INTREPID CLASS STARSHIP (STAR TREK)

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.

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Appearance and technical information

Known ''Intrepid''-class starships

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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 main 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.
''Voyager'' has a top speed of warp 9.975, 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.

Known ''Intrepid''-class starships

Other than ''Voyager'', only two other ''Intrepid''-class ships have been on screen. The ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'' claims that the prototype of the class is the USS ''Intrepid''. Publicity materials indicate that that there were only four ''Intrepid''-class ships planned.^[1]
;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. Eventually returns to the Alpha Quadrant via a Transwarp Hub that was used by the Borg as a distribution centre so they could attack places far away without wearing out their transwarp coils.
Additionally, an unidentified ''Intrepid''-class ship appears during the Battle of Sector 001 in ''.

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1. USS Voyager

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