The Zeta Reticuli Orbital Research Facility was a location within Federation space, in orbit somewhere in the Zeta Reticuli star system.
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In the year 2276, Starfleet dispatched Leonard McCoy to attend the opening of the facility's medical department. He was asked to provide an initial inspection and deliver a dissertation. En route, however, his civilian starliner Vega was attacked by the ChR Ra'kholh and he was kidnapped by Romulans. (TOS - Rihannsu novel: The Romulan Way)