USS Voyager

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> our family. As illogical as this might sound, I feel as close to Voyager as I do to any other member of my crew. It's carried us, Tuvok, even nurtured us. And right now it needs one of us.*"*
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## Ship

The **USS *Voyager (NCC-74656****)* was an *Intrepid*-class starship operated by Starfleet Command in the late 24th century. The vessel and her crew are

most famous for completing an unplanned seven-year journey of the Delta Quadrant between 2371 and 2378

## History

### Construction and Launch

*Voyager* was constructed at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards orbiting Mars and was launched from Earth Station McKinley in 2371. *Voyager* was one of the earliest *Intrepid*-class starships and featured many new technological innovations: bio-neural circuitry, variable geometry warp nacelles and the newly-invented Emergency Medical Hologram.

### First Mission

   *Voyager's* first mission was to locate and capture the Maquis vessel *Val Jean* where Captain Janeway's Chief of Security, Tuvok was serving as a spy to the Federation. The *Val Jean* was lost in the Badlands, an extremely dangerous area of space separating the United Federation of Planets and the Cardassian Union. Because of the experience required for navigating such a dangerous area, Janeway recruited former Starfleet pilot Tom Paris, who was imprisoned at the Starfleet Penal Colony in New Zealand. He reluctantly agreed to serve as a mission observer. After leaving *Deep Space Nine*and entering the Badlands, *Voyager* was swept 70 000 light years into the Delta Quadrant where it discovered the *Val Jean* had experienced the same anomaly. After the two ships make contact, Captains Janeway and Chakotay decide that the only way for them to return to the Alpha Quadrant is to combine crews. As the former first officer, helm, chief engineer, transport chief and the entire medical crew are killed in the violent 'journey' to the Delta Quadrant, the crew is replaced with members from the *Val Jean*.

## Defence Systems

Like other Federation starships of it's time, Voyager was armed with phasers and type 6 photon torpedoes. It was shielded using a deflector shield system. Voyager also carried spatial charges and, not usually carried on Starfleet vessels: tricobalt devices. Shortly before Voyager's return to the Alpha Quadrant, it was

equipped with ablative generators and transphasic torpedoes both of which were brought back from the future by Kathryn Janeway. These new upgrades were so powerful that the Borg had trouble penetrating the hull armour and entire Borg cubes could be destroyed using a single transphasic torpedo.

## Crew

For full *Voyager* personnel, see USS Voyager Personnel

* Commanding officer
	+ Captain Kathryn Janeway (2371-2378)
* First officer
	+ Lieutenant Commander Cavit (2371)
	+ Commander Chakotay (2371-2378)
* Security chief/Tactical officer/Second officer
	+ Lieutenant Commander Tuvok - (2371-2378)
* Helmsman/Third Officer
	+ Lieutenant Stadi (2371)
	+ Lieutenant Junior Grade Tom Paris (2371-2378)
* Chief engineer
	+ Unnamed chief engineer (2371)
	+ Lieutenant Joe Carey (acting) (2371)
	+ Lieutenant Junior Grade B'Elanna Torres (2371-2378)
* Operations officer
	+ Ensign Harry Kim (2371-2378)
* Chief medical officer
	+ Unnamed chief medical officer (2371)
	+ The Doctor - (2371-2378)