Prometheus class starship (Star Trek)
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- For the one-ship Stargate class of the same name, see Prometheus (Stargate).
| USS Prometheus | |
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 The USS Prometheus at warp speed |
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| First appearance | "Message in a Bottle" |
| Last appearance | "Endgame" |
| Affiliation | Federation Starfleet |
| References | "Message in a Bottle" |
| General Characteristics | |
| Armaments | Phasers Photon torpedoes |
| Defences | Regenerative shields Ablative armor Multi-vector assault mode |
The USS Prometheus is a fictional starship in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, appearing in the episode "Message in a Bottle".
The USS Prometheus is the only named ship of its class. A Prometheus-class ship appears in Voyager's finale, "Endgame", but the ship's name was not stated or seen. Additionally, a Prometheus-class ship is visible fighting at the Battle of Procyon V in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Azati Prime".
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[edit] Appearances
[edit] "Message in a Bottle"
In the episode "Message in a Bottle", the USS Prometheus was fully commissioned and began a series of shakedown cruises before it was commandeered by Romulans. USS Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram and the experimental Mark II Emergency Medical Hologram aboard the Prometheus help Starfleet successfully retake the ship. It was on this mission that Starfleet learns of Voyager's presence in the Delta Quadrant.
[edit] "Endgame"
When a Borg transwarp conduit opens near Earth, a Prometheus-class ship is part of the fleet that escorts Voyager home.[1]
[edit] Technology
The USS Prometheus is a testbed of technologies being researched by Starfleet. In standard configuration, the ship is composed of an arrowhead-shaped primary hull attached directly to a secondary hull supporting four warp nacelles on short pylons in an 'X' configuration. In battle, this ship can go into "multi-vector assault mode" in which the vessel may divide into three ships — the saucer, the upper engineering hull, and the lower engineering hull — to allow for multiple independently moving weapons platforms. The saucer has two small warp nacelles that are stored in recesses while joined and extend once the saucer has separated. The three components can later reconnect.
The Prometheus also has enhanced defences including ablative armor and regenerative deflector shields.
The entire ship is fitted with holographic projectors, allowing the ship's Emergency Medical Hologram to travel throughout the ship.
[edit] Registry
The Prometheus CGI model gives the ship's registry as "NX-59650". However, production designer Michael Okuda used "NX-74913" for all the internal displays, including the ship's dedication plaque, but the independent FX artists did not receive a memo regarding this, and so used an "incorrect" number for the CGI model.[citation needed]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- USS Prometheus (NX-59650) article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
- Prometheus class article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
| Star Trek starship classes |
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| Starfleet: Starfleet starships |
| Akira | Ambassador | Constellation | Constitution | Danube | Defiant | Excelsior | Galaxy | Hope | Intrepid | Miranda | Nebula New Orleans | Nova | NX† | Oberth | Prometheus | Saber | Sovereign | Steamrunner | Wells | Other Starfleet ships |
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| Andorian Imperial Guard: Kumari | Borg Collective: Borg starships | Cardassian Union: Cardassian starships | Ferengi Alliance: D'Kora Jem'Hadar: Jem'Hadar starships | Kazon Sects: Kazon ship classes | Klingon Empire: Klingon starships Romulan Empire: Romulan starships | Suliban Cabal: Suliban cell ship | Vulcan: Vulcan starships | Xindi: Xindi starships |
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† – Pre-Federation |
