INTREPID CLASS

   Intrepid class starships were brought into Starfleet service in about 2370 or 2371. The class was designed with an elliptical "saucer" and warp nacelles that would fold up to form a 45 degree angle. Intrepid class vessels had 15 decks that could complement a crew of about 140. This class could reach velocities of at most Warp 9.975. The prototype, USS Intrepid, was the third ship to bear the name Intrepid. Another Intrepid class vessel, USS Voyager, NCC-74656, was equipped with a computer system that used traditional isolinear circuitry and newly-developed bio-neural circuitry. USS Voyager disappeared in the Badlands region of the Alpha Quadrant on or about Stardate 48307 (early 2371). The ship ended up 70,000 light-years from the Federation in the Delta Quadrant. Starfleet presumed that Voyager was destroyed until contact was made to the ship through Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram aboard the experimental starship USS Prometheus in 2374. Starfleet made direct contact with Voyager in 2376 through an experimental communications technique developed by Lt. Reginald Barcley, formerly of the Enterprise-D and -E. Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant near the end of 2377 by using a Borg transwarp conduit. In 2379, the class prototype, USS Intrepid was part of a task force assigned to stop a possible invasion of the Federation from the Remans.