown could defend itself. Given the changes in the Kelvin timeline compared to the original series, it's unknown if the original Yorktown ship still exists in this continuity, or if it was named after the space station of the same moniker.

Roddenberry also suggested that the new Enterprise seen beginning with the end of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was originally named the Yorktown. This came about because of the idea that the Starfleet wouldn't want to reuse a name so quickly for their ships, and that the Yorktown was subsequently renamed as a new Enterprise to replace the original. This would eventually be canonized by supporting incidents of Starfleet giving ships new names, but unfortunately, this again meant the Yorktown would be replaced by the Enterprise, keeping the name from ever truly becoming mainstream within the series.

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(Star Trek Beyond, Star Wars TFA) - The Battle of Yorktown.

• Thread starter NecronLord
• Start date Nov 5, 2016
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Evil Killer Android.

• Nov 5, 2016

• 6 Shi'khar -class Frigates: These frigates are a conceptual update of the venerable Miranda-class built to modern standards, they have high capacity phasers, transphase and quantum torpedos, and are equipped with warp and slipstream drive.
• 4 Ushaan- class Escorts: These escorts are larger than federation frigates, comparable in their weapons load out to the Shi'khar class, though they have more torpedo tubes and are capable of faster sublight speed, including an extremely high burst speed.

AsianPotato

• Nov 10, 2016

Transphasic Torpedoes = Ship Rubble.  

