Archernar IV contact station

The Archernar IV contact station was a Federation outpost, a space station orbiting Archernar IV in the Alpha Quadrant in the 2260s.

Specifics
As a platform from which to observe and contact the Archernarian insectoid species, the station also managed a discrete observation facility and shuttle bay on the worldship planet Archernar IV. Elizabeth Cassady commanded a staff of 12. 

Notable staff

 * Elizabeth Cassady, CO
 * Antook
 * Bill Hadley
 * Montrose
 * Reid

Shuttlecraft

 * Tranquility

History
The observation post was constructed, prior to the orbital station's installation, in 2264. For six months, Captain Cassady commanded a survey team to discreetly study the world and its inhabitants. 

Between 2264 and 2270, the station was placed in orbit and the worldship's shuttle bay was built.

In 2270, the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) arrived at Archernar IV for a ceremony to make Archernar IV a Federation Protectorate. Unfortunately, the high administrator's son Kel-M started a rebellion during the ceremony. He fired the worldship's Omega-weapon at the station. The station was obliterated, killing 11 people including Antook, Montrose and Reid.

The station's explosion produced a quantum singularity. James T. Kirk nominated Montgomery Scott for a Pentares Ribbon of Commendation when Scott repelled the singularity away from the system so it did not destroy Archernar IV.