Border Relays

Border Relays are the 25th Century response to border defense and definition.

Each relay is a relatively small transponder equipped with a powerful sensor array, subspace communications relays, a phase-shift cloaking array, and a subspace beacon. The sensor arrays act as a secondary relay for subspace communication, allowing secure long range communications to be transmitted through them.

Their small size makes them very easy to deploy and transport. A maintenance ship simply deploys the deactivation signal, then tractors the shuttle-sized relay into the new position, then restarts it. Once active the relays are completely undetectable.

They transmit a constant subspace message informing all that *UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS TERRITORIAL BORDER IS XXX-XXX-XXX PLEASE BE ADVISED TRANSIT RESTRICTED TO UNARMED VESSELS OR FLAGGED DIPLOMATIC VESSELS THAT ARE EXPECTED* They also scan for incoming ships, report intel back to Anchorage, and keep real-time maps of the Juno Region.