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NecronLord said: Combatants: First Order vs Starfleet ​ Location: Yorktown Starbase Victory Conditions: Occupation of Yorktown Station intact and prevention of Yorktown Agreement (Republic diplomats must not be harmed) for the First Order, protection of the station and its personnel for Starfleet Battle Prerequisites: a. Motivation: Retain First Order access to Milky Way galaxy. b. Equipment: See Below c. Preparation: The First Order mission has 1 week to prepare; Starfleet have been aware of the upcoming conference for three months, but of course are not aware of the impending attack until First Order ships enter detection range. d. 'Bloodlust': No e. Knowledge: Both sides have comprehensive information about the other, from civilian sources; they do not know classified information such as exact accelerations of military vessels, but know each other's systems and societies to a substantial degree.​ Era: 6 months after Star Trek: The Force Awakens, Contemporary with Star Trek Online. Continuity: Star Wars uses The Force Awakens as primary canon, while Star Trek uses Star Trek Online (Concepts and Story Elements) as well as Yorktown Station from the Reboot setting - here presumed to have been built in the original timeline also. Ground Rules: Warp Strafing is allowed. Star Wars AotC:ICS and Star Trek TNG & DS9 tech manuals are definitive as regards calcs, but forces on both sides will have advanced proportionately - those manuals were accurate, on both sides for the periods they represent. Turbolasers will rate in tens (smaller ships) to thousands of gigatons (bigger guns on a Resurgent ), while quantum torpedos operate in the tens of megatons range - this thread is not intended to focus on calculations of these aspects of the setting, but conjecture about other weapons. Smallarms have a vague parity in outputs in the single to double figure megawatt range, depending on model and setting. ​ 1 First Order General's Briefing 1.1 First Order Mission Background The First Order's resource development in the Milky Way, particularly that of our corporate partners, is threatened by the hated Republic's diplomatic effort to establish joint ownership of the Kentooine-Malendenkor wormhole. Unrestricted access to deep space resources is key to the development of the First Order - we must dissuade local states from signing access agreements with the Republic, or the Republic will be able to dispatch craft to the Wormhole to 'police' that region of space and limit the First Order's activities. The Supreme Leader has determined that we are to make a deterrent example of the most repellent of these states, the United Federation of Planets, whose loathsome hypocrisy resembles a miniature version of the Hated Republic. 1.2 Summary of Mission Objectives Your primary goal as First Order commander is to take control of the Starbase Yorktown intact - it is a contravention of your orders to damage the station such that it cannot sustain life, or to simply destroy it outright; this does not mean you are required to unduly compromise operational efficiency to avoid civilian casualties, nor are you restricted from killing civilians as a stratagem, but you are required to preserve sufficient civilians on board to make the retention of the starbase a political tool for First Order operatives. 1.3 First Order Resources Your attack force comprises three Resurgent class destroyers as the main body of the force, with their full complement of fighter craft, including one squadron of hyper-capable TIE/sf fighters each, as well as this they each carry two wings of fighters. Your destroyers each have an escort group of twelve Arquitens -class light cruisers, as well as this each craft is supported by three Quasar Fire class light carriers (45 escort ships in total), which each carry an additional squadron of TIE/fo fighters. You have at your disposal 24,000 stormtroopers, and 300 assault landers, capable of landing 3,000 troopers at a time, as well as vehicles approximating Galactic Empire AT-AT, AT-DP, and MT-ATs. Your armoured vehicles will need aa secure area such as a landing bay to be deployed by specialized landers, while your troopers can use assault landers to smash through the Yorktown station's transparent aluminum globe, and navigate inside - if the shields are brought down - provided the sector penetrated in this way still has power, atmospheric containment fields will prevent extensive atmospheric loss, and even in the worst case scenario, atmosphere loss would take hours, and allow time for spare aluminum panels to be positioned .​ ​ 2. Starfleet Vice Admiral's Briefing 2.1 Starfleet Mission Background The Federation Diplomatic Service is using Yorktown Starbase as the venue for receiving diplomats from the extra-galactic New Republic. Because of this, the station is on a heightened alert status corresponding to a 'soft' Yellow Alert; station overshields are down, however, weapons systems are active and sidearms are distributed among all personnel where appropriate. 2.2 Starfleet Mission Objectives Retain control of Starbase Yorktown, prevent civilian casualties. 2.3 Starfleet Resources 2.3.1 Starbase Yorktown Weapons & Defense Array The starbase is equipped with two dozen torpedo batteries distributed across its surface, capable of firing all standard starfleet weapons packages including transphasic torpedos, 2.3.1.1 Transphasic Torpedos These are essentially a photon torpedo, equipped with a phase-field generator that bypasses any non-multiphasic shield they encounter, as well as any physical armour. The phase-shifter is a single-use device that operates for milli to centi-seconds. This allows it to be fired and detonate internally inside a threat force vessel, including First Order vessels. Because of the difficulty of disengaging a phasing field within the microsecond window required to engage at superluminal velocities, transphase torpedos do not shift if used for warp strafing - in such action they function as ordinary photon torpedos.​ 2.3.2 Starbase Yorktown Fleet ​ 6 Shi'khar -class Frigates: These frigates are a conceptual update of the venerable Miranda-class built to modern standards, they have high capacity phasers, transphase and quantum torpedos, and are equipped with warp and slipstream drive. 4 Ushaan- class Escorts: These escorts are larger than federation frigates, comparable in their weapons load out to the Shi'khar class, though they have more torpedo tubes and are capable of faster sublight speed, including an extremely high burst speed. 2.3.3 Starbase Crew & Personnel details The Starbase crew is tens of thousands strong, and includes a division of tactical personnel numbering thirty thousand who serve as the primary police force, support customs and other fleet support duties on and around the station, as well as approximately fifty thousand other starfleet personnel ranging from starfleet medical, to intelligence and of course, station operations. 2.3.3.1 Starfleet Ground Technology At the current time, Starfleet Officers are equipped (in times of combat) with personal shield generators. Additional technology includes deployable photonic mortars and area shield generators capable of enclosing a radius of some three meters approximately in additional protection. These devices are often transported from a support base directly to where they are needed at the request of officers on the ground but can be set up by hand, and are carried in shuttles. Crew served defense emplacements are also in evidence.​ 3.1 Combat Location Starbase Yorktown has been the main starfleet outpost in the Deneb sector. Home to five million souls, the station usually holds many tens of thousands of starfleet personnel, including a satellite-academy institution, as well as shipyards, major starbase medical facilities, and other assets. Yorktown Station is fifty six kilometers across.​ Click to expand... Click to shrink...

