USS Voyager (Star Trek)

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USS Voyager <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2"> The starship USS Voyager </small></td> </tr>
First appearance	"Caretaker" <tr> <th>Last appearance</th> <td> "Endgame"</td> </tr><tr> <th>Launched</th> <td>2371</td> </tr>
General Characteristics <tr> <th>Class</th> <td>Intrepid</td> </tr><tr> <th>Registry</th> <td>NCC-74656</td> </tr><tr> <th>Maximum speed</th> <td>Warp 9.975<ref name="Relativity">"Relativity." Star Trek: Voyager. </ref> (Cruise)</td> </tr><tr> <th>Armaments</th> <td>Photon torpedoes Phasers</td> </tr><tr> <th>Defense</th> <td>Deflector shields</td> </tr><tr> <th>Propulsion</th> <td>Warp drive Impulse engines</td> </tr><tr> <th>Power</th> <td>Matter/antimatter reactor</td> </tr>

The USS Voyager is a fictional starship in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the Intrepid class starship (NCC-74656) is a 24th century Starfleet vessel under the command of Captain Kathryn Janeway.

Voyager was designed by Star Trek: Voyager production designer Richard D. James and illustrator Rick Sternbach. Most of the ship's on-screen appearances result from computer-generated imagery, although Tony Meinenger built a model used in the series.

1 Mission
2 Design and capabilities
- 2.1 Deck by deck
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Mission

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Voyager is launched in 2371 with a crew of 141 on a mission to track down a Maquis ship in "the Badlands." An alien force transports both Voyager and the Maquis vessel 70,000 light-years to the Delta Quadrant, damaging Voyager and killing several crewmembers. In order to prevent a genocide of the Ocampans, Janeway orders the destruction of a device that could transport Voyager and the Maquis vessel home. Stranded, and with the Maquis ship also destroyed, both crews must integrate and work together for the anticipated 75-year journey home.<ref name="Caretaker">"Caretaker." Star Trek: Voyager. </ref>

Starfleet Command eventually becomes aware of the ship's presence in the Delta Quadrant.<ref name="Message in a Bottle">"Message in a Bottle." Star Trek: Voyager. </ref> After a seven-year journey, the ship returns to the Alpha Quadrant via a Borg transwarp conduit with the aid of a time-traveling Janeway from an alternate future.<ref name="Endgame">"Endgame." Star Trek: Voyager. </ref>

Within the non-canon Star Trek: Voyager relaunch series, Chakotay is promoted to captain and receives command of Voyager.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Design and capabilities

The 700,000-metric ton Voyager was built at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, and launched from Earth Station McKinley.<ref name="Relativity" />

Voyager is equipped with bio-neural gel packs, designed to increase processing speed and better organize processed information, that supplement the ship's isolinear optical chips.<ref name="Caretaker" /> The ship also has two holodecks.<ref name="The Killing Game">"The Killing Game." Star Trek: Voyager. </ref> Voyager was the first ship to be equipped with a class-9 warp drive, which they were intended to test in deep space, allowing for a maximum attainable speed of Warp 9.975 for 36 hours.<ref name="Relativity" />

Voyager includes an Emergency Medical Hologram programmed with a library of over 5 million different medical treatments from 2,000 medical references and 47 physicians^{[citation needed]}. The hologram itself is generated by a series of holographic emitters installed in sickbay.<ref name="Caretaker" /> Voyager's EMH is able to leave sickbay thanks to a piece of 29th century technology.<ref name="Future's End">"Future's End." Star Trek: Voyager. </ref>

The ship is initially equipped with four tri-cobalt devices, all of which are used to destroy the Caretaker's array.<ref name="Caretaker" /> An alternate future Kathryn Janeway equips the ship with transphasic torpedoes and ablative armor.<ref name="Endgame" />

During their years in the Delta Quadrant, the ship's crew upgrade Voyager with captured, stolen, and purchased technology^{[citation needed]}, as well as technology acquired from the future.<ref name="Endgame" /> Voyager's cargo bay is eventually equipped with several Borg alcoves.<ref name="Scorpion">"Scorpion." Star Trek: Voyager. </ref> Additionally, the crew design and build the Delta Flyer support craft.<ref name="Extreme Risk">"Extreme Risk." Star Trek: Voyager. </ref>

[edit] Deck by deck

Okudagrams provide the following information on where things are located aboard Voyager.

Main Bridge, Captain's Ready Room, Briefing Room
Mess Hall (Captain's Dining Hall), Hydroponics
Captain's and Officer's Quarters, aft torpedo launcher
Holodeck One, primary transporters, crew quarters, Auxiliary Deflector
Sick Bay, crew quarters, Auxiliary Deflector
Holodeck Two, Auxiliary Computer core
Auxiliary Computer Core, deuterium tanks, Impulse Reactors
Deuterium tanks, Auxiliary Warp Core Reactor, engineering crew quarters, DC Repair Equipment Depot, Astrometrics Lab
Security, Brig, Weapons Storage Depot (deck nine is shut down to conserve energy)
Aeroshuttle, Primary Computer Core, Main Deflector Dish, Shuttle Bay CARGO, crew quarters
Main Engineering, Primary Computer Core, Main Deflector Dish, forward torpedo bays, Main Shuttle Bay, Shuttle Bay CARGO
Primary Computer Core, Main Deflector Dish
Landing struts, Science Lab, crew quarters
Antimatter storage pods, Damage Control Repair Equipment and Tools Storage Depot
Landing struts