Friendship 1 " Friendship 1 " ( UESPA - 1 ) was a deep space probe launched by the United Earth Space Probe Agency in 2067 with the purpose of finding other species . The probe contained a great deal of technological , scientific , and cultural information , such as translation matrices , data on computer chip s , transceiver s , warp drive , and Vivaldi ' s " The Four Seasons " . As only four years had passed since first contact , humanity was keen to find other intelligent lifeforms , however they were aware that the lifeforms they intended to find may be unaware of how to create a means of contacting humanity , so the probe was equipped to inform any lifeforms on how to design communication arrays The opening greeting of the probe was : " " We the people of Earth greet you in a spirit of peace and humility . As we venture out of our solar system , we hope to earn the trust and friendship of other worlds . " " Both Harry Kim and Tom Paris had to memorize the greeting in third grade . Starfleet lost contact with the probe in 2248 . " Friendship 1 " eventually landed on an unidentified planet in Grid 310 of the Delta Quadrant . The planet ' s natives reverse engineered the probe and learned of its antimatter and applied the technology to their planetary power grid . However , they lacked the technological expertise to utilize it safely and antimatter was accidentally released , causing a nuclear winter and contaminating the surface with antimatter radiation . In 2378 , Starfleet charged the with finding the probe , its first official mission in seven years . They came into conflict with the survivors on the planet where " Friendship 1 " landed , who blamed Human s for giving them the information that caused their self - destruction . Eventually , " Voyager " was able to eliminate the radiation by triggering an atmospheric isolytic reaction with its photon torpedo es . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The " Friendship 1 " emblem appeared to be the traditional Starfleet / " Enterprise " " arrowhead " insignia , with the United Nations banner inside it – marking the first chronologically known use of the famous ship ' s mission insignia , and one of the few times it was used , chronologically , prior to TOS ' s " Enterprise " . Studio model . The " Friendship 1 " was originally designed by Rick Sternbach . It possessed warp nacelle s that were reminiscent of those of the " Phoenix " , and the head of the probe was not dissimilar to the top of the " Nomad " probe . Sternbach has noted , " " There wasn ’ t much in the episode to indicate a true scale . To my mind , the thing was likely no bigger than Cochrane ’ s Phoenix ; that is , about a 10 foot diameter central body and warp nacelles about 3 - 3 . 5 feet in diameter . That donut and cylinder in the tail was the antimatter supply within a protective mag field , as a test for future crewed vehicles , where the antimatter container might have to be jettisoned due to a breakdown of the field . Best way is to keep the pod at the rear and blow it away backwards . The deuterium tank , on the other hand , would have been fine ; it ’ s just super - cold and only needed good insulation . " " The CGI model as eventually featured was a redesign by digital modeler Pierre Drolet and constructed by him at Foundation Imaging . Drolet recounted , " " The first spaceship I built for the " Star Trek " world was actually not a spaceship but a probe name " Friendship 1 . " This would have been the only model I did for Star Trek if I f * # ^ it up . Let me explain ; The original design of " Friendship 1 " that we received from the art department from Paramount was pretty much a box , with two small wings and a direct TV dish on the frame . Rob and I were not impressed with this so he gave me the green light to make a bold move , which was to redesign Friendship 1 . When I look back , I could have followed instructions to strictly just built it from the original design , but luckily in this case diverging from the norm ended up paying off . Dan Curry was the visual effect producer for Star Trek at the time and , luckily for me , he liked the new design . That was the beginning of my full time job as lead modeler for Star Trek for five years . " " In 2011 Drolet rendered an image of the " Friendship 1 " on a launchpad for exclusive use on Doug Drexler ' s .