• Feb 14, 2017

I'm replying to this thread, because I'm doing something not unlike this in my own story. Basically, when Old Palpy doesn't get his way, even going so far as to attack a Federation Delegation and kill Starfleet officers using the Force, and when the delegation responds to his threats by defending themselves and escaping (and their escorting vessels cause damage to a starbase and Imperial vessels in the process), he attacks a Starbase on the other side of a rift (created thanks to Imperial engineering and gravitational anomalies from The Maw) to try to make use of it as a foothold when the Federation wouldn't allow it voluntarily. I might give Portsmouth similar internal defenses in the story similar to what you described (30,000 Starfleet Security personnel, design defensive police craft, though honestly I think fighters like the Valkyrie and Peregrine would cover those bases). I'd add squadrons of Federation fighters as well, which would mix it up with the TIE/sfs, though by now, I have no doubt the Yorktown has been refitted with phaser arrays, which are so accurate, that they'd be, as TrivetLurker said "ripped apart" as soon as they got in range, especially since they have no shields. I think the first thing that the Federation would try to do is evacuate Yorktown. Get civilians to safety, and if they can do that successfully, but can't hold the base, they'd self-destruct the starbase, rather than letting it and it's technology fall into hostile hands (God help the Milky Way if the First Order got their hands on transphasic torpedo technology). Even if they did take the base, the Federation would try to take it back, though they might handle it with more tact if the First Order had hostages, and couldn't beam them out. Starfleet might also try to sabotage the main systems (shields, weapons, etc), and lock the First Order out of the main computer. The Resurgent class and any escorting vessels ( Vindicator , Lancer , Nebulon , or whatever replacements that needs to be designed) might be able to shoot down most Transphasic Torpedoes with their defensive laser cannons (like in X-wing Alliance), but only every one in ten needs to get through to do their job, and that is to turn the invading ships into, as AsianPotato said "Ship Rubble". About the only thing I'm worried about is those turbolasers and ion cannons, but surely after facing off against enemies like the Borg and Dominion, most Federation starships and bases are now capable of operating in the gigawatt range. I'm more worried about Yorktown and her weapons satellites. Federation starships are very maneuverable, and would probably be able to avoid the turbolasers, while shooting down missiles with their phaser arrays. And I'd imagine there would be not only Shi'Khar and Ushaans , there'd be frigates such as Norway and Oslo classes, Scouts such as Sabers and Iowas / Rapiers , and even a Valiant or Defiant or two. Maybe even a Sequoia -class Cruiser or two on patrol. And the Federation would send reinforcements, and thanks to Slipstream, it wouldn't take long for the capitol ships to respond, so those First Order warships would be facing down Vestas and maybe an Odyssey or two. And that's only canon. Not only would the First Order surely be repelled, but the Federation would NOT tolerate this. They'd send at least a very strongly worded message to the Order, something like "Don't fuck with us again, or we'll see how YOU like it when we take YOUR starbases"! The series of events that would happen after this battle would be interesting to say the least, but I see the Federation as coming to absolutely hate the First Order as they now hate the Federation, and the possibility of this devolving into a full military conflict is a VERY possible consequence of this event. I have little doubt that if the First Order used a super weapon like the Starkiller on a Federation world, they might counterattack with a General Order 24 attack on a major First Order military world, perhaps even a Genesis Device attack if necessary, deciding that if the First Order has such little regard for life, that they need to be brought completely to the Federation's mercy before it is possible for the diplomats to safely begin talks. Honestly, I think this whole scenario could make for a very interesting fan fiction, and the politics could be very fascinating, since we'd have two powers that hates each other's guts, and the Federation wouldn't be deadlocked like the Republic. They'd do something, even if it meant going to war. I know that this thread is 3 months old, and if necessary, I am willing to delete this post, but I'm hoping I'd adding something new and interesting to this topic.  

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Siege of Yorktown

Virginia  |  sep 28 - oct 19, 1781.

The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution . The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation—the United States of America.

How it ended

American victory. Outnumbered and outfought during a three-week siege in which they sustained great losses, British troops surrendered to the Continental Army and their French allies. This last major land battle of the American Revolution led to negotiations for peace with the British and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

After six years of war, both the British and Continental armies were exhausted. The British, in hostile territory, held only a few coastal areas in America. On the other side of the Atlantic, Britain was also waging a global war with France and Spain. The American conflict was unpopular and divisive, and there was no end in sight. For the colonies, the long struggle for independence was leading to enormous debt, food shortages, and a lack of morale among the soldiers. Both sides were desperately seeking a definitive victory.

