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A '''subspace relay''', or '''relay station''', is a technical platform designed to receive [[subspace communication]]s signals and retransmit them to other stations in a larger communications network.
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A '''subspace relay''', or '''relay station''', was a technical platform designed to receive [[subspace communication]]s signals and retransmit them to other stations in a larger communications network.
   
Signals sent in the [[subspace|subspace realm]] travel [[faster-than-light]] (FTL). Over vast distances, such signals will eventually emerge into normal space, dropping to very slow light speed, which would make interstellar communications very nearly impossible. Subspace relays solve this problem by receiving FTL subspace communications before they emerge into normal space and retransmitting them in subspace at higher energies, allowing the signal to travel further in subspace, and to arrive at its final destination much faster, than it could without the relay.
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Signals sent in the [[subspace|subspace realm]] travelled [[faster-than-light]] (FTL). Over vast distances, such signals eventually emerged into normal space, dropping to very slow light speed, which made interstellar communications very nearly impossible. Subspace relays solved this problem by receiving FTL subspace communications before they emerged into normal space and retransmitted them in subspace at higher energies, allowing the signal to travel further in subspace, and to arrive at its final destination much faster, than it could without the relay.
   
 
The [[Hirogen]] relied on a vast [[communication array]] [[Hirogen communications network|network]] of unknown origins with several relay stations. ({{VOY|Message in a Bottle}})
 
The [[Hirogen]] relied on a vast [[communication array]] [[Hirogen communications network|network]] of unknown origins with several relay stations. ({{VOY|Message in a Bottle}})
   
[[Federation]] [[starship]]s, themselves equipped with [[subspace transmitter]]s rely on a network of subspace relays to boost inter-starship communication over the vast distances of interstellar space. ({{TNG|Legacy}})
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[[Federation]] [[starship]]s, themselves equipped with [[subspace transmitter]]s relied on a network of subspace relays to boost inter-starship communication over the vast distances of interstellar space. ({{TNG|Legacy}})
   
 
In [[2369]], the [[Bajoran]] [[engineer]] [[Neela]] activated a short range subspace relay she previously placed in the [[security office]] aboard Deep Space 9. Combined with her creation, the program [[ANA]], this should help her escape after she [[assassination|assassinated]] [[Vedek]] [[Bareil Antos]] by deactivating the [[promenade]]'s [[weapon detector]]s. ({{DS9|In the Hands of the Prophets}})
 
In [[2369]], the [[Bajoran]] [[engineer]] [[Neela]] activated a short range subspace relay she previously placed in the [[security office]] aboard Deep Space 9. Combined with her creation, the program [[ANA]], this should help her escape after she [[assassination|assassinated]] [[Vedek]] [[Bareil Antos]] by deactivating the [[promenade]]'s [[weapon detector]]s. ({{DS9|In the Hands of the Prophets}})
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Revision as of 07:55, 27 April 2013

A subspace relay, or relay station, was a technical platform designed to receive subspace communications signals and retransmit them to other stations in a larger communications network.

Signals sent in the subspace realm travelled faster-than-light (FTL). Over vast distances, such signals eventually emerged into normal space, dropping to very slow light speed, which made interstellar communications very nearly impossible. Subspace relays solved this problem by receiving FTL subspace communications before they emerged into normal space and retransmitted them in subspace at higher energies, allowing the signal to travel further in subspace, and to arrive at its final destination much faster, than it could without the relay.

The Hirogen relied on a vast communication array network of unknown origins with several relay stations. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle")

Federation starships, themselves equipped with subspace transmitters relied on a network of subspace relays to boost inter-starship communication over the vast distances of interstellar space. (TNG: "Legacy")

In 2369, the Bajoran engineer Neela activated a short range subspace relay she previously placed in the security office aboard Deep Space 9. Combined with her creation, the program ANA, this should help her escape after she assassinated Vedek Bareil Antos by deactivating the promenade's weapon detectors. (DS9: "In the Hands of the Prophets")

The Cardassian world Loval had a small subspace relay station. (DS9: "Return to Grace")

In the 2370s, the Dominion had an unmanned subspace relay on Callinon VII which the Karemma were told by the Vorta to send messages to. The USS Defiant transported Jadzia Dax and Miles O'Brien to the subspace relay in 2371 to see where the messages were relayed to. They were detected and a shield was activated around the relay. (DS9: "The Search, Part I")