Caernarvon Station

Caernarvon Station is a 2660s-era starbase operated by the Terran Confederation. It is located in the Gwynedd System in the Enigma Sector.

Caernarvon Station is located on the frontier of the Terran Confederation and is administered by In-System Security. Its main purpose is to provide security on the Terran frontier, but Gwynedd saw very action during the Terran-Kilrathi War, and was considered a non-essential installation.

In 2656, Colonel Christopher Blair was wrongly charged with negligence when the TCS Tiger's Claw was destroyed at K'tithrak Mang by Kilrathi stealth fighters. As one of the only survivors of the attack and without visual proof of the starfighters he claimed to have seen, Blair was demoted to Captain and transferred to In-System Security, where Confed would no longer have to deal with him. He was sent to Caernarvon Station, where he was forced to serve on the sidelines for nearly ten years.

During his service on the station, Blair befriended Captain Elizabeth Norwood, who answered to the callsign "Shadow". Together, they regularly escorted garbage shuttles to disposal zones or flew on patrols, most of which yielded no enemy targets due to the strategic worthlessness of the area. However, in 2665, the two pilots encountered Kilrathi patrols in the area, which led to suspicions of a larger Kilrathi operation in the system.

Caernarvon later received a communication from the TCS Concordia, which reported that they were ambushed by enemy starfighters. Caernarvon scrambled Blair, Shadow, and all of its pilots to save the Concordia, which they succeeded in doing. Blair and Shadow temporarily stayed on the Concordia until they could receive a proper transfer back to Caernarvon.

Just as Blair and Shadow were en route to Caernarvon, the Concordia was attacked again, forcing them to intervene. Tragically, Shadow was killed in action, and Blair was forced to remain on the Concordia due to the fact that he landed on the vessel just before they left the system.

Blair eventually secured a legitimate transfer to Concordia and his service at Caernarvon ended. It likely remained active throughout the remainder of the War.