General George Washington and his Continental Army had a decision to make in the spring of 1781. They could strike a decisive blow to the British in New York City or aim for the south, in Yorktown, Virginia, where Gen. Charles Lord Cornwallis ’s troops were garrisoned.  Washington and his French ally, Lt. Gen. Comte de Rochambeau , bet on the south, where they were assured critical naval support from a French fleet commanded by Adm. Comte de Grasse . The Allied armies marched hundreds of miles from their headquarters north of New York City to Yorktown, making theirs the largest troop movement of the American Revolution. They surprised the British in a siege that turned the tide toward an American victory in the War for Independence.

In the fall of 1781, the British occupy Yorktown, where Cornwallis intends to refit and resupply his 9,000-man army. While he awaits supplies and much-needed reinforcements from the Royal Navy , the Continental Army seizes an opportunity. On receiving word that the French fleet will be available for a siege south of New Jersey, Washington and Rochambeau move their force of almost 8,000 men south to Virginia, planning to join and lead about 12,000 other militia, French troops, and Continental troops in a siege of Yorktown.

On September 5, while the Allied army is still on route, the French fleet guards the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. The Royal Navy, attempting to sail up the Bay to Cornwallis, is met by French warships at the mouth of the Chesapeake. In this encounter, called the Battle of the Capes, the British fleet is soundly defeated and forced to abandon Cornwallis’s army at Yorktown.

September 28. After a grueling march, the American and French forces arrive near Yorktown and immediately begin the hard work of laying siege to Cornwallis and his men. Cornwallis has thrown up a series of redoubts on the outskirts of Yorktown while the majority of his men hunker down in the town.

With the help of French engineers, American and French troops begin to dig a series of parallel trenches, which bring troops and artillery close enough to inflict damage on the British. Feverishly working night and day, soldiers of the combined forces employ spades and axes to create a perimeter line of trenches that will trap the British. As the work on the parallels continues, the British attempt to disrupt Allied operations by using what little artillery they have left. Their attempts prove futile.

October 9 . The Allied lines are now within musket range of the British and American and French artillery are in place. In the afternoon, the Allied barrage begins, with the French opening the salvo. On the American side, George Washington touches off the first cannon to commence their assault. His artillery consists of three 24-pounders, three 18-pounders, two 8-inch (203 mm) howitzers, and 6 mortars, totaling 14 guns.  For nearly a week the artillery barrage is ceaseless, shattering whatever nerve the British have remaining and punching holes in British defenses.

October 11. Washington orders troops to dig a second parallel 400 yards closer to the British lines. British redoubts #9 and #10 prevent the second parallel from extending to the river and the British are still able to reinforce the garrisons inside the redoubts. They have to be taken by force. The new line is in place by the morning of October 12.

October 14. On a moonless night, after firing incessant artillery to weaken British defenses, American and French forces prepare a surprise assault on redoubts #9 and #10. To maintain stealth, soldiers do not to load or prime their weapons. The password for the operation is “Rochambeau,” which the Americans translate as “Rush on boys!” The assault commences with a diversionary attack on a redoubt further to the north of Yorktown at 6:30 p.m., giving the appearance that the town itself was to be stormed. Then, Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton ’s force, consisting of a detachment of 400 of his light infantry, assaults redoubt #10 with bayonets fixed and muskets unloaded. To prevent the British defenders from escaping the coming onslaught, Lt. Col. John Laurens ’s troops cover the rear of the redoubt.

As American troops hack at the abatis with axes, the British are alerted. A British sentry fires at the Americans and the Americans proceeded to assault the fortification, climbing over the parapet and descending into the redoubt. Serious fighting ensues in close quarters, but the British are overwhelmed. It is a stunning victory with the Americans sustaining only 34 casualties.

The French simultaneously assault redoubt #9 and, after an equally fierce firefight, wrest control from the British. Cornwallis’s position is untenable as the Franco-American alliance has artillery on three of his sides, with additional new pieces positioned in redoubts #9 and #10 after their fall. In a last-ditch effort, Cornwallis orders a futile counterattack on October 15, which fails miserably.

