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Federation Starbase (Provisioning / Orbital Facility)

Starbase Seventy-Three

A utilitarian orbital starbase that functions as a routine provisioning and transfer waypoint for Starfleet vessels. Riker cites it as the last stop where he picked up prized ingredients—a detail that frames the base as a practical supply hub with busy docking rings, stacked cargo berths, and quick-turn logistics. The air carries a faint tang of recycled atmosphere and packaged food stores; clerks and cargo techs move with efficient purpose. In the episode, the base exists narratively as the provenance of scarce culinary goods, anchoring Riker’s small domestic ritual in the larger institutional network of Starfleet supply and shore-side commerce.
4 events
4 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S2E13 · Time Squared
Riker's Omelet Ritual — Quiet Defiance

Starbase Seventy-Three is referenced in dialog as the stop where Riker acquired the eggs, anchoring a mundane logistics detail and subtly highlighting dependence on external supply lines for small but meaningful comforts.

Atmosphere

Implied busy, utilitarian provisioning hub; mentioned only to ground the provenance of the eggs.

Functional Role

Resupply source for rare ingredients and other necessities.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the chain of mundane support that allows crew rituals to exist even far from home.

Mentioned in Geordi's surprised question ('At Starbase seventy-three?') Functions narratively as the origin point for the contested ingredients
S2E13 · Time Squared
Omelet, Ale, and Interrupted Respite

Starbase Seventy-Three is referenced as the last stop where Riker procured the Owon eggs, grounding the scene's material scarcity and connecting the personal ritual to the logistics of Starfleet supply chains.

Atmosphere

Practical and logistical—an implied, ordinary supply point rather than an exotic or emotional setting.

Functional Role

Narrative provenance for ingredients; explains how the crew obtains non-standard foodstuffs.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the routine infrastructures that sustain life aboard ship.

Referenced as the place Riker visited to obtain eggs Conveys a sense of ordinary, bureaucratic supply networks
S2E13 · Time Squared
Interrupted Omelet — Duty Calls

Starbase Seventy-Three is referenced as the stop where Riker procured the Owon eggs, establishing provenance for the ingredients and offering a small, believable logistical detail that undercuts the ritual with mundane supply constraints.

Atmosphere

Evoked as a routine logistical hub — efficient and functional rather than sentimental.

Functional Role

Narrative explanation for how exotic ingredients reached the ship; grounds the scene in the broader operational world of Starfleet logistics.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the institutional supply chain that enables private comforts aboard the Enterprise.

Access Restrictions

A public provisioning station — accessible to Starfleet vessels and personnel during scheduled stops.

Conjures images of docks, crates, and a brisk, procedural environment. Provides a mundane counterpoint to the intimate quarters scene.
S2E13 · Time Squared
Riker's Stew: A Small Ritual of Repair

Starbase seventy-three is referenced as the off‑ship provisioning point Riker could have used; its invocation frames scarcity and the decision to fabricate rather than procure authentic ingredients, giving context to supply constraints.

Atmosphere

Mentioned only; not physically present. Evokes logistical, utilitarian imagery of supply hubs.

Functional Role

Off‑scene supply origin invoked to explain why Riker did not obtain authentic ingredients.

Symbolic Significance

Represents institutional logistics and the gap between ideal provisions and on‑hand improvisation.

Access Restrictions

N/A for the scene (offstage reference).

Referenced as last stop for special ingredients Used to explain provenance of Owon eggs and scarcity

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

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