Intrepid class starship

Infobox Fictional Spacecraft
name = "Intrepid" class


caption = USS "Voyager" (NCC-74656)
first = "Caretaker"
last = "Endgame"
status =
affiliation = Starfleet
launched = 2371 on stardate 48038.5
decommissioned =
class =
registry =
maxspeed = Warp 9.975
fighters =
auxcraft = Shuttlecraft
armaments = 15 Phaser Arrays
4Photon torpedoes
defense = Deflector shields
propulsion = Warp, Impulse
power = Class 9 Warp Drive
length = 345 meters [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/ships/article/70517.html]
width =
height =
primeref =

The "Intrepid" class is a fictional Starfleet starship class in the Star Trek universe, the most notable being ""'s titular USS "Voyager".

In real life, the "Intrepid" class was designed by "Star Trek: Voyager" production designer Richard D. James and illustrator Rick Sternbach.

Appearance and technical information

The "Intrepid"-class USS "Voyager" has a spade-shaped saucer section attached directly to the engineering section. The main bridge, escape pods that act as lifeboats, auxiliary navigational deflector, sensor platforms and dorsal phaser arrays are at the top of the saucer section. The ship's ventral phaser arrays, additional sensors, thrusters, running lights, an Aeroshuttle, and additional lifeboats occupy the ventral saucer. The navigational deflector and two photon torpedo launchers are at the bow of the engineering section. The shuttlebays, aft torpedo launchers, and impulse engines occupy the stern near the warp nacelles. Additionally, there is a ventral phaser strip in the mid-section of the Engineering Section, though this is rarely used.

"Voyager" has a top speed of warp 9.975, variable geometry pylons, incorporates bioneural gel packs into the computer system, and includes the Mark One Emergency Medical Hologram system. "Voyager" has a plasma-based power distribution system, a duranium hull, tricyclic life support systems, and artificial gravity plating. The ship has 257 rooms, and is capable of planetary landing.

Variable geometry pylons allow Voyager and other Intrepid class ships to exceed warp 5 without damaging subspace. [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/ships/article/70517.html]

Known "Intrepid"-class starships

Other than "Voyager", only two other "Intrepid"-class ships have been on screen. The class prototype is the USS "Intrepid".cite book|title=The Star Trek Encyclopedia|author=Okuda, Mike and Denise Okuda, with Debbie Mirek|publisher=Pocket Books|isbn=0-671-53609-5|year=1999] Publicity materials indicate that there were only four "Intrepid"-class ships planned. [cite web|url=http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/ships/article/70517.html|publisher=startrek.com|accessdate=2006-11-11|title=USS Voyager]

;USS "Bellerophon" (NCC-74705) : Transports Vice Admiral William Ross, Dr. Julian Bashir and Section 31 operative Luther Sloan from Deep Space Nine to Romulus in the "" episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges".

;USS "Voyager" (NCC-74656) : The primary setting of "", which features a joint Starfleet-Maquis crew lost in the Delta Quadrant for seven years.

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