Union Dockyard

Union Dockyard orbiting Earth

The Union Dockyard was a Planetary Union space station in orbit around the planet Earth in the early 25th century. The location of the dockyard was not a coincidence, as Earth served as headquarters to the Union.

Description

The Union Dockyard was an enormous structure, one of the largest yet encountered by the USS Orville, capable of housing even many Leviathan-class heavy cruisers. The dockyard used a hub and spoke design with its massive central core, flanked by three main wings. These wings were capable of docking and accommodating Union starships. with a Shuttle Bay and two prong-like extensions at which space vessels dock.

Special unmanned spacecraft orbit the dockyard to repair damaged ships.

History

Union vessels receive repairs following the Battle of Earth.

In September 2419, Ed Mercer, now captain of the Orville, and Gordon Malloy, its new Helmsman, flew by shuttle to the dockyard to board the Orville.

In late 2420 or early 2421, repairs were made to the Union fleet after the devastating Battle of Earth.

In early 2422, the Orville spent time in Union Dockyard undergoing a massive refit in order to be better prepared for the Kaylon threat.

Production

The station was designed by concept designer and matte painter Nick Hiatt.

The dockyard's unnamed, robotic repair ships were designed by the digital effects company FuseFX, which digitally "created" the Battle of Earth in the episode Identity, Pt. 2.

Trivia

• Based on appearances, the Union Dockyard is the second-largest space structure as yet encountered by the Orville, the first being the Bio-ship, which is the size of New York City.
• A print of the Dockyard hangs in Ed's office on the Orville.
• The Moclans seem to maintain their own dockyard in orbit around their planet Moclus.

Appearances

Not included below are appearances of the Dockyard in Ed's print hanging in his office.

• Episode 1x01: Old Wounds
• Episode 2x09: Identity, Pt. 2
• Episode 3x01: Electric Sheep