In the year 2154, Starfleet's C-in-C Adm. Samuel Gardner, had construction started on Starbase 1 which was located on one of the planets in the Algeron system. It was completed on February 8, 2156. However the starbase was destroyed along with the Columbia and the Excalibur in May of 2156. (ST reference: Federation: The First 150 Years) Algeron was the former location of planet Algeron III. The Treaty of Algeron was signed on a station in this system in 2311. (TLE novel: Serpents Among the Ruins)