2.0 USS Voyager Overview
Introduces the USS Voyager as Starfleet's newest Intrepid class starship, describing its size, construction, crew complement, mission, and place in the Intrepid class.
The USS Voyager is the newest Federation starship. It is an Intrepid class vessel, one of the fastest and most powerful in the Starfleet. It continues the tradition of exploration and discovery established by Captain James Kirk on the USS Enterprise nearly a century ago.
Much smaller than Picard’s Enterprise, Voyager is 1130 feet long and weighs some one and a half million metric tons. The basic hull structure is fabricated from tritanium/duranium alloys. Voyager was built at Starfleet’s Earth Station McKinley, and was launched on Stardate 48038.5 (the year 2371).
The Intrepid class Voyager supports a complement of about 150 crewmembers and mission specialists who joined the ship for specific projects. The ship is capable of independent operation for about three years without refueling. Replenishment of both matter and antimatter tanks will be of major concern (see WARP DRIVE, p.12).
The original mission of Voyager was primarily exploration and research, and it was superbly equipped for both. For those occasions when a show of military force is unavoidable, the ship is equipped with an impressive array of defensive and offensive weapons.
Four Intrepid class starships may have been built to date by Starfleet. The first was the prototype USS Intrepid, after which the class was named. Voyager is conceivably the second operational ship in this class.