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Intrepid-class escape pod
Escape pod hatches
The Intrepid-class escape pod type was a type of escape pod designed for use aboard Template:ShipClass and Template:ShipClass starships in the late 24th century. In the event of a ship-wide catastrophe, the pods could be launched as a last resort to save the crew. Once deployed, the pods were vulnerable to attack or becoming engulfed in the destruction of the parent ship. As in other types of Starfleet escape craft, the pods were equipped with thrusters, providing some chance of fleeing the field of combat. However, without warp drive, survivors were reliant on larger ships for ultimate rescue.
Intrepid-class
Aboard Intrepid-class starships the pods were stowed beneath individual hatches, which were raised in order for the pods to be launched. The pods could return and be stowed again if necessary.
In 2373, Kazon aboard USS Voyager used the ship's escape pods to flee after a failed take-over of the vessel. (VOY: "Basics, Part II")
In 2377, an escape pod was used by a modified hologram of Lieutenant Barclay while attempting to capture Seven of Nine for the Ferengi who were looking to steal her nanoprobes. (VOY: "Inside Man")
Later that year, escape pods were used as weapons. While trying to fend off a Quarren attack, The Doctor as the ECH ejected three escape pods which actually contained photon torpedoes. When the Quarren ships tractored them in, they were detonated, and the Quarren ships were disabled. (VOY: "Workforce, Part II")
In an alternate timeline, the crew of Voyager disbanded in escape pods, hoping to evade the Krenim Imperium in the smaller craft. The timeline ceased to exist with the destruction of the Krenim timeship. (VOY: "Year of Hell, Part II")
Defiant-class
Defiant-class escape pod
Pods escaping the destruction of the USS Valiant in 2374
In 2374, following a disastrous attack on a Jem'Hadar battleship, the crew of the USS Valiant used these pods to escape the ship. (DS9: "Valiant") A year later, escape pods were used to flee a second Defiant-class starship, the prototype USS Defiant, upon its destruction at the hands of the Breen. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil")
Aboard Defiant-class starships, the pods were launched from specialized bays beneath retractable sections of hull plating. These sections were spaced about the ship, providing access for as many crew members as possible.
Appendices
Background information
According to the Deep Space Nine Technical Manual, the USS Defiant carried 26 of these pods, which were six-person craft capable of sustaining survivors for up to eight months. Eight-person versions were also said to exist, although it is unclear whether these were supposed to have been seen on screen. Both types were equipped with impulse microthrusters and emergency subspace comm systems.
There appears to be at least one phaser strip on the outer hull of the pod.
Apocrypha
In the DS9-based computer game The Fallen, escape pods of this type were used aboard the Template:ShipClass USS Ulysses. They were also seen used aboard another Miranda-class vessel, USS Leonov, in the 2003 Ships of the Line calendar. Neither of these sources is considered canon.