Vanguard (station)

General Overview
Vanguard was the name given to Starfleet Starbase 47. It was a Watchtower-class station constructed between 2263 and 2265 in the Taurus Reach, a region beyond Federation space, between the Klingon Empire and the Tholian Assembly. (Vanguard novel: Harbinger).

In 2270, the USS Enterprise was meant to be one of several Federation starships assigned to protect Starbase 47, following the rising tensions with the Klingons following the alleged attack by the Enterprise on the Klingon outpost on Tarnak II. (TOS comic: The Chosen, Part 1: "The Hunted").

By 2343 the designation of "Starbase 47" had been transferred to another facility near Cardassian space. (TLE novel: The Art of the Impossible)

Personnel
Unless otherwise noted, personnel listing is as of 2265

Starfleet

 * Commodore Diego Reyes, commanding officer
 * Commander Jon Cooper, executive officer
 * Captain Rana Desai, senior JAG officer
 * Doctor Ezekiel Fisher, chief medical officer
 * Doctor Jabilo M'Benga, medical staff
 * Lieutenant Commander T'Prynn, intelligence officer
 * Lieutenant Commander Raymond Cannella, fleet operations manager (basically, Vanguard's port master)
 * Lieutenant Haniff Jackson, security chief
 * Lieutenant Isaiah Farber, senior engineering officer
 * Lieutenant Judy Dunbar, senior communications officer
 * Lieutenant Ming Xiong, archeology & anthropology officer
 * Lieutenant Shepherd, second-in-command of engineering
 * Lieutenant Charles, security
 * Ensign Tamishiro, engineering
 * Chief Ivan Vumelko, Starfleet customs officer
 * Senior Chief Petty Officer Sozlok, quartermaster night shift
 * Crewwoman Toby Greenfield, Commodore Reyes' alpha-shift yeoman
 * Midshipman Cadet Suzie Finneran, Commodore Reyes' gamma-shift yeoman

Federation Diplomats

 * Ambassador Jetanien, a Rigelian Chelon, senior Federation diplomat
 * Anna Sandesjo, aka Lurqal, Federation diplomatic attache/Klingon spy
 * Sovik, Vulcan envoy
 * Akeylah Karumé, diplomatic envoy assigned to Ambassador Lugok of the Klingon delegation
 * Dietrich Meyer

Klingon Diplomats

 * Ambassador Lugok
 * attaché Kulor
 * bodyguard Turag

Tholian Diplomats

 * Ambassador Sesrene
 * attachés Pozrene and Tashrene

Civilians

 * Tim Pennington, journalist
 * Cervantes Quinn, human trader, prospector, rogue
 * Ganz, Orion merchant-prince
 * Aole Miller, colonial administration liaison
 * Manón, Silgov female, owner of Manón’s, a cabaret lounge in Stars Landing

Astrography
Gariman Sector: neighboring sector along the Klingon border to Deep Space Station K-7.

Nearby Worlds

 * Kessik IV
 * Ravanar IV

Also See

 * USS Bombay
 * USS Endeavour (NCC-1716)
 * USS Sagittarius (NCC-1894)