October 17. That morning, a lone British drummer boy, beating “parley” and British officer waving a white handkerchief tied to the end of a sword are seen on a parapet at the forward position of the British lines. Blindfolded and brought inside American lines, the British officer secures terms of surrender for the British Army.

October 19 .  In a field outside of Yorktown, the capitulation takes place as British troops and their Hessian allies, with flags furled and cased, march sullenly between contingents of American and French forces. The British seek honorable terms of surrender, but Washington refuses as American forces were denied the that honor in Charleston, South Carolina, earlier in the war.

The Battle of Yorktown marks the collapse of the British war efforts. Later, it is said that the British band played the tune “The World’s Turned Upside Down” during the surrender at Yorktown—an apocryphal story that has become part of American folklore. But the world truly changes that day as the military operations of the War for Independence cease.

When news of Cornwallis’s surrender reaches London on November 25, the Prime Minister, Lord North , declares, “Oh God. It is all over. It is all over.” On March 5, 1782, Parliament passes a bill authorizing the government to make peace with America. Lord North resigns 15 days later. Although it takes the Americans two more years of skillful diplomacy to formally secure their independence through the Treaty of Paris, the war is won with the British defeat at Yorktown. 

During the American Revolution, the colonies were facing a superpower. At that time, Britain possessed one of the best armies in the world. Their forces were well-equipped and expertly trained. The Continental Army, on the other hand, drew men of diverse ages and backgrounds into an undisciplined force. With few resources at hand, the Americans knew they would need to engage an ally if they were to sustain a fight for independence. France was a longtime foe of Britain and still thirsting for revenge after their defeat by the Crown in the Seven Years War. In 1777, a delegation headed by Benjamin Franklin arrived at the court of Louis XVI to negotiate an alliance between the United States and France. The mission was a success, with the King agreeing to send muskets, mortars, gunpowder, and cash to America.

In 1779, despite Louis’ support, the Continental Army, was still struggling. The war with Britain had reached a stalemate. This time, France obliged requests for assistance by sending over some of its elite troops to help Washington’s patriots. The French commander was a respected officer named Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau. The 450 officers and 5,300 men of Rochambeau’s Expeditionary Forces landed off the coast of Rhode Island in July 1780. They marched for days to meet up with Gen. Washington’s troops in New York, where they were to attack the British stronghold in New York City. But plans changed. With the mission refocused on taking Cornwallis’s army in Yorktown, the French continued their trek for 300 miles and five weeks and helped win a critical victory for the Americans.

We don’t know. The legend about the British singing a popular tune called “The World Turned Upside Down” originated 30 years after the war in Alexander Garden’s  Anecdotes of the American Revolution  2 nd  series (Charleston, 1828), p. 18. “The British Army marched out with colours cased, and drums beating a British or a German march. The march they chose was ‘The World Turned Upside Down.’” The anecdote was told second hand by a Maj. William Jackson of Philadelphia, who claimed to have received the information from Lt. Col. John Laurens. But historians have said it cannot be true.  At that time, musicians played in the regiment in which they enlisted, not in a large massed band. In addition, there was no widely known tune at that time called “The World Turned Upside Down.” Finally, Article III of the “Articles of Capitulation” signed at Yorktown clearly states that “The [British] garrison…will march out…with shouldered arms, colours cased, and drums beating a British or German march. Ebenezer Denny, an American soldier who witnessed the event, noted in his journal the low British morale, as their “drums beat as if they did not care how.” Denny does not note any singing.

Still, “ The World Turned Upside Down ” creates the perfect ending to an event that changed the nation and the world. It is so dramatic, in fact, that playwright and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote his own version of the fictional tune to cap the Battle of Yorktown scene in his Broadway hit Hamilton .

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Battle of Yorktown

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Updated: June 21, 2023 | Original: November 9, 2009

When British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army surrendered to General George Washington ’s American force and its French allies at the Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781, it was more than just a military win. The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence. It also cemented Washington’s reputation as a great leader and eventual election as first president of the United States.

“Washington’s fame grew to international proportions having wrested such an impossible victory,” according to the Washington Library , “interrupting his much desired Mount Vernon retirement with greater calls to public service.”

