 The USS Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid class starship. In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Intrepid class is a type of starship used by Starfleet. It was likely designed in the 2360s in response to the Borg threat to the Federation. The Intrepid class is a sleek variation of traditional Federation starship design with a spoon-shaped saucer section attached to the engineering section. The main bridge, lifeboats, auxillary navigational deflector, sensor platforms and dorsal phaser arrays are at the top of the saucer section. The ship's ventral phaser arrays, additional sensors, running lights, an Aeroshuttle and more lifeboats occupy the ventral saucer. At the bow of the engineering section is the main navigational deflector and two photon torpedo launchers while the shuttlebays, aft torpedo launchers, impulse engines occupy the stern near the warp nacelles. Intrepid class starships are among the most advanced in the fleet, including a maximum safe speed of warp 9.975, a non-destructive warp drive, incorporation of bioneural gel packs into the computer system and one of the first starships with the Mark One Emergency Medical Hologram system. One distinctive feature of this class is the capacity to land on planets' surface while under blue alert conditions. In addition, the bridge of an Intrepid class starship is a self-contained module that can detach itself from the ship in an emergency and manuever with thrusters. Like most Federation starships, the Intrepid class also has a plasma-based power distribution system, a duranium hull, tricylic life support systems, and artificial gravity plating. An Intrepid class starship has 257 rooms. In real life, the Intrepid class was designed by Star Trek: Voyager production designer Richard D. James and illustrator Rick Sternbach.
Specifications
- Production facilities:
- Type: Explorer
- Dimensions:
- Height: 55.4 m
- Length: 344.5 m
- Beam: 144.8 m
- Decks: 15
- Displacement: 700,000 metric tons
- Accommodation: 141-150 standard; 3,000 limit
- Propulsion:
- Performance: Warp 9 cruise; warp 9.975 for twelve hours
- Weaponry:
- Defenses: Deflector shields
- Auxiliary vessels:
- Various shuttlecraft and/or other vessels in two shuttlebays in the engineering hull; they include two Type 8 and two Type 9 personnel shuttlecraft as well as two Type 15 shuttlepods
- 1 Aeroshuttle, embedded in the ventral saucer
Known Intrepid class starships
- USS Intrepid (NCC-74600, ex-NX-74600)
- Named for the USS Intrepid , the starship Intrepid was the pathfinder of its class. Circa stardate 47310.2 in 2370, Commander Donald Kaplan was the chief engineer on the Intrepid and engaged in power conversion efficiency contests with Commander Geordi LaForge on the USS Enterprise. The Intrepid was part of Battle Group Omega sent to intercept the Reman warship Scimitar circa stardate 56844.9 in 2379.
- USS Voyager (NCC-74656)
- USS Bellerophon (NCC-74705)
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