Theya Oliek

Description of Site
In 2319.Q4.M3 the Courageous discovered a natural phenomenon in which the unusual crystalline formations of the inner system interact with the Photonic output of the star to create brief, and incredibly large, but very unstable Photonic hard light formations of a similar sort to those produced under controlled conditions in Gaeni “Holodecks”. Occurrences of this phenomenon are, with some study, easy to predict.

Other Notes
While predictable, the photonic light formations do cover vast stretches of the solar system. Hence the research station is more of a large, mobile ship (albeit not equipped with a warp drive) that moves periodically around the system on impulse power to better position itself to avoid/study the hard light. The station is equipped with a small prototype holodeck system to better test insights gained from observation. The system also hosts a Starfleet Outpost, but the outpost is located in the farthest outreaches of the system beyond reach of the hard light projections.