Timeline Leading Up to the Battle

In the summer of 1780, 5,500 French troops, with Comte de Rochambeau at the helm, landed in Newport, Rhode Island to aid the Americans. At the time, British forces were fighting on two fronts , with General Henry Clinton occupying New York City , and Cornwallis, who had already captured Charleston and Savannah, in South Carolina. 

“It was obvious that the Americans needed a big victory if they were to convince the peace conference in Europe that they had a right to demand independence for all thirteen colonies,” writes Thomas Fleming in his book,  Yorktown .

With the Continental Army positioned in New York, Washington and Rochambeau teamed to plan a timed attack on Clinton with the arrival of more French forces. When they found the French fleet was instead sailing to the Chesapeake Bay, Washington concocted a new plan.

“He would fool Clinton into thinking the Continentals were planning to attack New York while instead sneaking away to the south to attack Cornwallis,” according to the Army Heritage Center Foundation. “Washington ordered the construction of large camps with huge brick bread ovens where Clinton could see them to create the illusion that the Continental Army was preparing for a long stay. Washington also prepared false papers discussing attack plans on Clinton, and let these papers fall into British hands.”

Washington arrives in Yorktown

By mid-September 1781, Washington and Rochambeau arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia, 13 miles from the tobacco port of Yorktown, where Cornwallis’s men had built a defense of 10 small forts (a.k.a. redoubts) with artillery batteries and connecting trenches. In response, Cornwallis asked Clinton for aid, and the general promised him a fleet of 5,000 British soldiers would set sail from New York to Yorktown.

With a small force left in New York, about 2,500 Americans and 4,000 French soldiers—facing some 8,000 British troops—began digging their own trenches 800 yards from the Brits and started a nearly week-long artillery assault on the enemy on October 9.

“The heavy cannons pounded the British mercilessly, and by October 11 had knocked out most of the British guns,” the Army Heritage Center Foundation states. “Cornwallis received the unfortunate (for him) news that Clinton's departure from New York had been delayed.”

A new parallel trench, 400 yards closer to the British lines, was ordered by Washington on October 11, but completing it would entail taking out the British redoubts No. 9 and No. 10.

The Role of Alexander Hamilton

The attack on redoubt No. 9 would be undertaken by French troops, while the No. 10 siege would be led by Colonel Alexander Hamilton. The Founding Father wasn’t the top pick of Major General Marquis de Lafayette for the job, but Hamilton, who wanted to improve his reputation by proving himself on the battlefield , talked Washington into it.

To speed up the siege of the two redoubts—French troops were to take redoubt No. 9, while Hamilton’s men were assigned No. 10—Washington ordered the use of bayonets, rather than “pounding them slowly into submission with cannon,” writes Ron Chernow in Alexander Hamilton .

“After nightfall on October 14, the allies fired several consecutive shells in the air that brilliantly illuminated the sky,” Chernow writes. At that point, Hamilton and his men rallied from their trenches and sprinted across a quarter-mile of field with fixed bayonets. “For the sake of silence, surprise, and soldierly pride, they had unloaded their guns to take the position with bayonets alone. Dodging heavy fire, they let out war whoops that startled their enemies. ... The whole operation had consumed fewer than ten minutes.”

General Cornwallis Surrenders

Of his 400 infantrymen, Hamilton lost just nine in the attack, with some 30 wounded, while the 400 French-led troops lost 27 men, with 109 wounded, according to Fleming. Surrounded by enemy fire, and blocked from receiving aid by the French fleet that had arrived in Chesapeake Bay, Cornwallis was trapped.

The successful siege allowed the allies to complete the second parallel trench and “snuffed out the last remains of resistance among the British.” In a final effort on October 16, Cornwallis attempted a nighttime sea evacuation, but he was stopped by a storm.

On the morning of October 19, the British sent forward a red-coated drummer boy, followed by an officer waving a white handkerchief to the parapet. All guns fell silent—Cornwallis had surrendered.

The End of the Revolutionary War

Following the Battle at Yorktown and Cornwallis’s surrender—and the British down one-third of its force—the British Parliament, in March 1782, passed a resolution calling for the nation to end the war. "Oh God, it is all over!" Prime Minister Frederick North exclaimed upon hearing of the Yorktown surrender, writes Alan Taylor in American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 .

