Sector 432 repair yards
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The Sector 432 repair yards were a massive starship maintenance facility constructed by Starfleet in a system in Sector 432 to support the deployment of the Starfleet Fifth Fleet to the sector. (Star Trek: Swiftfire)
The yards were built in 2372 following the start of the Klingon-Cardassian War. They were built to support the Fifth Fleet in its deployment and was able to dock with thirty-six starships at any one time.
In early 2374, the repair yards were critically damaged when two Jem'Hadar attack ships rammed it and a docked Excelsior-class starship exploded. Over the next day engineers from the Fifth Fleet struggled to repair the facility to bring as many of the docks online to help deal with the damage the ships of the fleet were taking from the ongoing Battle of Sector 432. One of the ships stationed to help with the repair and close defence of the yards was the USS Swiftfire, which also lent its chief engineer, Lieutenant Commander Pavlo Celcho to assist in the repairs. When word came through to Fifth Fleet that a Dominion division was heading for the sector the decision was made to retreat and the personnel on the yards were evacuated. The yards were then booby trapped as a surprise for the conquering forces.
During the evacuation Celcho was nearly left behind after he became isolated in a damaged section of the yards following a failure of his EV suit. He was rescued by Starfleet Marines from the Swiftfire and one of the last people to leave the yards. ("The Front")
Somehow the Dominion was able to disable the booby trap and rebuilt and expand the repair yards to support its forces. Three months after the Fifth Fleet's retreat from the system they returned with the Klingon Ninth Battlegroup to destroy the yards. The yards deflector shields proved to be too strong to be quickly brought down and the attackers instead opted to land a small detachment of Marines from the Swiftfire to bring down the shields. The Marines succeeded by blowing up several generators and ramming a docked Jem'Hadar strike cruiser into the facility. With the shields down the Swiftfire was able to quickly destroy the repair yards with a spread of tricobalt devices. ("Pressure Points")
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