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| USSVoyager (NCC-74656) | |
|---|---|
 The USSVoyager, NCC-74656 | |
| First appearance | "Caretaker" (1995) (Star Trek: Voyager) |
| Last appearance | "Twovix" (2023) (Star Trek: Lower Decks) |
| Information | |
| Launched | 2371 |
| Captain | Kathryn Janeway |
| General characteristics | |
| Class | Intrepid |
| Registry | NCC-74656 |
| Armaments | Tricobalt devices[1] Photon torpedoes Phasers Bio-molecular warheads Transphasic torpedoes[2] |
| Defenses | Shields Ablative generators[2] |
| Maximum speed | Warp 9.975 (5126c) |
| Propulsion | Warp drive Reaction control thrusters |
| Length | 344 meters |
| Width | 116 meters[3] |
USSVoyager(NCC-74656) is the fictionalIntrepid-class starship which is the primary setting of the science fiction television seriesStar Trek: Voyager. It is commanded by CaptainKathryn Janeway.Voyager was designed byStar Trek: Voyager production designer Richard D. James and illustratorRick Sternbach. Most of the ship's on-screen appearances arecomputer-generated imagery (CGI); models were also sometimes used. The ship's motto, as engraved on its dedication plaque, is a quotation from the poem "Locksley Hall" byAlfred, Lord Tennyson: "For I dipt in to the future, far as human eye could see; Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be."[4]
Voyager made its television debut in January 1995 in"Caretaker", the most expensive pilot in television history up to that point, reportedly costing $23 million.[5][6] In addition to its namesake television show, the spacecraft appeared in the computer gameStar Trek: Voyager Elite Force (2000).[7] The spacecraft design was also used forStar Trek: The Experience, a theme park in Las Vegas from 1998 to 2008, and asalbum art.[8][9]
Rick Sternbach, who designed theBorg cube forThe Next Generation, and Richard James collaborated over several months to design the USSVoyager.[10] Sternbach started work on the new design in the fall of 1993 when the new series was announced. By the spring of 1994, the design had started to mature, and was smaller thanThe Next Generation'sEnterprise-D with features like the ability to land on a planet's surface. The interior design focused on the bridge, which set the tone for the rest of ship. Throughout the design process, the main goal was to make it new and appealing while still holding in part to the same familiar design.[11]
Voyager special effect shots were done with both miniatures and CGI. The miniature shots of theVoyager model were used as a benchmark to improve the CGI shots. Two different computer models were developed from the physical model by two different companies that scanned it, Amblin Imaging andFoundation Imaging.[12] Amblin won an Emmy forVoyager's opening CGI title visuals featuring USSVoyager passing through space, but the weekly episode exteriors were captured with hand-built miniatures ofVoyager. By late 1996 (midway through season three), certain exterior shots were fully CGI.[13] Another challenge of the design was coordinating the interior set design with exterior shots, in particular the location of key rooms and the design of windows. These were important, for example, in shots that crossed over from outside the spacecraft to inside the spacecraft in one filming shot.[11]
The principal model ofVoyager used for filming sold at aChristie's auction in 2006 for 132,000USD.[14]
Voyager was launched in 2371. The crew's first mission was to track down aMaquis ship in theBadlands. An alien force called theCaretaker transported bothVoyager and the Maquis vessel across 70,000light-years to theDelta Quadrant, damagingVoyager and killing several crewmembers including the medical staff, helm officer, first officer and the chief engineer.Voyager and the Maquis ship are ultimately stranded in the Delta Quadrant to prevent agenocide of theOcampans, a species on a nearby planet under the Caretaker's protection from the Kazon, an antagonistic race native to the Delta Quadrant who seek the resources of the Ocampa. Captain Janeway orders the destruction of the device that could transportVoyager and the Maquis vessel home, thereby protecting the Ocampa. Stranded, and with the Maquis ship also destroyed, both crews integrate and work together for the anticipated 75-year journey home.[1]
The intended crew complement was 141 Starfleet personnel,[1] though it held 153 for its inaugural mission.[15] This figure fluctuated during its time in the Delta Quadrant, gaining or losing count due to mishaps, adopted crew, births, and voluntary departures; they start the second year of their journey with 152 people on board,[16] at one point during the fifth year of its journey, there were 150 people on board.[17]
Starfleet Command eventually becomes aware of the ship's presence in the Delta Quadrant and is later able to establish regular communication.[18] After a seven-year journey, during which the acquisition of new technologies and assistance from various allies had already enabled the ship to travel a distance that otherwise would have taken over thirty years, the ship returned to the Alpha Quadrant via aBorgtranswarp conduit.[2]
In theStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 4 premiere "Twovix",Voyager is being converted into a museum when a dormant macrovirus wreaks havoc on the ship. After the incident is concluded,Voyager is retired to a museum with the episode's events being added to its exhibits.
InStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2,Voyager is replaced by the USSVoyager-A which is described by the Doctor as being aLamarr-class science vessel retrofitted with technologies thatVoyager brought back from the Delta Quadrant. The new ship is commanded by now-Vice Admiral Janeway on its maiden voyage. There are several references made to the originalVoyager with Janeway having a model of the ship in her ready room. During this time, Janeway also celebrates the 14th anniversary of her command ofVoyager which was Janeway's first command.
Voyager is seen briefly in theStar Trek: Picard third-season episode "The Bounty", now decommissioned and part of Starfleet's Fleet Museum.[19]
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The 15-deck (257 rooms), 700,000-metric-ton (690,000-long-ton; 770,000-short-ton)Voyager was built at theUtopia Planitia Fleet Yards and launched from Earth Station McKinley.[20]
Voyager was equipped with 47 bio-neural gel packs and twoholodecks.[1][21] It was equipped with a class-9warp drive, allowing for a maximum sustainable speed of Warp 9.975.[20] Variable geometry pylons allowedVoyager and otherIntrepid-class ships to exceed warp 5 without damaging subspace. Like theGalaxy class,Voyager's warp nacelles were below the primary hull. The ship also was capable of planetary landings.[22][16]
Voyager also had anEmergency Medical Hologram (EMH) programmed with a library of more than five million different medical treatments from 2,000 medical references and 47 physicians.[3]
The ship was initially equipped with 40 photon torpedoes with type VI warheads, two of which were equipped withtricobalt devices. Both tricobalt devices were used to destroy the Caretaker's array.[1] Quantum torpedoes were also compatible withVoyager's launchers, with some modifications.Voyager housed five standard torpedo launchers (two fore, two aft, one ventral) and was able to fire up to four torpedoes per launcher at once.[23] In the final episode, an alternate future Kathryn Janeway equipped the ship with transphasic torpedoes and ablative hull armor.[2]
During the years in the Delta Quadrant, the ship is augmented with custom, non-spec upgrades and modifications, some of which are modified from technology of other cultures, an example beingSeven of Nine's alcoves and theDelta Flyer which both utilize modified Borg technology. Several pieces of technology from the future were also installed in the final episode, courtesy of Admiral Janeway who went back in time to bringVoyager home.[2] Some of the adaptive solutions are to compensate for the disadvantages of being 70,000 light-years (4.4×109 AU) from port, such as theairponics bay and the transformation of the Captain's dining room to a galley, and the acquisition of enhancements from aliens in the Void that massively increasesreplicator efficiency.[24]
Cargo bay 2 is equipped with several Borg alcoves when Captain Janeway forms an alliance with the Borg and several Borg are forced to work aboardVoyager during the alliance.[25]Seven of Nine andHarry Kim construct an astrometrics lab from scratch with Borg-enhanced sensors, knowledge of which Seven of Nine retained from the Borg.[26]
An importantshuttlecraft in many episodes, and operated from the USSVoyager, was a spacecraft called theDelta Flyer.[27] TheDelta Flyer was introduced in the Season 5 episode "Extreme Risk", and was designed and constructed by the crew in the context of the show.[27] The design of the fictional spacecraft by the production staff and how it was presented in special effects has been written about in books about the franchise.[28] The Delta Flyer was designed by illustratorRich Sternbach, and exterior views were rendered by computer graphics byFoundation Imaging.[29]
One ofVoyager's shuttles, theAeroshuttle, was integrated with the hull in the saucer section and although it was never used in an episode, the production team did develop special effects test footage of it disembarking.[30]Voyager'sAeroshuttle was intended as a warp-capable vessel that could also fly in atmospheres; the footage was made by CGI team leaders Rob Bonchune and Adam Lebowitz, along with the VFX producer Dan Curry.[30] Two other craft, theManta andCochrane were also developed but the Manta was not used.Cochrane was used in "Threshold" for the purpose of reaching warp 10.[30]
In addition to its namesake television show, the spacecraft appeared in the computer gameStar Trek: Voyager Elite Force (2000).[7] The spacecraft design was also used forStar Trek: The Experience, a theme park in Las Vegas from 1998 to 2008, and asalbum art.[8] The designs was shown on cover art forLaserDisc releases also.[31]
TheVoyager design appeared inStar Trek: Voyager which originally aired onUPN network from 1995 to 2001, but was also used in a number of computer andvideo games in that period in various capacities. One wasStar Trek: Voyager – Elite Force which came out in 2000.[32] This was a computer game style known as afirst-person shooter and received a positive reception by the gaming community at that time.[32][33]Voyager Elite Force was ranked second out of ten of the bestStar Trek games up to 2015.[34]Its sequel was published in 2003. One game based on the show,Voyager (circa 1995), was cancelled but has been an influence on other games since.[35][36]
The model-making companyRevell released a plastic model of USSVoyager.[37] Another pre-built offering was made of metal, and a reviewer praised the "swooshy" 'arrowhead' style of the design.[37] The form of the design commonly appears in relation toVoyager merchandise, or elsewhere in places that make use ofStar Trek franchise content; for example, a view of USSVoyager was shown as album art for a 4-CD music collection from the show released in 2017.[38]
In late October 1994, the USS Voyager model was delivered to Image G, who did themotion control photography video work with the model for the special effects shots for the upcoming launch of theStar Trek: Voyager television show.[39] Image G also did the motion control photography for the Caretaker Array, as well as for the Maquis and Kazon vessels.[39]
The main sets for the interior of the spacecraft were located at Stage 8 and Stage 9 atParamount Studios.[40]
One of the more complex sets for the spacecraft was the bridge ofVoyager.[41] The bridge ofVoyager had 11 different monitors of three different sizes, that had custom graphics displayed depending on what was being shot for each scene.[41] For a scene with the "red alert" setting, the appropriate video graphics would have to be displayed on cue.[41] These graphics were created a by a team of people, with a need for both static and video graphics.[41] Depending on the episode, custom graphics or video sequences would have to be made by a creative team.[41] The videos were recorded to videocassette to be played at the right time, such as when an actor (e.g.Voyager crew) was looking at a monitor.[42]
The ship's design and sets were also used in theStar Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", this time as the Intrepid Class USSBellerophon.[43]
I started off with a crew of 153
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