The British still had 30,000 men in North America, occupying the seaports of New York, Charles Town and Savannah,” according to Taylor. But the demoralizing loss at Yorktown diminished the British will to continue to fight the rebels. On September 3, 1783, the Revolutionary War came to an official end with the signing of the Treaty of Paris .

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This article is about the Prime Timeline starship. For its Kelvin Timeline counterpart, see U.S.S. Yorktown (Kelvin Timeline) .

The U.S.S. Yorktown (NCC-1717) was a Constitution -class cruiser active in 2270.

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History [ | ]

In 2268, the Yorktown was scheduled to deliver vaccines bound for the colony on Theta VII after a rendezvous with the U.S.S. Enterprise .

In 2286, the Yorktown was under the command of Captain Joel Randolph. While deployed near the Sol system , the Yorktown was one of the many vessels disabled by the Whale Probe near Earth . In Randolph's distress call to Starfleet Command , he noted that the ship had lost all power and that all non-essential crew were given hiber-sedatives to slow down consumption of life support reserves. Meanwhile, the Chief Engineer attempted to deploy a makeshift solar sail so as to focus and absorb radiation from a nearby sun they were orbiting, with the hopes of generating power to keep the crew alive.

In 2293, Tuvok 's father was a Starfleet officer serving aboard the Yorktown .

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• “The Battle of Caleb IV” : Admiral Garrett aboard the Yorktown leads a Federation task force, along with the player, to defend the Caleb System from Klingon attackers in 2270.

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The USS Yorktown was a 23rd century Federation starship operated by Starfleet .

In 2268 , the Yorktown was scheduled to rendezvous with and transfer vaccines for the Theta VII colony to the USS Enterprise . ( TOS : " Obsession ")

In 2286 , the Yorktown was under the command of Captain Joel Randolph . While deployed near the Sol system , the Yorktown was one of the many vessels disabled by the Whale Probe near Earth .

In Randolph's distress call to Starfleet Command , he noted that the ship had lost all power and that all non-essential crew were given hiber-sedatives to slow down consumption of life support reserves. Meanwhile, the chief engineer attempted to deploy a makeshift solar sail so as to focus and absorb radiation from a nearby sun they were orbiting , with the hopes of generating power to keep the crew alive. ( Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home )

In 2293 , Tuvok's father was serving in an unknown capacity aboard the Yorktown . ( VOY : " Flashback ")

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The "United Space Ship Yorktown " (identified as SS Yorktown ) was the name of the central starship in Gene Roddenberry 's first Star Trek proposal to NBC in 1964. [1] The ship was named for the USS Yorktown (CV-5), a World War II American aircraft carrier , which in turn was named after the last major battle of the American Revolution, won in 1781 by a combined Franco-American army commanded by Gen. George Washington. ( Star Trek Encyclopedia  (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 509)) Coincidentally, the historical World War II Yorktown was a class sister of the historical USS Enterprise (CV-6) , after which Roddenberry ultimately named his starship. ( The Making of Star Trek , p. 164)

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia  (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 509), " Roddenberry reportedly suggested the second USS Enterprise -A , launched at the end of Star Trek IV , had previously been named USS Yorktown since it seemed unlikely that Starfleet could have built a new Enterprise so quickly. If this was the case, the Yorktown may have made it safely back to Earth and been repaired and renamed, or perhaps there was a newer, replacement Yorktown already under construction at the time of the probe crisis. " The latter scenario could be supported by dialogue from Star Trek V where the Enterprise is described as a "new ship" by Scotty , whereas the former scenario serves as a convenient rationale for the difficulties Scotty had of getting the apparently recently refitted ship (therefore also fitting his "new ship" remark, akin to a similar remark Will Decker had already made on the refit- Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ) back in operational order after the debilitating effects the Whale Probe had inflicted on it.

