Editing USS Voyager (Star Trek) (section)

==Concept and design==
Rick Sternbach, who designed the [[Borg]] cube for ''The Next Generation'', and Richard James collaborated over several months to design the USS ''Voyager''.<ref name="sternbachinterview1">{{cite web | url=http://www.startrek.com/article/illustrator-designer-rick-sternbach-recalls-his-trek-days-part-1 | title=Illustrator/Designer Rick Sternbach Recalls His Trek Days, Part 1 |publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] | access-date=November 12, 2011 | date=October 28, 2011}}</ref> 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 than ''The Next Generation''{{'s}} [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise''-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.<ref name="disqus.com">{{cite web | url=https://disqus.com/home/discussion/channel-thefinalfrontier/designing_the_uss_voyager/ | title=Disqus - Designing the USS Voyager | access-date=2017-05-02 | archive-date=2018-09-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916164027/https://disqus.com/home/discussion/channel-thefinalfrontier/designing_the_uss_voyager/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

''Voyager'' special effect shots were done with both miniatures and CGI. The miniature shots of the ''Voyager'' 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 and [[Foundation Imaging]].<ref name="thetrekcollective.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.thetrekcollective.com/2013/07/voyager-another-fine-looking-starship.html | title=Voyager, another fine looking starship | website=www.thetrekcollective.com}}</ref>  Amblin won an Emmy for ''Voyager''{{'s}} opening CGI title visuals featuring USS ''Voyager'' passing through space, but the weekly episode exteriors were captured with hand-built miniatures of ''Voyager''. By late 1996 (midway through season three), certain exterior shots were fully CGI.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thelogbook.com/jcc/q3-04/voyager3/ | title=DVD Reviews – Star Trek Voyager Season 3 | website=Thelogbook.com | date=June 10, 2009 | access-date=December 19, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822193016/http://www.thelogbook.com/jcc/q3-04/voyager3/ | archive-date=August 22, 2009 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="disqus.com"/>

The principal model of ''Voyager'' used for filming sold at a [[Christie's]] auction in 2006 for 132,000 [[USD]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/starship-voyager-miniature-model-and-power-supply-4779921-details.aspx | title=STARSHIP VOYAGER MINIATURE MODEL AND POWER SUPPLY | publisher=[[Christie's]] | access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref>

===Mission===
''Voyager'' was launched in 2371. The crew's first mission was to track down a [[Maquis (Star Trek)|Maquis]] ship in the [[Badlands (Star Trek)|Badlands]]. An alien force called the [[Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)|Caretaker]] transported both ''Voyager'' and the Maquis vessel across 70,000 [[light-year]]s to the [[Galactic quadrants (Star Trek)#Delta Quadrant|Delta Quadrant]], damaging ''Voyager'' 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 a [[genocide]] of the [[Ocampa]]ns, 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 transport ''Voyager'' 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.<ref name="Caretaker">{{cite episode | episode-link=Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager) | title=Caretaker | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref>

The intended crew complement was 141 Starfleet personnel,<ref name = "Caretaker"/> though it held 153 for its inaugural mission.<ref name="Shattered">{{cite episode | episode-link=Shattered (Star Trek: Voyager) | title=Shattered | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] |quote=I started off with a crew of 153}}</ref> 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,<ref name="Bride of Chaotica1">{{cite episode | episode-link=The 37's | title=The 37's | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref> at one point during the fifth year of its journey, there were 150 people on board.<ref name="Bride of Chaotica">{{cite episode | episode-link=Bride of Chaotica! | title=Bride of Chaotica! | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref>

[[Starfleet#Starfleet Command|Starfleet Command]] eventually becomes aware of the ship's presence in the Delta Quadrant and is later able to establish regular communication.<ref name="Message in a Bottle">{{cite episode | episode-link=Message in a Bottle (Star Trek: Voyager) | title=Message in a Bottle|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref> 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 a [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] [[Warp drive (Star Trek)#Borg conduits|transwarp conduit]].<ref name="Endgame">{{cite episode | episode-link=Endgame (Star Trek: Voyager) | title=Endgame | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref>

In the ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'' [[Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4|season 4]] premiere "Twovix," ''Voyager'' is being converted into a museum when a dormant marcovirus 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.

In ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]'' [[Star Trek: Prodigy season 2|season 2]], ''Voyager'' is replaced by the USS ''Voyager''-A which is described by the Doctor as being a ''Lamarr''-class science vessel retrofitted with technologies that ''Voyager'' brought back from the Delta Quadrant. Commanded by now-Vice Admiral Janeway on its maiden voyage. There are several references made to the original ''Voyager'' with Janeway having a model of the ship in her ready room. During this time, Janeway also celebrates the 14th anniversary of her command of ''Voyager'' which was Janeway's first command. 

''Voyager'' is seen briefly in the ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]'' third-season episode "The Bounty", now decommissioned and part of Starfleet's Fleet Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baugher |first=Lacy |date=2023-03-23 |title=Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 6 Review - The Bounty |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-picard-season-3-episode-6-review/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}</ref> 

===Design and capabilities===
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The 15-deck (257 rooms), {{convert|700000|MT|adj=on}} ''Voyager'' was built at the [[Utopia Planitia]] Fleet Yards and launched from Earth Station McKinley.<ref name="Relativity">{{cite episode | episode-link= Relativity (Star Trek: Voyager) | title=Relativity | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref>

''Voyager'' was equipped with 47 bio-neural gel packs and two [[holodeck]]s.<ref name="Caretaker"/><ref name="The Killing Game">{{cite episode | episode-link=The Killing Game (Star Trek: Voyager) | title=The Killing Game | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref> It was equipped with a class-9 [[warp drive (Star Trek)|warp drive]], allowing for a maximum sustainable speed of Warp 9.975.<ref name="Relativity"/> Variable geometry pylons allowed ''Voyager'' and other ''Intrepid''-class ships to exceed warp 5 without damaging subspace. Like the ''Galaxy'' class, ''Voyager''{{'s}} warp nacelles were below the primary hull. The ship also was capable of planetary landings.<ref name="startrek.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/ships/article/70517.html | title=Star Trek | website=StarTrek.com | access-date=April 5, 2015 | archive-date=July 8, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708072338/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/ships/article/70517.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Bride of Chaotica1"/>

''Voyager'' also had an [[Emergency Medical Hologram]] (EMH) programmed with a library of more than five million different medical treatments from 2,000 medical references and 47 physicians.<ref name="Parallax">{{cite episode | episode-link=Parallax (Star Trek: Voyager) | title=Parallax | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref>

The ship was initially equipped with 40 photon torpedoes with type VI warheads, two of which were equipped with [[Weapons of Star Trek#Tricobalt devices|tricobalt devices]]. Both tricobalt devices were used to destroy the Caretaker's array.<ref name="Caretaker"/> Quantum torpedoes were also compatible with ''Voyager''{{'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.<ref name="Resolutions">{{cite episode | episode-link=Resolutions (Star Trek: Voyager) | title=Resolutions | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref> In the final episode, an alternate future Kathryn Janeway equipped the ship with transphasic torpedoes and ablative hull armor.<ref name="Endgame"/>

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 being [[Seven of Nine]]'s alcoves and the [[Delta 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 bring ''Voyager'' home.<ref name="Endgame"/> Some of the adaptive solutions are to compensate for the disadvantages of being {{convert|70000|ly}} from port, such as the [[aeroponics|airponics]] 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 increases [[Replicator (Star Trek)|replicator]] efficiency.<ref name="Void">{{cite episode|episode-link=The Void (Star Trek: Voyager)|title=The Void|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref>

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 aboard ''Voyager'' during the alliance.<ref name="Scorpion">{{cite episode|episode-link=Scorpion (Star Trek: Voyager)|title=Scorpion|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref> [[Seven of Nine]] and [[Harry Kim (Star Trek)|Harry Kim]] construct an astrometrics lab from scratch with Borg-enhanced sensors, knowledge of which Seven of Nine retained from the Borg.<ref name="Year of Hell">{{cite episode|episode-link=Year of Hell|title=Year of Hell|series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref>