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In the Badlands, both the Maquis ship and Voyager were hit by a displacement wave created by the Caretaker entity, by which both ships are thrown 70,000 lightyears from their original location to the outer edge of the Delta Quadrant. Severely damaged and at too great a distance to contact Starfleet in the Alpha Quadrant, the entire surviving crew of the Maquis ship was transfered to the USS Voyager to embark on the 75 year journey home. Among the crew casualties due to Voyager's transfer to the Delta Quadrant were the first officer (Cavit), flight controller (Stadi) and chief engineer (Not named), which were replaced by other Starfleet personel or Maquis crew. The chief medical officer (Not Named) was permanently replaced by the EMH, which was originally designed for brief periods of operation only.
On the first few days in the Delta Quadrant, Voyager encountered 3 new species including the Talaxians, Ocampa and Kazon-Ogla. A Talaxian named Neelix and an Ocampa named Kes became crewmembers on Voyager after the Caretaker was destroyed.
The USS Voyager encountered many new races in the Delta Quadrant, including:
Kazon (Various Sects), Vidiians, Hirogen, Malon, Krenim, Devore, Vaadwaur, Sikarians, Voth, B'omar, Haakonians, Nyrian, Tak Tak, Trabe, Species 8472
The senior staff of the Voyager in Astrometrics in 2374, plotting a new course for home. Starfleet presumed the Voyager to be destroyed in the Badlands until 2374, when the ship's EMH was transmitted to the Federation starship USS Prometheus using a Hirogen relay station. The ship, at the time, had been taken over by Romulans. The Doctor, with assistance by an EMH Mark II, returned the ship to Starfleet.
After the EMH reported of the Voyager 's fate, Starfleet's Communications Research Center set up the Pathfinder Project to find a way to bring back or maintain constant contact with the ship. This project was under the command of Cmdr. Peter Harkins and was supervised by Admiral Owen Paris. However, the driving force behind the ambitious task to reestablish communications with Voyager was Lieutenant Reginald Barclay.
In early 2376, first contact between Starfleet Command and the USS Voyager was finally established over the MIDAS array using an artificial microwormhole. Although the periods of data transfer were very limited, Starfleet was not only able to transmit tactical updates to the Voyager crew, but also enabled private conversations between Voyagers crewmembers and their relatives in the Alpha Quadrant.
In 2377, Voyager recovered pieces of the Federation long-range probe Friendship One. The following year, Voyager was able to return to Earth with the assistance of an alternate timeline version of Captain Janeway. This Admiral Janeway, who time traveled from the early 25th century, provided her younger counterpart with sophisticated anti-Borg technology, which included transphasic torpedoes and ablative armor generator technology, to gain access to a Borg Transwarp hub. Before entering the hub the first time, Captain Janeway questioned the hub and belayed Admiral Janeway's orders to enter. The second time, after figuring out a way to destroy the hub, Voyager proceeded into one of the apertures while the Admiral met the Borg Queen, for which she was assimilated. The assimilation prompted the release of a neurolytic pathogen in the Collective. This weakened the hub and Voyager destroyed it with 3 transphasic torpedoes. A Borg Sphere intercepted Voyager and captured it. In the Alpha Quadrant, Voyager launched a volley of torpedoes destroying the sphere. They flew out from the explosion to find a fleet of Starfleet ships. Voyager had returned home
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Captain Janeway and Seven of Nine
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Although only 345 meters long, about half the size of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, Voyager is more technologically advanced than previous Starfleet vessels. Superbly equipped for exploration and research, Voyager has an equally impressive array of defensive and offensive weapons, making it ready for action.
The U.S.S. Voyager is the second of only four Intrepid-class starships built by Starfleet to date, launched in 2371 on stardate 48038.5. from from Earth Station McKinley. The ship was build at the Utopia Planitia Ship Yards, which is partly positioned in synchronous orbit 16,625 kilometers above the Utopia Planitia region on Mars. The U.S.S. Voyager (NCC-74656) also underwent final construction phases at this location.
On stardate 48307.5, Voyager was propelled over 70,000 light-years into the Delta Quadrant from the Badlands area near Deep Space Nine by an extragalactic alien dubbed "Caretaker." The alien had been searching the galaxy for a compatible life-form with which to procreate.
Voyager's folding wing-and-nacelle warp drive system allows the starship to exceed the warp 5 "speed limit" without polluting the space continuum. Voyager can reach a speed of warp 9.975, but only for short periods.
Its EPS system and back-up have been totally modified to employ Enaran power-conservation technology and power relays on some decks now employ Borg technology.
It carried 152 people as of SD 48975.1 and Chakotay doesn't believe it can be operated with less than 100.
Data retrieved from the Federation Library Database at startrek.com and from the computers from Memory Alpha at memory-alpha.org