The season four internal studio document, Star Trek: The Next Generation Writers' Technical Manual (2nd ed. p. 6), co-written by Star Trek Encyclopedia Co-Author Michael Okuda , emphatically stated the renaming scenario as being the case, reiterated in its one year later released Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual spinoff publication and reaffirmed in the even later officially licensed Star Trek Fact Files and the 2010 reference book USS Enterprise Owners' Workshop Manual . This was further validated when, in later Star Trek Encyclopedia s, Okuda described the 2293 Yorktown – the one Tuvok's father served on – as the second ship to bear the name. The Starfleet practice of renaming a vessel for a very deserving other vessel was later canonically established in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes " The Changing Face of Evil " and " The Dogs of War ", when the USS Sao Paulo was rechristened as the USS Defiant , when the original Defiant was destroyed in the Dominion War . The Star Trek Encyclopedia and all other subsequent official reference works confirm the Yorktown being a Constitution -class heavy cruiser . The producers of Star Trek: The Original Series had the name included on their final fourteen ship list at the start of its second season , belonging to the Constitution -class, then still referred to as " Starship-class " by them. ( The Making of Star Trek , pp. 164-165)

Incidentally, renaming vessels that were either under construction or recently constructed for by then lost in action counterparts had a real world basis, as it became established practice in the United States Navy to do so for its aircraft carriers in World War II, these having become the most valuable assets in the war against Japan. Aside from honoring these lost ships, it also served to confuse Japanese intelligence at the time. However, it is otherwise very rare to rename a serving ship; it is considered "unlucky."

NCC-1717 was the registry number given to the Yorktown by Gregory Jein in his influential " The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship " article, published in the April 1973 issue 27 of the T-Negative fanzine . [2] Okuda took his cue from Jein's article and further propagated the registry in his reference work writings, most notably the Star Trek Encyclopedia s.

Eaglemoss' S.S Yorktown (NCC-1717), " Constitution -class"

Its non-canon status notwithstanding, fanon , the official Star Trek franchise , and the above mentioned production staffers have all alike firmly embraced the 23rd century ship as being the "[U]SS Yorktown (NCC-1717), Constitution -class", as was amply demonstrated when the British, officially licensed, partwork publication Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection from Eaglemoss Collections , released a convention-exclusive model of the ship as such in 2016. Incidentally, in the wake of the franchise's 2002 re-evalution of the older reference books written from an in-universe perspective, only The Next Generation Technical Manual , Star Trek Chronology and the Encyclopedia were retained as "official" – as in compliance with established (onscreen) canon. ( Star Trek: The Magazine  Volume 2, Issue 11 , p. 71) All subsequent licensed in-universe reference works, such as the above-mentioned ones, needed henceforth to be in concordance with the information contained within these three works, which played a major part in the growing acceptance – even by the franchise itself, as stated – that it was indeed the USS Yorktown NCC-1717 that became the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A, even though a formal onscreen canon confirmation has as of 2019 yet to materialize.

Apocrypha [ ]

NCC-1704 was the registry number assigned to the Yorktown by Franz Joseph in the unofficial reference work Star Fleet Technical Manual . Joseph's Manual , once considered "official" in the above mentioned sense, did not make the cut in 2002.

The comic book book series Star Trek: Romulans - Schism featured the Constitution -class Yorktown , endowed with Jein's registry number NCC-1717.

The FASA sourcebook Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual listed a USS Yorktown ( β ) (NCC-2033) of this era which belonged to the Excelsior -class . Like Joseph's works, the FASA print materials were once considered "official" and occasionally used as production use sources, which would mean that FASA's Yorktown could have been considered the replacement for the Enterprise rechristened Yorktown – and thus a candidate as the ship Tuvok's father served on. However, and again like Joseph's work, the FASA print materials did not make the cut in 2002 either.

In Star Trek Online , the Yorktown serves as Admiral Isaac Garrett's flagship during the Battle of Caleb IV and is one of the only Starfleet ships to survive the battle after being ambushed by Kor 's battle group. The vessel's alternate reality counterpart, also Constitution -class , makes a brief appearance in the mission "Terminal Expanse", attempting to disable a Delphic Expanse sphere in the Beta Quadrant .

External links [ ]

• USS Yorktown (NCC-1717) at StarTrek.com
• USS Yorktown ( Constitution -class) at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• USS Yorktown at the Star Trek Online Wiki
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