Federation Communication Station Database - Relay Station 47

	History:
	Remote Starfleet communications station near the Klingon border. Most of the operations of the station were automated, although a two-person crew provided for nonroutine operations and maintenance. A network of such stations throuhhout Federation space permits instellar communication between distant points with much shorter time lags than unboosted subspace radio transmissions would require. Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari, assigned to Relay Station 47 in 2369, was investigated for the murder of her crew mate, Keith Rocha, but was exonerated. TNG "Aquiel" The Relay Station 47 miniature was designed by Rick Sternbach and was a modification of the crysatellite from (TNG "The Neutral Zone"), based on a drawing Rick did in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (Pocket Books, 1991). Star Trek Encyclopedia II