The Copernicus– class station, Starbase 271, is situated in the Eos System – block and provides Border Patrol support to vessels policing the Federation/Romulan Free States border in the Beta Quadrant.
The Ortiz– class corvette, USS Lysander is attached to Starbase 271 and seconded to duty with Starfleet Intelligence, tasked with providing Intelligence – gathering on the races encountered during the Pathfinding operations of the Task Force.
