Located near the edge of Federation space in 2263, the base housed millions of people from all Federation worlds. It was built with the idea of not showing favoritism to any single Federation world, by being built in deep space, instead of on a planet. In that year, the USS Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk docked at the base. The base then detected a escape pod in distress with a single passenger aboard named Kalara. She then asked the base's commander, Commodore Paris and the Enterprise's captain, James T. Kirk to help her rescue her crew stranded in the nebula.